إِنif تفخَرِboasts الدنياthe world فأَنتَthen you are فَخَارُهاits pride
إِن تفخَرِ الدنيا فأَنتَ فَخَارُها
أَوْor تَخْتَرِchooses العلياeminence فأَنتَthen you are خِيارُهاits chosen one
أَوْ تَخْتَرِ العليا فأَنتَ خِيارُها
If the world boasts, you are its pride.
Or if eminence chooses, you are its chosen one.
المجدُglory ممنوعٌprotected بسيفِكَby your sword عِزُّهُits might
المجدُ ممنوعٌ بسيفِكَ عِزُّهُ
والأَرضُand the earth معمورٌmade prosperous بِمُلْكِكَby your rule دارُهاits abode
والأَرضُ معمورٌ بِمُلْكِكَ دارُها
Glory's might is guarded by your sword.
And the earth's abode prospers under your rule.
زُهِيَتْwas made proud بذكرِكَby mention of you أَرضُهاits earth وسماؤهاand its heaven
زُهِيَتْ بذكرِكَ أَرضُها وسماؤها
وجرىand flowed بسعدِكَwith your good fortune ليلُهاits night ونهارُهاand its day
وجرى بسعدِكَ ليلُها ونهارُها
Its earth and heaven take pride in the mention of you.
And its night and day flow with your good fortune.
هُدِيَتْwere guided بِهَدْيِكَby your guidance فِيin الظَّلامِthe darkness نجومُهاits stars
هُدِيَتْ بِهَدْيِكَ فِي الظَّلامِ نجومُها
وسرَتْand traveled بنورِكَby your light فِيin الدجىthe gloom أَقمارُهاits moons
وسرَتْ بنورِكَ فِي الدجى أَقمارُها
Its stars are guided through darkness by your guidance.
And its moons travel through the gloom by your light.
ياO عامِرِيّينَAmirids اعْمُرُواinhabit رُتَبَthe ranks العُلاeminence
يا عامِرِيّينَ اعْمُرُوا رُتَبَ العُلا
فَلَكُمْso yours are سَنيُّlofty سنائِهاits radiance وفخارُهاand its pride
فَلَكُمْ سَنيُّ سنائِها وفخارُها
O Amirids, inhabit the ranks of eminence.
For yours are its lofty radiance and its pride.
وتمكَّنُواand take firm possession منof دَولَةِthe realm العِزِّmight الَّتِيwhich
وتمكَّنُوا من دَولَةِ العِزِّ الَّتِي
أَنتُمْyou are زَكِيُّpure أَرُومِهاits roots ونجارُهاand its stock
أَنتُمْ زَكِيُّ أَرُومِها ونجارُها
And take firm possession of the realm of might,
Whose pure roots and noble stock you are.
لاmay not تَعْدَمَنَّever lack عُلاكُمُyour eminence الرُّتَبَthe ranks الَّتِيwhose
لا تَعْدَمَنَّ عُلاكُمُ الرُّتَبَ الَّتِي
أَضحَتْhave become مُعَظَّمَةًmagnified بكُمْthrough you أَقدارُهاtheir worth
أَضحَتْ مُعَظَّمَةً بكُمْ أَقدارُها
May your eminence never lack the ranks whose
Worth has grown exalted through you.
بكُمُthrough you اكْتَسَتْit donned حُلَلَrobes السَّناradiance وبِسَعْيِكُمْand through your striving
بكُمُ اكْتَسَتْ حُلَلَ السَّنا وبِسَعْيِكُمْ
ضاءَتْshone معالمهاits landmarks وحِيطَand was protected ذِمارُهاits honor
ضاءَتْ معالمها وحِيطَ ذِمارُها
Through you it donned robes of radiance, and through your striving
Its landmarks shone and its honor was safeguarded.
