رَبيعٌ مِن جَبينكَ قَد أطلّا
عَلى أفقِ الجزائرِ فَاِستهلّا
A spring from your forehead has risen
And shone upon Algeria's horizon
تَقابَلَ مِنهُما فيهِ سعودٌ
سَما شرقيّها الغربيّ فَضلا
Meeting there a fortunate confluence—
An eastern sun whose western counterpart excelled.
سَرى هَذا عَلى فلكٍ هويّاً
وَسارَ بذاكَ فلكٌ مُستقلّا
This one traveled in a fiery sphere,
While the other circled independently.
فَأَمسى ذاكَ ليلاً قَد توارى
وَأصبحَ ذا نهاراً قد تجلّى
So that one became night, hidden away,
And this dawned, manifest and bright.
وَما قيسَ الهلالُ وإن تسامى
لتاجِ جبينكَ الأسمى محلّا
Though the crescent moon reached high,
It could not match the crown of your supreme brow.
وَكَم سبلٍ رَكِبتَ بها جياداً
يودُّ لها الهلالُ يكونُ نَعلا
And how many paths have you ridden, upon which
The crescent wished it could be but a horseshoe!
سُرورٌ لا يُقاسُ بهِ سرورٌ
مَعادكَ حائزُ القدحِ المعلّى
A happiness immeasurable with any other—
Your return, winner of the exalted goblet.
فَيا لَها نيّة قَرُبت زماناً
وَقَد عَظُم المرامُ بِها وجلّا
O blessed your intention, which brought time near,
And magnified the goal through it, making it grand.
رَميتَ لَها الغواربَ مِن خضمٍّ
بِعزمٍ فوقهُ مدّاً وَفَضلا
You launched galleys from amid pressured tumult
With resolve loftier than length and superiority.
طَوَيت الشقَّة القعساءَ منه
بِبارجةٍ تبرّجُ فيه دلّا
You folded up the barren, bleak expanse,
With a ship glamorously sailing it, flexing.
فَكادَ البحرُ يهدي ما حواهُ
لو اِنّ البحرَ يدري ما أقلّا
The sea nearly offered up all it contained,
Had the sea only known what it bore!
وَلم يبلُغ إِلى شرفٍ خطيرٍ
فَتى ما عدّ حزن الأمرِ سَهلا
No youth attained a dangerous glory
Without counting sorrow's course as smooth.
لَك الرأيُ الّذي يفري مضاءً
إِذ العضبُ الجرازُ نَبا وكلّا
Yours is the perceptive decision that gleams radiant,
When the hardy, hardened orator spoke and faltered.
تَغمّدَ مَنطقاً فصلاً حكاهُ
فَكانَ كِلاهُما غمداً ونصلا
Clothing eloquent, consummate speech—
Thus both were raiment and sword.
وَبأسٌ قَد تألّف فيه حلمٌ
كَما سُمَّ الحسامُ وراقَ صَقلا
A dominion cultivated with patience
As the sword's name polished its steel.
وَحزمٌ آخذٌ بعنانِ عزمٍ
إِذا أكبت مذاكي السبقِ جلّى
And a restraint, grasping resolve's rein—
When the racetracks of glory clarified its course.
وَخلقٌ زانهُ خُلقٌ كريمٌ
فَكان كِلاهُما لأخيهِ شَكلا
A nature adorned by a noble character,
Each thereby shaped in its brother's image.
شَمائلُ ما رَأينا مِن مليكٍ
سِواكَ اليومَ ضمّ لَهنُّ شَملا
The qualities we've seen in no king but you
Have gathered today in collective harmony.
تَوسَّمَها بديهة كلّ راءٍ
بمرآكَ الوسيمِ قَدِ اِستدلّا
Every discerner's insight predicted them
In your graceful, striking appearance.
لأمرٍ ما وعَن رأيٍ متينٍ
وصلتَ بِمن سَعيتَ إليهِ حَبلا
For a matter not lightly undertaken, and sound opinion—
You connected with your aspiration, binding its rope.
رَعيتَ لَهُ الجوارَ وكانَ حقّاً
عظيماً رعيُه شَرعاً وعقلا
You observed good faith with a neighbor, as was
Right, its observance rationally and legally great.
وَأكّدت المودّة وهيَ عهدٌ
تضمُّ لفرضِ عهدِ السلمِ نَفلا
You made fast affection—a pact
That builds on the duty of peace an extra boon.
تَحفّلَ لاِقتبالك غير آلٍ
عَنِ الإكرامِ مَنزلةً ونزلا
None of your house was remiss in welcoming you—
In hospitality, lodging and liberality.
وَناطَ عَلى علامَته اِبتهاجاً
عَلانةَ أهلِ بيتك فهيَ أعلى
And your family openly rejoiced
At your banner's marks—theirs is the highest station.
وَكانَ بِصَدرهِ وطنٌ وعرضٌ
فَضمّ إِلَيهما مِن تلكَ إلّا
Native land and honor were in his heart,
So he joined to them that one's, no less.
فَيا لمكانةٍ ما إِن حَباها
لِغيركَ قبلُ أيّا كانَ أَصلا
O what precedence none before,
Of any lineage, has fate granted but you!
وَيا للّه ما أَهداهُ رأياً
وَألطفهُ مجاملةً ونبلا
By God, how excellent the discernment
It smoothed for you, and the nobility!
وَلا برحَ التزاورُ مُستجدّاً
وَلا سيما لأهلِ الملكِ وَصلا
Continuous grew the mutual visitation,
Not least those of the royal house, and ties.
سَيحمدُ غبّه مَن لَيسَ يَدري
وَيعلم أنّه ما كانَ بطلا
The fool unaware will regret his folly,
And know you have not been some simpleton.
فَيا أهدى الملوكِ لكلِّ فضلٍ
وَأكرمَ محرزٍ للسبق خصلا
O wisest of kings in every merit,
And noblest prepared for precedence and trait!
بِعفوكَ قَد قَصَرنا من ثناءٍ
رَأَينا طولهُ عيّاً وجَهلا
Our praise was curtailed—we saw
Its length a defect, and ignorance.
وَسرتَ فَلم نطق وصفًا ولكن
جَلَبنا القلّ إذ لم نَحوِ جلّا
Though you came, we spoke no description; but rather
Collected little, as we sang no anthem.
بقيتَ لنا وللإسلامِ عزّاً
وَعنّا شكركَ المولى تولّى
Remaining for us and Islam a glory,
Thanking you has the Almighty assumed.
وَلا زلتَ المؤيّد بِاِنتِصارٍ
وَعزٍّ حيث أَنتَ حللتَ حلّا
Still supported you are with victory,
And might—wherever you tread, tread gloriously!
وَلا تَبرَح بِنا برّاً رحمياً
تعمّ جَميعَنا عدلاً وفضلا
Do not cease your righteous, compassionate grace
To encompass us all in justice and bounty!
