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Welcome to those of merit and nobility, from

أهلا بأهل الفضل والنبل من

1. Welcome to those of merit and nobility, from
A visitor among you and from visitors.

١. أَهْلاً بِأَهْلِ الْفَضْلِ وَالنُّبْلِ مِن
زَائِرَةٍ فِيكُمْ وَمِنْ زَائِرْ

2. Kindness your daughters have received
With hearts delighted and grateful.

٢. لُطْفٌ تَلقَّاهُ بُنَيَّاتُكُمْ
بِكُلِّ قلْبٍ فَرحٍ شاكِرْ

3. In this institution that was established
On a model of wonder and rarity,

٣. فِي هَذِه الدَّارِ الَّتي أُحْدِثتْ
عَلَى مِثالٍ عَجَبٍ نادِرْ

4. The light of knowledge crowns
The forehead of virtuous character.

٤. يَعْقِدُ نُورُ الْعِلمِ إِكْلِيلَهُ
عَلَى جَبِينِ الْخُلُقِ الطَّاهِرْ

5. A college whose departments were organized
By the view of an expert, keen and skillful.

٥. كُلْيِّةٌ نظَّمَ أَقْسَامَهَا
رَأْيُ خَبِيرٍ فَطِنٍ مَاهِرْ

6. Its terms are four, determined
From the first lesson to the last.

٦. فُصُولُهَا أَرْبَعَةٌ قُدِّرَتْ
مْنِ أَوَّلِ الدَّرْسِ إِلى الآخِرْ

7. Like the seasons of the year, but it
Is a fixed, flourishing, vibrant spring.

٧. ِمثْلُ فُصُولِ الْعَامِ لَكِنَّهُ
عَامٌ رَبِيعٌ ثَابِتٌ ناضِرْ

8. In it the girl progresses her steps
Pure in heart and appearance.

٨. تَدْرُجُ فِيهَا الْبِنْتُ أَدْرَاجَهَا
نَقِيَّةَ الْبَاطِنِ وَالظَّاهِرْ

9. She achieves refinement fully
With abundant etiquette.

٩. فَتَبْلُغُ التَّأَدِيبَ مُسْتَوْفِياً
تَمَامَهُ بِالأَدَبِ الْوَافِرْ

10. Grasping from every science what
Fulfills the needs of the present time,

١٠. آخِذَةٌ مِنْ كُلِّ عِلْمٍ بِمَا
يَفِي بِحَاجِ الزَّمَنِ الْحَاضِرْ

11. Prepared for life's requirements
Of what is beneficial in art or sublime.

١١. مُعَدَّةٌ لِلْعَيْشِ مَا يُقْتَضَى
مِنْ نَافِعٍ فِي الْفَن أَوْ فَاخِرْ

12. Its future has shone, so look
At the rays of the splendid future,

١٢. قَدْ لاَحَ مُسْتَقْبِلُهَا فَانْظُرُوا
أَشِعَّةَ الْمُسْتَقْبَلِ الْبَاهِرْ

13. Of radiant girls adorned with beauty
Blossoming with advice in every club.

١٣. مِنْ فَتَيَاتٍ زَاهِيَاتٍ الْحُلَى
فِي كُلِّ نَادٍ بِالنُّهَى زَاهِرْ

14. And mothers who embody
The excellence of what is to come over what is past.

١٤. وَأُمَّهَاتٍ تَتَجَلّى بِهَا
مَزِيَّةُ الآتِي عَلَى الْغَابِرْ