مِن كلّ رَقْراق الفِرَنْد كأنَّه

نِهْيٌ إذا ما الغمدُ عنهُ جُرِّدا

From every clinking of the blades as if it were

A prohibition when unsheathed and bared

وَمُثَقَّفٍ ذَلِقِ السِّنانِ تَخَالُه

في السّرْدِ يَخْرُقُ جَانِبيهِ مُسرِّدا

And a cultivated one, smooth of edge, its imagination

Rips through both flanks when unrolled

قَسَمَ الجَبَابِرَةَ الذينَ تَمَرّدوا

وتَسنَّمُوا صَرْحَ الشقاق مُمَرَّدا

It divided the tyrants who rebelled

And assumed control of the citadel of strife in rebellion

أين ابْنُ غَانِيَةٍ وأيْنَ غَنَاؤُه

لا مُلحِدٌ إلا وأصْبَحَ مُلْحَدا

Where is the son of Ghania and where is his singing

There is no atheist left except made atheistic

وحَكت أَجَادِلُ زُغبة زُغْبَ القَطا

وَغَدَتْ رياحُ بني رياحٍ رُكَّدا

And the dialogues of Zughba of Zughb narrated

And the winds of the sons of winds grew still

زُهْرٌ مَناقِبُهُ أبَتْ عَلْيَاهُ أن

تَلْقَاه إلا واعداً أوْ مُوعِدا

A blossom whose virtues refused to meet him

Except promising or promised

لَمْ أرْضَ إلا بالنجومِ مَنَازِلاً

لَمّا حَدا بِيَ للسّعَادَة مَا حَدا

I was not pleased except with the stars as dwellings

When the happiness that reached me reached

إني رَحَلْتُ إليهِ في طَلَبِ العُلى

لأكونَ عَبْداً في ذرَاه سَيِّدا

I traveled to Him seeking the most high

That I may be in His sight a slave, a lord

وَرَوَيْتُ كُلّ غريبَةٍ بسنادِهِ

فَاسْمَعْ أحدّثْك الصحِيحَ المُسْندا

And I transmitted every strange narrative with its links

So listen as I relate to you the sound and supported

مِلْءَ المُرْادِ نَضارةً وعُذوبةً

يَجِدُ المُرادَ عُفاتُهُ والمَوْرِدا

The fullness of purpose, vitality and sweetness

The seekers of purpose find its chastity and watering place

بُشْرَايَ لِلإحْضارِ بالدّارِ التي

دارَتْ بعِزة أمْرِها حتّى الرّدى

My good tidings for hosting in the abode which

Spun with the glory of its command to eternity

هيَ غايَةُ الشّرف التي ما بَعْدَها

أمَدٌ فَيَصْمِدُهُ الرّجاءُ ولا مَدى

It is the epitome beyond which there is no

Period so that hope can brace itself without end

يا واحِداً إِحْسانُهُ مُتَعَدِّدٌ

دُمْ للرّعايا في المُلوكِ الأوْحَدا

O One whose benevolence is manifold

Stay for the subjects, unique among kings

وَصل المآدِبَ والمَواهِبَ راشِداً

فيما تعُمُّ بِه لُهاك ومُرْشِدا

And connect the glories and gifts rightly guided

In what you encompass, misguided and guided

واعْهدْ إلى أبنائِك الصِّيد الألَى

طالوا سَناء حينَ طابوا مَوْلِدا

And entrust to your noble sons the sublime hunt

They lengthened glory when their birth was auspicious

هذِي بِجايَةُ قَد سَدَدت ثُغورَها

بِمُبَارَكٍ يُمْضي الأمور مُسِدّدا

This Algiers has secured its borders

With Mubarak, executing matters effectively

كالغَيْثِ كَفّاً إن حَبا كالليثِ قَلْ

باً إِن حَمَى كالبدْرِ وَجْهاً إن بَدا

Like rain a palm if it rains, like a lion a heart if it protects

Like the full moon a face if it appears

فَابْلُغْ بإخْوَتِه المَبَالِغَ مُنْجِباً

بِهِمُ وللمُلكِ المواطنَ مُنْجِدا

So convey to his brothers the hyperboles

Through them, and for the kingdom the pillars

وَاخصص مُحمّداً الأميرَ بِإِمْرَةٍ

يَرْقى بها فوْقَ الكَواكبِ مُصْعِدا

And specify Muhammad the Prince with a princedom

Through which he ascends above the stars an elevator

هُو زانَ إِخوَتَه وَهم زانوا الهُدى

فكأنه بَيْتُ القَصيدِ مُجَوَّدا

He adorned his brothers and they adorned guidance

As if he were the refrain of the ode, refined

وُسْطى قِلادَتِهمْ وزهرةُ رَوْضِهم

وأحَقُّ منْ حُبِي الجَسيم وقُلِّدا

The center of their necklace, and flower of their meadow

And most deserving of my immense love and adornment

واعْقدْ لِمَولايَ الأميرِ مُحَمّد

عَهْداً به تُرضِي النّبِيَّ مُحَمّدا

And appoint for my Prince Muhammad

A pact through which the Prophet Muhammad is pleased

واخْلُد فَمَسؤُولُ الزّمانِ وأهلِهِ

سِرّاً وجَهْراً أن تَدُوم وتَخْلُدا

And immortalize the one responsible for the times and its people

Secretly and openly, to last and immortalize