قَضَى صادِقُ الآثارِ في أمْرِكَ الأَرضَى

بِأنْ تَمْلِكَ الدُّنْيَا وأَنْ تَرِثَ الأَرْضَا

The sincere judge has decreed your perfect rule,

That you possess the world and inherit satisfaction.

وأَجْرَى إِلى إسْعَادِكَ الماءَ والثَّرَى

فَدُونَكَ بَسْطاً لِلْبَسِيطَيْنِ أَوْ قَبْضَا

He made the water and soil flow to your happiness,

So you have before you an open or closed expanse.

يُجَالِدُ عَنْكَ السَّعْدُ والجَيْشُ وَادِعٌ

ويُنْضِي عِداك الجُهْدُ والسَّيْفُ لا يُنْضَى

Good fortune and the army fight for you,

And the effort and sharp sword of your enemies will not cease,

وَما يَفْتَأُ التَّمْكينُ يفتَحُ ما دَنَا

وَما شَطَّ جَوَّاباً لكَ الطُّول والعَرْضا

And empowerment continues to open what is near,

And height and breadth shoot tents for you.

كأَنَّ علَى الآفَاقِ نَذْراً بِوَقْفِهَا

عَلَيْكَ فَبَعْضٌ في الوَفَاءِ تَلا بَعْضا

It is as if the horizons have made a donation for you,

So part fulfills the loyalty after part.

أَطاعَتْكَ إفْرِيقِيَّة فَكَفَيْتهَا

عُصاةً علَى إتْلافِهَا ائْتَلَفوا هُضَّا

Africa obeyed you, so you were enough

For the rebels who collaborated for its destruction.

وَكانَتْ غِيَاضاً بِالعِدَى فَأَعَدْتها

رِياضاً يَرِفُّ النَّوْرُ أثْنَاءَهَا غَضَّا

It had been thickets with enmity, but you made it,

Gardens, which the light permeates its density,

ولَمَّا أَجَبْت النَّاصِرِيَّةَ نَاصِراً

وجُبْتَ إلَى البَطْحَاءِ بَيْدَاءَها رَكْضَا

And when you responded to Nasiriyya as a supporter

You sped to its open deserts sprinting.

دَعَتْكَ تِلِمْسَانٌ فَلَبَّيْتَ صَوْتَهَا

مُجِيراً ونابُ الجَوْرِ يُوسِعُهَا عَضَّا

Tlemcen called you, so you responded to its voice,

A granter of amnesty, while the fang of injustice widened it forcefully,

وَأَلْحَفْتهَا نُعْمَاكَ وَهْيَ مُطِيعَةٌ

رِدَاءً قَشِيبَا لا دَريساً وَلا رَحْضَا

And you cloaked it, while obedient,

With your blessings, not with a coat or a ripped garment,

فَحِينَ جَرَتْ في النَّكْثِ مِلْءَ عِنَانِها

وجَرَّتْ إلى أرْجَائِهَا الضُّرَّ والرَّضَّا

So when it slipped into betrayal, filling up its rein,

And ruin and acceptance flowed into its corners,

طَلَعْتَ عَلَيْهَا مالِئاً سَعَةَ المَلا

كَتَائِبَ ما أَضْرَى حُمَاةً وَما أرْضَى

You rose over it, filling the breadth of authority,

Like battalions of defenders and satisfiers

وَقُدْتَ إلَيْهَا كُلَّ ألْيَسَ قائِدٍ

لأَعْلاقِهَا حَوْزاً وأَغْلاقِها فَضَّا

And you lead to it every hero general

To raid its depths and unblock its passes.

ولَيْسَ يُسرِّي عَن فُتُوحِكَ يَوْمُهَا

وأنَّى وهَذِي أرْضُهُم تَشْتَكِي الأَرْضا

And the day does not announce your conquests,

How so when their land complains of rending?

