1. زَارت ضٌُيوفُ النيلِ منا المَغربَا

    يا مرحباً بضُيوفِنا يا مَرحبا

    Guests from the Nile have visited our Morocco.

    Oh, welcome to our guests! Oh, welcome!

  2. زُرتُم ربُوعا طالَما حنَّت لكُم

    شوقاً وأرسَلَتِ الغزِيرًَ الصَّيِّبا

    You have visited lands that have long yearned for you,

    in longing, and poured forth abundant rain.

  3. ألفنُّ يروِي عنكُم مثلَ الذِي

    يروِي نسيمَ الصُّبحِ عن زهرِ الرُّبَى

    Art tells of you just as

    the morning breeze tells of the flowers on the hills.

  4. كم أبدَعُوا مِن آيةٍ في فنِّهِم

    ونَجِيبُهم من فكرِه كَم أنجَبَا

    How many marvels they have created in their art!

    And their Naguib—how much his mind has brought forth!

  5. ما مُعجِزات الفنِّ إلاَّ عندهُم

    صدِّق إذا مَا شِئتَ ألا تَكذِبَا

    The miracles of art are found only with them.

    Believe it, if you wish not to lie.

  6. أبهَجتُم منا نُفوسا طالما

    كَرَبَت وحُقَّ لِنفسِنا أن تَكرُبَا

    You have gladdened souls among us that had long

    suffered anguish—and our soul had reason to suffer.

  7. ألهَمُّ داءًٌ في النفوسِ مُخَيَّمٌ

    بسِوى سَمَاعِ فُنُونهِم لن يَذهَبا

    Worry is a sickness encamped in souls;

    it will not depart except through hearing their arts.

  8. المُنصِتُونَ إليهمُ في نشوةٍ

    والناظرُون إليهِمُ حلَّوا الحُبَى

    Those who listen to them are in rapture,

    and those watching them have untied their knee-binding wraps.

  9. لَم يبقَ فينا مِن جبِين قَاطِب

    لمَّا انبرَى منه الجبِينُ تًَقطَّبَا

    Not a single frowning brow remained among us

    when his brow set about frowning.

  10. يَبكِي فيضحَكُ ثم يضحَكُ سِاخِرا

    فيعُودُ مُضحِكُنا أشدَّ تَطرُّبَا

    He weeps, then laughs, then laughs mockingly,

    and our comedian grows still more exuberant.

  11. هذا النجَاحُ وهذِه غَايَاتُه

    ليسَ النَّجَاح لِمُبتغِيه بأصَعَبَا

    This is success, and these are its goals;

    success is not too difficult for one who seeks it.

  12. أكِرَامَ أبنَاءِ الكنَانةِ قَلبَنَا

    مِنهُ حَلَلتُم بالمكانِ المُجتَبَى

    O noble sons of al-Kinana, our heart—

    you have settled in its choicest place.

  13. وأردتُمُ تَودِيعَنا من بَعدِما

    أنِس الفُؤادُ بِكُم وزادَ تَحبُّبَا

    And you wished to bid us farewell after

    the heart found comfort with you and grew ever fonder.

  14. هلا أقمتُم ريثَمَا يَشفِي الفَؤا

    دُ غليلَهُ ويذوقُ فنّا أَعذَبَا

    Why not stay until the heart quenches

    its burning thirst and tastes a sweeter art?

  15. اللهُ يعلَمُ كيفَ حالَت حالُنا

    من بعدِكُم يا ما أشَقَّ وأصعَبا

    God knows how our condition has changed

    after your departure—oh, how much more trying and difficult!