هذي سُعودُك قد حيّتْ طوالِعُها

هذي سُعودُك قد حيّتْ طوالِعُها

واستشْرَفَتْ من ثَناياها طلائِعُها

واستشْرَفَتْ من ثَناياها طلائِعُها

These are your good fortunes: their rising stars have greeted you,

This is your dawn whose horizons have risen

and their vanguards have looked out from their mountain passes.

And whose vanguards have emerged from its folds

آثارُ مُلْكِكَ لا تبْلَى نَضارَتُها

آثارُ مُلْكِكَ لا تبْلَى نَضارَتُها

أنوارُ أُفْقِكَ لا تخْبو سواطِعُها

أنوارُ أُفْقِكَ لا تخْبو سواطِعُها

The works of your reign never lose their freshness;

The freshness of your kingdom does not fade

the shining rays of your horizon's lights never fade.

The lights of your horizon do not dim

آياتُ حمْدِكَ تُسْتَجْلى مواقِعُها

آياتُ حمْدِكَ تُسْتَجْلى مواقِعُها

إياتُ هديكَ تُسْتَجْلَى نواصِعُها

إياتُ هديكَ تُسْتَجْلَى نواصِعُها

The signs of your praise have their manifestations made plain;

The signs of your praise are made clear in their places

the signs of your guidance have their pure radiance unveiled.

The miracles of your guidance are made evident by their helpers

ما يمّمَتْ بابَكَ القُصّادُ آمِلةً

ما يمّمَتْ بابَكَ القُصّادُ آمِلةً

إلا تَدانَى منَ الآمالِ شاسِعُها

إلا تَدانَى منَ الآمالِ شاسِعُها

Never have petitioners headed hopefully toward your gate

No determined seeker has come to your door

without even the farthest of their hopes drawing near.

Except that his hopes have drawn nearer in their vastness

أبوابُ عزٍّ بها الأخْبارُ وارِدةٌ

أبوابُ عزٍّ بها الأخْبارُ وارِدةٌ

فالسّيفُ شارِحُها والسّيبُ شارِعُها

فالسّيفُ شارِحُها والسّيبُ شارِعُها

Gates of glory, through which tidings arrive:

The doors of honor arrive with news

the sword expounds them, and bounty opens them.

So the sword lays them open and the sword follows them

بيوسُفٍ مَلكِ الأملاكِ ناصرها

بيوسُفٍ مَلكِ الأملاكِ ناصرها

بانَتْ شعائِرُها قامَتْ شرائِعُها

بانَتْ شعائِرُها قامَتْ شرائِعُها

Through Yusuf, king of kings, their champion,

With Yusuf, king of kings, as its champion

their emblems have appeared and their laws have been established.

Its rituals stand tall and its laws spread

أمَا له الهِمّةُ العُلْيا فما وضحَتْ

أمَا له الهِمّةُ العُلْيا فما وضحَتْ

مَراقِبُ العِزِّ إلا وهْوَ فارِعُها

مَراقِبُ العِزِّ إلا وهْوَ فارِعُها

Has he not lofty ambition? No watchtowers have appeared

For he has the loftiest ambition, so whenever

of glory but he has risen above them.

The guardian of honor watched, it tore through him

أما لهُ الكرمُ المَحْضُ الذي أخذتْ

أما لهُ الكرمُ المَحْضُ الذي أخذتْ

عنهُ الغَمائِمُ إذ جادتْ هوامِعُها

عنهُ الغَمائِمُ إذ جادتْ هوامِعُها

Has he not unalloyed generosity, whose example was taken

For he has pure, bountiful generosity that

by the clouds when their torrents poured lavishly?

The clouds have taken from when they poured forth their torrents

أما لهُ الشِّيَمُ الغُرُّ التي جُليَتْ

أما لهُ الشِّيَمُ الغُرُّ التي جُليَتْ

كَواكِباً لم تَزلْ تَهْدي طوالِعُها

كَواكِباً لم تَزلْ تَهْدي طوالِعُها

Has he not radiant virtues, displayed

For he has brilliant, noble traits that

as stars whose risings never cease to guide?

