ألا دُمتِ يا دارُ ودامَ لكِ الجَدُّ

ألا دُمتِ يا دارُ ودامَ لكِ الجَدُّ

فسَعدُكِ بينَ الدُّورِ لا مِثلُه سَعدُ

فسَعدُكِ بينَ الدُّورِ لا مِثلُه سَعدُ

Ah, may you endure, O house, and may good fortune remain yours.

O abode, may you last, and may glory endure for you,

For among houses, no good fortune equals yours.

Your fortune among houses is peerless good fortune.

بَناكِ أخُو مالٍ غِيرٍ وثروَةٍ

بَناكِ أخُو مالٍ غِيرٍ وثروَةٍ

وهَا قد أتاك المالُ والعلم والمجدُ

وهَا قد أتاك المالُ والعلم والمجدُ

A man of [apparently abundant] wealth and riches built you.

You were built by a brother of wealth, treasures,

And behold, wealth, knowledge, and glory have come to you.

And behold, wealth, knowledge, and glory have come to you.

وها قد أتاكِ النظمُ والنثرُ والحِجَا

وها قد أتاكِ النظمُ والنثرُ والحِجَا

وهَا قد أتاكِ القلبُ في الكلِّ إذ يبدُو

وهَا قد أتاكِ القلبُ في الكلِّ إذ يبدُو

And behold, verse, prose, and intellect have come to you.

And behold, verse, prose, and rhetoric have come to you,

And behold, the heart has come to you, as it appears in everything.

And behold, the heart in everything has come to you when it appears.

وقد كُنتِ في الإهمالِ من قبلِ حَوزَتِي

وقد كُنتِ في الإهمالِ من قبلِ حَوزَتِي

وقد غَار لمَّا حُزتُكِ الجَوهرُ الفردُ

وقد غَار لمَّا حُزتُكِ الجَوهرُ الفردُ

And you lay neglected before I took possession of you.

You were once neglected in my keeping,

And when I acquired you, the peerless jewel grew jealous.

And the unique pearl was jealous when I kept you.

وقد حُزتِ ما بين البرَيَةِ شُهرةً

وقد حُزتِ ما بين البرَيَةِ شُهرةً

يُردِّدُ فيكِ الطرفَ فاضلٌ أو وَغدُ

يُردِّدُ فيكِ الطرفَ فاضلٌ أو وَغدُ

And you gained fame among humankind:

You have gained fame between homelands,

A virtuous man or a lout keeps turning his gaze upon you.

Where a noble or ignoble eye turns to you.

وهل في الورَى دارٌ كَدار مُرَابطٍ

وهل في الورَى دارٌ كَدار مُرَابطٍ

بإبرَاهمَ التاطيرَ يُدعَى ولا قَصدُ

بإبرَاهمَ التاطيرَ يُدعَى ولا قَصدُ

And is there among humankind a house like that of a marabout,

Is there in the world a house like the house of Murabit,

Called Ibrahim al-Tatir—without intent?

Called Ibrahim Al-Tayyar, and no other purpose?

فدَام لسانُ الحالِ يُنشِد دائماً

فدَام لسانُ الحالِ يُنشِد دائماً

ألاَ دمتِ يا دارُ ودامَ لكِ الجَدُّ

ألاَ دمتِ يا دارُ ودامَ لكِ الجَدُّ

So the tongue of circumstance kept chanting, always:

So may the tongue of state ever chant,

Ah, may you endure, O house, and may good fortune remain yours.

O abode, may you last, and may glory endure for you.