نَبِّهْ نَدِيمَكِ لِلصَّبُوحِ وَهَاتِهَا

كَالشَّمْسِ تُشْرِقُ مِنْ جَميِعِ جِهَاتِهَا

Awaken your companion at dawn and bring her to me

Like the sun rising and shining from all her sides

وَاصْرِفْ بِصِرْفِ الرَّاحِ هَمّاً كَامِناً

وَاحِي السُّرُورَ تَنَعُّماً بِحَيَاتِهَا

And turn with the blowing wind any hidden sorrow

And revive joy and pleasure in her life

صَفْرَاءُ نُسْفِرُ عَنْ حَبَابِ كُؤُوسِهَا

رَقَّتْ فَرَاقَ لَنَا الزَّمَانُ بِذَاتِهَا

Her yellow dress undisclosed the cups of her bosom

Her slender waist made time delicate in its essence

أَبْدَى عَلَيْهَا الْمَزْجُ دُرَّ حَبَابِهِ

فَتَخَالُهُ دُرّاً عَلَى لَبَّاتِهَا

The blending adorned her with pearls of love droplets

That you'd think were real pearls on her throat

وَكَأَنَّمَا بَيْنَ النَّدَامَى أَطْلَعَتْ

بَدْراً بِجُنْحِ اللَّيْلِ مِنْ آيَاتِهَا

As if she appeared between companions in the darkness of night

A full moon with wings of night in its signs

أَكْرِمْ بِهَا فَالصًّفْوُ بَعْضُ صِفَاتِهَا

وَتَصَادُقُ الأَعْدَاءِ مِنْ عَادَاتِهَا

Honor her, for nobleness is part of her qualities

And befriending enemies is of her habits

مِنْ كَفِّ سَاجِيِةِ الْجُفُونِ كَأَنَّمَا

هَبَّتْ وَفِي الأَجْفَانِ بَعْضُ سِنَاتِهَا

From the palm of her soft eyelids it's as if

Some of her years blew away in her eyes

وَلِثَغْرِهَا عِنْدَ ابْتِسَامِ أَقَاحِهِ

بَرْقٌ تَألَّقَ فِي سَنَا وَجَنَاتِهَا

And in her smile's dimples there is

Lightning flashing in her tooth and gum

سُقْيا لأِرْبُعِهَا وَإنْ هِيَ أَخْلَقَتْ

دِيَمٌ سَقَتْهَا الْعَيْنُ مِنْ عَبَرَاتِهَا

Watering her four lips, though if she frowns

A shower watered her that her eyes wept from grief

دَعْ عَنْكَ هِنْداً وَالدِّيَارَ وَمَنْ بِهَا

وَدَعِ الْغَرَامَ يَكُونُ بَعْضَ عُفَاتِهَا

Leave India, its homes and who live there

And leave passion to be some of her high morals

وَانْهَضْ بِمِدْحَتِكَ التِي حَلَّيْتَهَا

بِثَنَا أَميِرِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَهَاتِهَا

And get up with your praise that you adorned

With the excellence of the Prince of Muslims - present it

مَلِكٌ أَعَدَّتْهُ الْخِلاَفَةُ نَاشِياً

وَالذُّعْرُ يبرقُ تَحْتَ حَدِّ ظُبَاتِهَا

A king the caliphate raised victorious

And terror flashes under the blades of his lions

فَغَدَا أَحَقَّ بِهَا وَقَامَ بِعِبْئِهَا

وَسَمَا بِأَقْرَبِهَا إِلَى غَايَاتِهَا

He deserved it and took on its burden

And attained its highest goals and purposes

وَأَتَاحَ أَنْدَلُساً بِحَدِّ حُسَامِهِ

قَسْراً فَأحْيَا الأَرْضَ بَعْدَ هَمَاتِهَا

And opened Andalusia by the edges of his swords

Forcibly, bringing life back to the land after its worries

وَأَفَاضَ مَاءَ الْعَدْلِ فِي أَقْطَارِهَا

فَنَمَا بِذَاكَ الْمَاءِ غَضُّ نَبَاتِهَا

And poured the water of justice in all its regions

So with that water, its plants grew fresh

وَغَدَا بِهَا الْمَعْرُوفُ عُرْفاً جَارياً

فَارْتَاحَتِ الأَيَّامُ مِنْ أَزَمَاتِهَا

And benefaction became a flowing custom

So the days were relieved of their crises

حَتَّى السُّيُوفُ غَدَتْ كَبَعْضِ عُفَاتِهِ

سَأَلَتْ فَأَقْطَعَهَا رِقَابَ عِدَاتِهَا

Until swords became like some of his pardons

Asking, so he granted them the necks of his enemies

كَيْفَ اهْتَدَى قَبَضَ الْعِنَان بِأَنْمُلٍ

نَشَأَتْ وَلَيْس الْقَبْضُ مِنْ عَادَاتِهَا

How did he masterfully take the reins with his fingers

Born without grabbing being one of their habits

يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ وَطِئَ الْعِتَاقَ رِكَابُهُ

