Sol 6.1

  1. حفّتْ ملائِكةُ السّماءِ جُنودا

    بكتائِبٍ نشرَتْ عليْكَ بُنودا

    Heaven's angels gathered round as troops,

    in battalions that unfurled banners over you,

  2. تُنْهي إليْكَ بشائِرَ الفتْحِ التي

    تُلْقي لديْكَ لواءَها المَعْقودا

    bringing you the glad tidings of conquest, which

    lay their knotted standard before you,

  3. وتسوقُ أحْزابَ الضّلالِ إلى الرّدَى

    سَبْقاً وقد سُمْتَ القُلوبَ وَئيدا

    and driving the factions of error to destruction,

    racing ahead, while you have made hearts throb heavily.

  4. وتُثيرُ سُحْبُ النّقْعِ منْ وقْعِ الظُّبا

    فوقَ الدّروعِ بوارقاً ورُعودا

    And clouds of dust stir up, from the clash of blades,

    above the armor, flashes of lightning and thunder.

  5. وتُكاثرُ الأعْداءَ منكَ عزائِمٌ

    فتُعيدُ جمْعَهُمُ أقلَّ عَديدا

    And resolves from you outnumber the enemies,

    so they leave their host reduced in number.

  6. وركائِبُ الإنجادِ والإتْهامِ قدْ

    ملأتْ لديْكَ تهائِماً ونُجودا

    And mounts journeying upland and downland have

    filled lowlands and highlands around you.

  7. والحرْبَ تُشْعِلُ نارَها حيثُ اغْتَدَتْ

    لا ترْتَضي إلا عِداكَ وَقودا

    And war—you kindle its fire wherever it rises at dawn,

    accepting none but your foes as fuel.

  8. والروْعُ إن شَبّتْ عُداتُك جَمرَهُ

    سامَتْهُ أنهارُ السيوفِ خُمودا

    And terror, if your foes kindle its embers,

    the rivers of swords force it to die out.

  9. كَحَلَ العيونَ بإثْمِدٍ منْ نَقْعِهِ

    فكأنّ عاداً إذ عدَتْ وثَمودا

    It lined eyes with antimony from its dust,

    so it was as though 'Ad had charged, and Thamud too.

  10. أنِسَتْ بعزّ النّصْرِ غُرُّ كَتائِبٍ

    أضْحى بها جُنْدُ العدوّ شَرودا

    Resplendent battalions rejoiced in victory's might;

    through them the enemy's troops became fugitives.

  11. ستُزيرُها أرضَ العُداةِ وللقَنا

    أجمٌ وقدْ زأرَتْ لديْكَ أُسودا

    You will bring them to visit the foes' land; the lances have

    thickets, and have roared before you as lions.

  12. حيثُ الظُبا قد هِمْنَ في هامِ العِدَى

    حتّى ترَكْنَ عَميدَها مَعْمودا

    Where blades have roamed in frenzy among the foes' heads,

    until they left their leader sorely stricken.

  13. حيثُ الوِرادُ الغُرُّ تبتَدِرُ الوَغى

    هيماً تؤمّل في النّجيعِ وُرودا

    Where white-blazed bay horses rush into battle,

    thirsty, hoping to drink their fill of fresh blood.

  14. حيثُ القسيُّ مَحارِبٌ أضْحَتْ لها

    هامُ الأعادي رُكّعاً وسُجودا

    Where bows are sanctuaries, before which

    the enemies' heads have bowed and prostrated themselves.

  15. حيثُ العزائِمُ في الميادينِ التي

    قادَتْ إليهنّ الجِيادَ القودا

    Where resolves are in the fields to which

    they led the long-necked steeds.

  16. حيثُ النّدى والحِلْمُ يُنْجزُ موْعِداً

    للمَكرُماتِ ولا يُجيزُ وَعيدا

    Where generosity and forbearance fulfill a promise

    of noble deeds, but do not carry out a threat.

  17. حيثُ العُلَى واليوسُفيُّ يُنيلُها

    جوداً فلا عدِمَتْ لديْهِ وُجودا

    Where lofty honor dwells, and al-Yusufi grants it

    as a gift—may it never cease to exist with him.

  18. ملِكٌ مَواقِعُ سيفِه أو سَيْبِهِ

    تكْفي عدُوّاً أو تكُفُّ حَسودا

    A king whose sword's blows or bounty's reach

    suffice against a foe, or curb an envier.

  19. جمعَ الفواضل والمَحامِدَ والعُلَى

    والبأسَ والخُلُقَ الرّضى والجودا

    He gathered virtues, praiseworthy deeds, and loftiness,

    valor, pleasing character, and generosity.

