أُريَّة أَنتِ فائِدَةُ الزمانِ

فَقَد فُقتِ المَمالِكَ في مَعانِ

Orietta, you are the gem of time

You have conquered kingdoms with resolve

وَقَد رُمناكِ مِن بَلَدٍ بَعيدٍ

فَأَدناكِ الإِلَهُ بِلا تَوانِ

We sought you from a distant land

God brought you near without delay

بَذَلنا جُهدَنا عَزما وَحَزماً

وَوَطَّنّا الكُماةَ عَلى الطِعانِ

We exerted our determination and prudence

And accustomed the critics to blame

وَأَجهَدنا العَزائِمَ وَالمَساعي

وَأَعملَنا الحُسامَ مَعَ السِنانِ

We employed our wills and efforts

And wielded swords with spears

لِيُهَنيء أَهلَ مالِقَةَ اِنتِصاري

وَإِعزازي لَهُم بَعدَ الهَوانِ

To bring joy to the people of Malaga after my victory

And honor them after humiliation

سَيُنقِذُهُم وَيُنميهِم جَميعاً

رِضاعُ الخَيرِ إِن دَرَّت لِباني

Suckling goodness will save and nurture them

If the milk of my kindness flows

وَأُرقيهِم ذُرى دَرَجِ المَعالي

كَما أُجنيهِمُ ثَمرَ الأَماني

And I will raise them to the highest ranks

As the fruit of my hopes is reaped

وَأَضعافُ الَّذي يُبدي لِساني

إِلَيهِم ما يَجِنُّ لَهُم جِناني

What my tongue expresses to them

Is only a portion of what my soul desires

فَحُقَّ عَلَيهِمُ شُكرُ اِمتِعاضي

وَما خلقي اِمتِنانٌ بِامتِنانِ

They rightly owe me gratitude

For my benevolence is not in expectation of return

وَلَكِنَّ الحَقائِقَ مُخبِراتٌ

وَكَم خَبَرٍ يَنوبُ عَنِ العيانِ

But truths are revealing

And news often replaces seeing

أَلَم أُعتِقهُمُ مِن ذُلِّ كُفرٍ

جَرى في ضيمِهِم مِلءَ العِنانِ

Did I not free them from the disgrace of blasphemy

That had held them tightly in its reins

وَتوراةٌ مُحَرَّقَةٌ أَعَزَّت

فَطالَت ذُلَّةُ السَبعِ المَثاني

With the burning of their Torah their misery was prolonged

Until my resolute Yemeni rage was stirred

إِلى أَن ثارَ بي عَزمٌ يَمانٍ

فَأَدرَكَ سُؤلهُ العَضبُ اليَماني

And the unsheathed swords got to work

Their decree was the magic of eloquence

وَأُنضيَتِ الصَوارِمُ خاطِياتٍ

فَكانَ قَضاؤها سِحرُ البَيانِ

Righteousness returned inhabited and prosperous

While wickedness demolished and in ruins

فَعادَ البِرُّ مَعمورَ المَغاني

وَآضَ الفسقُ مَهدومَ المَباني

Their imam stood to pray

And the call to prayer rang in their ears

وَقامَ إِمامُ جامِعِهِم يُصَلّي

وَآنسَتِ المَسامِعُ بِالآذانِ

The rightly guided were either

Slain or maimed in mind among the impious

وَكانَ ذَوو الهُدى ما بَينَ ثاوٍ

قَتيلٍ أَو فَقيدِ العَقلِ فانِ

Since the Jews joined with their piety

The swords made permissible their wedding

مُذِ اِقتَرَنَت بِبَرِّهِمُ يَهودٌ

أَباحَ حُسامُهُم حُسنَ القِرانِ

I seek reward for my efforts against them

Whether young or helper in their misguidance

عَتادي أجرُ ما أولَيتُ فيهِم

مِنَ الفَتَكاتِ بِكرٍ أَو عَوانِ

Martyrdom in God's cause will suffice

With paradise as its reward

وَحَسبي في سَبيلِ اللَه مَوتٌ

يَكونُ ثَوابُهُ خُلدَ الجِنانِ