ناصرَ الدّين خُذ إلَيكَ بشارَهْ

ناصرَ الدّين خُذ إلَيكَ بشارَهْ

قد كسَتْها الفُتوحُ أبْدَعَ شارَهْ

قد كسَتْها الفُتوحُ أبْدَعَ شارَهْ

Nasir al-Din, receive these glad tidings:

O Nasir al-Din, receive good tidings,

victories have clothed them in the loveliest finery.

Conquests have adorned it with the finest glory,

تُجْتَلى في البلادِ غرْباً وشرقاً

تُجْتَلى في البلادِ غرْباً وشرقاً

فتُباهِي الكواكبَ السّيارَهْ

فتُباهِي الكواكبَ السّيارَهْ

They are beheld throughout the lands, west and east,

It shines in the lands, east and west,

and rival the wandering stars in splendor.

Rivaling the orbiting stars,

فتهنّأْ صُنعاً جميلاً وفَتحاً

فتهنّأْ صُنعاً جميلاً وفَتحاً

يَحْتَلي كُلُّ مِسْمَعٍ أخْبارَهْ

يَحْتَلي كُلُّ مِسْمَعٍ أخْبارَهْ

So rejoice in a beautiful deed and a victory

Rejoice in a beautiful achievement and victory,

whose tidings every ear finds sweet.

That fills every ear with its news,

جلّ وصْفاً وطارَ في الخلقِ ذِكْراً

جلّ وصْفاً وطارَ في الخلقِ ذِكْراً

قصّرتْ عن مداهُ كُلُّ عِبارَهْ

قصّرتْ عن مداهُ كُلُّ عِبارَهْ

It surpasses description, and its fame has spread among mankind;

Majestic in description, renowned among people,

every expression falls short of its reach.

Beyond any words to encompass its extent,

هذهِ فاسٌ الجديدُ تشكّتْ

هذهِ فاسٌ الجديدُ تشكّتْ

فأنلتَ السّعيدَ منْها اخْتيارَهْ

فأنلتَ السّعيدَ منْها اخْتيارَهْ

Here is New Fez, which voiced its grievance;

This is the new Fez that took shape,

so you granted al-Sa'id what he chose from it.

From which you chose the fortunate,

وابْنُهُ عامِرٌ من الريفِ يُمْسي

وابْنُهُ عامِرٌ من الريفِ يُمْسي

عامِراً رَبعَهُ المنيعَ ودارَهْ

عامِراً رَبعَهُ المنيعَ ودارَهْ

And his son ʿAmir, from the Rif, passes the evening

And its son, the prosperous, who makes

inhabiting his impregnable abode and home.

His fortified quarter and home prosperous,

إذا أتتْكَ الوُفودُ كُلٌّ يُرجّي

إذا أتتْكَ الوُفودُ كُلٌّ يُرجّي

منكَ جُوداً يَحْكي السّحابُ انهِمارَهْ

منكَ جُوداً يَحْكي السّحابُ انهِمارَهْ

When delegations come to you, each hopes

When delegations come to you, each hoping

for bounty from you whose outpouring the clouds imitate.

For your generosity, which clouds rain,

قاصِداً كعْبَةَ المكارِمِ منهُ

قاصِداً كعْبَةَ المكارِمِ منهُ

جاعِلاً حجَّهُ لها واعْتِمارَهْ

جاعِلاً حجَّهُ لها واعْتِمارَهْ

Seeking in him the Kaaba of noble virtues,

Seeking the Kaaba of virtues in you,

devoting to it his pilgrimage and lesser pilgrimage,

Making their pilgrimage and visitation to it,

قطعَ البحْرَ والمَهامِهَ يُبْدي

قطعَ البحْرَ والمَهامِهَ يُبْدي

كيفَ تبغي في الطّاعةِ اسْتِبصارَهْ

كيفَ تبغي في الطّاعةِ اسْتِبصارَهْ

he crossed the sea and the trackless wastes, displaying

Crossing the sea and its perils to show

the discernment in obedience that you desire of him.

How you seek enlightenment in obedience,

قابَلتْ والقَبولُ بعضُ حُلاها

قابَلتْ والقَبولُ بعضُ حُلاها

بِدَرُ المالِ مَنْ أطاعَ بِدارَهْ

بِدَرُ المالِ مَنْ أطاعَ بِدارَهْ

To greet him—acceptance among their adornments—

You welcomed them, and acceptance is part of its reward,

came purses of money for whoever hastened to obey.

