1. مَعالمُ الدّولةِ النّصْريّةِ اتّضَحتْ

    بيوسُفٍ ومَرامي قصْدِهِ نجَحَتْ

    The landmarks of the Nasrid state have become clear

    through Yūsuf, and his intended aims have been fulfilled.

  2. موْلىً لبذْلِ النّدَى والبأسِ راحَتُهُ

    بالسّيفِ كم سفَحَتْ للسّيْبِ كم صفَحَتْ

    A lord whose palm, in dispensing generosity and valor,

    has so often shed blood by the sword, so often opened wide for bounty!

  3. حُسامُهُ تحتَ دوْحٍ من عوامِلِهِ

    يسيل نهْراً ونارُ الحَرْبِ قد لفَحَتْ

    His keen sword, beneath a grove of his spear-points,

    flows like a river while the fire of war scorches.

  4. يحمي ويَبذُلُ ما تحْوي خزائِنُهُ

    للهِ ما منعَتْ يُمْناهُ أو منَحَتْ

    He protects and bestows what his treasuries contain.

    God be praised for what his right hand has withheld or bestowed!

  5. ثبْتٌ إذا ارْتاعَتِ الأبطالُ يومَ وغىً

    سمْحٌ يُنيرُ مُحيّاهُ وقد كلَحَتْ

    Steadfast when heroes take fright on a day of battle,

    generous, his face shines while others scowl.

  6. تراهُ بَدْراً وليلُ النقْعِ مُنسَدِلٌ

    ومَوئلاً وبحارُ الرّوعِ قد طفَحَتْ

    You see him as a full moon while the night of battle-dust hangs down,

    and as a refuge while the seas of terror overflow.

  7. ومولِدٍ عمّتِ الدُنْيا بَشائِرُهُ

    كالشمْسِ أنوارُها في أفْقِها وضحَتْ

    And a birth whose glad tidings filled the world,

    like the sun, whose lights shone clear on its horizon.

  8. وافَى بهِ شهرُ ميلادِ الذي بظُبا

    كفّيْكَ مِلَّتُهُ الغرّا قدِ اتّضَحَتْ

    It was brought by the birth-month of the one whose, through the sword-edges

    of your two hands, radiant faith has shone clear.

  9. راقت بهِ دوحةُ الإسْلامِ وابتهجَتْ

    واليُمْنُ فوقَ رُباها طيْرُهُ سنحَتْ

    Through him the spreading tree of Islam grew lovely and rejoiced,

    and good fortune's birds flew auspiciously above its hills.

  10. فارتاحَتِ السُمْرُ والبيضُ الرّقاقُ إلى

    يُمناهُ والخيل في ميدانِها مرحَتْ

    So the tawny spears and slender white blades yearned for

    his right hand, and the horses frolicked in their arena.

  11. جَلا مُحيّاً يروقُ النّاظرينَ سنىً

    لوْ أنّ شمسَ الضحى جارتْهُ لافتضَحَتْ

    He unveiled a face whose radiance delights beholders;

    were the morning sun to rival it, she would be put to shame.

  12. أهْلاً بِها غرةً غرّاء لو لمَحَتْ

    صبْغَ الدّياجي بأنوارِ الهُدى لمحَتْ

    Welcome to it, a radiant brow; if it glimpsed

    the stain of dark nights, it would erase it with the lights of guidance.

  13. فاهْنأْ بهِ وبصِنْوَيْهِ وقِرَّ بهِمْ

    عيْناً ودُمْ ما هَدَتْ عينٌ وما سرَحَتْ

    So rejoice in him and his two brothers, and let them gladden

    your eye; endure as long as an eye rests or roams.

  14. وقبلَهُ وافَتِ الأجْفانُ مُهْديةً

    بُشْرَى بها فوق لُجِّ البحْرِ قد سبحَتْ

    And before him, ships had arrived bringing

    glad tidings, with which they had sailed over the sea's depths.

  15. بُشْرى أتتْكَ من المسْعودِ قائِلَةً

    هَذي الصِّفاحُ دَمَ الأعْداءِ قد سفحَتْ

    Glad tidings came to you from al-Masʿūd, saying:

    “These broad blades have shed the enemies' blood.”

  16. فمن مطالِعِ أنوارٍ بها اتّضحَتْ

    ومن ميادين آمالٍ بها انفَسحَتْ

    Thus, from rising-places of light that shone clear through them,

    and from fields of hope that opened wide through them.

