1. Forgive me if I recite too often
In every gathering or club I attend

2. And stand between the pulpits of orators and
The stance of a hungry man without provision

3. It is said of me, he is an impetuous poet
Jumping into words like the leap of a hunter

4. No, it is not about rhymes, indeed they are
The sorrows of my depths and the voice of my country

5. When I compose it is my emotions I compose
And when I express it is my heart I express

6. Why have I seen forgiveness mentioned so much
With hesitation by a fragrant wind or companion

7. Is there a crime whose sentence
Is pardoned by the generous nobles

8. Except when one becomes a criminal
In protecting the homeland of ancestors

9. The criminals have forgiven themselves
An illogical rhetoric of corruption

10. But by God it is the greatest manifestation
Of the contradictions controlling contradictions

11. They wanted to entice emotions with gentleness
Alas, a spark will not return to tinder

12. You did not frighten the lions, o insects
With flowers of coaxing and kindling

13. The pride of Arabism, the captain of the ship from
The fury of the tempest and its violent winds

14. The famed lion of the nation, known for its east
For his steadfast principle and honest strife

15. I congratulate you on attaining resolve
With its steadfastness nations flourish

16. And with the company of brethren, my
Poetry smiled like flowers in a meadow

17. From every person of merit, his light emerged
And came like strung pearls on necks

18. Muslims of east and west
United like shoulders and wings

19. A spirit of sincerity made them one
Fragmented across the world of bodies

20. Remember the Maghreb whenever
Your tears flow for Oujda

21. It is part of you and belongs to you by lineage
Do not neglect it O people of dhad

22. It is the home of glories and achievements
Of its people, one day called and another pursued

23. And it will soon raise its head and pounce as long as
There are foxes, with the pouncing of lions

24. Time holds wonders for us that never cease
Its days blow fragrant winds

25. And our leader Abdulaziz is like you
He suffered the bitterness of exile and estrangement

26. And today that forgiveness encompassed him like you
As if you were at an appointed time