1. ضَنَّت بهذا اليومِ قبلُ عُصورُ

    حتى أتَى مَلِكُ الورَى المَنصورُ

    Ages past had withheld this day,

    until the victorious king of humankind came.

  2. عيد جديرٌ بالأميرِ مُحَمَّدٍ

    وبه الأميرُ محمدٌ لجديرُ

    A festival worthy of Emir Muhammad,

    and Emir Muhammad is truly worthy of it.

  3. عيدٌ تَلألأ نورُه فإذا رَنا

    طَرفٌ إليه ارتَدَّ وهو حَسيرُ

    A festival whose light glittered; whenever a gaze fell

    upon it, the eye recoiled, exhausted.

  4. عيدٌ تَسامى بالأمير فَخارُه

    وَبجيدِه العِقدُ البَديعُ فَخورُ

    A festival whose glory rose high through the Emir,

    and the exquisite necklace at its neck is proud.

  5. لولاهُ ما سمَحَ الزَّمانُ به ول

    كنَّ الزَّمانَ بأمرِهِ مأمورُ

    Without him, time would not have granted it; but

    time is subject to his command.

  6. يا مَن تَبَوَّا بعدَ عَرشِ قُلوبِنا

    عَرشاً عليه حُبُّنَا مَقصُور

    O you who, after taking the throne of our hearts, ascended

    a throne to which our love is wholly devoted.

  7. الشَّعبُ شعبُكَ والإلهُ مُؤَيِّدٌ

    والعيدُ عِيدُكَ والسُّرورُ سرورُ

    The people are your people, and God grants support;

    and the festival is your festival, and joy is joy.

  8. أنتَ الأميرُ على الأنامِ كما على ال

    أيامِ يَومُكَ يا أميرُ أميرُ

    You are Emir over humankind, just as, over the

    days, your day, O Emir, is an emir.

  9. يومٌ تَساوى الشَّعبُ في إخلاَصِه

    لِعُلاَكَ فيه كَبيرُه وصَغيرُ

    A day when the people were equal in their devotion

    to your high station that day, great and small alike.

  10. ذِكرَى ليومٍ يَمُّمَ الشعبُ النَّبي

    لُ حِماكَ فيه على القُلوب يَسيرُ

    A remembrance of the day the noble people made for

    your domain, walking upon hearts that day.

  11. وأتى إليكَ مُبايعاً والطَّرفُ من

    تاريخِ مَغربِنا بذَاكَ قَريرُ

    and came to you pledging allegiance; the eye of

    our Morocco's history is gladdened by that.

  12. هَشَّت رِياضُ بلاغَةٍ وتَفَتَّحَت

    فيهِ عنَ أكمامِ البَديع زُهورُ

    Gardens of eloquence rejoiced, and there blossomed

    that day, from the bud-sheaths of poetic art, flowers.

  13. فتَرى شحاريرَ البيانِ تَصادَحت

    أنغامَهَّن يُرَدِّدنَّ أثيرُ

    So you see the blackbirds of eloquence singing together,

    repeating their melodies through the ether.

  14. ولواءُ نَصرِكَ فوقَ قَصرِك خافِقٌ

    والنَّجمُ منه لِلعَلاءِ يُشيرُ

    And the banner of your victory flutters above your palace,

    and from it the star points toward the heights.

  15. ألرايةُ الحمراءُ نحنُ نُحِبُّهَا

    وعلى هَواها شَعبُنا مَفطُورُ

    The red flag—we love it,

    and our people are born to love it.

  16. يصبو إليكَ العيدُ بعدَ فِراقِه

    والصَّبُّ في تَحنانِه مَعذور

    The festival yearns for you after its parting,

    and the lovesick lover is excused for his longing.

  17. يَرجو الرُّجوعَ إليكَ قبلَ أوانِه

    فَتَراهُ مُلتَفتاً غَداةَ يَسيرُ

    It hopes to return to you before its appointed time,

    so you see it looking back the morning it departs.

  18. يا عيدُ لا تَحزَن فإنَّكَ كامِنٌ

    بقُلوبِنَا حتى تَدورَ شَهورُ

    O festival, do not grieve, for you lie hidden

    within our hearts until the months roll round.

