عَنْ نُورِ هَدْيِكَ ثَغْرُ الدَّهْرِ مُبْتَسِمُ

يَا وَاحِداُ وَرَدَتْ مِنْ بَحْرِهِ أُمَمُ

The dawn of your guidance makes the mouth of time smile,

From the light of your guidance, the mouth of time smiles,

O One, from whose sea nations have come.

O unique one, from whose sea nations have come to drink.

هَشَّتْ لِلُقْيَاكَ فَاسٌ إِذْ حَلَلْتَ بِهَا

وَفَاسُ لَوْلاَ سَنَا وُجُودِكُمْ عَدَمُ

Fez rejoiced when you stayed there,

Fez beamed with joy to meet you when you settled within it,

And without your sublime presence, Fez would not exist.

And Fez, were it not for the radiance of your presence, would be nothingness.

فَزَهْوُهَا بِكَ يَا مَوْلاَيَ مُنْتَظِمٌ

وَأُنْسُهَا بِكَ يَا مَوْلاَيَ مُلْتَئِمُ

Its splendor is due to you, my Master, everlasting,

So its pride in you, my master, is perfectly ordered,

And its joy is due to you, my Master, ever bonding.

And its joyful intimacy with you, my master, is fully whole.

أَبْهَجْتَ عَبْدَكَ إِذْ وَافَاكَ مُكْتَئِباً

إِنَّ الْجَوَى بِدُنُوٍّ مِنْكَ يَنْحَسِمُ

You gladdened your servant when he came to you depressed.

You brought delight to your servant when he came to you dejected,

Indeed, anguish recedes with nearing you.

For indeed, profound sorrow is severed by drawing near to you.

وَافَاكَ يَطْلُبُ نَهْجَ النَّاصِرِيَّةِ إِذْ

فِي النَّاصِرِيَّةِ نَصْرٌ لَيْسَ يَنْصَرِمُ

He came to you seeking the path of An-Nasiriyyah, for

He came to you seeking the path of the Nasiriyya, since

In An-Nasiriyyah is a lasting victory.

In the Nasiriyya lies a triumph that never ends.

وَاهًا لَهَا رَغْبَةً مَا كَانَ أَنْفَسَهَا

لِمِثْلِهَا تَسْتَعِدُّ الأَيْنُقُ الرُّسُمُ

Woe to it - what it desired was not worthy of itself.

Ah, what a longing—how profoundly precious it was!

The most beautiful appearance makes ready for the like of it.

For such a quest, the swift she-camels are made ready.

أَمْهَلْتَهُ لِغَدٍ فَبَاتَ فِي سَهَرٍ

يُنْجِدُهُ الْوَجْدُ إِذْ أَعْوَزَهُ الْحُلُمُ

You gave him respite until morning, so he stayed up all night

You delayed him until tomorrow, so he passed the night awake,

Kept awake by passion when dreams failed him.

Passion coming to his aid when dreams eluded him.

يُخَاطِبُ اللَّيْلَ كَيْ تَفْتَرُّ دُهْمَتُهُ

عَنْ ثَغْرِ صُبْحٍ فَيَبْدُو لِلْمُنَى عَلَمُ

He speaks to the night to unveil its darkness

Addressing the night, hoping its deep darkness would part into a smile,

And reveal the dawn, a sign for the beloved.

Revealing the mouth of dawn, so a banner for his hopes might appear.

يَا عَنْبَرَ اللَّيْلِ كَافُورَ الصَّبَاحِ أَعِدْ

قَدْ كَادَ يَلْحَقُنِي مِنْ طُولِكَ الْهَرَمُ

O ambergris of night, camphor of morning, come back,

O ambergris of the night, restore the camphor of morning,

Lest old age overtakes me due to your length.

For old age has almost overtaken me from your endless length.

إِنْ لَمْ تَجُدْ لِي بِصُبْحٍ صِحْتُ مِنْ أَسَفٍ

وَا حَرَّ قَلْباهُ مِمَّنْ قَلْبُهُ شَبِمُ

If you do not bring me the morn, I will wake up in sorrow

If you do not generously grant me a morning, I shall cry out in grief:

And ah! A heart blazing over one whose heart is unfeeling.

"Oh, the burning of my heart for one whose heart is cold!"

لاَزِلْتَ مِقْبَاسَ عِلْمٍ يُسْتَضَاءُ بِهِ

إِذَا بَدَتْ ظُلُمَاتُ الْجَهْلِ تَزْدَحِمُ

You remain the standard of knowledge by which

May you remain a torch of knowledge by which light is sought,

The darkness of ignorance is illuminated when it becomes crowded.

Whenever the shadows of ignorance appear, crowding together.