  20. وثَنى صُدورَ الذّابِلاتِ إلى العِدَى

    فأقامَ منها ما انثَنى تأويدا

    And bent the breasts of slender spears toward the foes,

    then straightened whatever among them had bent and bowed.

  21. تختالُ مائِلَةَ المَعاطِفِ كلّما

    عطَفَ الكميُّ قوامَها الأُمْلودا

    They strut, their flanks inclining, whenever

    the armored warrior bends their supple stature.

  22. للهِ منْهُ عزائِمٌ ومكارِمٌ

    غادَرْنَ أحْرارَ المُلوكِ عَبيدا

    God be praised for his resolves and noble deeds,

    which have made freeborn kings into slaves,

  23. ترْجو مواهِبَهُ التي قد أصْبَحَتْ

    ظِلّاً على أرْجائِها مَمْدودا

    hoping for his gifts, which have become

    a shadow spread across their reaches.

  24. وهّابُ ما فوقَ البسيطةِ لم يدَعْ

    للمنْعِ إلا العذْلَ والتّفْنيدا

    A giver of all that lies upon the earth, he has left

    nothing for withholding but reproach and disparagement.

  25. سبّاقُ غاياتِ المكارِمِ كلّما

    جارَى الملوكَ الأكْرَمينَ الصّيدا

    Foremost to the goals of noble deeds, whenever

    he races the most generous, stately kings.

  26. لم يرْمِ أغراضَ المحامِدِ وادِعاً

    إلا وبَذّ الطالِبَ المَجْهودا

    He never aimed at praise's targets while at ease

    without outstripping the exhausted seeker.

  27. نظَمَتْ حُلاهُ المكْرُماتُ فلم تزَلْ

    دُرّاً على لَبّاتِها منْضودا

    Noble deeds have strung his ornaments, which remain

    pearls arrayed upon their throats.

  28. نصّتْ مناقِبَهُ العُلى واستَشْرَفَتْ

    لمَنالِ أدْناها ونصّتْ جِيدا

    Glory has exalted his virtues and strained upward

    to reach the least of them, stretching its neck.

  29. هذي مآثِرُهُ تَفوقُ مدَى العُلَى

    أبداً صُعوداً أو تُفيدُ سُعودا

    These exploits of his surpass the bounds of loftiness,

    ever ascending, or bringing good fortune.

  30. وقبائِلٍ ترجو عزائمَكَ التي

    قادَتْ ملائكةَ السّماءِ جُنودا

    And tribes hope for your resolves, which

    led heaven's angels as troops.

  31. ما عارَضَتْ نظَراً جميلاً يقتضي

    حُكْماً ولا رأياً لديْكَ سَديدا

    They have never opposed a gracious consideration requiring

    a judgment, nor a sound opinion of yours.

  32. عدَلوا عنِ النّهْجِ القويمِ وضُلِّلوا

    لوْلا هُداكَ وفارَقوا التّسْديدا

    They would have turned aside from the straight path and been misled,

    but for your guidance, and departed from right direction.

  33. فبِصُبْحِ هدْيكَ يهْتَدي فلَقُ الضُحى

    والفجْرُ قد فلَقَ الظّلامَ عَمودا

    By the dawn of your guidance, morning's first light is guided,

    and dawn has split the darkness in a column.

  34. إن قلّصَتْ عنْها ظِلالُ مواهِبٍ

    أنشأتَ منها العارضَ الممْدودا

    If the shadows of gifts have shrunk away from them,

    you have raised from them a far-spreading raincloud.

  35. فاصْرِفْ لها وجْهَ العزيمةِ مُنْعِماً

    وأزِلْ ضَغائِنَ بَيْنَها وحُقودا

    So turn your resolve's face toward them, bestowing favor,

    and remove the resentments and rancors among them.

  36. وأقِمْ صغا الإسلامِ في الوطنِ الذي

    أضْحى يُطيعُ مقامَكَ المحْمودا

    And straighten Islam's leaning in the homeland that

    has come to obey your praiseworthy station.

  37. في السّلْمِ أو في الحرْبِ مُلْكُك ناصرٌ

    يُرْجَى مُفيداً أو يُخافُ مُبيدا

    In peace or war, your sovereignty is a champion,

    hoped for as a benefactor, or feared as a destroyer.

  38. جنحَتْ لسَلْمِكَ أمةٌ أرْسالُها

    أمّتْ جَناباً بالعُفاةِ مَرودا

    A people has inclined toward your peace; its delegations

    have sought a court frequented by petitioners.

  39. سَلْمٌ أنامَتْ من ظُباكَ نواظِراً

    أُجْهِدْنَ قبْلُ وما عرَفْنَ هُجودا

    A peace that put to sleep the eyes of your blades,

    exhausted before, and never having known slumber.

