أَبْلِغْ لغرناطةٍ سلامي

وصِفْ لها عهديّ السليمْ

Convey my greetings to Granada

And describe to it my sincere covenant

فَلَوْ رَعَى طيفُها ذمامي

ما بتُّ في ليلة السليمْ

For if its specter grazed my reins

I would not spend the night in tranquility

كَمْ بتُّ فيها على اقتراحِ

أُعَلُّ مِن خمرةِ الرُّضَابْ

How many a night I spent in it

On the brim of the wine of delight

أُديرُ فيها كؤوسَ راحٍ

قد زانَها الثغرُ بالحَبَابْ

I would turn in it cups of comfort

Adorned with lips like berries

أختال كالمهرِ في الجِماحِ

نشوانَ في روضةِ الشبابْ

I would prance like a stallion in rut

Joyous in the meadow of youth

أضاحِكُ الزهر في الكِمامِ

مُباهياً روضَهُ الوسيمْ

I would make the flowers laugh in veils

Boasting of its beautiful garden

وأَفضحُ الغصنَ في القوامِ

إِنْ هبَّ من جَوِّها نسيمْ

And expose the branch in the veil

If a breeze blew from its air

بَيْنَا أَنّا والشبابُ ضافِ

وظِلُّيهُ فوقَنا مَديدْ

While we and youth were companions

And its shade stretched above us

ومورد الأنسِ فيه صافِ

وبُرْدُهُ رائقٌ جديدْ

And the spring of intimacy in it was clear

And its coolness was fresh

إِذْ لاحَ في الفَوْدِ غَيْرَ خافِ

صُبْحٌ به نَبَّهَ الوَليدْ

When there appeared in the horizon, none but an intimate friend

A morn with which the keen lad awoke

أَيْقَظَ من كانَ ذَا منامِ

لما انْجَلَى لَيْلُهُ البهيمْ

It woke whoever had slept

When its gloomy night cleared up

وأرسلَ الدمعَ كالغمامِ

في كلِّ وادٍ به أهيمُ

And let tears flow like clouds

In every valley I wandered in

يا جيرةً عَهْدُهُمْ كريمُ

وفِعْلُهُمْ كُلِّهمْ جميلْ

O neighbors! Their era was generous

And their deeds, all of them beautiful

لا تعذُلُوا الصبَّ إِذْ يهيمُ

فقبلَهُ قد صَبا جميلْ

Do not blame the youth when he wanders

For before it he was a beautiful lad

القربُ من ربعكم نعيمُ

وبُعْدُكم خطبُهُ جَليلْ

Being near your abode is bliss

And your distance, its concerns are grave

كم من رياضٍ به وِسَامِ

يُزهى بها الرائض المسيمْ

How many gardens adorned with beauty

Beautify the beautiful gardens

غديرها أزرق الجمامِ

ونبتُها كُلُّه جميمْ

Its streams as blue as the veil

And all its plants ever flourishing

أَعِنْدَكُمْ أَنّني بِفاسِ

أُكابدُ الشوقَ والحنينْ

Do you have with you that I am in Fez

Enduring longing and pining

أذكرُ أهلي بها وناسي

واليومُ في الطولِ كالسنينْ

I remember my family in it and forget

And the day in its length is like years

اللهُ حسبي فكم أُقاسي

من وحشةِ الصبحِ والبنينْ

God suffices me - how much I endure

Of the loneliness of morn and evening

مطارحاً ساجِعَ الحمامِ

شوقاً إلى الإِلْفِ والحميمْ

Lying down on the bed of doves

Yearning for company and intimacy

والدمعُ قد لَجَّ في انسجامِ

وقد وَهَى عِقدُهُ النظيمْ

And tears have mingled in harmony

And its firm necklace has weakened

يا ساكني جَنَّةِ العريفِ

أُسْكنْتُمُ جَنَّةَ الخلودْ

O inhabitants of the honored meadow

You have settled the eternal paradise

كم ثَمَّ من منظرٍ شريفِ

قد حُفَّ باليُمْنِ والسُّعُودُ

How much noble scenery is there

Surrounded by prosperity and good fortune

وربَّ طودٍ به منيفِ

أدواحُهُ الخضرُ كالبنودْ

And how many lofty mountains

Its green slopes like columns

والنَّهْرُ قد سُلَّ كالحسامِ

لراحةِ الشَّربِ مستديمْ

And the river flows like a sword

For the ease of continual drinking

والزهرُ قد راقَ بابتسامِ

مُقَبِّلاً راحةَ النديمْ

And the flowers smile in blossoming

Kissing the hand of the companion

بَلَّغْ عبيدَ المقامِ صَحْبي

لا زلْتُمُ الدهرَ في هَنَا

Convey my companions my greetings

You have not ceased to be joys forever

لقاكُمُ بُغْيَةُ المُحبِّ

وَقُربُكُمْ غايةُ المنَى

It is the desire of the lover to meet you

And being near you is the ultimate wish

فعندكُمْ قد تركتُ قَلبي

فجدَّدَ اللهُ عَهْدَنَا

With you I have left my heart

So may God renew our covenant

ودارك الشمل بانتظامِ

من مُرتجى فضلِهِ العميمْ

And bring together the kinship with harmony

In the shadow of our Imam

في ظلِّ سُلطانِنا الإمامِ

الطاهرِ الظاهرِ الحليمْ

The pure, the manifest, the forbearing

Who secures the two enemies from

مُؤمِّنُ العُدْوتَيْنِ مِمَّا

يُخَافُ من سطوةِ العِدَى

What is feared of the tyranny of enemies

And who relieves distress, if it pains

وفَارجُ الكربِ إِنْ أَلَمَّا

ومُذهبُ الخطب والردَى

And removes worries and calamities

He has excelled in beauty and exceeded in forbearance

قد راقَ حُسناً وفاقَ حِلْمَا

وما عدا غير ما بدا

And nothing has appeared but what is manifest

My master, O elite of mankind

مَوْلاَي يا نخبةَ الأَنّامِ

وحائزَ الفخر في القديمْ

And who has obtained glory in history

How I watch for the full moon in completion

كَمْ أرقبُ البدرَ في التمامِ

شوقاً إلى وجهِكَ الكريمْ

Yearning for your noble face