1. بِعُلاكم وَهوَ حسبُ المُطنِب

    عَرَفَ المشرقُ فضلَ المغرِبِ

    Through your eminence—and it suffices the lavish eulogist—

    the East recognized the excellence of the West.

  2. فسح الدهرُ له حتّى رأى

    سِيرابن وأبٍ بعد أب

    Time granted it respite until it saw

    the deeds of a son, and of father after father.

  3. فرعاها بفؤادٍ فطِنِ

    وتلاها بلسانٍ معربِ

    So it cherished them with a discerning heart

    and recounted them with an eloquent tongue.

  4. قد لعمري أبصر النورَ الذي

    مذ بدا أعشى عيونَ النوَبِ

    Indeed, by my life, it saw the light that,

    ever since it appeared, has blinded calamities' eyes.

  5. ورأى ما لم يكن يعهدُه

    فهوَ مشغولٌ بطولِ العَجَبِ

    And it saw what it had never known,

    so it is absorbed in prolonged wonder.

  6. أيّها المنصورُ إنّ الدينَ قد

    حَلَّ مِن عزكَ أعلى الرتبِ

    O al-Mansur, indeed the faith has

    attained, through your might, the highest ranks.

  7. هو أمرُ اللَهِ في أيديكمُ

    فاجذبوا الأرضَ به تنجذِبِ

    It is God's command in your hands;

    so draw the earth with it, and it will be drawn.

  8. رُفِعَت قُبَّتُه مَضروبةً

    ما لَها غيركُمُ مِن طَنَبٍ

    Its pavilion has been raised and pitched;

    it has no tent-rope but you.

  9. عارضٌ أبدى بروقاً جمةً

    وهو لم يأتِ ببرقٍ خُلَّبِ

    A raincloud has shown abundant flashes of lightning,

    and it did not bring rainless lightning.

  10. يقتضونَ الوَعدَ بالنصرِ لكم

    وهوَ قد خُطَّ لكُم في الكُتُبِ

    They seek fulfillment of the promise of victory for you,

    and it has already been inscribed for you in the books.

  11. غيرَ أن السعيَ محمودٌ ولا

    يَقطَعُ السيفُ إذا لم يضرِبِ

    Yet striving is praiseworthy, and no

    sword cuts if it does not strike.

  12. من يكن مطلبُهُ نَصرَ الهُدى

    نال عند اللَه نجحَ المَطلَبِ

    Whoever's aim is to uphold guidance

    will attain, with God, success in his quest.

  13. قد تلافى اللَهُ أفريقيةً

    وَهيَ نُهبٌ في يَدَي مُنتَهِبِ

    God has indeed rescued Ifriqiya,

    while it lay as plunder in a plunderer's hands.

  14. أنتُم أحييتُمُ الدينَ وقد

    مات فيها موت مَن لم يَعقِبِ

    You have revived the faith, though it had

    died there the death of one who left no offspring.

  15. أحجَمَ الأعداءُ عنكُم رهبةً

    من رأى الموت عياناً يَرهَبِ

    The enemies recoiled from you in dread;

    whoever sees death with his own eyes will fear.

  16. اهنئي يا حضرةَ القُدسِ فَقَد

    رُحتِ في ثوبِ البَهاءِ المُعجِبِ

    Rejoice, O holy court, for indeed

    you have gone forth in a robe of wondrous splendor.

  17. يا لَها من أوبَةٍ مَحمُودةٍ

    سَقَتِ الدهرَ حياةَ الطَرَبِ

    Ah, what a praiseworthy return,

    that gave Time the life of joy to drink!