Have shone like stars whose dawns continue to guide

أما لهُ العَزماتُ الماضِياتُ كما

أما لهُ العَزماتُ الماضِياتُ كما

هزّ الحُسامُ وخاضَ الحربَ دارِعُها

هزّ الحُسامُ وخاضَ الحربَ دارِعُها

Has he not decisive resolutions, as when

For he has resolute, determined acts just as

the keen sword was brandished and the armored warrior plunged into battle?

The sword shook and battled plunged into the fray

أمَا لهُ المَكْرُمات السّائِراتُ ثَنىً

أمَا لهُ المَكْرُمات السّائِراتُ ثَنىً

كالشّمْسِ يُجْلَى على الآفاقِ شائِعُها

كالشّمْسِ يُجْلَى على الآفاقِ شائِعُها

Has he not noble deeds whose praises travel far,

For he has endless noble deeds that have spread

their widespread fame revealed across the horizons like the sun?

Like the sun whose lights blanket the horizons

فالشّهْبُ من نورِ مَرْآهُ أشِعّتُها

فالشّهْبُ من نورِ مَرْآهُ أشِعّتُها

والسُّحْبُ من جودِ كفَّيْهِ يَنابِعُها

والسُّحْبُ من جودِ كفَّيْهِ يَنابِعُها

The bright stars draw their rays from the light of his appearance,

So the meteors in the light of his vision have shone

and the clouds their wellsprings from the bounty of his two hands.

And the clouds from his palms’ generosity gush forth

والغربُ يا طالَما ودّتْ خِلافَتُهُ

والغربُ يا طالَما ودّتْ خِلافَتُهُ

لديْهِ لو أنها رُدّتْ ودائِعُها

لديْهِ لو أنها رُدّتْ ودائِعُها

And the West—oh, how long its caliphate has wished

And the West - oh how it wished for his caliphate

that its entrusted treasures might be restored to his keeping!

To return to it if it gave back its deposits

هذا مُناوِيه قد ولّتْ كتائِبُهُ

هذا مُناوِيه قد ولّتْ كتائِبُهُ

والرّعْبُ يَقْدُمُها والسّيفُ تابِعُها

والرّعْبُ يَقْدُمُها والسّيفُ تابِعُها

Here is his adversary: his battalions have fled,

And terror goes before them while the sword follows

with terror leading them and the sword pursuing them.

It is as if I hear the tongue of fate chanting them:

كأنّني بلِسانِ الدهْرِ يُنْشِدُها

كأنّني بلِسانِ الدهْرِ يُنْشِدُها

أنّى بأسْبابِ عِزٍّ وهوَ قاطِعُها

أنّى بأسْبابِ عِزٍّ وهوَ قاطِعُها

It is as though I hear the tongue of Time reciting to them:

"Where can the means of honor be cut off when he severs them?"

"How can there be paths to glory when he severs them?"

Away with the group whom disgrace has befallen

تبّاً لطائِفةٍ طافَ الهَوانُ بِها

تبّاً لطائِفةٍ طافَ الهَوانُ بِها

تُخادِعُ الله سِرّاً وهْوَ خادِعُها

تُخادِعُ الله سِرّاً وهْوَ خادِعُها

Perdition to a faction encircled by humiliation,

Who secretly deceive God while He deceives them

which secretly tries to deceive God while He outwits it.

They have journeyed from fleeing to the abode of destruction

منَ الفِرارِ إلى دارِ البَوارِ مضَتْ

منَ الفِرارِ إلى دارِ البَوارِ مضَتْ

فَما مصارِفُها إلا مَصارِعُها

فَما مصارِفُها إلا مَصارِعُها

From flight it has gone to the abode of ruin;

So their ways are none but their deaths

its escape routes are nothing but places of death.

And for the elements in the battle's fray there is work:

وللعوامِل في هامِ العِدَى عمَلٌ

وللعوامِل في هامِ العِدَى عمَلٌ

فالسّيْفُ خافِضُها والرُمْحُ رافِعُها

فالسّيْفُ خافِضُها والرُمْحُ رافِعُها

The spearheads have work to do upon the enemies' heads:

The sword lowers them and the spear raises them

the sword lowers them, and the spear raises them.

