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O chosen leader

ألا أيها القائد المجتبى

1. O chosen leader
And the one who attained the highest glory

١. أَلاَ أَيُّهَا الْقَائِدُ الْمُجْتَبَى
وَمَنْ حَازَ فِي الْمَجْدِ أَسْنَى مَقَامْ

2. And the one who is the full moon of Duja in Fez
Rising to the horizon like the full moon

٢. وَمَنْ هُوَ فِي فَاسَ بَدْرُ دُجىً
يُطَاوِلُ بِالأُفْقِ بَدْرَ التَّمَامْ

3. I have come rushing to you
As my stay in this place was prolonged

٣. فَزَعْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ وَقَدْ شَفَّنِي امْ
تِدَادُ مَقَامِي بِهَذَا الْمَقَامْ

4. And I have grown old from what I was cast into
After twenty two years

٤. وَقَدْ شِبْتُ مِمَّا قُذِفْتُ بِهِ
بِإِثْرِ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ عَامْ

5. And I wish that one who is like me, mature,
Would become ruined like one of the pillars

٥. وَيَا لَيْتَ مَنْ هُوَ مِثْلِي شَجٍ
يَصِيرُ خَبِيئَةَ إِحْدَى الرَِّجَامْ

6. So do not take me for the words of hostility
Even if they speak much falsehood about me

٦. فَلاَ تَأْخُذَنِّي بِقَوْلِ الْعِدَى
وَإِنْ أَكْثَرُوا فِيَّ زُورَ الْكَلاَمْ

7. I have come with nothing to blame
Except that I am obsessed with supremacy

٧. فَمَا جِئْتُ شَيْئاً أُلاَمُ بهِ
سِوَى أَنَّنِي بِالْعُلاَ مُسْتَهَامْ

8. I traverse the sea of knowledge for a period
And I become fascinated for a while by the shining system

٨. أَخُوضُ بِحَارَ الْعُلُُومِ مَدىً
وَأُسْحَرُ طَوْراً بِدُرِّ النِّظَامْ

9. And it was granted, I committed sins that transgressed
So one like you pardons major sins

٩. وَهَبْنِي اقْتَرَفْتُ ذُنُوباً طَغَتْ
فَمِثْلُكَ يُولِي الذُّنُوبَ الْعِظَامْ

10. For your forbearance has covered all people
And reformed what was between private and public

١٠. فَحِلْمُكَ قَدْ عَمَّ كُلَّ الْوَرَى
وَأَصْلَحَ مَا بَيْنَ خَاصٍ وَعَامْ

11. So, grant me my lord, with your forgiveness
For your forgiveness is my wish and purpose

١١. وَجُدْ لِي بِعَفْوِكَ يَا رَبَّهُ
فَعَفْوُكَ عِنْدِي الْمُنَى وَالْمَرَامْ

12. Who is there for the son of Zakur except you
To help him when faced by the wicked

١٢. فَمَنْ لِابْنِ زَاكُورَ مِنْ مُنْجِدٍ
سِوَاكَ إِذَا حَارَبَتْهُ اللِّئَامْ

13. You continue to rise to the heaven of supremacy
And a cave in which one who is wronged takes refuge

١٣. فَلاَ زِلْتَ تَرْقَى سَمَاءَ الْعُلاَ
وَكَهْفاً يَلُوذُ بِهِ مَنْ يُضَامْ