رَضِيَتْapproved تَعَبُّدَكُمْyour devoted service لَهَاto it أَملاكُهاits kings
رَضِيَتْ تَعَبُّدَكُمْ لَهَا أَملاكُها
وتفاخَرَتْand took pride بولائِكُمْin your allegiance أَحرارُهاits freeborn
وتفاخَرَتْ بولائِكُمْ أَحرارُها
Its kings approved your devoted service to it.
And its freeborn took pride in your allegiance.
منfrom دوحَةِthe great tree الكَرَمِgenerosity المُنَعَّمَةِluxuriant الَّتِيwhose
من دوحَةِ الكَرَمِ المُنَعَّمَةِ الَّتِي
أَخَذَتْspread بآفاقِacross the horizons العُلاeminence أَشجارُهاits trees
أَخَذَتْ بآفاقِ العُلا أَشجارُها
From the luxuriant tree of generosity, whose
Offshoots have spread across the horizons of eminence.
مُدَّتْwere extended لأَمْنِfor the safety المسلمينَthe Muslims ظِلالُهاits shade
مُدَّتْ لأَمْنِ المسلمينَ ظِلالُها
ودَنَتْand drew near لأَرزاقِfor the sustenance العبادِGod's servants ثِمارُهاits fruits
ودَنَتْ لأَرزاقِ العبادِ ثِمارُها
Its shade was spread for the Muslims' safety.
And its fruits drew near to sustain God's servants.
فِيat ذِرْوَةِthe summit الشَّرَفِhonor الَّتِيwhose شادَتْbuilt لكُمْfor you
فِي ذِرْوَةِ الشَّرَفِ الَّتِي شادَتْ لكُمْ
شُرُفاتِهاits battlements قحطانُهاits Qahtan ونِزارُهاand its Nizar
شُرُفاتِها قحطانُها ونِزارُها
At the summit of honor, where were raised for you
Its battlements by its Qahtan and its Nizar.
أَعْطَتْكُمُgave you رَهْنَthe prize السباقِthe race جيادُهاits thoroughbreds
أَعْطَتْكُمُ رَهْنَ السباقِ جيادُها
وخَلاand lay clear لفائِتِfor the outstripping شأْوِكُمْyour stride مِضْمارُهاits racecourse
وخَلا لفائِتِ شأْوِكُمْ مِضْمارُها
Its thoroughbreds yielded you the prize of the race.
And its racecourse lay clear for your surpassing stride.
سَبَقَcame first القضاءُdestiny بأَنكمthat you are أملاكُهاits kings
سَبَقَ القضاءُ بأَنكم أملاكُها
دونَto the exclusion of الأَنامِmankind وأَنكمand that you are أَنصارُهاits champions
دونَ الأَنامِ وأَنكم أَنصارُها
Destiny had already decreed that you were its kings,
To the exclusion of other mortals, and that you were its champions.
للهِGod be praised منكَfrom you إِذَاwhen الشِّفارُthe blades تقاصَرَتْfell short
للهِ منكَ إِذَا الشِّفارُ تقاصَرَتْ
هِمَمٌambitions تَمُرُّadvance بِمَرِّهاwith their advance أَقدارُهاtheir destinies
هِمَمٌ تَمُرُّ بِمَرِّها أَقدارُها
God be praised for what is in you when blades fall short:
Ambitions whose destinies advance with their advance!
ياO قائِدَleader الخيلِthe horses العِتاقِnoble-bred كَأَنَّماas though
يا قائِدَ الخيلِ العِتاقِ كَأَنَّما
عَزَماتُهُhis resolves أَرماحُهاtheir spears وشِفارُهاand their blades
عَزَماتُهُ أَرماحُها وشِفارُها
O leader of noble-bred horses, as though
His resolves were their spears and their blades.
ليثٌa lion يُخاطِرُrisks فِيin المَكَرِّthe charge بنفسِهِwith his own life
ليثٌ يُخاطِرُ فِي المَكَرِّ بنفسِهِ
هِمَمٌambitions عظيمٌgreat فِيin العلاeminence أَخطارُهاtheir worth
هِمَمٌ عظيمٌ فِي العلا أَخطارُها
A lion who risks his own life in the charge,
With ambitions of mighty worth in the heights.