It is as if the egg whites and yolks are dripping down

كأنّ بيضَ الظُّبا والنقْعُ مُنْسَدِلٌ

كأنّ بيضَ الظُّبا والنقْعُ مُنْسَدِلٌ

بوارِقٌ قد جَلا الظّلْماءَ صادِعُها

بوارِقٌ قد جَلا الظّلْماءَ صادِعُها

It is as though the bright sword-edges, while dust hangs down,

Flashes that illuminate the darknesses with their striker

were lightning flashes whose cleaving light dispels the darkness.

And sometimes the heroes rode out when the night

وربّما جالَتِ الأبطالُ حيثُ غَدا

وربّما جالَتِ الأبطالُ حيثُ غَدا

ليلُ العَجاجةِ تجْلوهُ مدارِعُها

ليلُ العَجاجةِ تجْلوهُ مدارِعُها

Often the champions wheeled about where

Of war came to smooth its ways with their smoothing

the night of swirling dust was dispelled by their coats of mail.

His caliphate was a garden, yet here it is

كانتْ خِلافَتُه روضاً فَها هي قدْ

كانتْ خِلافَتُه روضاً فَها هي قدْ

أضحى هَشيماً بنارِ الحرْبِ يانِعُها

أضحى هَشيماً بنارِ الحرْبِ يانِعُها

His caliphate was a garden; behold, now

It has become rubble with the fire of war blowing through it

its ripe growth has become dry stubble in the fire of war.

Does he seek peace while the plain surrenders

أيَخْطُبُ السِّلْمَ والبَيْضاءُ مانِحةٌ

أيَخْطُبُ السِّلْمَ والبَيْضاءُ مانِحةٌ

حُلولَ أرْجائِها لا كان مانِعُها

حُلولَ أرْجائِها لا كان مانِعُها

Does he sue for peace while al-Bayda offers

Its far reaches to him without objection?

entry into its precincts? May its defender be no more!

When the regiments of victory came to its field

كَتائِبُ النّصْرِ إذ حلّتْ بساحَتِها

كَتائِبُ النّصْرِ إذ حلّتْ بساحَتِها

كَرْهاً تُودِّعُها طوْعاً تُوادِعُها

كَرْهاً تُودِّعُها طوْعاً تُوادِعُها

When the battalions of victory camped in its courtyard,

They bid it farewell willingly and it bids them farewell lovingly

it reluctantly bade them farewell, yet willingly made peace with them.

And how can evil and tumult be driven back from Fez

وكيفَ تُدْفَعُ عنْ فاسٍ أُسودُ وَغىً

وكيفَ تُدْفَعُ عنْ فاسٍ أُسودُ وَغىً

وما مرابِضُها إلا مرابِعُها

وما مرابِضُها إلا مرابِعُها

How can lions of battle be driven away from Fez,

When its firmness is none but firmness?

when their lairs are their very springtime dwellings?

If the party of monotheism was defeated, here it is

إنْ أجْفلَتْ فئةُ التوْحيدِ ها هيَ قدْ

إنْ أجْفلَتْ فئةُ التوْحيدِ ها هيَ قدْ

عادَت تنازِلُ فيها مَنْ يُنازِعُها

عادَت تنازِلُ فيها مَنْ يُنازِعُها

If the band of Divine Unity fled, behold, it has now

Returning to vie in it, the one who rivals it

returned to fight there whoever challenges it.

And incidents by which God tested the servants

وقائِعٌ محّصَ الله العِبادَ بِها

وقائِعٌ محّصَ الله العِبادَ بِها

حتّى تبيّنَ عاصِيها وطائِعُها

حتّى تبيّنَ عاصِيها وطائِعُها

Battles through which God tested His servants,

Until its obedient and its disobedient became clear

until its disobedient and its obedient were distinguished.

If resolve was lost when they split

إن كان ضُيِّعَ حَزْمٌ عندَما افْتَرَقَتْ

إن كان ضُيِّعَ حَزْمٌ عندَما افْتَرَقَتْ

فإنّ جودَك حامِيها وجامِعُها

فإنّ جودَك حامِيها وجامِعُها

If sound judgment was squandered when it scattered,

Then your generosity protects it and unites it

your generosity is its protector and its gatherer.

