أَهِلالُ أَرْضٍ أَمْ هِلالُ سماءٍ
شَمِلَ الزَّمَانَ وأَهْلَهُ بِضِيَاءِ
A crescent of land or a crescent of sky
Its light embraced time and its people
بَدَرَتْ لَوامِعُ مِنْهُ شَقَّ وَمِيضُها
حُجُبَ الظَّلامِ فَمَاجَ في لأْلاَءِ
Its brilliant flashes emerged
Piercing through the veils of darkness overflowing with splendor
وَبَدَتْ أَسِرَّتُهُ فَكانَتْ غُرَّةً
لِلْمُلْكِ فَوْقَ أَسِرَّةِ الْجَوْزَاءِ
And its secrets appeared like the bright sickle
Above the secrets of Al Jawzaa for the kingdom
نُورٌ تَوَلَّدَ بَيْنَ بَدْرٍ طالِعٍ
في أَوْجِ عِزَّتِهِ وَشَمْسِ عَلاءِ
A light born between the rising full moon
At the peak of its glory and the sun at its zenith
أَكْرِمْ بِطَلْعَتِهِ هِلالاً لَم يَزَلْ
يَعْنُو إِلَيْهِ هِلالُ كُلِّ لِواءِ
Honor with its crescent one that has continued
To yearn for it the crescent of every banner
هُوَ مَوْلِدٌ عَمَّ الْكِنانَةَ نُورُهُ
فَتَباشَرَتْ بِالْيُمْنِ وَالسَّرّاءِ
It is a birth whose light encompassed the horizon
Joy and bliss were exchanged
لَبِسَتْ بِهِ الدُّنيا جَمالَ شَبابِها
وَتَبَرَّجَتْ كَالغادَةِ الحَسْناءِ
The world dressed up in the beauty of its youth
And displayed itself like a beautiful gazelle
فَاهْنَأْ بِعَبدِ القادِرِ الشَّهْمِ الَّذي
وافاكَ يَرْفُلُ في سَناً وَسَناءِ
So congratulate Abdel Qader the august
Who came to you luxuriant in years and prosperity
وَاسْعَدْ بِهِ وَأَخِيهِ يا ابْنَ مَحَمَّدٍ
في ظِلِّ مُلْكٍ وارِفِ الأَفْيَاءِ
And felicitate him and his brother O son of Mohammed
In the shade of extensive ever-flowing kingship
وَلَسَوْفَ تَنْجُمُ أَنْجُمٌ عَلَوِيَّةٌ
تَجْلُو ظَلامَ الشَّكِّ بِالآراءِ
Gleaming lofty stars will shine forth
Dispelling the darkness of doubt with opinions
مِنها صُدُورُ مَحَافِلٍ وَجَحَافِلٍ
في يَومِ أَقْضِيَةٍ وَيَوْمِ لِقَاءِ
Among them the chests of councils and cavalcades
On a day of reckoning and of meeting
وَبَوارِقٌ تَنْهَلُّ فينَا بالنَّدَى
وصَواعِقٌ تَنْقَضُّ في الأَعداءِ
Flashes of lightning that rain down gentleness upon us
And bolts of lightning that pounce upon the enemies
وَكَأَنَّنِي بِكَ بَيْنَهُمْ مُتَرَفِّعاً
كَالْبَدْرِ بَيْنَ كَواكِبِ الخَضْراءِ
It is as though I see you lofty among them
Like the full moon among the green stars
فانْعَمْ بِعِزِّكَ يا ملِيكُ ولا تَزَلْ
تَحْوِي يَدَاكَ مَقالِدَ الْعَلْياء ِ
So enjoy your glory, O King, and never cease
To grasp in your hands the reins of the most high
لا زِلْتَ مَعْمُور الفِناءِ مُهَنَّأً
في نِعْمَةٍ مَوْصُولَةٍ بِبَقاءِ
You remain prosperous and content
In continuous grace and everlasting existence
