1. مرحى فقد وضح الصواب

    وهفا إلى المجد الشباب

    Hurrah, for the right course has become clear,

    and the youth have yearned for glory.

  2. عجلان ينتهب الخطى

    هيمان يستدني السحاب

    Hastening, they snatch up their strides,

    enraptured, drawing the clouds near.

  3. في روحه أمل يضي

    ء وفي شبيبته غلاب

    In their spirit is a hope that shines,

    and in their youth, a will to prevail.

  4. قد فارق الجهل العقيـ

    ـم وهش للعلم اللباب

    They have left barren ignorance behind,

    and eagerly welcomed pure knowledge.

  5. ورنا إلى مستقبل

    يرقى له متن الصعاب

    And they gaze toward a future

    for which they scale the backs of hardships.

  6. قد راح يستهدي العلا

    ويصارع الموج العباب

    They have set out seeking guidance from the heights,

    and wrestling with the surging waves,

  7. في الأرض أو في البحر أو

    في الجو فوق ذرى الضباب

    on land, or at sea, or

    in the air, above the peaks of mist.

  8. ذاكم لعمري عدة الـ

    ـوطن الكريم المستطاب

    They, by my life, are the mainstay of the

    noble, cherished homeland.

  9. ما المجد يطلب بالمنى

    كلا ولا السمر القضاب

    Glory is not sought through wishes,

    no indeed, nor through keen, tawny spears.

  10. المجد يبنى بالعلو

    م تهز عالمنا العجاب

    Glory is built through the sciences

    that shake our wondrous world.

  11. والعلم راية كل شعـ

    ـب ناهض سامي الرغابـ

    And knowledge is the banner of every people

    rising, lofty in aspiration.

  12. وعليه فلنبن الحيا

    ـة و لا نساوم في الثواب

    Upon it, then, let us build life,

    and let us not bargain over the reward.

  13. ولننطلق في عزمنا

    مثل انطلاقات الشهاب

    And let us set forth in our resolve

    like the darting flights of a shooting star,

  14. كيما نرى فوق السها

    كيما نمجد في المآب

    so that we may be seen above al-Suha,

    so that we may be honored at the final return.

  15. هذي نصيحة مخلص

    يهوى المجادة والطلاب

    This is the counsel of a sincere well-wisher

    who loves glory and striving.

  16. كرمتموني دائما

    فلكم حياتي يا شباب

    You have always honored me,

    so my life is yours, O youth.