لأنْدَلُسَ البُشْرَى وحَضْرَتِهَا حِمْص

لأنْدَلُسَ البُشْرَى وحَضْرَتِهَا حِمْص

فقَد كُسِيَتْ لِلأَمْنِ فَضْفاضَةُ القُمْصِ

فقَد كُسِيَتْ لِلأَمْنِ فَضْفاضَةُ القُمْصِ

Glad tidings to al-Andalus and her capital, Hims!

Andalusia has brought glad tidings, and its civilization is Hims,

For she has been clothed in security’s ample robes.

So its spacious shirt has been dressed for security,

وَقد نُصِرَتْ عَوْداً كَبَدْء على العِدَى

وَقد نُصِرَتْ عَوْداً كَبَدْء على العِدَى

فَذَاقُوا المَنَايَا الحُمْر بِالحسِّ والحَصِّ

فَذَاقُوا المَنَايَا الحُمْر بِالحسِّ والحَصِّ

And she has again been granted victory over her foes, as at the outset.

And it has been given support again, as in the beginning against enmity,

So they tasted blood-red deaths through slaughter and annihilation.

Thus they tasted the red deaths with loss and perdition,

وَلا غَرْوَ أنْ تُغْرَى السُّعُودُ بأهْلِها

وَلا غَرْوَ أنْ تُغْرَى السُّعُودُ بأهْلِها

فَمَا قابَلوا النُّعْمَى بِغَمْطٍ ولا غَمْصِ

فَمَا قابَلوا النُّعْمَى بِغَمْطٍ ولا غَمْصِ

Nor is it strange that good fortune should be drawn to her people,

And it is no wonder that authority is deluded by its people,

for they did not meet bounty with ingratitude or contempt.

For they did not reciprocate blessing with ingratitude and impiety,

أَلَمْ يَخْلَعوا زُهْداً وحِرْصاً عَلَى الهُدَى

أَلَمْ يَخْلَعوا زُهْداً وحِرْصاً عَلَى الهُدَى

ومِن عَجَبٍ أنْ يُعْضَدَ الزُّهْدُ بالْحِرْصِ

ومِن عَجَبٍ أنْ يُعْضَدَ الزُّهْدُ بالْحِرْصِ

Did they not, in renunciation and eagerness for guidance, depose

Did they not renounce abstinence and greed for guidance,

(And it is a wonder that renunciation should be strengthened by eagerness!)

And it is strange that abstinence is supported by greed,

عَلِيَّ بْنَ إدْريسَ بْنِ يَعْقوبَ وانْتَمَوا

عَلِيَّ بْنَ إدْريسَ بْنِ يَعْقوبَ وانْتَمَوا

لِيَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الواحِدِ بْنِ أبِي حَفْصِ

لِيَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الواحِدِ بْنِ أبِي حَفْصِ

Ali ibn Idris ibn Yaqub, and give their allegiance

Ali bin Idris bin Yaqub and they belonged,

to Yahya ibn Abd al-Wahid ibn Abi Hafs?

To Yahya bin Abd al-Wahid bin Abi Hafs.