أَطاعَتكَ الذوابلُ وَالشِفارُ

وَلَبّى أَمرَك الفَلكُ المُدارُ

The dews and rains obeyed you,

The slender spears and sharp blades have obeyed you,

And the revolving sky fulfilled your command,

And the rotating celestial sphere has answered your command.

بِبُشرى مِثلَما اِبتَهَجَت رِياضٌ

وَسَعدٍ مِثلَما وَضحَ النَهارُ

With good news, as the meadows rejoiced,

With glad tidings, just as gardens rejoice in bloom,

And prosperity, as the day dawned,

And good fortune, clear as the breaking day;

وَفَتحٍ مِثلَما اِنفَتَحَت كمامٌ

وَشُقَّت عَن صُدور مَهاً صِدارُ

And openings, as the veils were lifted,

And a victory, unfolding just as flower buds open,

And hearts opened, shedding their sorrows,

And like bodices parted to reveal the chests of maidens;

وَآمالٍ كَما مُدَّت ظِلالٌ

وَأَفعالٍ كَما مدَّت بِحارُ

With hopes, as the shadows lengthened,

And hopes extending as shadows lengthen,

And deeds, as the seas expanded,

And deeds as vast as the spreading seas.

وَأَعلامٍ بِنَصرك خافِقات

لَها في كُلّ جَوّ مُستَطارُ

With your victorious standards fluttering,

And banners fluttering with your victory,

Triumphant in every air,

Taking flight in every horizon.

لِيهنئ أَرضَ أَندلس بدور

مِن السَرّاء لَيسَ لَها سِرارُ

To bring glad tidings to the land of Andalusia,

Let the land of Andalusia be congratulated by full moons

Of unending joy, holding no secrets,

Of joy that knows no waning phase.

وَكَم رامُوا الفرار مِن الرَزايا

وَلَكن أَين مِن أَجلٍ فِرارُ

And how many sought to flee from tragedies,

How often they sought to flee from calamities,

But where was there any escape?

But where can one flee from appointed destiny?

تُدار عَلَيهمُ حُمرُ المَنايا

بِكَأس فيهِ عَقرٌ لا عُقارُ

Death was passed around to them,

The red draughts of death are passed among them,

In a cup containing bitter poison without remedy,

In a cup holding slaughter, not wine.

إِذا ما اللَّيثُ أَصبَح في مَحَلٍّ

فَما لِطَريدة فيهِ قَرارُ

For when the lion takes his place,

When the lion takes his stand in a dwelling,

The hunted has no rest,

There remains no rest for the prey within.