  17. وقبْلُ والِدُهُ الأرْضَى وهَبْتَ لهُ

    ما لا تَجودُ به نفْسٌ ولا سمَحَتْ

    And earlier, to his most favored father you had granted

    what no soul gives freely or has ever willingly bestowed.

  18. لكنّ ضيّعَ بعضَ الحزْمِ حينَ أرَى

    مَيْلاً إلى فئةٍ غَشّتْ وما نصحَتْ

    Yet he neglected some prudence when he showed

    a leaning toward a faction that deceived him and gave no honest counsel.

  19. فقُمتَ بالأمْرِ ثَبْتَ العزمِ ثانيةً

    حتى كأنّ جُيوشَ النّصرِ ما برِحَتْ

    So you took charge, firm in resolve, a second time,

    so that it was as though the armies of victory had never departed.

  20. وفَّيْتَهُ حقَّهُ من كلِّ مكْرُمَةٍ

    وإن نأتْ بكَ عنهُ الدّارُ أو نزَحَتْ

    You rendered him his full due of every honor,

    even if your dwelling set you far from him or lay remote.

  21. أدارَتِ الرومُ أكْواسَ السّرورِ إلى

    أن صحّ عزْمُكَ فارْتاعَتْ لهُ وصحَتْ

    The Rūm passed around goblets of joy, until

    your resolve became firm; they took fright at it and sobered.

  22. بالأمْسِ قد جَمَحَتْ في غيّها ودَعَتْ

    للحرْبِ واليومَ نحْوَ السِّلْم قد جنَحَتْ

    Yesterday they ran wild in their waywardness and called

    for war; today they have inclined toward peace.

  23. هذا هُوَ النصْرُ وافتْ من كتائبه

    جِيادُ عِزٍّ بمَيْدان العُلَى جَمَحَتْ

    This is victory: from its battalions came

    steeds of glory that charged unbridled in the arena of eminence.

  24. هذا هوَ الصُّنع راقَتْها مصانِعُهُ

    لمُرْتَقى أوْجِها أبْصارُها طمَحَتْ

    This is accomplishment: its lofty edifices have captivated them;

    their eyes aspired to scale their summits.

  25. سُدَّت على المُعْتَدي أدْنى مذاهِبه

    وإن أقْصى بلادٍ عندهُ فُتِحَتْ

    The nearest of his routes were barred to the aggressor,

    even if the farthest lands had been opened to him.

  26. فَيا مُكثّرَ حُسّادي بأنْعُمِه

    ويا مُغرِّبَ آمالي التي نزَحَتْ

    So, O you whose favors multiply my enviers,

    and you who send my distant hopes far afield!

  27. أوْلَيْتَني من عَميم الجودِ ما بهِجَتْ

    بهِ النّفوسُ ونالَتْ كلّما اقترَحتْ

    You bestowed on me, from your abundant bounty, what gladdened

    souls, and they attained all they asked for.

  28. لِذاك يا ملِكَ الدنيا وبهْجتَها

    حمائِمُ الفِكْرِ في روْضِ المنَى صدَحَتْ

    For that, O king of the world and its delight,

    the doves of thought sang out in the garden of wishes.

  29. وعبْدُ نعْماكَ يُبْدي من مدائِحِه

    أزاهِراً في رياضِ الطّرْسِ قد نفحَتْ

    And the servant of your bounty displays, from his praises,

    blossoms that have wafted fragrance in the gardens of the page.

  30. أفْكارُهُ عن بُلوغِ القَصْدِ قد وقفَتْ

    في المَدْحِ إذ سرَحَتْ والوَصْفَ ما شرَحَتْ

    His thoughts have stopped short of reaching their aim

    in praise, as they ranged freely, and failed to set forth the description.

  31. أنّى أوَفّي وقدْ أصْبَحْتُ ممْتدِحاً

    ذاتاً بآيِ كِتاب اللهِ قد مُدِحَتْ

    How can I do full justice, when I have come to praise

    a person already praised by the verses of God's Book?

  32. تُبْدي المدائِحُ من أوصافِها دُرَراً

    بِها إذا انتظمتْ أجيادُها اتّشَحَتْ

    Praises bring forth pearls from that person's qualities,

    which, when strung, adorn the necks of those praises.

  33. فدُمْتَ ما أعْقَبَ الصُّبْحُ المنيرُ دُجىً

    في جنحِهِ الشّهْبُ نحوَ الغربِ قد جَنَحتْ

    So may you endure as long as luminous dawn follows darkness,

    beneath whose wing the bright stars have inclined toward the west.