مَوْلايَ بُشْرى بالزّمانِ المُقْبِلِ
وبما جَلا من وجْهِهِ المتهَلِّلِ
My Master, good tidings of the forthcoming time,
And of the radiant dawn that has emerged.
زمَنٌ لبُشْراهُ ورائِق بِشرِه
يرْتاحُ كُلُّ مكَبِّرٍ ومُهَلِّلِ
A time whose good omens bring joy,
Wherein every boaster and retarder rests.
زمنٌ جَلا وجهَ الفُتوحِ كأنّهُ
شمْسُ الظّهيرةِ قد بدَتْ للمُجْتَلي
A time whose dawn has revealed its face, as though
It were the midday sun appearing to the stranded.
وافَى من الفَتحِ المُبينِ بكلّ ما
بهَرَ العُقولَ ولمْ يدَعْ من مَعْقِلِ
It has fully realized the manifest conquest, with all
That dazzles intellects, leaving no stronghold.
ترْتاحُ أعْلامُ الجهادِ خَوافقاً
تهْفو بها ريحُ الصَّبا والشّمْألِ
The banners of jihad rest,
Blown by the eastern wind and the late summer breeze.
هذا الجهادُ وإنّ مِثْلَك يقْتَدي
فيهِ بآثارِ النّبيّ المُرسَلِ
This jihad, whose exemplar you emulate
In the footsteps of the Messenger, the Envoy.
هذا الهُدى قد لاحَ نورُ صباحِهِ
يَهْدي سبيلَ الرُشْدِ كُلَّ مُضَلّلِ
This guidance, whose morning light has shone
Guiding the path of rectitude for every stray.
هذي الفُتوحُ تجلُّ عنْ إخْفائِها
فالحالُ ناطِقَةٌ بشرْحِ المُجْمَلِ
These conquests, their concealment now revealed,
With the state of affairs explaining the ambiguous.
وافَتْكَ خافِضةً لديكَ جناحَها
وعِمادُ مُلْكِكَ يسْتقِلّ ويَعْتَلي
It has come to you, lowering its wings,
The pillar of your kingdom elevated and lofty.
فانْهضْ لِما قد شِئتَ غيرَ مُدافَعٍ
تفْتَحْ بسَعْدِكَ كُلّ بابٍ مقْفَلِ
So arise for what you desire, with none to repel,
And by your felicity open every locked door.
حلّ العُداةُ بمأمَنٍ أجْهدتَهُمْ
فيهِ بيُمْنِ جِهادِكَ المُتقَبَّلِ
The enemies have taken refuge in a protection
You have confined them to, by your accepted struggle.
للهِ منكَ مناقِبٌ بصِفاتِها
طاولْتَ أمْلاكَ الزّمانِ الأوّلِ
To God belong your outstanding qualities,
Transcending the realms of early time.
لله منْكَ مكارِمٌ ومآثِرٌ
مَن للرّشيدِ بها وللمُتوكّلِ
To God belong your noble deeds and great exploits -
Who can match the judicious and reliant?
وجْهٌ إذا لاحَتْ أشعّةُ نورِه
يُجْلى الدُجى بصباحِها المتَهلِّلِ
A face, when the rays of its light shine forth,
Dispelling the gloom with its dazzling dawn.
كفٌّ تعُمُّ القاصِدينَ هِباتُها
فتكُفُّ غائلَةَ الزّمانِ المُمْحلِ
A palm whose generosity benefits the seekers,
Thereby sparing the tribulation of distressed time.
تُنْضي حُسامَك في الوَغى فتخالُهُ
نهْراً بدَوْحٍ للقَنا متهَدِّلِ
You brandish your sword in the fray, making it seem
A torrent pouring in the valley's basin.
وتهُزُّ ذابِلَك المقوَّمَ وهْوَ في
ليلِ العَجاجةِ كالشِّهاب المُشْعَلِ
You shake your dripping blade, upright
In the dark night, like a flaming meteor.
فلأنتَ منصورٌ وسيْفُك قاهِرٌ
وحِماكَ مأمونٌ وقدْرُكَ مُعْتَلي
So you are victorious, your sword dominant,
Your protector trustworthy, your destiny ascendant.
شيمٌ لأنصارِ النّبيّ حديثُها
يرْويهِ منكُمْ آخِرٌ عنْ أوّلِ
A way for the Prophet's helpers, its newness
Relayed from early to late.
ولأهْلِ أندلُسٍ بكَ النّصْرُ الذي
وردُوا بهِ للفتْحِ أعذَبَ منْهَلِ
And for al-Andalus's people, you are the victory
Whereby they attained the sweetest watering place.
من مِثْلُ مَولانا الخليفةِ يوسُفٍ
ملِكٌ صِفاتُ كمالِه لمْ تُجْهَلِ
A king like our Master Caliph Yusuf -
A king whose perfection was never concealed.
ملِكٌ يقسِّمُ حربَهُ أو سَلْمَهُ
بينَ الكتائِبِ والكتابِ المُنزَلِ
A king who apportions his war or peace
Between scripture and brigades descended.