أَوطَأْتَyou made tread أَرضَthe land المشركينَthe polytheists كتائِباًbattalions
أَوطَأْتَ أَرضَ المشركينَ كتائِباً
فِيهَاin them وَشيكُimminent فَنائهاits annihilation ودَمَارُهاand its destruction
فِيهَا وَشيكُ فَنائها ودَمَارُها
You made battalions tread the polytheists' land.
In them lay its imminent annihilation and destruction.
وتركتَand you left أَرضَthe land لِيُونَLeón وَهْيَwhile it was كَأَنَّهاas though it
وتركتَ أَرضَ لِيُونَ وَهْيَ كَأَنَّها
لَمْnot تَغْنَbe inhabited بالأَمسِyesterday القريبِrecent دِيارُهاits dwellings
لَمْ تَغْنَ بالأَمسِ القريبِ دِيارُها
And you left the land of León as though
Its dwellings had not been inhabited just yesterday.
مرفوعةًraised لَكَfor you فِيin العُلاeminence أَعلامُهاits banners
مرفوعةً لَكَ فِي العُلا أَعلامُها
لماwhen غَدَتْbecame بكthrough you عافِياًeffaced آثارُهاits traces
لما غَدَتْ بك عافِياً آثارُها
Its banners raised for you in the heights,
When through you its traces had been effaced.
شِيَعٌfactions حواهاseized them حَدُّthe edge سيفِكَyour sword عنوةًby force
شِيَعٌ حواها حَدُّ سيفِكَ عنوةً
أَضحتْbecame وعُقْبىand the outcome الإِنتقامِvengeance قُصارُهاtheir utmost end
أَضحتْ وعُقْبى الإِنتقامِ قُصارُها
Factions seized by your sword's edge through force
Came to have vengeance's outcome as their only end.
وفلولُand the remnants منof those who فاتoutstripped الفِرارَflight بنفسِهِwith his own life
وفلولُ من فات الفِرارَ بنفسِهِ
جاءَتْcame يُعاجِلُهاhastening them إِلَيْكَto you فِرارُهاtheir flight
جاءَتْ يُعاجِلُها إِلَيْكَ فِرارُها
And the remnants of those who outran flight itself for their lives
Came to you, their flight hurrying them onward.
منfrom بعدِafter مَاhaving عاذَتْsought refuge بحفظِfor preserving حياتِهاtheir lives
من بعدِ مَا عاذَتْ بحفظِ حياتِها
ببروجِin towers مَنْعٍof strength للنجومِto the stars جِوارُهاtheir proximity
ببروجِ مَنْعٍ للنجومِ جِوارُها
After seeking refuge to preserve their lives
In impregnable towers, neighboring the stars,
واستعصمَتْand sought protection بمعاقِلٍin fortresses قَدْalready أَصبَحَتْhad become
واستعصمَتْ بمعاقِلٍ قَدْ أَصبَحَتْ
لِلْحَيْنِfor doom وهيwhile they were قيودُهاtheir fetters وإِسارُهاand their bonds
لِلْحَيْنِ وهي قيودُها وإِسارُها
And seeking shelter in fortresses that had become
Instruments of doom—their fetters and their bonds.
غُبِقُواwere given an evening drink بخمرِwith the wine الحربِwar صِرْفاًunmixed فاغتَدتْthen breakfasted
غُبِقُوا بخمرِ الحربِ صِرْفاً فاغتَدتْ
تِلْكَthose الحفائِظَfuries والحتوفَand deaths خُمارُهاits hangover
تِلْكَ الحفائِظَ والحتوفَ خُمارُها
They were served unmixed war-wine at dusk; at dawn
Its hangover feasted on those furies and deaths.
