أَدرِ الحديثَ وَطُفْ على الأقوامِ
مِن شَيِّقٍ طَرِبِ الفُؤادِ وَظَامِ
Discuss the conversation and go around the people
With a cheer that delights the heart and overcomes gloom
هَذِي جوانِحُنا وتِلكَ قُلوبُنا
مَلأَى الجوانبِ مِن هَوىً وغَرامِ
Filled with passion and love on all sides
Renew for Andalusia and the goodness of its time
جَدِّدْ لأنْدَلُسٍ وطيبِ زمانِها
عَهْداً طَوَتْهُ سوالفُ الأيّامِ
A covenant twisted by the passing days
And mention the talk of the conquerors and what they shepherded
واذْكُرْ حَديثَ الفاتحينَ وما رَعَوْا
لِقَطينِها من حُرمةٍ وذِمامِ
To its people of sanctity and protection
A people tried by affliction and guided
قَومٌ أمضَّهُمُ البَلاءُ وهَدَّهُمْ
ظُلمُ المُلوكِ وقَسوةُ الحُكَّامِ
By the injustice of kings and the harshness of rulers
They were sold to sinful people who did not shepherd
بِيعوا لِقومٍ فاسقينَ فما رَعَوْا
حَقَّ العبيدِ وحُرمةَ الخُدّامِ
The rights of slaves and the sanctity of servants
In the image of man except that they
في صُورةِ الإنسانِ إلا أنَّهم
نَزَلُوا هُناكَ منازلَ الأنعامِ
Descended there to the ranks of cattle
It is a nation that suffers so that others may live comfortably
هيَ أُمّةٌ تَشْقَى لِيَنْعَمَ غَيرُها
ويَعيش في دُنيا مِن الآثامِ
And live in a world of sins
The soldiers of Allah broke its shackles
صَدَعتْ جُنودُ اللهِ مِن أغلالِها
وتَدَارَكتْها رَحمةُ الإسلامِ
And the mercy of Islam came to its rescue
A religion that erased all injustice for oppression
دينٌ مَحا لِلظُّلمِ كُلَّ شَريعَةٍ
وأتَى بِخيرِ شَريعةٍ ونظامِ
And brought the best laws and system
The shepherds made peace so it bid farewell
صَلُحَ الرُّعاةُ فَودَّعتْ في ظِلِّهم
مَرْعَى الهُمومِ ومَورِدَ الآلامِ
To the pasture of worries and the watering place of sorrows
And it received in exchange a righteous era
واسْتَقْبَلتْ لِلعَدلِ عَصْراً صالحاً
ما فيه من عَسفٍ ولا إرغامِ
Without any transgression or coercion
An era made possible by the hand of a conqueror
عصرٌ أُتِيحَ لها على يدِ فاتحٍ
سَمْحِ السُّيوفِ مُبارَكِ الأعلامِ
With swift swords and blessed flags
He protected its sanctities and rights
حَفِظَ المحارمَ والحُقوقَ لأهلِها
وَحَمى مقاتِلَها فَنِعمَ الحامي
And protected its fighters - how excellent a protector
Guidance became clear to the lost, so say to them
وَضَحَ الهُدَى للحائِرينَ فَقُلْ لَهم
لا عُذْرَ لِلأَعْمَى ولا المُتعامي
There is no excuse for the blind or the oblivious
Achieve victory in battle of Tariq's regiments
ظَفِرُوا بِحربٍ مِن كَتائبِ طارقٍ
كانت لأنْدَلُسٍ بَشيرَ سَلامِ
Which was glad tidings of peace for Andalusia
He spread guidance and light in its regions
نَشَرَ الهدَى والنُّورَ في أرجائِها
فبدا السّبيلُ وزَالَ كلُّ ظَلامِ
So the path became clear and all darkness disappeared
A hero who went on to throw determination at them
بَطَلٌ مَضَى يَرمِي العُبابَ بِهِمَّةٍ
جَاشَتْ زَواخِرُها وبَأسٍ طَامِ
Whose peaks overflowed and whose might towered
He seized the ship with a wave of his might
أَخَذَ السَّفِينَ بِموجةٍ من بَطشِه
حمراءَ ما تزدادُ غَيْرَ ضِرامِ
Red, never to increase except in brooding
And he called upon the soldiers, saying "O people, look
ودعا الجنودَ فقالَ يا قومِ انْظُروا
البحرُ خَلفِي والعدوُّ أمامي
The sea is behind me and the enemy before me
I have no opinion but war to discover the extent
لا رَأْيَ إلا الحربُ تستقصِي المَدَى
حتّى أفوزَ بِمطلبِي ومَرامي
Until I attain my goal and purpose
O wise narrator of stories, witness
يا صاحب القَصص الحكيمِ شَهادةً
مِن مُؤمنٍ بِشَهادةِ الأقلامِ
From a believer in the testament of pens
You were fair to the religion of light so
أَنصَفْتَ دينَ النّورِ فانْتبَهَتْ له
أحلامُ قومٍ في الظّلامِ نيامِ
The dreams of people in darkness asleep awoke
And you went on to remind the blind who followed blindness
وذَهَبْتَ تذكرُ للأُلىَ اتَّبعوا العَمَى
ما فيهِ مِن سُنَنِ ومن أحكامِ
That which contains traditions and rulings
And you described the consequence of delusion and what
وَوَصَفْتَ عاقبةَ الغُرورِ وما جَنَى
سَفَهُ العقولِ وخِفّةُ الأحلامِ
The foolishness of minds and lightness of dreams reaped
And you built for morals a lofty palace
وبَنَيْتَ للأخلاقِ صَرْحاً عالياً
ترتدُّ عنه مَعاوِلُ الهُدّامِ
Against which the pickaxes of destroyers recoil
Write and say and raise the mention of your people
اكْتُبْ وَقُلْ وارْفَعْ لِقومكَ ذِكرَهُمْ
هذا هو القَصصُ البديعُ السّامي
This is the wondrous and sublime storytelling