With this call of yours, its requests were attained

هذا نداكَ بهِ نيلتْ مَطالِبُها

هذا نداكَ بهِ نيلتْ مَطالِبُها

هذا هُداكَ بهِ راقتْ مطالِعُها

هذا هُداكَ بهِ راقتْ مطالِعُها

This is your bounty: through it, its aims were attained;

With this guidance of yours, its horizons ascended

this is your guidance: through it, its risings grew radiant.

And your kingdom fulfilled it when events presented themselves

وإنّ مُلْكَكَ وافِيها وقدْ عرَضَتْ

وإنّ مُلْكَكَ وافِيها وقدْ عرَضَتْ

لها الحوادثُ حتّى خيفَ واقِعُها

لها الحوادثُ حتّى خيفَ واقِعُها

And your kingship fully provides for it, though

Until its befalling made its beholder anxious

calamities beset it until their impact was feared.

So it felt the beauty of your favor when

فاسْتَشْعَرَتْ بجميلِ الصُّنْعِ حين علَتْ

فاسْتَشْعَرَتْ بجميلِ الصُّنْعِ حين علَتْ

بالنّصْرِ منكَ على الشّعْرى مصانِعُها

بالنّصْرِ منكَ على الشّعْرى مصانِعُها

So it felt gracious favor, when there rose,

With victory from you, it rose above adversity

through victory from you, its fortresses above Sirius.

So the Guardian narrowed an eye as the Guardian willed

فقَرَّ عيْناً كما شاءَ الوليُّ بها

فقَرَّ عيْناً كما شاءَ الوليُّ بها

وفازَ بالعِزِّ رائِيها وسامِعُها

وفازَ بالعِزِّ رائِيها وسامِعُها

So let your eye find comfort, as the Protector wished for it,

And the witness of its honor won honor and heard

and both its beholders and its hearers have won glory.

For grace built for the mighty victory within it

إذْ شيّدَ الصُّنْعُ للنّصْرِ العزيزِ بها

إذْ شيّدَ الصُّنْعُ للنّصْرِ العزيزِ بها

مَصانِعاً يبْهَرُ الألْبابَ رائِعُها

مَصانِعاً يبْهَرُ الألْبابَ رائِعُها

For gracious favor built there, for mighty victory,

Marvels that dazzle the minds with their spectacle

fortresses whose splendor dazzles the minds.

One like the son of victory, an inherited solution and an inherited ascension

مَن كابْنِ نَصْرٍ حُلاً مأثورَةً وعُلاً

مَن كابْنِ نَصْرٍ حُلاً مأثورَةً وعُلاً

مُضيعُها قاصِرٌ عنْها وطائِعُها

مُضيعُها قاصِرٌ عنْها وطائِعُها

Who is like Ibn Nasr in renowned graces and lofty virtues?

Whose loss falls short of it and whose obedience reaches it

Both those who neglect them and those who follow them fall short of them.

And with this, Tlemcen gained victory

هذا وإنّ تِلِمْساناً بهِ انتَصَرَتْ

هذا وإنّ تِلِمْساناً بهِ انتَصَرَتْ

مُلوكُها ومَعاليهِ تُراجِعُها

مُلوكُها ومَعاليهِ تُراجِعُها

And Tlemcen, through him, saw victory won

Its kings and its glories keep returning to it

by its kings, while his lofty deeds returned to it.

So its wanderer roamed for its swimmer

فحَثَّ سائِحُها سَيراً لسابِحِها

فحَثَّ سائِحُها سَيراً لسابِحِها

وبثّ نجْواهُ داعِيها وضارِعُها

وبثّ نجْواهُ داعِيها وضارِعُها

So its traveler urged its swimming steed onward,

And its confidant spread the call of its supplicant

and its petitioner and suppliant poured out their private plea.

It is jihad - if they sell their souls

هوَ الجهادُ فإن باعُوا نُفوسَهُمُ

هوَ الجهادُ فإن باعُوا نُفوسَهُمُ

مِن ربّهِمْ فازَ بالدّارَيْنِ بائِعُها

مِن ربّهِمْ فازَ بالدّارَيْنِ بائِعُها

It is jihad: if they sell their lives

To their Lord, its seller wins the two abodes

to their Lord, whoever sells them wins both worlds.