وَأَعَزَّ مَنْ حَمَلَتْ عَلَى صَهَوَاتِهَا

O best of those whose stirrups honor treads

And most glorious of those carried on its backs

بَلَغَتْ مُلُوكَ الرُّومِ عَنْكَ مَهَابَةٌ

فَغَدَتْ تَمُجُّ الرِّيقَ فِي لَهَوَاتِهَا

Terror of you reached the kings of Rome

Who now rush confused in their pleasures

لاَ غَرْوَ أَنَّ الرُّعْبَ خَامَرَ قَلْبَهَا

فَالأُسْدُ تُخَشَى وَهْيَ فِي أَجَمَاتِهَا

No wonder that fear gripped their hearts

When even lions are feared in their lairs

لِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ شَمَائِلٌ

غُرٌّ بَدَتْ وَالْحُسْنُ بَعْضُ صِفَاتِهَا

For Muhammed son of Abi Al-Walid there are traits

Of beauty that appeared, and beauty being some of its qualities

وَمَكَارِمٌ قَدْ أَعْجَزَتْ مَنْ رَامَهَا

تَسْتَغْرِقُ الدُّنْيَا أَقَلُّ هِبَاتِهَا

And generosity that leaves helpless whoever desires it

The least of its gifts occupies the whole world

أَمُحَمَّدٌ أَبْلَيْتَ دِينَ مُحَمَّدٍ

حُسْنَى بَقَاءِ الذِّكْرِ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِهَا

O Muhammed did you perfect the religion of Muhammed

With the good of eternal remembrance being some of its virtues

هَذِي الْجَزِيرَةُ لاَ تَزَالُ عَزِيزَةً

مَحْفُوظَةً بِكَ يَا إِمَامَ وُلاَتِهَا

This peninsula will remain glorious, protected by you

O Imam of its governors, if the devil of animosity

إِنْ طَافَ شَيْطَانُ الْعِدَى بِسَمَائِهَا

رَجَمَتْهُ شُهْبُ صَلاَتِهَا وَزَكَاتِهَا

Circles its sky, the meteors of its prayers and alms will stone it

When it called you for its aid, you answered

لَمَّا دَعَتْكَ لِنَصْرِهَا لَبَّيْتَهَا

وَرَضِيتَ بَذْلَ النَّفْسِ فِي مَرْضَاتِهَا

And accepted sacrificing soul to please it

And shook the firmness of determination in the garden of hope

وَهَزَزْتَ دَوْحَ الْعَزْمِ فِي رَوْضِ الرَّجَا

فَجَنَيْتَ غَضَّ النَّفْسِ فِي مَرْضَاتِهَا

So you reaped refusal of soul in pleasing it

And you deemed the sea's water enough with the dew

وَحَسِبْتَ بَحْرَ الْمَاءِ كَفَّكَ بِالنَّدَى

فَصَدَمْتَهَا مُسْتَأْنِساً بِهِبَاتِهَا

So you confronted it, comforted by its gifts

And you came to follow your most exalted grandfather

وَأَتَيْتَ فَعْلَةَ جَدِّكَ الأَرْضَى التِي

لاَ يَرْتَضِي الْعَلْيَاءَ مَنْ لَمْ يَأَتِهَا

Which the haughty will not accept one who does not follow

Let Andalusia rejoice, your arrival is

فَلْيَهْنِ أَنْدَلُساً قُدُومُكَ إِنَّهُ

حِرْزٌ لَهَا مِنْ طَاغِيَاتِ عُتَاتِهَا

A protection for it from the tyranny of its aggressors

You make it forget your father's deeds with their fathers

تُنْسِي فَعَالَ أَبِيكَ فِي آبَائِهِمْ

وَالشِّبْلُ نِدُّ الأُسْدِ فِي فَعَلاَتِهَا

And the cub is the equal of the lion in its actions

So God will serve you the planets honorably

فَاللهُ يُخْدِمُكَ الْكَوَاكِبَ عِزَّةً

لَكَ سَعْدُهَا وَالْيُمْنُ مِنْ تَبْعَاتِهَا

Its luck and prosperity are in its consequences

And please the eye of the kingdom with the moon that

وَيُقِرُّ عَيْنَ الْمُلْكِ بِالقَمَرِ الَّذِي

خَضَعَتْ لَهُ الأَقْمَارُ فِي هَالاَتِهَا

The moons submitted to in their halos

And presented her in happiness from its times

هَذِي عَرْوسُ قَصَائِدِي حَلَّيْتُهَا

وَزَفَفَتُهَا بِالسَّعْدِ مِنْ سَاعَاتِهَا

For you, O Prince of Muslims, so act on it

And for me is bliss in composing its verses

لَكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُسْلِمينَ فَعِمْ بِهَا

وَلِيَ الْهَنَاءُ عَلَى بِنَا أَبْيَاتِهَا

It gained value by its attribution to you, so its right

Is to take care in narrating it and its transmission

كَرُمَتْ بِنِسْبَتِهَا إِلَيْكَ فَحَقُّهَا

أَنْ يُعْتَنَى بِرَوِيَّهَا وَرُوَاتِهَا

And unto your position, a fragrant peace

Given by a house at the blowing of its breezes

وَعَلَى مَقَامِكُمُ سَلاَمٌ عَاطِرٌ

تُهْدِيه دَارِينٌ لَدَى نَفَحَاتِهَا