وكأَنَّماand as though بَصُرَتْsaw لظىًa blaze بمكانِهِمْat their location
وكأَنَّما بَصُرَتْ لظىً بمكانِهِمْ
مُتَمَنِّعِينَholding out فعاجَلَتْهُمْso it rushed upon them نارُهاits fire
مُتَمَنِّعِينَ فعاجَلَتْهُمْ نارُها
As though a blaze had spotted them where they stood,
Holding out, and its fire rushed upon them.
نارٌa fire تطايَرُsends flying بالغُواةِthe misguided كَأَنَّهاas though they
نارٌ تطايَرُ بالغُواةِ كَأَنَّها
حِينَwhen ارتمَتْflung itself بِهِمُwith them هناكَthere شَرارُهاits sparks
حِينَ ارتمَتْ بِهِمُ هناكَ شَرارُها
A fire that sent the misguided flying, as though they
Were its sparks when it flung them there.
وتَبَرَّؤواand they disowned منfrom كُلِّevery مُخْطَفَةِslender الحشاthe waist
وتَبَرَّؤوا من كُلِّ مُخْطَفَةِ الحشا
محفوظَةٍpreserved لحليلهاfor her husband أَطْهارُهاher chastity
محفوظَةٍ لحليلها أَطْهارُها
And they disowned every slender-waisted woman,
Whose chastity was preserved for her husband.
شَجِيتَyou grieved بمصرَعِat the slaying بعلِهاher husband ثُمَّthen انْثَنَتْshe turned
شَجِيتَ بمصرَعِ بعلِها ثُمَّ انْثَنَتْ
مطلوبَةًsought بجفونِهاthrough her eyelids أَوْتارُهاher blood-feuds
مطلوبَةً بجفونِها أَوْتارُها
You grieved at her husband's slaying; then she turned,
Her blood-vengeance sought through her eyelids.
منfrom كُلِّevery مُغْرَمَةٍenamored woman بِخِلٍّof a beloved تَمْتَرِيwondering
من كُلِّ مُغْرَمَةٍ بِخِلٍّ تَمْتَرِي
السَّيْفُthe sword أَمضىmore cutting فِيهِagainst him أمor تذكارُهاher remembrance
السَّيْفُ أَمضى فِيهِ أم تذكارُها
From every woman enamored of a beloved, wondering
Whether the sword cut deeper into him or her remembrance.
لَبِسَتْdonned ثيابَgarments الأَمنِsafety حينَwhen تَمَنَّعَتْgrew impregnable
لَبِسَتْ ثيابَ الأَمنِ حينَ تَمَنَّعَتْ
آفاقُهاits horizons وتباعَدَتْand grew distant أَقطارُهاits regions
آفاقُها وتباعَدَتْ أَقطارُها
It donned garments of safety when
Its horizons grew impregnable and its regions grew distant.
وتسربَلَتْand clothed themselves حُلَلَrobes الثُّلُوجِsnow جِبالُهاits mountains
وتسربَلَتْ حُلَلَ الثُّلُوجِ جِبالُها
واسْتَفْرَغَتْand drained مَدَّthe surge الحَياrain أَنهارُهاits rivers
واسْتَفْرَغَتْ مَدَّ الحَيا أَنهارُها
And its mountains clothed themselves in robes of snow.
And its rivers drew off the full surge of rain.
والخيلُand the horses والأَبطالُand the heroes تجهدstrained خَلْفَهاin pursuit of it
والخيلُ والأَبطالُ تجهد خَلْفَها
أَلّاso that not يَشِطَّbe far away عَلَىfor الخليلِthe beloved مَزارُهاvisiting it
أَلّا يَشِطَّ عَلَى الخليلِ مَزارُها
And horses and heroes strained in pursuit of it,
Lest a visit to it be too distant for the beloved.
