عُوجوا عَلى تُونسَ الخَضراءِ وَاِبتَهِجوا
وَأَشفوا الظماءَ بِما تَحيي بِهِ المُهَجُ
Turn to verdant Tunis and rejoice,
Quench your thirst with the life she inspires,
وَشاهِدوا في مَعالي المَجد بَدرَ هُدىً
أَعلامُهُ مِن حِبالِ النورِ تَنتَسِجُ
And see in the heights of glory the moon of guidance,
Its banners of light intertwined.
هُناكَ صادَحَةٌ في الأُفقِ يَطرِبَكُم
عِندَ اِستِماع الثَنا مِن لَحنِها هَزَجُ
There resounds in the horizon a thrilling tune,
That gladdens you when its melody stirs,
تَثني مُلوك البَرايا وَالشُعوب عَلى
مَولى لِسانُ العُلى في مَدحِهِ لهجُ
Kings and nations sing praise,
To the Master whose eloquent tongue lauds Him.
الصادِقُ الفاضِلُ الفَردُ الَّذي اِنتَشَرَت
صِفاتُهُ فَغَدا يُستَنشَقُ الأَرجُ
The truthful, the virtuous, the peerless one, whose traits
Spread till the aroma was widely breathed,
شَمسٌ مِن الغَرب قَد مَدَّت أَشِعَّتُها
فَأَصبَحَ الشَرقُ يُبديها وَيَبتَهِجُ
A sun from the west whose rays reached,
And the east greets it and is joyous.
قَد أَسَّسَ الهَدءَ في الأَقطارِ مُحتَفِظا
عَلى العِباد فَلا طَيشٌ وَلا هَوَجُ
He established calm in all regions, preserving
His servants from chaos and turmoil,
وَشادَ لِلعَدلِ صَرحاً في مَعالِمِهِ
فَشيَّدَ الحَقَّ لا زيغٌ وَلا عِوَجُ
And built justice a palace in its realms,
Elevating truth, no deviance nor crooked ways.
في خَدِّ صارِمِهِ المَصقول مَنصله
ماءُ الجَمالِ بِماءِ المَوتِ مُنَدَمِجُ
In the sharp polished blade of his sword,
The water of beauty and the water of death blend,
وَفي فَمِ القَلَمِ المَرفوعُ قائِمُهُ
ماءُ الحَيوةِ بِماءِ الرُشدِ مُمتَزِجُ
And in the mouth of his supreme pen,
The water of life and guidance combine.
طَوراً بِبَسط الهَنا تَجري إِرادَتُهُ
وَتارَةً بِالقَضا المَحتوم تَندَرِجُ
At times by extending prosperity his will flows,
At others by destined decree it is confined,
في بَطنِ راحَتِهِ الأَقدارُ قَد كَتَبَت
يا مَن بَغَى فَرَجاً هَذا هُوَ الفَرَجُ
In his serene palm the fates have written,
"Oh you who desired relief, this is the relief!"
وَفي سَما وَجهِهِ الهادي بِرَونَقِهِ
صُبحُ الرَجاءِ إِلى الأَفكارِ مُنبَلِجُ
And in his calm guiding visage and its glow,
The dawn of hope to thoughts is revealed.
رِجالُهُ زانَتِ الأَعصارَ إِذ نُخِبَت
مِن كُلِّ شَهمٍ بِهِ العَلياءُ تَبتَهِجُ
His men were the adornment of eras, carefully selected,
From every gallant one the exalted rejoice.
وَجيشُهُ الكاسِرُ الجَرّارُ عَسَكرُهُ بَحرٌ
جُيوشُ المَنايا خَلفَهُ لَججُ
His crushing army, its forces a raging sea,
Before it the armies of death submit.
عِندَ الطرادِ طُيورٌ لا ثَباتَ لَها
وَفي الثَباتِ قِلاعٌ لَيسَ تَنزَعِجُ
At bombardment birds with no firm foothold,
And in firmness impregnable citadels unshaken.
أَحيى المَعارفَ وَالآدابَ يَنشُرُها
فَاِرتَدَّ للعَربِ ذاكَ الرَونَقُ البَهجُ
He revived knowledge and refinement spreading them,
So the prime glory of Arabs returned.
نورُ التَمَدُّن في آفاقِهِ سَطَعَت
عَلى البَريَّةِ مِنهُ لِلهُدى سرُجُ
The light of civilization shone in its horizons,
From it the desert was lit with guiding flames.
يا صادِحاً في أَعالي الكَون يُطرِبُهُ
هَذي فَضائِلُهُ حدّث وَلا حَرَجُ
Oh you whose thrilling tune gladdens the cosmos,
These are his merits, narrate them without reserve!
فَقَد تَفَرَّدَ في الإِفضالِ مُرتَقياً
عَلى أَثيرٍ لَدَيهِ تَقصرُ الدرَجُ
For he excelled in generosity, ascending
Above an aether, by him steps falter.
يَحيي البَرايا نَداهُ وَهُوَ مُنسَكِبٌ
وَمِن رِضاهُ بلايا الخُلقِ تَنفَرِجُ
His call revives the wilderness as he pours forth,
And by his pleasure the people's afflictions unravel.