And he came to Malaga while the people despaired

وحَلَّ مالَقَةً والنّاسُ قد يَئِسوا

وحَلَّ مالَقَةً والنّاسُ قد يَئِسوا

من رحْمةٍ عنهُمُ ما ضاقَ واسِعُها

من رحْمةٍ عنهُمُ ما ضاقَ واسِعُها

And he entered Málaga, when the people had despaired

Of a mercy whose vastness did not narrow around them

of a mercy whose breadth had never grown narrow for them.

The souls of people have become fearful before it

أضْحَتْ لديْها نُفوسُ الخلْقِ خائِفَةً

أضْحَتْ لديْها نُفوسُ الخلْقِ خائِفَةً

لا يهْتَدي لسَبيلِ الأمْنِ جازِعُها

لا يهْتَدي لسَبيلِ الأمْنِ جازِعُها

In its midst, people's souls had become afraid;

With no guided path to the way of safety trembling before it

the terrified among them could find no path to safety.

Their sins have caused their destruction, and there is none but

قد أوْبَقَتْهُمْ خطاياهُمْ وليسَ سِوى

قد أوْبَقَتْهُمْ خطاياهُمْ وليسَ سِوى

جِهادِهِ في سبيل الله شافِعُها

جِهادِهِ في سبيل الله شافِعُها

Their sins had ruined them, and none but

Its jihad in the way of God that will intercede for them

his jihad in God's path could intercede on their behalf.

The makings of God - when its field arrived

صنائِعُ اللهِ لمّا حل ساحَتها

صنائِعُ اللهِ لمّا حل ساحَتها

فضْلاً بها قد حباهُ اللهُ صانِعُها

فضْلاً بها قد حباهُ اللهُ صانِعُها

God's gracious works, when he entered its precincts—

Favor which God has graced its maker with

God, their Maker, had graciously bestowed them upon him there.

So the faces of good tidings glistened with the rising

فأشرقَتْ أوجُهُ البُشْرى بناشِئَةٍ

فأشرقَتْ أوجُهُ البُشْرى بناشِئَةٍ

من الغَمامِ قدِ انهَلّتْ مدامِعُها

من الغَمامِ قدِ انهَلّتْ مدامِعُها

Then the faces of glad tidings shone with a rising bank

Of clouds that poured down their tears

of cloud whose tear ducts had poured forth.

It came alive and the eyelids of flowers are sleeping

حيّا الحَيا وجُفونُ الزّهْرِ نائِمةٌ

حيّا الحَيا وجُفونُ الزّهْرِ نائِمةٌ

والآن لا يالفُ الإغْفاءَ هاجعُها

والآن لا يالفُ الإغْفاءَ هاجعُها

The rain offered greeting while the flowers' eyelids slept;

And now slumber cannot turn away its roused one

and now its sleepers no longer take to dozing.

Belonging to God, watching from it and gazing

للّهِ ناضرَةٌ منها وناظرةٌ

للّهِ ناضرَةٌ منها وناظرةٌ

تنبّهَتْ بعدَ ما أغْفَتْ هواجِعُها

تنبّهَتْ بعدَ ما أغْفَتْ هواجِعُها

God be praised for its fresh bloom and its gazing bloom,

It awoke after what made its passionate lover sleep

awakened after its sleepers had slumbered!

The horses of landmarks do not bend their necks

هَذي بواسِمُها رقّتْ نواسِمُها

هَذي بواسِمُها رقّتْ نواسِمُها

هذي منازِلُها رقّتْ منازِعُها

هذي منازِلُها رقّتْ منازِعُها

Here are its smiling blooms; its breezes have grown gentle.

From the highlands whose heights have fascinated

Here are its dwellings; its yearnings have grown tender.

And the spear sways proudly whenever

خيْلُ النواسِمِ لا تثْني أعنَّتَها

خيْلُ النواسِمِ لا تثْني أعنَّتَها

عنِ الرّوابي التي راقَتْ روائِعُها

عنِ الرّوابي التي راقَتْ روائِعُها

The steeds of the breezes do not turn their reins

Its lodgings make its opponent bend

away from the hills whose wonders are delightful.

