Sol 6.1

  1. يا حادِيَ الجِمالْ

    عرِّجْ على سَلا

    O driver of the camels,

    turn aside toward Salā.

  2. قدْ هامَ بالجَمالْ

    قَلْبي وما سَلا

    Beauty has enraptured

    my heart, and it has found no solace.

  3. عرِّجْ على الخَليجِ

    والرّمْلِ والحِمَى

    Turn aside toward the inlet,

    and the sands and the protected grounds,

  4. في المَنْظَرِ البَهيجِ

    بالبِيضِ كالدّمَى

    amid the delightful prospect

    of fair women like statues,

  5. والأبْطَحِ النّسيجِ

    منْ صَنْعَةِ السّما

    and the pebbled plain, woven

    by heaven’s handiwork.

  6. للّهِ منْ خِلالٍ

    تخْتالُ في حُلَى

    God be praised for such graces,

    strutting in finery!

  7. لمْ تُلْفِ في اعْتِدالْ

    عنْهُنّ مَعْدِلا

    In harmonious proportion you have not found

    any alternative to them.

  8. وطُفْ منَ الرِّباطِ

    برُكْنِ طائِفِ

    And make your circuit in Rabat,

    around a pilgrim’s corner,

  9. بمَنْزِلِ اغْتِباطِ

    دارِ الخَلائِفِ

    at an abode of delight,

    the caliphs’ dwelling,

  10. مُقَدّسِ المَواطي

    جمّ المَعارِفِ

    whose trodden ground is hallowed,

    rich in learning.

  11. كمْ منْ سنا هِلالٍ

    بأفْقِهِ انْجَلَى

    How many a crescent’s gleam

    has shone forth on its horizon,

  12. أنْحَى على الضّلالِ

    فانْجابَ وانْجَلى

    and borne down upon error,

    so it dispersed and vanished.

  13. جَنَى النّعيمِ دانِ

    والبَحْرُ والغَديرْ

    The fruit of bliss is within reach;

    and there are the sea and the pool.

  14. أهِلّةُ الشّوانِي

    في أفْقِهِ تَسيرْ

    The crescents of the galleys

    sail along its horizon.

  15. وقَهْوَةُ الدِّنانِ

    يُديرُها مُديرْ

    And wine from the jars

    is passed round by a cupbearer,

  16. أغَرُّ كالغَزالِ

    مُقَلّدُ الطّلا

    radiant as a gazelle,

    with a necklace about his neck;

  17. يسْطو ولا يُبالي

    بالأسْدِ في الفَلا

    he strikes and cares nothing

    for lions in the wilderness.

  18. أوْلَى إلَيْكَ أوْلَى

    منْ ذِكْرِ معْهَدِ

    Better for you, far better

    than recalling a familiar haunt,

  19. أكْثَرْتَ فيهِ قوْلا

    في كلّ مشْهَدِ

    of which you have spoken so much

    at every gathering—

  20. خُذْ في امْتِداحِ موْلَى

    ندْبٍ مؤيّدِ

    take up the praise of a lord,

    gallant and aided,

  21. مُمَجّدِ الجَلالِ

    مُشَهّرِ العُلا

    of exalted majesty,

    of celebrated eminence.

  22. قدْ فاقَ في كَمالِ

    وراقَ مُجْتَلَى

    He has excelled in perfection

    and is lovely to behold,

  23. مُوافِقُ الخَليلِ

    في الإسْمِ والسِّماتِ

    matching al-Khalil

    in name and traits;

  24. ذي المَنْظَرِ الجَميلِ

    الرّائِقِ الصّفاتِ

    of handsome appearance,

    of exquisite qualities,

  25. مُكرَّمِ الدّخيل

    ومُجْزِلِ الهِباتِ

    whose guest is honored,

    and lavish in gifts,

  26. ومُحْسِبُ النّوالِ

    لمَنْ توسّلا

    and giving bounty in abundance

    to whoever seeks his favor,

  27. ورافِعُ المَعالي

    سُحْباً مُضَلّلا

    and raising honors high

    as clouds that spread their shade.

  28. يا مَنْ عُلاهُ درّتْ

    بكُلِّ نائِلِ

    O you whose eminence has overflowed

    with every bounty,

  29. خُذْها إليْكَ جرّتْ

    ذيْلَ الخَمائِلِ

    take it to yourself—it has trailed

    the hem of the leafy groves,

  30. وفي حُلاكَ أزْرَتْ

    بقَوْلِ قائِلِ

    and, in telling of your graces, has outshone

    the words of one who said:

  31. يا مَنْزِلَ الغَزالِ

    حُيّيتَ منزِلاً

    “O dwelling of the gazelle,

    hail to you as a dwelling!

  32. فَما أرَى بسالٍ

    عنْهُ وإنْ سَلا

    For I see none forgetful

    of it, even if he finds solace.”