هَذِهِ تُحْفَةُ الرِّيَاضِ إِلى مَنْ

هَذِهِ تُحْفَةُ الرِّيَاضِ إِلى مَنْ

فَاحَ فِي الشَّرْقِ طِيبُهَا وَتَأرَّجْ

فَاحَ فِي الشَّرْقِ طِيبُهَا وَتَأرَّجْ

This is the gardens’ gift to her whose

This is the gift of Riyadh to whom

fragrance has spread through the East and wafted sweetly.

its fragrance has spread in the East and diffused

هِيَ بَيْنَ الْحِسَانِ زَهْرَةُ أُنْسٍ

هِيَ بَيْنَ الْحِسَانِ زَهْرَةُ أُنْسٍ

حُسْنُهَا بِالْحَيَاءِ مِنْهَا مُسَيَّجْ

حُسْنُهَا بِالْحَيَاءِ مِنْهَا مُسَيَّجْ

She is, among beautiful women, a flower of delight;

It is amidst beauty a flower of companionship

her beauty is fenced about by her own modesty.

Its beauty is veiled in shyness like violets

وَعَجِيبٌ جَمْعُ المُهَيْمِنِ فِيهَا

وَعَجِيبٌ جَمْعُ المُهَيْمِنِ فِيهَا

عِزَّةَ الوَرْدِ وَاتِّضَاعَ الْبَنَفْسَجْ

عِزَّةَ الوَرْدِ وَاتِّضَاعَ الْبَنَفْسَجْ

And wondrous is how the Guardian unites in her

And wondrous is the union in it

the rose’s dignity and the violet’s humility.

Of the majesty of the rose and the humility of the violet