1. أَبْلِغْ لغرناطةٍ سلامي

    وصِفْ لها عهديّ السليمْ

    Convey my greetings to Granada.

    And describe to her my unblemished pledge.

  2. فَلَوْ رَعَى طيفُها ذمامي

    ما بتُّ في ليلة السليمْ

    For had her dream-vision honored my bond,

    I would not have passed a snakebitten sufferer's night.

  3. كَمْ بتُّ فيها على اقتراحِ

    أُعَلُّ مِن خمرةِ الرُّضَابْ

    How often I spent the night there as I pleased,

    Given draught upon draught of the wine of sweet saliva.

  4. أُديرُ فيها كؤوسَ راحٍ

    قد زانَها الثغرُ بالحَبَابْ

    There I passed around cups of wine,

    Which the lips had adorned with bubbles.

  5. أختال كالمهرِ في الجِماحِ

    نشوانَ في روضةِ الشبابْ

    I pranced like a colt running wild,

    Intoxicated in the garden of youth.

  6. أضاحِكُ الزهر في الكِمامِ

    مُباهياً روضَهُ الوسيمْ

    I exchanged smiles with the flowers in their sheaths,

    Vying with their lovely garden.

  7. وأَفضحُ الغصنَ في القوامِ

    إِنْ هبَّ من جَوِّها نسيمْ

    And I put the branch to shame in grace of form,

    If a breeze blew from her skies.

  8. بَيْنَا أَنّا والشبابُ ضافِ

    وظِلُّيهُ فوقَنا مَديدْ

    While I was still in the fullness of youth,

    And its shade stretched long above us,

  9. ومورد الأنسِ فيه صافِ

    وبُرْدُهُ رائقٌ جديدْ

    And the spring of delight within it was clear,

    And its mantle was lovely and new,

  10. إِذْ لاحَ في الفَوْدِ غَيْرَ خافِ

    صُبْحٌ به نَبَّهَ الوَليدْ

    Suddenly, at my temple, plainly appeared

    A dawn by which the child was awakened.

  11. أَيْقَظَ من كانَ ذَا منامِ

    لما انْجَلَى لَيْلُهُ البهيمْ

    It woke whoever had been asleep,

    When his pitch-black night lifted,

  12. وأرسلَ الدمعَ كالغمامِ

    في كلِّ وادٍ به أهيمُ

    And unleashed tears like rainclouds

    In every valley where I wander distraught.

  13. يا جيرةً عَهْدُهُمْ كريمُ

    وفِعْلُهُمْ كُلِّهمْ جميلْ

    O neighbors whose loyalty is noble,

    And all of whom act graciously,

  14. لا تعذُلُوا الصبَّ إِذْ يهيمُ

    فقبلَهُ قد صَبا جميلْ

    Do not reproach the lovesick man when he wanders;

    For Jamil fell in love before him.

  15. القربُ من ربعكم نعيمُ

    وبُعْدُكم خطبُهُ جَليلْ

    Nearness to your dwelling is bliss,

    And separation from you is a grievous calamity.

  16. كم من رياضٍ به وِسَامِ

    يُزهى بها الرائض المسيمْ

    How many lovely gardens are there,

    In which the trainer who pastures his beasts takes pride!

  17. غديرها أزرق الجمامِ

    ونبتُها كُلُّه جميمْ

    Their pool is blue with brimming water,

    And all their vegetation is luxuriant.

  18. أَعِنْدَكُمْ أَنّني بِفاسِ

    أُكابدُ الشوقَ والحنينْ

    Do you know that I am in Fez,

    Enduring longing and yearning?

  19. أذكرُ أهلي بها وناسي

    واليومُ في الطولِ كالسنينْ

    There I remember my family and my people,

    And a day is as long as years.

  20. اللهُ حسبي فكم أُقاسي

    من وحشةِ الصبحِ والبنينْ

    God suffices me—how much I suffer

    From the loneliness of morning and sons,

  21. مطارحاً ساجِعَ الحمامِ

    شوقاً إلى الإِلْفِ والحميمْ

    Trading songs with the cooing dove,

    In longing for the beloved and the intimate friend.

  22. والدمعُ قد لَجَّ في انسجامِ

    وقد وَهَى عِقدُهُ النظيمْ

    And tears persisted in streaming down,

    And their finely strung necklace had come loose.

  23. يا ساكني جَنَّةِ العريفِ

    أُسْكنْتُمُ جَنَّةَ الخلودْ

    O dwellers in the Garden of al-Arif,

    You have been lodged in the Garden of Eternity.

  24. كم ثَمَّ من منظرٍ شريفِ

    قد حُفَّ باليُمْنِ والسُّعُودُ

    How many a noble vista lies there,

    Encircled by blessing and good fortune!

  25. وربَّ طودٍ به منيفِ

    أدواحُهُ الخضرُ كالبنودْ

    And many a lofty mountain stands there,

    Its great green trees like banners.

  26. والنَّهْرُ قد سُلَّ كالحسامِ

    لراحةِ الشَّربِ مستديمْ

    And the river has been unsheathed like a sword,

    Ever flowing for the drinking company's ease.

  27. والزهرُ قد راقَ بابتسامِ

    مُقَبِّلاً راحةَ النديمْ

    And the flowers charm with their smile,

    Kissing the palm of the boon companion.

  28. بَلَّغْ عبيدَ المقامِ صَحْبي

    لا زلْتُمُ الدهرَ في هَنَا

    Tell my companions, the servants of the court:

    May you remain forever in happiness.

  29. لقاكُمُ بُغْيَةُ المُحبِّ

    وَقُربُكُمْ غايةُ المنَى

    Meeting you is the lover's desire,

    And nearness to you the utmost wish.

  30. فعندكُمْ قد تركتُ قَلبي

    فجدَّدَ اللهُ عَهْدَنَا

    For with you I have left my heart;

    So may God renew our bond,

  31. ودارك الشمل بانتظامِ

    من مُرتجى فضلِهِ العميمْ

    And restore our company to unity,

    Through His hoped-for, all-embracing bounty,

  32. في ظلِّ سُلطانِنا الإمامِ

    الطاهرِ الظاهرِ الحليمْ

    In the shade of our sultan, the imam,

    The pure, the triumphant, the forbearing,

  33. مُؤمِّنُ العُدْوتَيْنِ مِمَّا

    يُخَافُ من سطوةِ العِدَى

    Who shields the two shores from

    The feared onslaught of enemies,

  34. وفَارجُ الكربِ إِنْ أَلَمَّا

    ومُذهبُ الخطب والردَى

    And dispels distress whenever it strikes,

    And banishes calamity and death.

  35. قد راقَ حُسناً وفاقَ حِلْمَا

    وما عدا غير ما بدا

    He charms by his beauty and excels in forbearance,

    And what lies beyond is other than what appears.

  36. مَوْلاَي يا نخبةَ الأَنّامِ

    وحائزَ الفخر في القديمْ

    My lord, O choicest of humankind,

    And possessor of glory from ancient times,

  37. كَمْ أرقبُ البدرَ في التمامِ

    شوقاً إلى وجهِكَ الكريمْ

    How often I watch the moon in its fullness,

    Longing for your noble face.