خَليفَةَO caliph اللهِof God ساعَدَmay aid القَدَرُdestiny
خَليفَةَ اللهِ ساعَدَ القَدَرُ
عُلاكَyour exalted rank ماas long as لاحَshines فيin الدُّجىthe darkness قَمَرُa moon
عُلاكَ ما لاحَ في الدُّجى قَمَرُ
O Caliph of God, may destiny aid
your exalted rank as long as a moon shines in the dark;
ودافَعَتْand may ward off عنْكَfrom you كفُّthe hand قُدْرَتِهِof His power
ودافَعَتْ عنْكَ كفُّ قُدْرَتِهِ
ماwhat ليْسَnot يسْتَطيعُcan دَفْعهُrepelling it البَشَرُhumankind
ما ليْسَ يسْتَطيعُ دَفْعهُ البَشَرُ
and may the hand of His power ward off from you
what humankind cannot repel.
ليْسَthere is no لَناfor us ملْجأٌrefuge نؤمِّلُهُwe place our hopes in it
ليْسَ لَنا ملْجأٌ نؤمِّلُهُ
سِواكَother than you أنتَyou الثِّمالthe protector والوَزَرُand the refuge
سِواكَ أنتَ الثِّمال والوَزَرُ
We have no refuge to place our hopes in
other than you; you are our protector and refuge.
وجْهُكَyour face فيin النّائِباتِcalamities بدْرُa full moon دُجىًdarkness
وجْهُكَ في النّائِباتِ بدْرُ دُجىً
لَناfor us وفيand in المحْلِdrought كفُّكَyour hand المطَرُthe rain
لَنا وفي المحْلِ كفُّكَ المطَرُ
Your face amid calamities is a full moon in darkness
for us; and in drought your hand is rain.
والنّاسُand the people طُرّاًall together بأرْضِin the land of أندَلُسٍal-Andalus
والنّاسُ طُرّاً بأرْضِ أندَلُسٍ
لوْلاكَbut for you ماnot أوطَنواthey settled ولاnor عمَرواthey built it up
لوْلاكَ ما أوطَنوا ولا عمَروا
And all the people in the land of al-Andalus,
but for you, would neither have settled nor built it up.
وجُمْلَةُand the sum الأمْرِof the matter أنّهُthat it is وطَنٌa homeland
وجُمْلَةُ الأمْرِ أنّهُ وطَنٌ
فيin غيْرِanything other than عُلْياكَyour exalted majesty ماnot لهُit has وطَرُa desire
في غيْرِ عُلْياكَ ما لهُ وطَرُ
And, in sum, it is a homeland
that desires nothing but your exalted majesty.
ومَنْand those بهِin it مُذْsince وصَلْتَyou joined حبْلَهُمُtheir cord
ومَنْ بهِ مُذْ وصَلْتَ حبْلَهُمُ
ماnot جَحَدواthey denied نِعْمَةًa favor ولاnor كَفُرواthey were ungrateful
ما جَحَدوا نِعْمَةً ولا كَفُروا
And those within it, since you joined their cord to yours,
have neither denied a favor nor been ungrateful.
وقدْand indeed أهَمّتْهُمُhave troubled them نُفوسُهُمُtheir own lives
وقدْ أهَمّتْهُمُ نُفوسُهُمُ
فوجّهونيso they sent me إلَيْكَto you وانْتَظَرواand they waited
فوجّهوني إلَيْكَ وانْتَظَروا
And their own lives have filled them with concern,
so they sent me to you and waited.
Sol 6.1