أبَحْتَ حِماها قادِراً وحَمَيْتَه

فَغَادَرْتَ حُبَّ الغَدْرِ في صَدْرِها بُغْضا

You uncovered its protector able, and protected him

So you left the love of betrayal in his chest with hatred

وخَلَّفْتَ جَيْشَ الرُّعْبِ في أَخَوَاتِهَا

يُقِضُّ عَلَيْهِنَّ المَضاجِعَ مُنْقَضَّا

And you left the army of terror in its sister lands

To disturb the beds dismantled.

فَلَمْ تَسْكُنِ الأَقْطَارُ مُذْ رَجَفَتْ بِهِ

ولم تَهْجَعِ الأبْصار مُذْ بَزَّها الغَمْضَا

So the regions did not settle since it quaked with it,

Nor did sights sleep since tears moistened it.

تَوَغَّلْتَ فيها فاتَّقَتْكَ وُلاتُها

بِطَاعَتِهَا تَسْتَدْفِعُ الهَدَّ والهَضَّا

You penetrated it, so its governors feared you

With their obedience, repelling separation and dispersal

وَما اسْتَنْهَضَتْ عَلْياكَ لِلصَّفْحِ والرِّضَى

وَإنْ عَظُمَ الإِجْرام إِلا وَفَتْ نَهْضَا

And it did not rise up against you for reconciliation and consent,

No matter how grave the crime, but it rose submissively.

كَذا المَلأُ الحَفْصِيُّ إنْ قَدِرُوا عَفَوْا

فلا ذُعْرَ يَسْتَقصِي ولا عُذْرَ يُسْتَقْضَى

Thus is the Hafsid class, if they are capable they pardon

So neither alarm exhausts nor excuse draws out.

نَجَا ابْنُ خَلاصٍ بِالخُلوصِ وَلَوْ ثَوَى

عَلَى ضِدِّهِ لا نفلّ جَمْعاً ولا نفضّا

Ibn Khalas was saved by his loyalty even if he inclined

Against it, no bonus gathered and no bonus distributed,

وَحَيْهَلا بالجُمْهورِ مِنْ أهلِ سَبْتَةٍ

لِبَيْعَةِ رِضْوَانٍ رَأَوْا عَقْدَهَا فَرْضَا

And woe to the multitude from the people of Ceuta

For the pledge of satisfaction they saw as duty!

تَوَلَّتْهُمُ فيها السُّعودُ فأَحْرَزوا

مَكَانَهُم رَفْعاً وعَيْشَهُمُ خَفْضا

Caprice diverted them therein, so they missed

Their position of elevation and livelihood of debasement,

وَطالَعَهُم مِنْ غَيْرِ نَصْرِك ما ثَنَى

مُقَاوِيَهُمْ شَحْنَا وَمُقْوِيهُمْ بَضَّا

And without your victory, what bent

Their resisting party and reinforced their cheek swelling?

وَمِنْ قَبْل ما اسْتَسقَتْكَ أنْدَلُسٌ فَلَمْ

تَجِدْ جُودَك الفَيَّاضَ غَيْضاً ولا بَرْضَا

And before Andalus entreated you, it did not

Find your generous outpouring, neither rain nor vegetation,

بِفَتْحِ رِبَاطِ الفَتْحِ تَرْتَبِطُ المُنْى

ويَحْظَى بها مَنْ باتَ نارَ الوَغَى يَحْظَى

With the opening of the Ribat of Victory, hopes tie

And those who spent the night with the fire of turmoil are rewarded

وَأجْدِرْ بِفَاسٍ أنْ تُرَاجِعَ رُشْدَها

وَقَد رَحَضَتْ مَرَّاكشٌ غَيَّهَا رَحْضا

And it is more fitting for Fez to reconsider its rectitude

Since Marrakesh confused its mind confusedly

أَمَا أَنَّهُ مِنْ رُوبِها غَزْوُ رُومِها

فَلَوْ سَنِيَتْ أَغْرَاضُهَا شَدَّتِ الغُرْضَا

Is it not that its invasion of Rome

Is from its violent whipping by intense concealment?