And sometimes the wind straightens its bending

ومالتِ القُضْبُ زَهواً كلّما نزَعَتْ

ومالتِ القُضْبُ زَهواً كلّما نزَعَتْ

لها فنازِلُها يَثْنيه نازِعُها

لها فنازِلُها يَثْنيه نازِعُها

And the boughs swayed proudly whenever the breezes tugged

As the resolve of heroes straightens their deviator

at them; their drooping bough is bent by what tugs it.

And with this - you were congratulated on the feast of breaking fast when

وربّما قد تُقيمُ الرّيحُ مائِلَها

وربّما قد تُقيمُ الرّيحُ مائِلَها

كما يُقيمُ صَغا الأبطالِ وازِعُها

كما يُقيمُ صَغا الأبطالِ وازِعُها

And at times the wind straightens their leaning boughs,

The good news arrived whose timing was made clear

as the champions' commander corrects their wavering.

You rose in it, and from your vision the sun of daybreak

هذا وهُنّئْتَ عيدَ الفطرِ إذ وردتْ

هذا وهُنّئْتَ عيدَ الفطرِ إذ وردتْ

فيه البشائِرُ تُسْتَحلى مواقِعُها

فيه البشائِرُ تُسْتَحلى مواقِعُها

And now, congratulations on Eid al-Fitr, when

That illuminates and clears the gloom of darkness with its shining

glad tidings arrived upon it, their coming sweetly savored.

So delight in it, and for us in it there is delight that

طلَعْتَ فيه ومِن مَرْآكَ شمْسُ ضُحىً

طلَعْتَ فيه ومِن مَرْآكَ شمْسُ ضُحىً

تُجْلى فيجْلو دُجَى الظّلْماءِ ساطِعُها

تُجْلى فيجْلو دُجَى الظّلْماءِ ساطِعُها

You rose that day, and from the sight of you a midmorning sun

Your supreme hand has extended for us to pledge allegiance to

was unveiled, its radiance dispelling the gloom of darkness.

What can the pens of the eloquent compose

فاهْنأْ بهِ ولنا فيه الهَناءُ بأنْ

فاهْنأْ بهِ ولنا فيه الهَناءُ بأنْ

مُدّت لنا يَدُك العُليا نُبايِعُها

مُدّت لنا يَدُك العُليا نُبايِعُها

Rejoice in it; we too rejoice in it, because

When their Originator and their Maker has created and designed?

your exalted hand was extended to us, and we pledge allegiance to it.

The meteors of meanings and the crowns of its watchers

ماذا تُسطِّرُ أقْلامُ البَليغِ إذا

ماذا تُسطِّرُ أقْلامُ البَليغِ إذا

أبْدى وأبْدَعَ باريها وبارِعُها

أبْدى وأبْدَعَ باريها وبارِعُها

What can the eloquent one's pens inscribe when

The gazelles of its words and the meadows of my thought

their sharpener and master displays his art and creates marvels?

With the victory of your kingdom may God elevate its manifestation

شُهْبُ المَعاني وأطْراسي مراقِبُها

شُهْبُ المَعاني وأطْراسي مراقِبُها

ظِباءُ ألفاظِها فكْري مراتعُها

ظِباءُ ألفاظِها فكْري مراتعُها

The bright stars of meaning—my pages are their watchtowers;

Prostrating to God, supplicating and bowing

the gazelles of their words—my thought is their grazing ground.

May your supreme caliphate last - to which

بنَصْرِ مُلْكِكَ أعْلى اللهُ مظهَرَهُ

بنَصْرِ مُلْكِكَ أعْلى اللهُ مظهَرَهُ

للهِ ساجِدُها يدْعو وراكِعُها

للهِ ساجِدُها يدْعو وراكِعُها

For the victory of your kingship—may God exalt its manifestation—

The creation and the world have submitted and obeyed

both its prostrating and its bowing worshippers pray to God.

دامَتْ خلافَتُك العُليا التي خضعَتْ

دامَتْ خلافَتُك العُليا التي خضعَتْ

لها الخلائِقُ والدُنْيا تُطاوِعُها

لها الخلائِقُ والدُنْيا تُطاوِعُها

May your lofty caliphate endure, to which

all creatures have submitted, while the world obeys it.