  19. فتعودُ مُبتهِجاً وتُبصِرُنا وقد

    كِدنا إليكَ منَ الحنانِ نَطيرُ

    Then you return rejoicing and see us, by then,

    all but flying toward you out of longing.

  20. يا عيدُ هذا عرشُكَ المنصورُ أو

    يا عرشُ هذا عيدُكَ المَشهورُ

    O festival, this is your victorious throne—or

    O throne, this is your celebrated festival.

  21. فيه تصافَحَتِ الأكُفُّ ولِلقلو

    بِ تَصافُحٌ من قبلِها وهُصورُ

    At it hands clasped one another, while hearts

    had already clasped and embraced before them.

  22. إن قيل مَن مَلِكٌ تَلوذُ به المُنى

    مُستَصِرخاتٍ عن نَوىً فيُجيرُ

    If it is asked: who is the king in whom hopes seek refuge,

    crying for rescue from separation, and who grants them shelter?

  23. ومنِ الذي تَجري بِذِكرِه ألسنٌ

    فَيضوعُ مِسكٌ بيننا وعَبيرُ

    And who is he whose mention flows upon tongues,

    so that musk and fragrance waft among us?

  24. ومَنِ الذي يَصبو البليغُ لِمَدحِهِ

    شوقاً لِما يُمليهِ عنهُ شُعورُ

    And who is he whom the eloquent speaker longs to praise,

    yearning for what feeling dictates about him?

  25. نَظَرَ الأنامُ إلى المَليكِ مُحَمَّدٍ

    وأكُفُّهُم طُراًّ إليه تُشيرُ

    Humankind looked toward King Muhammad,

    and all their hands pointed toward him.

  26. مَلِكٌ بساحَتِهِ المَعالي خَيَّمَت

    والمَجدُ فيها ذَيلُه مَجرورُ

    A king in whose courtyard lofty virtues have pitched their tents,

    and glory trails its train there.

  27. فَبِعهدِه هذي المَعاهدُ أشرَقَت

    وأضاءَ منها للرَّعيَةِ نُورُ

    So in his reign these institutions grew radiant,

    and a light from them shone for his subjects.

  28. وانجابَ ليلُ جَهالةٍ وَسَرت على

    هَدي إِناث لِلعُلاَ وذُكورُ

    And ignorance's night dispersed, and they journeyed with

    guidance—women and men—toward the heights.

  29. مَلِكٌ حَباهُ اللهُ حُبَّ بِلاَدِه

    فبِحُبِّها ودُعائِها مَمطُورُ

    A king whom God endowed with the love of his country,

    so he is showered with its love and prayers.

  30. ملِكٌ إذا ذكرت مُلوكُ الأرضِ فاس

    مُه في الطَّليعةِ بينَهُم مذكورُ

    A king: when the earth's kings are mentioned, his name

    is mentioned in the foremost ranks among them.

  31. في رحلةٍ مَيمونةٍقد رُتِّلَت

    آياتُ مِدحِه بَينَهُم وسُطُورُ

    On an auspicious journey there were recited

    verses and lines of his praise among them.

  32. لِلّهِ أيَّامٌ تَبَسَّمَ ثَغرُها

    فَتَبَسَّمَت في العالَمينَ ثُغُورُ

    God be praised for days whose mouth smiled,

    so mouths smiled throughout the world.

  33. وعِنايةُ الرحمنِ تشمَلُ قُطرَهُ

    ويُحيطُ منها بالرَّعيَة سُورُ

    May the All-Merciful's care encompass his land,

    and may a wall of it surround his subjects;

  34. ويُريهِ في أشبَالِهِ كلَّ المُنى

    وبِبَدرهَا زُهرُ النُّجومِ تَدورُ

    and may He show him in his lion-cubs all he hopes for,

    while bright stars revolve around their full moon;

  35. ويُريهِ من أحفادهِم أحفَادهُم

    واللهُ ربُّ العالَمينَ قديرُ

    and may He show him their grandchildren's grandchildren—

    and God, Lord of the worlds, is all-powerful—

  36. ما اهتَزَّ قلبُ الشعبِ من َفَرَحٍ إذا

    بحلولِ عيدِ العرشِ جاءَ بَشيرُ

    as long as the people's heart thrills with joy whenever

    a herald brings glad tidings of the Throne Festival's arrival.