1. أليوم أسفر للعلوم نهار

    وبدت لشمس سمائها أنوار

    Today a day has dawned for the sciences,

    And rays have appeared from the sun of their sky.

  2. وزهت فنون العلم وازدهرت بها

    أفنانها وتناسقت أنوار

    The arts of learning shone, and with them flourished

    Their branches, while lights fell into harmony.

  3. وغدت لأرباب المعارف دولة

    غرّاء صاحب ملكها اسكار

    A realm arose for the masters of learning,

    Resplendent, with Oscar as its sovereign.

  4. اسكار الثاني الذي اعترفت له الأقطار

    وارتفعت به الأقدار

    Oscar the Second, whom the lands acknowledged,

    And through whom rank was exalted.

  5. ورعى حقوق العلم يعلى قدره

    فنما بهمته له مقدار

    He tended the rights of learning, raising its worth,

    So through his resolve its stature grew.

  6. هي دعوة طنت بآذان العلى

    وتناقلت أخبارها السمار

    It was an invitation that rang in the ears of eminence,

    And nighttime companions passed its tidings around.

  7. عرفت بقيمتها البلاد وأهلها

    وملوكها وتسامع الأقطار

    The lands and their people knew its worth,

    And their kings; the regions heard of it from one another.

  8. أمر أمير المؤمنين أعاره

    نظراً وأنظار الكبار كبار

    An undertaking to which the Commander of the Faithful lent

    Attention—and the regard of the great is great.

  9. فسرى به في مصر من توفيقه

    نور ومن بركاته أسرار

    So through it, by his aid, there spread in Egypt

    Light, and mysteries from his blessings.

  10. واذا المليك أراد ينجح مقصدا

    نالته من توفيقه آثار

    And when the sovereign wills a purpose to succeed,

    The effects of his aid reach it.

  11. مولى له في كل مكرمة يد

    ولكل موقع مقصد أنظار

    A lord with a hand in every noble deed,

    And watchful eyes on every field of endeavor.

  12. وأعان كل زعيم مملكة له

    بشؤن أهل بلاده استبصار

    And every ruler of a kingdom gave aid, endowed

    With insight into the affairs of his country's people,

  13. يحدو إلى أرض السويد أماثلاً

    من قومه أمثالهم أخيار

    Urging distinguished men toward the land of Sweden

    From his people, whose peers are men of virtue.

  14. مستظهرين بدعوة الملك التي

    عمت وما لسماعها أنكار

    Strengthened by the king's invitation, which

    Reached all, with no objection when it was heard.

  15. فتسارع العلماء تلبية له

    بالطوع تسبقهم له الاخبار

    Then the scholars hurried to answer him,

    Willingly, news of them reaching him ahead of them.

  16. يقتادهم صيت يشوق سماعه

    ويسوقهم شوق إليه مُثَار

    Renown leads them on, and hearing it awakens longing,

    And awakened longing for him drives them onward.

  17. سمعوا بشهرته وصيت ثنائه

    سمعا يذكرهم به التكرار

    They heard of his fame and the widespread praise of him,

    What they heard, repeated, kept recalling him to them.

  18. وسما بهم في استكهلم بامره

    ناد تشاخص دونه الأبصار

    And through them, at his command, there rose in Stockholm

    An assembly before which eyes stared in wonder.

  19. جمعته من شرق البلاد وغربها

    وجنوبها وشمالها الأقدار

    From the lands' east and west it was assembled,

    And from their south and north, by fate.

  20. ألقت بأفلاذ الكبود إليه من

    أبنائها في حبه الأمصار

    Pieces of their livers were sent to him from among

    Their sons, by the cities, out of love for him.

  21. نادبه احتفل الافاضل حفلة

    بحديثها تتقادم الأعصار

    An assembly where the eminent held a celebration,

    Over whose tale the ages will grow old.

  22. جمعت لثا من مرة معدودة

    في الدهر لا ينسى لها تذكار

    It gathered [unclear word] on a numbered occasion,

    Through the ages, its memory will not be forgotten.

  23. جمعتهم الأقدار جمع سلامة

    واللَه في أقداره مختار

    Fate brought them together in a union whole and sound,

    And God chooses freely in His decrees.

  24. متآلفين بعيدهم بقريبهم

    والفضل أقرب وصلة تمتار

    In harmony, those distant among them with those near,

    And excellence is the closest bond to be gained

  25. من كل فياض القريحة ورده

    عذب وبحر علومه زخار

    From each man of overflowing inspiration, whose draught

    Is sweet, and whose sea of learning surges.

  26. تتدفق الأفكار نحو يراعه

    فيفيض من انبوبه تيار

    Thoughts pour toward his reed pen,

    So a current pours from its tube.

  27. من كل معنى شف عن لفظه

    كالخمر نمّ بها الزجاج تدار

    From every meaning shining through its wording,

    Like wine disclosed by the glass as it is passed around.

  28. ومؤزَّر بالفضل مشتمل به

    منه شعار زانه ودثار

    And one girded with excellence, wrapped in it,

    Of it, an inner garment adorns him, and an outer cloak.

  29. حبر اذا ولى اليراع بنانه

    زان الطروس بوشيها الاحبار

    A scholar: when he gives the reed pen command of his fingertips,

    The inks adorn the pages with their brocade.

  30. ويغوص أعماق المباحث باحثاً

    عن كشف كل فريدة تختار

    And he plunges into the depths of inquiry, seeking

    To uncover every rare pearl one would choose.

  31. درر يروق الطرف منها رونق

    بهج تحار بوصفه الأفكار

    Pearls whose luster delights the eye,

    Splendid—minds are at a loss to describe it.

  32. لذوي المفاخر من حلاها زينة

    تبقى ولا يبلى لهن فخار

    For those of distinction, their ornaments offer adornment

    That endures, and their glory never wears away.

  33. لا زال ملك الفضل معمور الذرى

    بذويه ممدوداً له الأعمار

    May the realm of excellence ever keep its heights inhabited

    By its people, with its years of life prolonged.