يَا مَنْ بِهِ شَرُفَتْ عَلَى الْبُلْدَانِ تِطْ

يَا مَنْ بِهِ شَرُفَتْ عَلَى الْبُلْدَانِ تِطْ

وَانٌ الْغَرَّا بِلاَ بُهْتَانِ

وَانٌ الْغَرَّا بِلاَ بُهْتَانِ

O you through whom, above other cities, was exalted

O you by whom the lands were ennobled

O you through whom, above all other lands, is honored Tét-

radiant Tetouan—no false claim—

With a radiance devoid of pretense,

-ouan the radiant, without a single doubt,

وَتَأَرَّجَتْ أَرْجَاؤُهَا مِنْ نَشْرِهِ

وَتَأَرَّجَتْ أَرْجَاؤُهَا مِنْ نَشْرِهِ

وَغَدَا لِطِرْسِ النُّبْلِ كَالْعُنْوَانِ

وَغَدَا لِطِرْسِ النُّبْلِ كَالْعُنْوَانِ

and whose fragrance perfumed her quarters,

And whose outskirts were perfumed by his fragrance

And its environs grew fragrant from his scent,

and who became like a heading on nobility's parchment:

And his chivalry became like a banner,

And who became like the heading on the scroll of nobility.

أَنْجِزْ أَبَا يَعْقُوبَ فِي إِرْسَالِ مَا

أَنْجِزْ أَبَا يَعْقُوبَ فِي إِرْسَالِ مَا

هِمْنَا بِهِ مِنْ زَهْرَةِ الْبُسْتَانِ

هِمْنَا بِهِ مِنْ زَهْرَةِ الْبُسْتَانِ

Follow through, Abu Yaqub, by sending what

Fulfill for Abu Ya'qub what we intended

Fulfill your promise, Abu Ya'qub, in sending what

we have loved so ardently—the garden's blossom.

To send of blossoms from the garden,

we have longed for: the flower of the garden.

فَلَقَدْ دَجَتْ أَفْكَارُنَا كَلَفاً بِهِ

فَلَقَدْ دَجَتْ أَفْكَارُنَا كَلَفاً بِهِ

فَعَسَى يَضُوعُ شَذَاهُ بِالسُّلْوَانِ

فَعَسَى يَضُوعُ شَذَاهُ بِالسُّلْوَانِ

For our thoughts have grown dark with longing for it;

For our thoughts have become ensnared by longing for him

For our thoughts have grown dark with an intense passion for it,

so may its fragrance spread, bringing solace.

Perhaps his fragrance will waft with the zephyr,

so perhaps its diffusing fragrance will bring us solace.

لاَ زِلْتَ تَرْفُلُ فِي بُرُودِ مَسَرَّةٍ

لاَ زِلْتَ تَرْفُلُ فِي بُرُودِ مَسَرَّةٍ

بَادِي الْبَشَائِرِ ضَاحِكِ الأَسْنَانِ

بَادِي الْبَشَائِرِ ضَاحِكِ الأَسْنَانِ

May you ever walk proudly in striped robes of joy,

Still you saunter in the coolness of gladness

May you never cease trailing your garments in joy,

showing signs of gladness, your teeth revealed in a smile.

With glad tidings, smiling gently,

showing signs of good tidings, with a bright and laughing smile.

وَمِنِ ابْنِ زَاكُورٍ سَلاَمٌ عَاطَرٌ

وَمِنِ ابْنِ زَاكُورٍ سَلاَمٌ عَاطَرٌ

كَالْيَاسَمِينِ يَضُوعُ فِي بُسْتَانِ

كَالْيَاسَمِينِ يَضُوعُ فِي بُسْتَانِ

And from Ibn Zakur comes a fragrant greeting,

And from the son of Zakur sincere greetings

And from Ibn Zakour comes a fragrant greeting,

like jasmine wafting its scent in a garden,

Like sweet jasmine wafting in a garden,

like jasmine diffusing its scent throughout a garden;

أَذْكَى مِنَ النِّسْرِينِ بَلَّلَهُ النَّدَى

أَذْكَى مِنَ النِّسْرِينِ بَلَّلَهُ النَّدَى

وَأَلَذُّ مِنْ وَصْلٍ عَلَى هِجْرَانِ

وَأَلَذُّ مِنْ وَصْلٍ عَلَى هِجْرَانِ

more fragrant than the wild rose moistened by dew,

More fragrant than lavender, moistened by dew,

more deeply scented than wild roses moistened by the dew,

and sweeter than reunion after separation.

Sweeter than a reunion after estrangement,

and sweeter than a reunion after long estrangement.

يَأْتِيكَ مَا غَنَّتْ حَمَائِمُ أَيْكَةٍ

يَأْتِيكَ مَا غَنَّتْ حَمَائِمُ أَيْكَةٍ

وَتَمَايَسَتْ عَذَبَاتُ قُضْبِ الْبَانِ

وَتَمَايَسَتْ عَذَبَاتُ قُضْبِ الْبَانِ

It comes to you as long as the doves of a grove sing

Bearing what the doves of Ayka sang

It comes to you for as long as doves sing in the thicket,

and the tips of the bān trees' branches sway.

And the pure nightingales of Qudayb warbled.

and the tender twigs of the ban tree gracefully sway.