أَطاعَتكَ الذوابلُ وَالشِفارُ

أَطاعَتكَ الذوابلُ وَالشِفارُ

وَلَبّى أَمرَك الفَلكُ المُدارُ

وَلَبّى أَمرَك الفَلكُ المُدارُ

The slender spears and blades obeyed you,

The dews and rains obeyed you,

The slender spears and sharp blades have obeyed you,

and the revolving celestial sphere answered your command,

And the revolving sky fulfilled your command,

And the rotating celestial sphere has answered your command.

بِبُشرى مِثلَما اِبتَهَجَت رِياضٌ

بِبُشرى مِثلَما اِبتَهَجَت رِياضٌ

وَسَعدٍ مِثلَما وَضحَ النَهارُ

وَسَعدٍ مِثلَما وَضحَ النَهارُ

with glad tidings, as gardens rejoiced,

With good news, as the meadows rejoiced,

With glad tidings, just as gardens rejoice in bloom,

and good fortune, as the day grew bright,

And prosperity, as the day dawned,

And good fortune, clear as the breaking day;

وَفَتحٍ مِثلَما اِنفَتَحَت كمامٌ

وَفَتحٍ مِثلَما اِنفَتَحَت كمامٌ

وَشُقَّت عَن صُدور مَهاً صِدارُ

وَشُقَّت عَن صُدور مَهاً صِدارُ

and victory, as flower calyxes opened,

And openings, as the veils were lifted,

And a victory, unfolding just as flower buds open,

and bodices were rent from the breasts of oryx-like beauties,

And hearts opened, shedding their sorrows,

And like bodices parted to reveal the chests of maidens;

وَآمالٍ كَما مُدَّت ظِلالٌ

وَآمالٍ كَما مُدَّت ظِلالٌ

وَأَفعالٍ كَما مدَّت بِحارُ

وَأَفعالٍ كَما مدَّت بِحارُ

and hopes, as shadows were stretched out,

With hopes, as the shadows lengthened,

And hopes extending as shadows lengthen,

and deeds, as seas swelled,

And deeds, as the seas expanded,

And deeds as vast as the spreading seas.

وَأَعلامٍ بِنَصرك خافِقات

وَأَعلامٍ بِنَصرك خافِقات

لَها في كُلّ جَوّ مُستَطارُ

لَها في كُلّ جَوّ مُستَطارُ

and banners fluttering with your victory—

With your victorious standards fluttering,

And banners fluttering with your victory,

in every stretch of sky they have room to soar.

Triumphant in every air,

Taking flight in every horizon.

لِيهنئ أَرضَ أَندلس بدور

لِيهنئ أَرضَ أَندلس بدور

مِن السَرّاء لَيسَ لَها سِرارُ

مِن السَرّاء لَيسَ لَها سِرارُ

May the land of Andalusia be gladdened by full moons

To bring glad tidings to the land of Andalusia,

Let the land of Andalusia be congratulated by full moons

of joy, which know no dark phase.

Of unending joy, holding no secrets,

Of joy that knows no waning phase.

وَكَم رامُوا الفرار مِن الرَزايا

وَكَم رامُوا الفرار مِن الرَزايا

وَلَكن أَين مِن أَجلٍ فِرارُ

وَلَكن أَين مِن أَجلٍ فِرارُ

And how often they sought escape from calamities,

And how many sought to flee from tragedies,

How often they sought to flee from calamities,

and yet, where is escape from the appointed hour of death?

But where was there any escape?

But where can one flee from appointed destiny?

تُدار عَلَيهمُ حُمرُ المَنايا

تُدار عَلَيهمُ حُمرُ المَنايا

بِكَأس فيهِ عَقرٌ لا عُقارُ

بِكَأس فيهِ عَقرٌ لا عُقارُ

Crimson deaths are passed round among them,

Death was passed around to them,

The red draughts of death are passed among them,

in a cup containing slaughter, not wine.

In a cup containing bitter poison without remedy,

In a cup holding slaughter, not wine.

إِذا ما اللَّيثُ أَصبَح في مَحَلٍّ

إِذا ما اللَّيثُ أَصبَح في مَحَلٍّ

فَما لِطَريدة فيهِ قَرارُ

فَما لِطَريدة فيهِ قَرارُ

When the lion comes to dwell in a place,

For when the lion takes his place,

When the lion takes his stand in a dwelling,

then no hunted creature can find rest there.

The hunted has no rest,

There remains no rest for the prey within.