With pearls of wealth for those who obeyed in their homes,

وأتتْكَ الأجفانُ منها ببُشْرَى

وأتتْكَ الأجفانُ منها ببُشْرَى

كُلّ وَجْهٍ يُبْدي لها استِبْشارَهْ

كُلّ وَجْهٍ يُبْدي لها استِبْشارَهْ

And ships from there came to you with glad news;

And eyelids came to you with good news,

every face shows its delight at it.

Each face showing joy for it,

والذي أمّل العِنادَ ذَليلٌ

والذي أمّل العِنادَ ذَليلٌ

قد أبى الدّهْرُ أنْ يُقيلَ عِثارَهْ

قد أبى الدّهْرُ أنْ يُقيلَ عِثارَهْ

And he who set his hopes on defiance is abased;

As for those who harbored rebellion, they are disgraced,

time has refused to lift him from his fall.

Time has refused to lift their burden,

خانَهُ الدّهْرُ فارْتَقى الذُعْرُ منهُ

خانَهُ الدّهْرُ فارْتَقى الذُعْرُ منهُ

مُرْتَقىً حطّ في الوَرى مِقدارَهْ

مُرْتَقىً حطّ في الوَرى مِقدارَهْ

Time betrayed him, and terror within him rose

Time betrayed them, so terror rose in them,

to a height that lowered his standing among mankind.

Rising to lower their status among people,

والطّريفي كان أصْلاً لهذا ال

والطّريفي كان أصْلاً لهذا ال

قَصْدِ لا نالَ ما ارْتَضَى واخْتارَهْ

قَصْدِ لا نالَ ما ارْتَضَى واخْتارَهْ

And al-Tarifi was the root of this

And al-Tariqi was originally from this

design—may he never attain what he approved and chose!

Group, he did not attain what he desired and chose,

وهل الغُصْنُ حينَ يُجتَثُّ منهُ

وهل الغُصْنُ حينَ يُجتَثُّ منهُ

أصْلُهُ تجتَني يَدٌ إثمارَهْ

أصْلُهُ تجتَني يَدٌ إثمارَهْ

And when a branch is stripped of

Can a branch bear fruit when it is uprooted

its root, can a hand gather its fruit?

From its origin by a sinful hand?

أخذَ اللهُ منهُ خَبّاً كَفوراً

أخذَ اللهُ منهُ خَبّاً كَفوراً

أمِنَ اللهِ كان يرْجو فرارَهْ

أمِنَ اللهِ كان يرْجو فرارَهْ

God seized him, a deceitful, ungrateful man;

God took from him an ungrateful traitor,

was it from God that he hoped to escape?

Did he feel safe from God and expect to escape?

كمْ شَكا الثّغْرُ ظُلمَهُ عندَما قدْ

كمْ شَكا الثّغْرُ ظُلمَهُ عندَما قدْ

أوْرت الكفْرَ أرضَهُ ودِيارَهْ

أوْرت الكفْرَ أرضَهُ ودِيارَهْ

How often the frontier complained of his oppression, when

How the frontier complained of his injustice when

its land and dwellings had kindled unbelief!

He brought unbelief to its land and homes!

أصبحَ البَغْيُ شاهِراً منهُ سيفاً

أصبحَ البَغْيُ شاهِراً منهُ سيفاً

ريْثَما فلّتِ الخُطوبُ غِرارَهْ

ريْثَما فلّتِ الخُطوبُ غِرارَهْ

Rebellion had come to brandish, through him, a sword,

Rebellion appeared from him, brandishing a sword,

until calamities blunted its edge.

Until misfortunes scattered his hordes,

لا يَخيبُ السّعيد إذ بابْنِ نصْرٍ

لا يَخيبُ السّعيد إذ بابْنِ نصْرٍ

ناصرِ الدّين قد رأيْنا انتِصارَهْ

ناصرِ الدّين قد رأيْنا انتِصارَهْ

Al-Sa'id does not fail, for through Ibn Nasr,

The fortunate one will not fail when he sees

Nasir al-Din, we have witnessed his victory.

The victory of the son of Nasr al-Din,

دونَ مولايَ من نظامِيَ روْضاً

دونَ مولايَ من نظامِيَ روْضاً

فرْطُ حُبّي مُفتّحٌ أزهارَهْ

فرْطُ حُبّي مُفتّحٌ أزهارَهْ

Here, my lord, is a garden of my verse:

I have adorned my patron other than my Master

the abundance of my love opens its blossoms,

With a garden from my overflowing love,

ودعائِي بأن تدومَ عُلاهُ

ودعائِي بأن تدومَ عُلاهُ

ما أرَى الدّهْرُ ليلَهُ ونَهارَهْ

ما أرَى الدّهْرُ ليلَهُ ونَهارَهْ

and my prayer is that his eminence endure

And I pray that his supremacy will last

as long as time displays its night and day.

As long as I see the days and nights of time.