كَأَنَّا بِها قد شايَعَتْهَا عَزَائِمٌ

صِحاحٌ لأَشْياعٍ بِوَجْدِهِم مَرْضَى

It is as if resolute parties that morning greeted it

Healed ones for the ecstasy of their purpose though sick

قُصَارَاهُمُ أَن يَقْصُروا الطَّرْفَ والحَشَى

علَى الجَمْرِ مَشبوباً أو الدَّمْع مُرْفَضَّا

The least of them is to shorten their gaze and their resolve

Over embers kindled or tears pouring

فَحَيَّوْكَ مِنْهَا بالخِلافَة حَيْثُ لَمْ

يَدَعْ جَذُّ أعْراق الخِلافِ لَها نَبْضَا

They congratulated you from it with the Caliphate where no

Trunk of Caliphs pulsed authority for it

تَشَيّعَتِ الأَمْصار فيك فَزَحْزَحَتْ

عُداتَك عَنْ أَعْلَى مَنَابِرِها رَمْضَا

The regions pledged allegiance to you, so your

Enemies were pushed from its highest pulpits forcibly

وأَيْنَ بأَصْنَافِ العَوَالِمِ كُلِّهَا

من القَائِمِ الأَرْضَى أوِ الصارِمِ الأَمْضَى

And where are all the varieties of realms

To the perfect judge or the decisive executioner?

عنِ الخائِضِ الهَيْجَاء في نُصْرَةِ الهُدَى

بِضَربٍ وطَعْنٍ لَيْسَ مَشْقاً ولا وَخْضَا

To the fervent in supporting guidance

With a strike and stab not laborious or burdensome

وَحِيدُ بَنِي التَّوْحِيدِ فَضْلاً كأَنَّما

مَهَارَتُهُ عِلماً طَهَارَتُه عِرْضا

The unique one of the monotheists in superiority as if

His skill is purity and his purity is honor

أَلا إنَّ يَحْيَى في الأَئِمَّةِ مَحْضُهُمْ

فَلا غَرْوَ أنْ يَسْتَخْلِصَ الكَرَمَ المَحْضَا

Verily, Yahya among the imams takes their quintessence

So it is no wonder to extract the perfect generosity

مُبَارَكُ إبرامٍ ونَقْضٍ مُؤَيَّدٌ

إذَا حاوَلَ الإبْرَامَ أوْ حَاوَلَ النَّقْضَا

Blessed in bonding and undoing, supported

If he attempts bonding or attempts undoing

يُفِيضُ عَلَى المُلاكِ مُسْتَبْسِلاً نَدىً

وَيَبْطِشُ بالأَمْلاكِ مُسْتَبْسِلاً عَضَّا

He pours upon sovereigns smiling with dew

And lashes sovereigns smiling with violence

مَتَى شَحَّ صَوْبُ القَطْرِ سَحَّ أنَامِلاً

وَإنْ غاضَ صَرْفُ الدَّهْرِ مُعْتَدِياً أَغْضَى

Whenever the rain clouds gathered stingily, he gathered smiling

And if the course of fate withdrew aggressively, he withdrew

وَما اسْوَدَّ وَجْهُ الخَطْبِ إلا سَمَا بِهِ

لِيَجْلُوَهُ طَلْقَ الأَسِرَّةِ مبيضَّا

And the face of the matter only darkened for him

To clarify it with the radiance of joy lightening

فَيا عِزّةَ العِانِي إِلى رُكْنِهِ أَوَى

وَيا ثَرْوَةَ العَافي إلَى فَضْلِهِ أَفْضَى

So O honor of taking refuge in his pillar,

And O wealth of grace flowing into his favor!

مَناقِبُهُ غَنَّى القَريضُ بِوَصْفِها

وَهَيْهَاتَ جَلَّتْ أن يُوَفِّيَهَا قَرْضَا

The virtues that poetry lauded in describing it

And alas! It is too magnificent for creation to repay