فمنهج النصرا

على أحزاب الكفّار

So, the path of victory

over the factions of the unbelievers,

من بعد ما كانت

مغيب ذات إشفاق

after she had been

in absence, full of apprehension,

تشتاق إلى ضيفه

وواجبا تشتاق

longing for his guest,

and rightly she longs.

إذي جري ذكروا

تقول من الأشواق

Whenever mention of him arose,

she would say out of longing:

قد طالت السفرا

واوحشن صحب الدار

“The journey has grown long

and left the household desolate.”

فللسحّاب عبرا

تضحك لها الأزهار

So the clouds have tears

at which the blossoms smile.

فاليوم نهنّوها

بنيلها المقصود

Today, then, we congratulate her

on attaining her desire,

بعودة المولى

فالطالع المسعود

on the master's return,

and the ascendant is auspicious.

أسقاتهَ الرحما

من فيض بحر الجود

Mercy has watered her

from the overflow of the sea of bounty.

وحازت الأثرا

بفاتح الأمصار

And she has gained distinction

through the conqueror of cities,

بالصعدة السمرا

والأبيض البتار

with the dusky spear

and the white, cleaving blade.

هنيّ موليّى

بالعود كف ترضا

Congratulations, my lord,

on your return, as you desire.

فحيث ما وجّهت

مآربك تقضا

For wherever you turn,

your wishes are fulfilled,

ويبلغ الأوطار

مقامك الأرضا

and every desire is attained

by your more pleasing abode—

من مصر هيّ

ومن النيل

than Egypt is she,

and than the Nile—

عروس مجليّا

مريه هو شنيل

a bride unveiled,

her mirror is the Genil,

سبيكته كرسي

وحصنها الإكليل

its Sabika is a throne,

and her fortress the diadem,

وتاجها الحمرا

ه مطلع الأنوار

and her crown the Alhambra.

[Unclear fragment]—the dawning place of lights.

قد أكسبوا الشهرا

خليفه الأنصار

Renown has indeed been bestowed on it

by the caliph of the Ansar,

في أسعد ألوقات

وطالع الإسعاد

in the happiest of times,

and under an ascendant of good fortune,

وموسما مشهور

وعيد من الأعياد

and at a renowned festival,

and a feast among feasts.

تلقان بالأحباب

والأهل والأولاد

You meet with loved ones,

and family and children.

يخرج بالشمرا

بجوه بحل أقمار

He comes out with [unclear],

with faces like moons,

يقول يا بشرا

ولوال يا أحرار

saying, “O glad tidings!”

A cry: “O freeborn men!”

وليسمي حن جي

صحيح بحمد اللّه

[Unclear wording] when he came,

in good health, praise be to God.

كذا اسعدوا رب و

بالجمال حلاّه

Thus the Lord has blessed him, and

adorned him with beauty:

بدر سماح مكمول

سبحن من أعلاه

a perfect full moon of generosity.

Glory to Him who exalted him!

تأيّدوا ألقدرا

وتسعدوا الأقدار

Power supports him,

and the fates favor him.

فدولتَك غُرّا

تشرّف الأمصار

So your rule is resplendent,

honoring the cities;

والفلك قد أجرا

لها بما تختار

and the celestial sphere has set things moving

for her, as she chooses.

قد تمّ لي زجلي

من خيرة الأزجال

My zajal is now complete,

one of the finest zajals.

الحب أنطقني

ولم تكن زجّال

Love made me speak,

though you were no zajal poet.

نطقت تهنيّ

وخاطري قد جال

I spoke in congratulation,

and my thoughts have wandered

في صاحب الوفرا

والخصر بالزنار

about the one with abundant locks,

and the waist with its girdle.

يقوت هو حمرا

والعنق من بلّار

It is a red ruby,

and the neck is of crystal.