ما جالَ في آفاقِها متطلِّعاً
إلا وحَلّ كُلّ خَطْبٍ مُعْضِلِ
He did not look upon the horizons,
Except to unravel every complex affair.
يا ناصرَ الدّين الذي بوجودِه
نادَى الهُدى بُشْرَى لكُلِّ مؤمِّلِ
O Defender of the Faith, whose existence
Announced good tidings to every hopeful soul.
أرسَلْتَ في الآفاقِ ديمَة رحْمةٍ
نَعِمَ الوجودُ بجَوْدِها المُسْتَرْسِلِ
You have sent perpetuating mercy into the far horizons -
How excellent an existence with its ceaseless generosity!
ورفَعْتَ قدْرَ أخيكَ تاليكَ الرّضى
قُطْبِ الرّحى الأهْدَى أبي حسَنٍ عَلي
You have uplifted your brother, your successor in grace,
Heir apparent and most righteous, my father Abu Hassan Ali.
أتْبَعْتَهُ منْ جُنْدِ نصْرِكَ ما به
أوهَنتَ كيْدَ الكافِرِ المتحَيِّلِ
You supplemented him with an army of your victory,
Whereby the schemes of the deceitful unbeliever are weakened.
فرعَتْ ثَنايا المُعْتَدينَ كُماتُهُ
بعزائمٍ تمضِي مَضاءَ المُنصُلِ
Its firm resolutions have narrowed the horizons
Of the transgressors, like the setting of a departing star.
وبك اهْتدى في الحرْبِ لمّا أن بدَا
والدّينُ قد آوَى لأمْنعِ مَوئِلِ
By you, guidance was found in war whenever
The faith took refuge in its most impregnable asylum.
وبكَ اقْتدى في الرّوْعِ لمّا حلّ من
صدْرِ الكَتيبةِ في الرّعيلِ الأوّلِ
By you, guidance was found in terrifying the enemy
When zeal left the souls of the first brigade.
لما الْتَقى الجَمْعانِ في أرْضِ العِدى
ورمَيْتَ جمعَهُمُ ببأسٍ مُعْجِلِ
When the two armies met in hostile land,
And you cast them with severe, hastening might,
نادَى بأبْطالِ الجِهادِ ألا اقدُمُوا
وأجالَ فيهِمْ نظرةَ المتأمّلِ
It called out to the warriors of jihad - come forward!
Surveying them with the gaze of one who contemplates.
فتسارَعوا طرّاً إلى داعِي الهُدَى
والرّومُ عن سُبُلِ النّجاةِ بمعزِلِ
So they eagerly raced to the caller of guidance,
While the Romans despaired of the paths of salvation.
ضاقَتْ عليْهِمْ أرضُهُمْ فتوقّفوا
والماءُ يجمَعُ نفسَهُ في الجَدولِ
Their land narrowed around them and they halted,
As the water gathers itself into streams.
وتجمّعتْ فِرَقُ العِدا ثمّ انثَنَتْ
ما بيْنَ مُنْهَزِمٍ وبيْنَ مُجَدَّلِ
The groups of enemies then turned and bent,
Some routed, others worn down.
شالَتْ نَعامَتُهُمْ سريعاً بعْد ما
وقَفوا وُقوفَ الخاضِعِ المتذَلّلِ
Their ostriches fled quickly after they had stood
Like the stance of a submissive, humiliated creature.
وتسلّلوا طوْعَ الفرارِ وجَمْعُهُمْ
قدْ رِيعَ بينَ مذلَّلٍ ومُضلَّلِ
They slipped away in flight, while their army
Was left between disgraced and misguided.
وأتى وقد نالَ الذي قد شاءَه
من مَقْصَدٍ أسْنى وصُنْعٍ أجْمَلِ
Then the desired arrived, achieving what he wished
Of noble aims and most beautiful works.
فاهْنأْ بمَقْدَمِه الرّضى وحُلولِهِ
من دارِكَ العُلْيا بأشْرَفِ منزلِ
So congratulate his arrival and grace in coming
To your lofty abode in the most noble dwelling.
واهْنأ بأسْعَدِ موسمٍ وانعَمْ بهِ
فوُرودُهُ يقْضي بنَيْلِ المأْمَلِ
Congratulations on the happiest season; rejoice in it!
For its arrival fulfils long cherished hopes.
وإليْكَها يا خيْرَ مَن وثِقتْ يَدي
منهُ بأكْرمِ واهِبٍ مُتفَضِّلِ
And to you - the best of those whose hands I have grasped
With the most generous and munificent Bestower.
وبِملْكِ رِقّي أيُّها المَلِكُ الرّضَى
لكَ لا بما أُبْدي لديْكَ توَسُّلي
By the kingdom you have attained, O King Contentment
It is not by what I profess to you that I implore favor.
لازِلتَ منْصورَ اللّواءِ مؤَيّدَا
تكْفي العِدَى في الحالِ والمستَقبَلِ
You remain, standards victorious, divinely supported,
Vanquishing enemies in present and future times.