  40. أهلاً بها ما جُرّدتْ في المُلْتَقى

    إلا ارْتَضَتْ هامَ الكُماةِ غُمودا

    Welcome to them! Never were they drawn in battle

    without choosing warriors' heads as sheaths.

  41. لمْ يثْنِها عن قصْدِها خجَلٌ وقدْ

    راقَتْ بهِ وجَناتُها توْريدا

    No shame turned them from their purpose, though

    with it their cheeks shone rose-red.

  42. فأرَحْتَها من جَهْدِها لتُجيرَها

    طوْعَ الجهادِ وتَبذُلَ المَجْهودا

    So you rested them from their toil, to shelter them

    in obedience to holy war, and expend your utmost effort.

  43. فلِذاكَ قد أيقَظْتَ كُل مُهَوّمٍ

    لمّا أنَمْتَ الصّارِمَ المغْمودا

    Thus you have awakened every drowsing man

    when you put the sheathed, keen sword to sleep.

  44. ومنعْتَ أندلُساً وقد رام العِدَى

    أنْ يوسِعوا جمْعَ العِدَى تَبْديدا

    And you defended al-Andalus, when the foes sought

    to subject the enemy host to utter dispersal.

  45. خاضوا البحارَ لها وعزْمُكَ دونَها

    فثناهُمُ وحَمى الفَلا والبيدا

    They crossed the seas toward it, but your resolve stood before it,

    turning them back and guarding wilderness and desert.

  46. قَصُرتْ خُطاهُمْ عن منالِ قُصورِها

    والنّصْرُ قدْ مدّ الطّوال المِيدا

    Their steps fell short of reaching its palaces,

    while victory had stretched forth the tall, swaying spears.

  47. أقفَرْتَ من أهْلِ الضّلالةِ أرْضَها

    وملأتَ آفاقَ السّماءِ بُنودا

    You emptied its land of the people of error,

    and filled the horizons of heaven with banners.

  48. وجلَوْتَ من آياتِ عزْمِكَ أنجُماً

    فارتَدّ شيْطانُ الضّلالِ مَريدا

    And you unveiled stars among the signs of your resolve,

    so the rebellious devil of error recoiled.

  49. وثَنى عِنانَ القصْدِ عنْها بعْدَما

    وافَى طريقاً حادَ عنهُ طَريدا

    And turned the bridle of his intent away from it, after

    he reached a path from which he swerved, driven out.

  50. واحْتلّ بالوطنِ الذي لم يتّخِذْ

    عُلْياكَ رُكْناً في الخُطوبِ شَديدا

    And he settled in the homeland that had not taken

    your exalted standing as a strong pillar amid calamities.

  51. سُحْقاً لمن لمْ ينتصرْ بمؤيَّدٍ

    لمْ يَلْوِ طوْعَ وفائِهِ موْعودا

    Perdition to whoever does not seek victory through a strengthened champion,

    who, loyal to his word, never delays a promise.

  52. مالي أرَي التثْليثَ وهْوَ ضلالةٌ

    يمْحو الهُدَى ويُكاثِرُ التّوْحيدا

    Why do I see the Trinity—an error—

    effacing guidance and vying in numbers with monotheism?

  53. ما للنِّقاد تَردُّ آسادَ الشّرى

    طوْعاً وتَقتَنِصُ الظّباءَ الغِيدا

    What ails the little sheep, that they turn back the lions of al-Shara

    at will, and hunt the slender-necked gazelles?

  54. فكأنّها لمْ تدْرِ أنّك ناصرٌ

    بالسّيفِ تُرْهِقُها لديْكَ صعودا

    So it is as though they did not know you are a champion;

    with the sword you force them before you into a grueling ascent.

  55. هذا عدوُّ الدّين حلّ بسَبْتَةٍ

    لينالَ شأواً في الضّلالِ بَعيدا

    This enemy of the faith has settled in Ceuta,

    to attain a distant goal in error.

  56. ألْقى لدَيْها رحْلَهُ إذ لمْ يكُنْ

    عن موْرِدِ الدّين الحَنيفِ مَذودا

    He laid down his saddle there, since he had not been

    driven from the watering-place of the upright faith.

  57. والآنَ لمّا أن دعَتْكَ لنصْرِها

    جعلَتْ مَقامَكَ عُدّةً وعَديدا

    And now, when it called upon you for its defense,

    it made your station its armament and its host.

  58. فأخَفْتَ عُبّادَ الصّليبِ بها وقدْ

    صَلُبَتْ على رَيْبِ الحوادثِ عُودا

    So you frightened the worshippers of the cross within it, while it

    has hardened its timber against the vicissitudes of events.

  59. قصْداً إلَيْها أيها الملِكُ الرّضَى

    لتَرى القَنا بصُدورِها مَقْصودا

    Set your course toward it, O admirable king,

    to see the lances directed at its breasts.

