1. أَنا المَدرَسَةُ اِجعَلني

    كَأُمٍّ لا تَمِل عَنّي

    I am the school; regard me

    As a mother; do not turn away from me.

  2. وَلا تَفزَع كَمَأخوذٍ

    مِنَ البَيتِ إِلى السِجنِ

    And do not be frightened like someone taken

    From home to prison,

  3. كَأَنّي وَجهُ صَيّادٍ

    وَأَنتَ الطَيرُ في الغُصنِ

    As though I were a hunter's face

    And you the bird upon the branch.

  4. وَلا بُدَّ لَكَ اليَومَ

    وَإِلّا فَغَداً مِنّي

    And you are bound, today—

    Or else tomorrow—to need me.

  5. أَوِ اِستَغنِ عَنِ العَقلِ

    إِذَن عَنِّيَ تَستَغني

    Or dispense with reason;

    Then you can dispense with me.

  6. أَنا المِصباحُ لِلفِكرِ

    أَنا المِفتاحُ لِلذِهنِ

    I am the lamp for thought;

    I am the key to the mind.

  7. أَنا البابُ إِلى المَجدِ

    تَعالَ اِدخُل عَلى اليُمنِ

    I am the door to glory;

    Come, enter with good fortune.

  8. غَداً تَرتَعُ في حَوشي

    وَلا تَشبَعُ مِن صَحني

    Tomorrow you will frolic in my courtyard,

    And never have your fill from my plate.

  9. وَأَلقاكَ بِإِخوانٍ

    يُدانونَكَ في السِنِّ

    And I shall welcome you with brothers

    Who are close to you in age—

  10. تُناديهم بِيافِكري

    وَيا شَوقي وَيا حُسني

    You call to them, 'O Fikri!'

    And 'O Shawqi!' and 'O Husni!'—

  11. وَآباءٍ أَحَبّوكَ

    وَما أَنتَ لَهُم بِاِبنِ

    And fathers who have loved you,

    Though you are no son of theirs.