قلب الجزيرة في يمينك يخفقُ

وهوى العروبة في جبينك يشرقُ

The heart of the Peninsula beats in your right hand.

And the love of Arabhood shines upon your brow.

ولعمر مجد المسلمين لأنت في

أنظارهم أمل منير شيقُ

And by the life of the Muslims' glory, you are indeed, in

their eyes, a radiant, captivating hope.

وهبوك أفئدة الولا ووهبتهم

مجداً تقدسه القلوب وتعشقُ

They gave you hearts of loyalty, and you gave them

glory that hearts hold sacred and adore.

إن الجزيرة شرقها ودبورها

وشمالها حرم بوجهك مونقُ

Indeed, the Peninsula—its east and its west,

and its north—is a sanctuary made lovely by your countenance.

وحدتها ونفخت في أرجائها

روحا تُحب بها البلاد وتعتقُ

You united it and breathed into its far reaches

a spirit through which the land is loved and freed.

ويكاد منها الصخر يمشى حاسراً

لك عن معاينه التي لا ترمقُ

And its rock almost walks, unveiling

for you its eyes, which do not gaze.

قل لي بربك أي كف عبدت

لك منهجاً ما كان قبلك يطرقُ

Tell me, by your Lord, what hand paved

for you a path never trodden before you?

وبأي عزم قمت وحدك ناهضاً

والنوم في جفن العروبة مطبقُ

And with what resolve did you rise up alone,

while sleep sealed the eyelid of Arabhood?

جردت للطاغين سيفاً صارماً

فتمزقت آثارهم وتمزقوا

You unsheathed a keen sword against the tyrants,

so their traces were torn apart, and they were torn apart.

وقمعت عفريت الغلا فهديته

والسيف أهدى للجهول واصدقُ

And you subdued the demon of high prices and guided it aright;

and the sword is a surer guide to the ignorant, and truer.

وبذاك أمنت الحجيج وأُفهموا

أن الفريضة قربة لا مأزقُ

And thus you made the pilgrims safe, and they were made to understand

that the prescribed duty is an act of devotion, not a predicament.

وهدمت كل عقيدة ممقوتة

كانت تضل بها العقول وترهقُ

And you demolished every detested creed

through which minds would stray and be burdened.

ورفعت رأسك في الممالك عالياً

والملك حر والنظام موفقُ

And you raised your head high among the kingdoms,

with sovereignty free and the governing order successful.

حتى إذا شب النزاع وحاولوا

أن تستميل وبصبصوا وتملقوا

Until, when conflict flared and they tried

to have you lean their way, wagging their tails and flattering,

خيبتهم وهمست في آذانهم

أن الجزيرة غابة لا تطرقُ

you disappointed them and whispered in their ears

that the Peninsula is a forest not to be entered.

وبنيت حول البيت أو حول الهدى

حصناً بأسباب النجوم يعلقُ

And around the House—or around guidance—you built

a fortress suspended by the cords of the stars.

ماذا دهى الإنسان في أطواره

حتى نراه في الردى يتعشقُ

What has befallen man through his phases,

that we see him infatuated with death?

يسعى ليلقي النار في أحشائه

ويخال أن سواه منها يحرقُ

He strives to cast fire into his entrails,

and imagines that someone else will be burned by it.

إنا لنأسف للحضارة أن ترى

منهارة لكننا لا نفْرَقُ

We indeed grieve to see civilization

collapsed, but we do not fear.

فلنا بنهضتنا وسالف مجدنا

شرف نفوز به إذا ما أخفقوا

For through our revival and our bygone glory we have

an honor we shall attain if they fail.

سلهم عن النور الذي جئنا به

فاستصبحوا بضيائه واستشرقوا

Ask them about the light we brought,

so they lit their lamps by its radiance and sought the sunrise.

سدنا البلاد فما استقر قرارنا

حتى تلألأ غربها والمشرقُ

We ruled the lands and did not settle into repose

until their west and east glittered.