  60. ستُعيدُها وتُنيل كُلَّ موحّدٍ

    أمْناً وتوسِعُ قطْرَها تَمْهيدا

    You will restore it, and grant every monotheist

    safety, and fully pacify its region.

  61. لمْ تُنْهِضَ الرّاياتُ رأيكَ مُنجِداً

    إلا تقدّمَ هادياً ورَشيدا

    Never have banners roused your judgment to bring aid

    but it has advanced, guiding and rightly guided.

  62. يا مُنْعِماً مازالَ جودُ يَمينِه

    لحُلَى المكارِمِ مُبْدِئاً ومُعيدا

    O benefactor, the generosity of whose right hand has ever

    created and renewed noble deeds' adornments.

  63. ولّيْتَ عهْدَ المُسلمينَ مُحمّداً

    فسلَكْتَ قصْداً للعلاءِ حَميدا

    You entrusted the Muslims' succession to Muhammad,

    and followed a praiseworthy course toward glory.

  64. ودعَوْتَ قاصيَةَ البِلادِ فأهْطَعَتْ

    تُلْقي لدى البابِ الكريمِ وُفودا

    You summoned the farthest lands, and they hastened,

    sending delegations to the noble gate.

  65. صدرَتْ نواهِلَ بعدَما قد راقَها

    في منْهَلِ الرّفْدِ العميمِ وُرودا

    They departed with thirst quenched, after delighting

    in their arrival at the wellspring of all-embracing bounty.

  66. هذا وعيدُ الفِطْرِ أسْعَدُ قادِمٍ

    وافاكَ مُتّخذاً خِلالكَ عيدا

    And now Eid al-Fitr, happiest of visitors,

    has come to you, making your virtues its festival.

  67. وترحّلَ الشهْر الكريمُ مؤكّداً

    لك من رضاهُ مواثِقاً وعُهودا

    And the noble month has departed, affirming

    for you, in its contentment, covenants and pledges.

  68. أرْضاهُ أنْ قامَتْ عُلاكَ بحقّه

    تُبْدي رُكوعاً أو تُطيلُ سُجودا

    It was pleased that your highness fulfilled its due,

    offering bows in prayer or prolonging prostration.

  69. وأنَلْتَ هذا اليومَ زائِدَ مِنحةٍ

    فشأوْتَ مَرْواناً وطُلْتَ يَزيدا

    And you granted this day an added gift,

    outstripping Marwan and surpassing Yazid.

  70. جمّعْتَ أشْرافَ الجنودِ فحالفوا

    جُوداً وجَدّاً لايزال جَديدا

    You gathered the noblest of the troops, and they allied themselves with

    generosity and good fortune that is ever new.

  71. أفْضَتْ إلى البابِ الكريمِ وُفودُها

    فأفَضْتَ بحْرَ نوالِكَ الموْرودا

    Their delegations came to the noble gate,

    and you poured forth the sea of your bounty, sought for its waters.

  72. فاهْنأ بهِ عيداً أغرّ مُحَجَّلاً

    طوْعَ السّعودِ وموْسِماً مشْهودا

    So rejoice in it—a bright-browed, white-footed feast,

    in accord with good fortune, a well-attended season.

  73. وإليْكَها عذْراءَ رائِقَةَ الحُلَى

    حَسْناء ماثلَةَ المَعاطِفِ رُودا

    And here she is for you—a virgin with exquisite ornaments,

    a beauty, upright of form and graceful.

  74. جمَعَتْ معانِيَ للبلاغةِ كلّما

    نُظِمَتْ لأن تدعَ الفَريدَ فَريدا

    She has gathered eloquent meanings that, whenever

    strung, leave the peerless pearl standing alone.

  75. فجلوْتُها ولَطالَما قد صُنتُها

    للوصْفِ منكَ قلائِداً وعُقودا

    So I unveiled her; long had I kept her safe,

    for your praise, as necklaces and jeweled strands.

  76. ولكمْ هدَتْني منكَ غُرُّ مَناقِبٍ

    إنْ رُمْتُ قَصْداً أو نظَمتُ قَصيدا

    And often your radiant virtues have guided me,

    when I sought a purpose or composed a poem.

  77. أولَيْتني النُعْمى التي أنا شاكِرٌ

    والشّكْرُ يَضْمِنُ من نَداكَ مَزيدا

    You granted me the blessing for which I am grateful,

    and gratitude guarantees still more of your generosity.

  78. لازِلْتَ في المُلْكِ العزيزِ مهنَّئاً

    فتْحاً ونصْراً دائِماً وخُلودا

    May you always, in your mighty kingdom, be congratulated

    on conquest, lasting victory, and immortality.