1. نسيمُ غرناطةٍ عَليلُ

    لكنَّهُ يُبْرئُ العليلْ

    Granada's breeze is languid,

    yet it heals the ailing.

  2. وروضُها زهرهُ بليلُ

    ورشفُهُ ينقَعُ الغَليلْ

    And her garden's blossoms are dew-wet,

    and sipping it quenches burning thirst.

  3. سَقَى بنجدٍ رُبَى المصَلَّى

    مباكراً روضَهُ الغَمامْ

    May the hills of al-Musalla in Najd be watered,

    by clouds coming early to its garden.

  4. فَجَفْنُهُ كلما استهلاَ

    تبسَّمَ الزهْرُ في الكِمامْ

    For whenever its eyelid pours down rain,

    the flowers smile within their sheaths.

  5. والروض بالحسن قد تحلى

    وجَرَّدَ النهر عن حُسامْ

    And the garden has adorned itself with beauty,

    and the river has unsheathed a sword.

  6. ودَوْحُها ظِلُّهُ ظليلُ

    يَحْسُنُ في ربعه المقيلْ

    And her grove has deep shade;

    pleasant is the noonday rest within its grounds.

  7. والبرقُ والجَوُّ مستطيلُ

    يَلْعَبُ بالصارم الصَّقيلْ

    And lightning, while the sky stretches wide,

    plays with the keen, polished blade.

  8. عَقيلةٌ تاجُها السبيكهْ

    تطِلُّ بالمرقَبِ المنيفْ

    A noble lady, whose crown is al-Sabika,

    she looks out from the lofty lookout.

  9. كأنْها فَوقَهُ مليكهْ

    كرسيُّها جنةُ العريفْ

    As though she were a queen above it,

    her throne is the Garden of al-Arif.

  10. تطبَعُ من عسجد سبيكهْ

    شموسُها كلها تطيفْ

    An ingot of pure gold is cast

    by her suns, all circling round.

  11. أَبْدَعَكَ الخالقُ الجميلُ

    يا منظراً كُلُّهُ جَميلْ

    The Beautiful Creator wondrously fashioned you,

    O scene, beautiful in every part!

  12. قلبي إلى حسنه يميلُ

    وقَبلنا قد صَبَا جميلْ

    My heart inclines toward its beauty,

    and before us, Jamil fell in love.

  13. وزادَ للحسنِ فيكَ حُسْنا

    مُحَمَّدُ الحمدِ والسَّماحْ

    And beauty was added to beauty within you

    by Muhammad of praise and generosity.

  14. جَدَّدَ للفخرِ فيك مَغْنى

    في طالعِ اليُمْنِ والنجاح

    He renewed glory's dwelling within you,

    under the ascendant of good fortune and success.

  15. تدعى دشاراً وفيكَ مَعْنى

    يخصُّكَ الفَألُ بافتتاحْ

    You are called Dishar, and within you lies a meaning:

    an auspicious omen singles you out at the outset.

  16. فالنصرُ والسعدُ لا يزولُ

    لأَنَّهُ ثابتٌ أَصيلْ

    For victory and good fortune never fade,

    for it is steadfast and deep-rooted.

  17. سعدٌ وأنصارُهُ قبيلُ

    آباؤه عترة الرسولْ

    Sa'd and his supporters form a clan;

    his forefathers are the Messenger's kin.

  18. أَبْدَى به حكمةَ القديرِ

    وَتَوَّجَ الروضَ بالقِبابْ

    In it he displayed the Almighty's wisdom,

    and crowned the garden with domes,

  19. ودرَّعَ الزهْرَ بالغديرِ

    وزيَّنَ النهرَ بالحَبَابْ

    and armored the flowers with the pool,

    and adorned the river with bubbles.

  20. فمنْ هديلٍ ومنْ هديرِ

    ما أولعَ الحسنَ بالشبابْ

    Cooing here, and roaring there—

    how enamored beauty is of youth!

  21. كَبَتْ على روضها القَبولُ

    وطرفُها بالسُّرى كَليلْ

    The east wind fell upon her garden,

    and its eye was weary from night travel.

  22. فلم يزلْ بينَها يجولُ

    حتى تبدتْ له حجولْ

    And it never ceased roaming among them,

    until anklets appeared before it.

  23. للزهر في عطْفها رُقُومُ

    تلوحُ للعينِ كالنجومْ

    The flowers have embroideries upon her flank,

    gleaming to the eye like stars.

  24. وللندى بينها رسومُ

    عِقْدُ الندى فوقَهُ نظيمْ

    And dew has tracings among them;

    dew's necklace above it is finely strung.

  25. وكل وادٍ بها يَهيمُ

    ولم يزلْ حولَهَا يَحُومْ

    And every valley is lovesick for her,

    and never ceases circling around her.

  26. شنيلُها مَدَّ منهُ نيلُ

    والشينُ ألفٌ لمستنيلْ

    From her Shanil a Nile flows forth,

    and the letter shin is a thousand for one seeking bounty.

  27. وعَيْنُ وادٍ بِهِ تسيلُ

    من فوقِ خدٍّ له أَسيلْ

    And a valley's spring flows within it,

    over a smooth cheek of its own.

  28. كم من ظلالٍ به ترفُّ

    تضفو لَهُ فوقَها ستورْ

    How many shadows flutter within it,

    with veils draped amply above them;

  29. ومن زجاجٍ بهِ يَشِفُّ

    ما بيْنَ نَوْرٍ وبين نُورْ

    and how much glass shines translucent within it,

    between blossom and light.

  30. ومن شموسٍ بها تُصَفُّ

    تُديرُها ببينها البدورْ

    And how many suns are arrayed within her,

    which full moons pass round in her midst.

  31. مِزاجُها العذبُ سلسبيلُ

    يا هَلْ إلى رشفها سبيلْ

    Their sweet admixture is Salsabil;

    ah, is there a way to sip them?

  32. وكيف والشيبُ لي عذولُ

    وصِبغُهُ صُفْرَةُ الأَصِيلْ

    But how, when gray hair chides me,

    and its hue is the yellow of late afternoon?

  33. يا سرحةً في الحمى ظليلَهْ

    كم نِلْتُ في ظلِّكِ المُنَى

    O spreading tree, shady within the sanctuary,

    how often I attained my wishes in your shade!

  34. رَوَّضَكِ اللهُ من خَمِيلَهْ

    يُجنَى بها أَطيبُ الجَنَى

    God has made you flourish as a leafy grove,

    where the sweetest fruit is gathered.

  35. وبرقُها صادقُ المَخِيلَهْ

    ما زالَ بالغيثِ مُحْسِنَا

    And its lightning is true in its promise of rain;

    it has always been generous with rain.

  36. أنجزَ لي وعدَك القَبولُ

    فلمْ أَقُلْ مِثْلَ من يقولْ

    The east wind fulfilled your promise to me,

    so I did not speak like one who says:

  37. يا حسرة الحي يا مطولُ

    شرحُ الذي بيننا يطولْ

    "O sorrow of the clan! O you who delay!

    The tale of what lies between us would be long."