سعد الضعيف برفقنا حتى إذا

ملكوا الضعيف بحكمهم لم يرفقوا

The weak prospered under our gentleness, until, when

they held the weak under their rule, they showed no kindness.

إنا لأعرق في المعالي منهم

وأحق منهم بالنهوض وأخلقُ

We are indeed more deeply rooted in greatness than they,

and more entitled than they to rise, and more deserving.

إن تسحق الدنيا معاول غيهم

فلنا بلاد حرة لا تسحقُ

If the pickaxes of their waywardness crush the world,

we have free lands that will not be crushed.

ولسوف نشرق بالعلا إن غربوا

والشرق أحفل بالضياء وأليقُ

And we shall shine with glory if they set,

and the East is richer in light and better suited to it.

والعيش لولا الطامعون ميسر

والمجد لولا الحاسدون محققُ

And life, were it not for the greedy, would be easy,

and glory, were it not for the envious, would be assured.

ونفوسنا اللاتي سمت بجدودنا

هي لم تزل، لا بل أشد وأحنقُ

And our souls, which soared with our forefathers,

remain—no, they are stronger and more wrathful.

فلقد تجرعنا كؤوساً مرة

لم يشربوا منها ولم يتذوقوا

For we have drained bitter cups

which they have neither drunk from nor tasted.

واليوم حان بنا التفرق وأنجلى

لشعوبنا أن التفرق موبقُ

And today division's hour has come upon us, and it has become clear

to our peoples that division is ruinous.

وتقشع الحلم الأنيق خداعه

فإذا الحقيقة مرة لا تونقُ

And the lovely dream's deceit has cleared away,

and behold, the truth is bitter and gives no delight.

وإذا الحقوق سليبة مهضومة

وإذا الوعود خديعة لا تصدُقُ

And behold, rights are stolen and trampled,

and behold, promises are deceit and do not come true.

وإذا البلاد تمخضت عن منقذ

أدرى بإنقاذ الشعوب وأحذقُ

And when the land labored to bring forth a deliverer,

better versed in saving peoples, and more skillful,

وهبت له العليا معارج أفقها

فعلا بهمته التي لا تُسبَقُ

the heights granted him stairways to their horizon,

so he rose through his resolve, which cannot be outstripped.

وسما إلى عرش يلوذ بركنه

من أيدوا الدين الحنيف وصدقوا

And he rose to a throne whose pillar shelters

those who upheld the upright faith and were sincere.

علموا بأن الله حارس بيته

يختار فيه من يشاء ويخلقُ

They knew that God guards His House;

He chooses there whom He wills, and He creates.

ولرب يوم تزدهي أمم الهدى

بتراثها العالي الذي لا يخلِقُ

And perhaps one day the nations of guidance will take pride

in their lofty heritage, which never wears out,

في ظل بيت الله تحت لوائه

فسموا بشرعته التي لا تمحقُ

in the shade of God's House, beneath His banner,

and rise by His law, which cannot be effaced.

ونسير صفاً واحدا لا ينثني

بعواصف الدنيا ولا يتمزقُ

And we march in a single rank that does not bend

beneath the world's storms, nor is torn apart.

فتول يا عبدالعزيز عزائماً

من أمة تهوى السمو وتعشقُ

So take charge, O Abd al-Aziz, of the firm resolves

of a nation that loves loftiness and adores it.

ولتحي في عرش القلوب مؤيدا

وليحيا شعب حول عرشك يُغدقُ

And may you live, upheld, on the throne of hearts,

and may a people live around your throne, lavishing bounty.

وإليك يا أسد الجزيرة خفقة

من قلب صب لم يزل بك يخفقُ

And to you, O lion of the Peninsula, a heartbeat

from a lovesick heart that has never ceased beating for you.

ناءت بمحملها حنايا لوعتي

وهفت إليك بها القوافي السُبّقُ

The folds of my anguish bowed beneath its burden,

and the swift rhymes fluttered toward you with it.

يمنيةً مكيةً نجديةً

قل ما تشاء فإنها لا تفرقُ

Yemeni, Meccan, Najdi—

say what you will, for they make no distinction.