1. قد طَلَعَتْ رايةُ الصَّباحِ

    وآذنَ الليلُ بالرَّحيلْ

    The banner of morning has risen,

    and night has given notice of departure.

  2. فباكرِ الروضَ باصْطباحِ

    واشربْ على زهرِهِ البَليلْ

    So go early to the garden for a morning draught,

    and drink among its dew-wet blossoms.

  3. فالوُرْقُ هَبَّتْ من السُبَاتِ

    لمنْبَرِ الدوحِ تخطُبُ

    For the gray doves have risen from slumber

    to the pulpit of the spreading trees, where they preach.

  4. تسجَعُ مُفْتَنَّةَ اللُّغاتِ

    كُلٌّ عن الشوقِ يُغربُ

    They coo in varied tongues;

    each speaks wondrously of longing.

  5. والغصنُ بعدَ الذَّهابِ يَاتِي

    لأكؤسِ الطلِّ يشرَبُ

    And the bough, after swaying away, returns

    to drink from the cups of dew.

  6. وأدمع السُّحْبِ في انسياحِ

    في كل روضٍ لها سبيلْ

    And the clouds' tears are flowing;

    in every garden they have a path.

  7. والجَوُّ مستبشرُ النَّواحِي

    يلعبُ بالصارمِ الصقيلْ

    And the sky rejoices on every side,

    playing with a polished sword.

  8. قُمْ فاغتنمْ بهجةَ النفوسِ

    ما بَيْنَ نَوْرٍ وبين نورْ

    Rise, and seize the joy of souls

    between blossoms and light.

  9. وشَفِّع الصبح بالشموسِ

    تديرها بيننا البدورْ

    And pair the dawn with suns

    which full moons pass around among us.

  10. ونَبِّهِ الشَّربَ للكؤوسِ

    تُمزَجِ من ريقة الثغورْ

    And rouse the drinkers for the cups,

    mixed with saliva from mouths.

  11. ما أَجْمَلَ الراحَ فوقَ راحِ

    صَفْراءَ كالشَّمْسِ في الأَصيلْ

    How lovely the wine upon a palm,

    golden as the sun in late afternoon!

  12. تغادرُ الصدرَ ذا انشراح

    للأُنسِ في طَيِّهِ مَقيلْ

    It leaves the breast full of gladness;

    within its folds, convivial joy finds a noonday rest.

  13. ولا تَذَرْ خمرةَ الجُفونِ

    فَسُكْرُها في الهوى جنونْ

    And do not forsake the wine of eyelids,

    for its intoxication in love is madness.

  14. ولتخشَ من أسهم العُيُونِ

    فَإِنَّهَا رائدُ المنونْ

    And beware the arrows of eyes,

    for they are the herald of death.

  15. عرضت منها إلى الفُتُونِ

    وكلُّ خطبٍ بها يهونْ

    Through them I turned toward enchantment,

    and every hardship grows light through them.

  16. أهيمُ بالغادةِ الرَّداحِ

    والجِسْمُ من حُبِّها عَليلْ

    I am madly in love with the full-hipped maiden,

    and my body is ailing from love of her.

  17. لَوْ بِتُّ منها عَلى اقتراحِ

    نَقَعْتُ من ريقها الغليلْ

    Were I to spend the night with her as I wished,

    I would quench my burning thirst with her saliva.

  18. أُوَاعِدُ الطيفَ للمنامِ

    ومَنْ لِعَيْنَيَّ بالمنامْ

    I arrange a tryst with the phantom in sleep,

    and who will bring sleep to my eyes?

  19. أسهرُ في ليلةِ التمامِ

    وأنتَ يا بدرُ في التمامْ

    I stay awake on the night of the full moon,

    while you, O full moon, are in your fullness.

  20. وأَلْثمُ الزهرَ في الكِمامِ

    عليه من ثغرِكَ ابتسامْ

    And I kiss the blossoms in their sheaths;

    upon them lies a smile from your mouth.

  21. سَفَرْتَ عن مَبْسِمِ الأقاحِ

    وَريقُكَ العَذْبُ سَلْسَبيلْ

    You lifted the veil from a smile of daisies,

    and your sweet saliva is Salsabil.

  22. قُلْ ليَ يا رَبَّة الوشاحِ

    هلْ لي إلى الوصْلِ من سبيلْ

    Tell me, O mistress of the sash,

    is there any path for me to union?

  23. يا لعبةَ الحسنِ زِدتَ حُسْنَا

    وللهوى حولكَ المطافْ

    O doll of beauty, you have grown more beautiful,

    and love makes its circuit around you.

  24. وغصنَ بانٍ إِذَا تَثَنَّى

    لو حان من زهرك القطافْ

    And O bough of bān, when it bends—

    if only the time had come to pluck your blossoms!

  25. أَلاَ انعطافٌ على المعَنَّى

    فالغصنُ يُزْهي بالانعطافْ

    Will you not bend toward the tormented one?

    For the bough gains beauty by bending.

  26. أَصْبَحْتَ تَزْهُو على المِلاحِ

    بذلكَ المنْظَرِ الجميلْ

    You have come to outshine the beautiful

    with that lovely appearance.

  27. ووجهُكَ الشمسُ في اتضاحِ

    لو أنها لم تكنْ تميلْ

    And your face is the sun in its radiance,

    were it not inclined to set.

  28. ما الزَّهْرُ إِلاَّ بنظْم دُرِّ

    تُحْسَدُ في حُسْنِهِ العُقُودْ

    The blossoms are but a string of pearls;

    necklaces are envied for its beauty,

  29. للملكِ الظاهرِ الأغّرِّ

    أكرمِ مَنْ حُفَّ بالسعودْ

    for the radiant King al-Zahir,

    the most generous of those surrounded by good fortune:

  30. محمدِ الحمدِ وابنِ نصرِ

    وباسطِ العدلِ في الوجودْ

    Muhammad the praiseworthy, and son of Nasr,

    and spreader of justice throughout existence,

  31. مُساجِلِ السحبِ في السماحِ

    بالغيثِ من رِفْدِهِ الجليلْ

    vying with the clouds in generosity

    with rain from his magnificent bounty,

  32. ومُخْجلِ البدرِ في اللياحِ

    بغُرَّةٍ مَا لَهَا مثيلْ

    and shaming the full moon in radiance

    with a radiant brow that has no equal.

  33. يا مُشْرِبَ الحبِّ في القلوبِ

    وواهبَ الصَّفْح للصِّفَاحْ

    O you who pour love into hearts,

    and bestower of pardon to sword blades,

  34. نُصرتَ بالرعبِ في الحروبِ

    والرُّعبُ أجدَى من السِّلاَحْ

    you were granted victory through terror in wars,

    and terror is more effective than weapons.

  35. قد لُحْتَ من عالم الغيوبِ

    لم تعدمِ الفَوْزَ والفَلاَحْ

    You have shone forth from the realm of the unseen;

    you have not lacked triumph and success.

  36. مراكشٌ نُهبَةُ افتتاحِ

    والصنعُ في فَتْحها جليلْ

    Marrakesh is the booty of conquest,

    and the favor shown in its conquest is great.

  37. بشراك بالفتحِ والنجاحِ

    والشكرُ من ذلكَ القبيلْ

    Glad tidings to you of conquest and success,

    and gratitude is of that same kind.