ضَنَّت بهذا اليومِ قبلُ عُصورُ

حتى أتَى مَلِكُ الورَى المَنصورُ

The ages yearned for this day until

The victorious king of the earth came

عيد جديرٌ بالأميرِ مُحَمَّدٍ

وبه الأميرُ محمدٌ لجديرُ

A holiday worthy of Prince Muhammad

And Prince Muhammad is worthy of it

عيدٌ تَلألأ نورُه فإذا رَنا

طَرفٌ إليه ارتَدَّ وهو حَسيرُ

A holiday whose light glittered so if you glanced at it

An eye turned towards it, captivated and delighted

عيدٌ تَسامى بالأمير فَخارُه

وَبجيدِه العِقدُ البَديعُ فَخورُ

A holiday elevated by the Prince, so its pride soared

And the elegant garland on his neck was proud

لولاهُ ما سمَحَ الزَّمانُ به ول

كنَّ الزَّمانَ بأمرِهِ مأمورُ

If not for him, time would not have been forgiving, but

Time was commanded by his order

يا مَن تَبَوَّا بعدَ عَرشِ قُلوبِنا

عَرشاً عليه حُبُّنَا مَقصُور

O you who assumed the throne of our hearts after

The throne on which our love was confined

الشَّعبُ شعبُكَ والإلهُ مُؤَيِّدٌ

والعيدُ عِيدُكَ والسُّرورُ سرورُ

The people are your people, and God is your supporter

And the holiday is your holiday, and happiness is happiness

أنتَ الأميرُ على الأنامِ كما على ال

أيامِ يَومُكَ يا أميرُ أميرُ

You are the Prince over people as you are over

Days, your day O Prince of Princes

يومٌ تَساوى الشَّعبُ في إخلاَصِه

لِعُلاَكَ فيه كَبيرُه وصَغيرُ

A day when the people equaled in their loyalty

To your ascension, both elder and young

ذِكرَى ليومٍ يَمُّمَ الشعبُ النَّبي

لُ حِماكَ فيه على القُلوب يَسيرُ

A memento of a day when the Prophet's people swore

Allegiance to protect you, which was easy on their hearts

وأتى إليكَ مُبايعاً والطَّرفُ من

تاريخِ مَغربِنا بذَاكَ قَريرُ

And came to you pledging, while the eye from

The chronicles of our Maghreb with that was delighted

هَشَّت رِياضُ بلاغَةٍ وتَفَتَّحَت

فيهِ عنَ أكمامِ البَديع زُهورُ

The gardens of eloquence blossomed and

From their sleeves the flowers of rhetoric bloomed

فتَرى شحاريرَ البيانِ تَصادَحت

أنغامَهَّن يُرَدِّدنَّ أثيرُ

You see the nightingales of expression singing

Their melodies, echoing enchantingly

ولواءُ نَصرِكَ فوقَ قَصرِك خافِقٌ

والنَّجمُ منه لِلعَلاءِ يُشيرُ

The banner of your victory waving over your palace

And its star pointing to the heights

ألرايةُ الحمراءُ نحنُ نُحِبُّهَا

وعلى هَواها شَعبُنا مَفطُورُ

The red flag we love

And our people were created infatuated with it

يصبو إليكَ العيدُ بعدَ فِراقِه

والصَّبُّ في تَحنانِه مَعذور

The holiday yearns to you after being away

And its yearning is justified in its affection

يَرجو الرُّجوعَ إليكَ قبلَ أوانِه

فَتَراهُ مُلتَفتاً غَداةَ يَسيرُ

It hopes to return to you before its time

So you see it glancing back after a short while

يا عيدُ لا تَحزَن فإنَّكَ كامِنٌ

بقُلوبِنَا حتى تَدورَ شَهورُ

O holiday do not grieve, for you are hidden

In our hearts until months pass

فتعودُ مُبتهِجاً وتُبصِرُنا وقد

كِدنا إليكَ منَ الحنانِ نَطيرُ

Then you will return joyfully and see us, and we

Will have almost died of affection for you

يا عيدُ هذا عرشُكَ المنصورُ أو

يا عرشُ هذا عيدُكَ المَشهورُ

O holiday this is your throne, the Victorious

Or O throne this is your famed holiday

فيه تصافَحَتِ الأكُفُّ ولِلقلو

بِ تَصافُحٌ من قبلِها وهُصورُ

On it hands shook and hearts

Shook hands from before and images

إن قيل مَن مَلِكٌ تَلوذُ به المُنى

مُستَصِرخاتٍ عن نَوىً فيُجيرُ

If it is said who is the king the wishes take refuge in

Crying for a wish so he would save

ومنِ الذي تَجري بِذِكرِه ألسنٌ

فَيضوعُ مِسكٌ بيننا وعَبيرُ

And who is it that tongues flow with the mention of him

So musk diffuses between us and fragrance

ومَنِ الذي يَصبو البليغُ لِمَدحِهِ

شوقاً لِما يُمليهِ عنهُ شُعورُ

And who is it that the eloquent yearn to praise

Passionately for what his feelings inspire in him

نَظَرَ الأنامُ إلى المَليكِ مُحَمَّدٍ

وأكُفُّهُم طُراًّ إليه تُشيرُ

The people looked upon King Muhammad

And their palms stretched toward him

مَلِكٌ بساحَتِهِ المَعالي خَيَّمَت

والمَجدُ فيها ذَيلُه مَجرورُ

A king in whose arena glories camped

And glory's train there dragged

فَبِعهدِه هذي المَعاهدُ أشرَقَت

وأضاءَ منها للرَّعيَةِ نُورُ

So by his covenant these pacts shone

And from it the light for the subjects shone

وانجابَ ليلُ جَهالةٍ وَسَرت على

هَدي إِناث لِلعُلاَ وذُكورُ

And the night of ignorance vanished and moved on

Guided by the female rising stars of ascension and male

مَلِكٌ حَباهُ اللهُ حُبَّ بِلاَدِه

فبِحُبِّها ودُعائِها مَمطُورُ

A king whom God granted the love of his country

So by his love for it and prayers it thrives

ملِكٌ إذا ذكرت مُلوكُ الأرضِ فاس

مُه في الطَّليعةِ بينَهُم مذكورُ

A king if the kings of earth are mentioned, Fes

Is mentioned among them

في رحلةٍ مَيمونةٍقد رُتِّلَت

آياتُ مِدحِه بَينَهُم وسُطُورُ

In a blessed journey where his praise was recited

Among them like verses in lines

لِلّهِ أيَّامٌ تَبَسَّمَ ثَغرُها

فَتَبَسَّمَت في العالَمينَ ثُغُورُ

To God belong days that smiled their lips

So smiles broke out in the whole world

وعِنايةُ الرحمنِ تشمَلُ قُطرَهُ

ويُحيطُ منها بالرَّعيَة سُورُ

And the care of the Merciful surrounds his realm

And from it the subjects are surrounded by a fence

ويُريهِ في أشبَالِهِ كلَّ المُنى

وبِبَدرهَا زُهرُ النُّجومِ تَدورُ

And He shows him in his cubs all that is wished

And in their full moons the blossoms of stars revolve

ويُريهِ من أحفادهِم أحفَادهُم

واللهُ ربُّ العالَمينَ قديرُ

And He shows him from their grandchildren, their grandchildren

And God, Lord of the worlds is Capable

ما اهتَزَّ قلبُ الشعبِ من َفَرَحٍ إذا

بحلولِ عيدِ العرشِ جاءَ بَشيرُ

The hearts of the people did not tremble with joy when

The herald of the throne holiday came