وجدنا الحقَّ عندكَ والصّوابا

وجدنا الحقَّ عندكَ والصّوابا

فجئنا نُنصِفُ الوطن المُصابا

فجئنا نُنصِفُ الوطن المُصابا

We found truth and sound judgment with you.

We found truth and right with you

So we came to do justice to the stricken homeland.

So we came to do justice for the afflicted nation

عَطفتَ عليه مُسْتَلَباً جريحاً

عَطفتَ عليه مُسْتَلَباً جريحاً

يُعاني في مصارعِه العذابا

يُعاني في مصارعِه العذابا

You took pity on it, despoiled and wounded,

You were compassionate to it, plundered and wounded

Suffering torment where it lay fallen.

Suffering in its battles and tribulations

فَصنتَ حياتَه وكشفتَ عنه

فَصنتَ حياتَه وكشفتَ عنه

خُطوبَ الدّهرِ تدفعها صعابا

خُطوبَ الدّهرِ تدفعها صعابا

So you safeguarded its life and lifted from it

You protected its life and uncovered

The calamities of time, repelling them though formidable.

The calamities of fate that it faces with difficulties

رضينا للكنانةِ مِنكَ عهداً

رضينا للكنانةِ مِنكَ عهداً

أضاء سبيلَها ومحا الضّبابا

أضاء سبيلَها ومحا الضّبابا

We welcomed your rule over Kinana,

We were satisfied with your kindness that made a promise

Which lit her path and dispelled the fog.

That illuminated its path and erased the fog

مشت آمالُها بيضاً خُطاها

مشت آمالُها بيضاً خُطاها

وقد كان السّوادُ لها خِضابا

وقد كان السّوادُ لها خِضابا

Her hopes walked on, their steps white,

Its hopes walked with white steps

Though blackness had once been their dye.

Though blackness was its dye

تَؤمُّ مَطالِعَ الأنوارِ فَرْحَى

تَؤمُّ مَطالِعَ الأنوارِ فَرْحَى

وتبتدرُ المسالكَ والشِّعابا

وتبتدرُ المسالكَ والشِّعابا

Joyfully they head where the lights rise,

It looks forward to the rise of lights joyfully

And race along the paths and mountain passes.

And seizes the paths and trails

رَضينا عهدكَ الميمونَ فينا

رَضينا عهدكَ الميمونَ فينا

فلسنا نَحفِلُ القومَ الغِضابا

فلسنا نَحفِلُ القومَ الغِضابا

We welcomed your auspicious rule among us,

We were satisfied with your blessed promise to us

So we pay no heed to the angry people.

So we do not bother with the angry people

أبا الأشبال كن للشَعبِ عوناً

أبا الأشبال كن للشَعبِ عوناً

فقد ملَّ الثّعالبَ والذّئابا

فقد ملَّ الثّعالبَ والذّئابا

O father of lion cubs, be a helper to the people,

O father of cubs, be a helper for the people

For they have tired of the foxes and the wolves.

For foxes and wolves are fed up

تخيّرتَ الرجالَ وقمتَ فيهم

تخيّرتَ الرجالَ وقمتَ فيهم

تُدير الحكمَ سمحاً مُستطابا

تُدير الحكمَ سمحاً مُستطابا

You selected the men and stood among them,

You chose the men and stood among them

Administering benevolent and welcome rule.

To rule with agreeable gentleness

سيوفُكَ للجهادِ الحقِّ شتَّى

سيوفُكَ للجهادِ الحقِّ شتَّى

وإنّ لنا لأَصْدَقَها ضِرابا

وإنّ لنا لأَصْدَقَها ضِرابا

Your swords for righteous struggle are many and varied,

Your swords for the holy war are many

And ours is surely the truest of them in striking.

And we surely have the ones that strike

رأينا الشاذليَّ وكيف يمضي

رأينا الشاذليَّ وكيف يمضي

إذا ما الأمرُ بعد الأمرِ نابا

إذا ما الأمرُ بعد الأمرِ نابا

We saw al-Shadhili and how he presses on,

We saw Al-Shadhili and how he proceeds

Whenever one matter after another arises.

When a matter becomes difficult after another

فلم يَرَ مِثلَهُ رأياً وعزماً

فلم يَرَ مِثلَهُ رأياً وعزماً

ولم نَرَ فيه مَنقصةً وعابا

ولم نَرَ فيه مَنقصةً وعابا

So he saw none like him in judgment and resolve,

None saw like his opinion and determination

And we saw no shortcoming or fault in him.

Nor did we see in him any deficiency or flaw

رأيتُ هوى البحيرةِ كيف يصفو

رأيتُ هوى البحيرةِ كيف يصفو

فكان لها جَزاء أو ثوابا

فكان لها جَزاء أو ثوابا

I saw how al-Buhayra's affection grows pure,

I saw the love of the lake, how it clears

So it was a recompense or reward for her.

So for it was a reward or recompense