وَعَيْشِكَ وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا

وَعَيْشِكَ وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا

وَأَضْوَاءِ الْغَزَالَةِ فِي ضُحَاهَا

وَأَضْوَاءِ الْغَزَالَةِ فِي ضُحَاهَا

By your life, by heaven and Him who built it,

By your life, and by the sky and He who built it

By your life, by the heavens, and by Him who built them,

And by the sun's rays in its morning brilliance,

And by the lights of the gazelle in its morning

And by the rays of the morning sun in its bright forenoon,

لَهِنَّكَ لَلرَّئِيسُ رَئِيسُ فَاسٍ

لَهِنَّكَ لَلرَّئِيسُ رَئِيسُ فَاسٍ

وَفَاسٌ جَنَّةُ الدُّنْيَا ذُرَاهَا

وَفَاسٌ جَنَّةُ الدُّنْيَا ذُرَاهَا

Surely you are the chief, the chief of Fez,

You are most certainly the eminent, eminent ruler of Fez

You are indeed the rightful chieftain, the chieftain of Fez,

And Fez's heights are the paradise of the world.

And Fez is the paradise of the world, its beauty

And Fez is the paradise of this world, its ultimate peak!

أَمِطْ يَا عَيْنَ بَهْجَتِهَا قَذَاهَا

أَمِطْ يَا عَيْنَ بَهْجَتِهَا قَذَاهَا

وَحُطْ يَا شَوْقَ مَغْرِبِهَا سَنَاهَا

وَحُطْ يَا شَوْقَ مَغْرِبِهَا سَنَاهَا

Remove her mote, O eye of her delight,

Remove, O eye, the splendor of its ornaments

Remove, O essence of its joy, the mote from its eye,

And guard her radiance, O desire of her Maghrib.

And take down, O longing, its lofty minarets

And guard, O longing of the Maghreb, its radiant splendor.

سَنَاهَا أَنْتُمْ لِلَّهِ أَنْتُمْ

سَنَاهَا أَنْتُمْ لِلَّهِ أَنْتُمْ

كَوَاكِبُ أَسْعُدٍ مَحَقَتْ دُجَاهَا

كَوَاكِبُ أَسْعُدٍ مَحَقَتْ دُجَاهَا

You are her radiance—God be praised for you!

Its lofty minarets, you are for Allah, you

Its splendor is none other than you—how truly wondrous you are!—

Stars of good fortune that have effaced her darkness.

Are the planets of good fortune whose darkness has been erased

Stars of good fortune that have utterly dispelled its darkness.

وَلاَ كَعُبَيْدِ خَالِقِهَا فَتَاهَا

وَلاَ كَعُبَيْدِ خَالِقِهَا فَتَاهَا

سَلِيلِ ذَوَاتِهَا وَأَبِي عُلاَهَا

سَلِيلِ ذَوَاتِهَا وَأَبِي عُلاَهَا

And none is like her Creator's humble servant, her noble youth,

Not like the Kabaids, makers of its Creator's temptation

And among its youth, there is none like the humble servant of his Creator,

Scion of her notables and father of her glory.

Descendants of its notables and father of its ascension

The descendant of its noble essences and the father of its high glories.

عُلاَهَا اللَّذْ بِهِ بَلَغَتْ مَدَاهَا

عُلاَهَا اللَّذْ بِهِ بَلَغَتْ مَدَاهَا

وَكَانَتْ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ لاَ تُضَاهَى

وَكَانَتْ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ لاَ تُضَاهَى

Her glory, through whom she reached her utmost height,

Its ascension through which it reached its purpose

Glories through which it has reached its absolute zenith,

And even before that she was beyond compare.

And was before that incomparable

Even though, long before that, it was entirely without equal.

إِذَا مَا سَادَةٌ وَلَدَتْ أَبَاهَا

إِذَا مَا سَادَةٌ وَلَدَتْ أَبَاهَا

تَكَمَّلَ مَجْدُهَا وَسَمَا سُمَاهَا

تَكَمَّلَ مَجْدُهَا وَسَمَا سُمَاهَا

When noble lords beget their own father,

Whenever the masters beget its father

When noble lords give birth to the father of its greatness,

Their glory is perfected, and their eminence soars.

Its glory is perfected and its renown exalted

Its glory attains perfection, and its eminence soars ever higher.

لَهُ مِرْبَاعُ حُبِّيَ وَالصَّفَايَا

لَهُ مِرْبَاعُ حُبِّيَ وَالصَّفَايَا

وَحُكْمُهُ وَالنَّشِيطَةُ مَعْ سِوَاهَا

وَحُكْمُهُ وَالنَّشِيطَةُ مَعْ سِوَاهَا

His are the chief's quarter-share of my love and the choicest spoils,

To him belong Mribau and Saffaya

To him belongs the chieftain's quarter of my love, and the choicest spoils,

And his right to decree, the spoils seized en route, and all the rest.

And his rule and Annachita along with them

Along with absolute command, the early captures, and all else besides.

بِآيَةِ أَنَّهُ عَجِلَتْ إِلَيْهِ

بِآيَةِ أَنَّهُ عَجِلَتْ إِلَيْهِ

صُنُوفُ مَحَامِدٍ لَمَّا دَعَاهَا

صُنُوفُ مَحَامِدٍ لَمَّا دَعَاهَا

In proof of this, there hastened to him

With the sign that to him hastened

Proved by the fact that they rushed in haste toward him—

Virtues of many kinds, when he summoned them.

Types of praises when he called them

All manner of praiseworthy virtues, the very moment he summoned them.

دَعَاهَا وَهْيَ عَاقِدَةٌ حُبَاهَا

دَعَاهَا وَهْيَ عَاقِدَةٌ حُبَاهَا

فَحَلَّتْهَا فَطَارَ بِهَا هَوَاهَا

فَحَلَّتْهَا فَطَارَ بِهَا هَوَاهَا

He summoned them while their knee-binding wraps were tied;

He called them while they had tied up their love

He called to them while they sat firmly bound in their resting posture,

So they untied them, and their longing bore them aloft.

So they unleashed it and it flew away with their passion

Yet they untied their knots, and their passion made them take flight,

هَوَاهَا أَنْ تَرَاهُ أَوْثَرَاهُ

هَوَاهَا أَنْ تَرَاهُ أَوْثَرَاهُ

فَلاَ يَنْفَكُّ مُنْتَشِقاً ثَرَاهَا

فَلاَ يَنْفَكُّ مُنْتَشِقاً ثَرَاهَا

Their longing is to see him, or his dust;

Their passion to see him most adorned

Their deepest desire being to behold him or the very dust of his earth,

So he never ceases to breathe in their dust.

So it does not cease gushing his fragrance

Thus he never ceases to deeply inhale the sweet fragrance of its soil.