طَلَعَتْ نجومُ السعدِ من آفاقها
فالأَرضُ تشرِقُ من سنا إِشراقِها
The stars of good fortune rose from their horizons,
The land shone bright with their rising.
للحاجِبِ الأَعْلى المُصَرِّف هِمَّةً
موصولةً بشآمِها وعِراقِها
For the supreme eyebrow who directs determination,
United with its Levant and Iraq.
بهلالِ أَقمارِ الهُدى من يَعْرُبٍ
فَمُنى مَساعِي شأْوِها بِلَحَاقِها
With the crescent moons of guidance for the Arabs
So the goal of its zeal is to catch up with it.
الطالِعاتُ عَلَى الهُدى بِتَمامِها
والطالعات عَلَى العِدى بِمَحَاقِها
The risings upon guidance completely,
And the settings upon deviation vanishing.
والمُسْتَهِلُّ عَلَى العُفَاةِ بِراحَةٍ
وَسِعَ الهُدى والمُلْكَ ظِلُّ رِواقِها
The new moon rises over the wastelands in comfort
As guidance and kingdom spread their shade.
فالدينُ يونعُ من نَدى إِغْدَاقِها
والكفرُ يَرْجُفُ من ردَى إِصْعاقِها
Thus religion flourishes from the dew of its pouring,
And blasphemy trembles from the flood of its rage.
خَلَفاً من المنصورِ فِي عَزَماتِهِ
والخيلُ جاريَةٌ عَلَى أَعْراقِها
Successor to al-Mansur in his resolves,
And the horses racing with their necks outstretched.
زُهِيَتْ نحورُ الغانِياتِ بِهِ وَقَدْ
سامَ الوغى بوَدَاعِها وفِراقِها
The throats of singers were adorned by him, after
The clamor bid farewell to their gatherings and separation.
مُتَرَشِّفُ الهبواتِ قبلَ شِفاهِها
ومُعَانِقُ الأَبطالِ قبلَ عِناقِها
Sipping the drafts before their very lips,
And embracing the heroes before their very throats.
قَلِقَتْ إِلَيْهِ البيضُ فِي أَغْمادِها
وثَنَتْ إِلَيْهِ الخيلُ من أَعناقِها
The blades quivered in their sheaths toward him,
And the horses inclined their necks toward him.
مُتَفَجِّرٌ لِعُفَاتِهِ عن شِيمَةٍ
زادَتْ بِهَا الأَيامُ فِي أَرزاقِها
Bursting forth upon the wastelands from valor,
By it the days gained in their provisions.
متكَشِّفٌ عن سطوةٍ مذخورَةٍ
للحربِ إِنْ كَشَفَتْ لَهُ عن ساقِها
Baring latent might,
If war bared its legs to him.
تَفْدِيهِ مِنَّا أَنْفُسٌ وَجَدَتْ بِهِ
ريحانة الأمال فِي إِنْشاقِها
Souls that found in him the fragrance of hopes would ransom him,
And gazes that eyed him longingly,
ونَوَاظِرٌ حَفَّتْ بِهِ تَوَّاقَةٌ
لَوْ أَنَّها حَمَلَتْهُ فِي أَحْداقِها
As though they could carry him in their pupils.
In the garden of kingship wherein flows
فِي رَوْضَةِ المُلكِ الَّتِي يَجْرِي بِهَا
ماءُ النَّعِيمِ يروقُ فِي أَورَاقِها
The water of bliss, gladdening in its leaves,
And all things gained more beauty,
وازدادَت الأَشياءُ حُسناً كُلُّها
حَتَّى حمامُ الأَيْكِ فِي أَطْواقِها
Even the doves of Aika in their collars.
O you who populated the ways of guidance the most,
يا عامراً من أَعْمَرُوا سُبُلَ الهُدى
لا دَرَّ دَرُّ الخيلِ بَعْدَ عِتاقِها
No birds chirped after the horses were set loose.