حَتَّىuntil عَبَرْنَthey crossed خليجَthe channel دُويْرُDuero كَأَنَّهاas though they were
حَتَّى عَبَرْنَ خليجَ دُويْرُ كَأَنَّها
سُفُنٌships ترامىhurled forth بالحتوفِwith deadly fates بِحارُهاtheir seas
سُفُنٌ ترامى بالحتوفِ بِحارُها
Until they crossed the Duero channel, as though they were
Ships whose seas hurled deadly fates,
بقواضِبٍwith cutting swords قُضِبَتْwas cut off بِهِنَّby them حياتُهاits life
بقواضِبٍ قُضِبَتْ بِهِنَّ حياتُها
وصوارِمٍand keen blades صُرِمَتْwere severed بِهَاby them أَعمارُهاits lifespans
وصوارِمٍ صُرِمَتْ بِهَا أَعمارُها
With cutting swords that cut off its life,
And keen blades that severed its years,
وكتائِبٍand battalions لَهِجَتْwere devoted بَطَيِّبِto the sweet ذِكْرِكُمْmention of you
وكتائِبٍ لَهِجَتْ بَطَيِّبِ ذِكْرِكُمْ
فلذيذُهُso its sweetness عندَamid الهياجِthe battle tumult شِعارُهاtheir battle cry
فلذيذُهُ عندَ الهياجِ شِعارُها
And battalions devoted to the sweet mention of you,
Its sweetness their battle cry amid the tumult.
وكأَنَّهُنَّand as though they وَقَدْwhile already دَجَتْhad darkened ظُلَمُthe darknesses الوَغىbattle
وكأَنَّهُنَّ وَقَدْ دَجَتْ ظُلَمُ الوَغى
فِيin الرَّوعِterror أَفلاكٌcelestial spheres عَلَيْكَaround you مَدَارُهاtheir orbit
فِي الرَّوعِ أَفلاكٌ عَلَيْكَ مَدَارُها
As though, when battle's darkness deepened,
They were celestial spheres in the terror, revolving around you.
وَصَلَتْjoined بِيُمْنِكَby your good fortune صَوْمَهاtheir fasting بجهادِهاto their jihad
وَصَلَتْ بِيُمْنِكَ صَوْمَها بجهادِها
وندىand the bounty يَدَيْكَyour hands بأَوْبِهاupon their return إِفطارُهاtheir fast-breaking meal
وندى يَدَيْكَ بأَوْبِها إِفطارُها
Through your good fortune they joined their fasting to their jihad.
And your hands' bounty was their fast-breaking meal upon return.
حَتَّىuntil قَدِمْتَyou arrived بِمَفْخَرِwith the glory الفَتْحِthe conquest الَّذِيwhich
حَتَّى قَدِمْتَ بِمَفْخَرِ الفَتْحِ الَّذِي
أَحْياrevived المُنىhopes بقدومِهِat its arrival اسْتِبْشَارُهاtheir rejoicing
أَحْيا المُنى بقدومِهِ اسْتِبْشَارُها
Until you arrived with the glory of the conquest that
Brought hopes to life through their joy at its arrival.
وطَلَعْتَand you rose للمُتَأَمِّلِينَbefore the watchers بِغُرَّةٍwith a radiant brow
وطَلَعْتَ للمُتَأَمِّلِينَ بِغُرَّةٍ
كالشمسِlike the sun يَحْسِرُgrow weary دونَهاbefore it أَبصارُهاtheir eyes
كالشمسِ يَحْسِرُ دونَها أَبصارُها
And you rose before those watching with a radiant brow,
Like the sun, before which their eyes grow weary.
فنفوسُso the souls أَهلِthe people الخافِقَيْنِEast and West فِداؤُهاits ransom
فنفوسُ أَهلِ الخافِقَيْنِ فِداؤُها
واللهُand God منfrom صرفِthe vicissitudes الحوادِثِcalamities جارُهاits protector
واللهُ من صرفِ الحوادِثِ جارُها
So the souls of those in East and West are its ransom.
And God is its protector against fortune's reversals.
Translation model: Sol 6.1