ناصرَ الدّين خُذ إلَيكَ بشارَهْ

قد كسَتْها الفُتوحُ أبْدَعَ شارَهْ

O Nasir al-Din, receive good tidings,

Conquests have adorned it with the finest glory,

تُجْتَلى في البلادِ غرْباً وشرقاً

فتُباهِي الكواكبَ السّيارَهْ

It shines in the lands, east and west,

Rivaling the orbiting stars,

فتهنّأْ صُنعاً جميلاً وفَتحاً

يَحْتَلي كُلُّ مِسْمَعٍ أخْبارَهْ

Rejoice in a beautiful achievement and victory,

That fills every ear with its news,

جلّ وصْفاً وطارَ في الخلقِ ذِكْراً

قصّرتْ عن مداهُ كُلُّ عِبارَهْ

Majestic in description, renowned among people,

Beyond any words to encompass its extent,

هذهِ فاسٌ الجديدُ تشكّتْ

فأنلتَ السّعيدَ منْها اخْتيارَهْ

This is the new Fez that took shape,

From which you chose the fortunate,

وابْنُهُ عامِرٌ من الريفِ يُمْسي

عامِراً رَبعَهُ المنيعَ ودارَهْ

And its son, the prosperous, who makes

His fortified quarter and home prosperous,

إذا أتتْكَ الوُفودُ كُلٌّ يُرجّي

منكَ جُوداً يَحْكي السّحابُ انهِمارَهْ

When delegations come to you, each hoping

For your generosity, which clouds rain,

قاصِداً كعْبَةَ المكارِمِ منهُ

جاعِلاً حجَّهُ لها واعْتِمارَهْ

Seeking the Kaaba of virtues in you,

Making their pilgrimage and visitation to it,

قطعَ البحْرَ والمَهامِهَ يُبْدي

كيفَ تبغي في الطّاعةِ اسْتِبصارَهْ

Crossing the sea and its perils to show

How you seek enlightenment in obedience,

قابَلتْ والقَبولُ بعضُ حُلاها

بِدَرُ المالِ مَنْ أطاعَ بِدارَهْ

You welcomed them, and acceptance is part of its reward,

With pearls of wealth for those who obeyed in their homes,

وأتتْكَ الأجفانُ منها ببُشْرَى

كُلّ وَجْهٍ يُبْدي لها استِبْشارَهْ

And eyelids came to you with good news,

Each face showing joy for it,

والذي أمّل العِنادَ ذَليلٌ

قد أبى الدّهْرُ أنْ يُقيلَ عِثارَهْ

As for those who harbored rebellion, they are disgraced,

Time has refused to lift their burden,

خانَهُ الدّهْرُ فارْتَقى الذُعْرُ منهُ

مُرْتَقىً حطّ في الوَرى مِقدارَهْ

Time betrayed them, so terror rose in them,

Rising to lower their status among people,

والطّريفي كان أصْلاً لهذا ال

قَصْدِ لا نالَ ما ارْتَضَى واخْتارَهْ

And al-Tariqi was originally from this

Group, he did not attain what he desired and chose,

وهل الغُصْنُ حينَ يُجتَثُّ منهُ

أصْلُهُ تجتَني يَدٌ إثمارَهْ

Can a branch bear fruit when it is uprooted

From its origin by a sinful hand?

أخذَ اللهُ منهُ خَبّاً كَفوراً

أمِنَ اللهِ كان يرْجو فرارَهْ

God took from him an ungrateful traitor,

Did he feel safe from God and expect to escape?

كمْ شَكا الثّغْرُ ظُلمَهُ عندَما قدْ

أوْرت الكفْرَ أرضَهُ ودِيارَهْ

How the frontier complained of his injustice when

He brought unbelief to its land and homes!

أصبحَ البَغْيُ شاهِراً منهُ سيفاً

ريْثَما فلّتِ الخُطوبُ غِرارَهْ

Rebellion appeared from him, brandishing a sword,

Until misfortunes scattered his hordes,

لا يَخيبُ السّعيد إذ بابْنِ نصْرٍ

ناصرِ الدّين قد رأيْنا انتِصارَهْ

The fortunate one will not fail when he sees

The victory of the son of Nasr al-Din,

دونَ مولايَ من نظامِيَ روْضاً

فرْطُ حُبّي مُفتّحٌ أزهارَهْ

I have adorned my patron other than my Master

With a garden from my overflowing love,

ودعائِي بأن تدومَ عُلاهُ

ما أرَى الدّهْرُ ليلَهُ ونَهارَهْ

And I pray that his supremacy will last

As long as I see the days and nights of time.