نشء (البليدة) لا عداك وفاق

نشء (البليدة) لا عداك وفاق

بشرى على بشرى إليك تساق

بشرى على بشرى إليك تساق

Youth of Blida, may concord never pass you by;

O Nahda Club of Blida, none but you is of matchless virtue,

Youth of Al-Blida, may harmony never pass you by,

good tidings upon good tidings are brought to you.

Good tidings upon good tidings are brought to you,

Good tidings upon good tidings are driven towards you.

بوئت بالنادي المبارك جنة

بوئت بالنادي المبارك جنة

طابت بها الأنفاس والأذواق

طابت بها الأنفاس والأذواق

You have been lodged in a paradise within the blessed club,

I sensed the blessed club to be a paradise,

Through this blessed club, you have been granted a paradise,

where breaths and tastes grow sweet.

Where breaths and tastes are delighted,

Wherein breaths are sweet and tastes are refined.

ناديك أفق أنت بدر نجومه

ناديك أفق أنت بدر نجومه

حاذر عليك الخلف فهو محاق!

حاذر عليك الخلف فهو محاق!

Your club is a firmament; you are the full moon among its stars.

Your club is a horizon, you are its full moon and stars,

Your club is a horizon, and you are the full moon among its stars;

Beware of discord befalling you: it is the moon's darkening!

Beware of any who fail you, for they are doomed!

Beware of discord befalling you, for it is a total eclipse!

قل للخطيب به دعوت ملبيا

قل للخطيب به دعوت ملبيا

وعنت لك الاذان والأحداق

وعنت لك الاذان والأحداق

Tell the orator there: 'You called to a willing respondent,

Say to the preacher through it you called and I dutifully responded,

Say to the orator within: "You have called upon one who answers,"

and ears and eyes have yielded to you.'

And lent you my ears and visions.

"And ears and eyes have submitted humbly to you."

(نادي البليدة) محتويك وطيرها

(نادي البليدة) محتويك وطيرها

مصغ إليك وماؤها صفاق

مصغ إليك وماؤها صفاق

The Blida Club enfolds you; the city's birds

O Nahda club, you contain its birds and water,

The "Club of Blida" embraces you, and its birds...

listen to you, and its waters applaud.

Listen to it and its water is pure,

...Listen closely to you, while its waters flow freely.

نور به الغبراء فهو منارة

نور به الغبراء فهو منارة

واصعد به الخضراء فهو براق

واصعد به الخضراء فهو براق

Illuminate the dusty earth with it, for it is a beacon;

Illuminate through it the drabness, for it is a lighthouse,

Illuminate the dusty earth with it, for it is a beacon,

and ascend by it to the green sky, for it is Buraq.

And ascend through it the greenness, for it is radiant,

And ascend the heavens with it, for it is a Buraq steed.

واجمع به شتى الرفاق فإنه

واجمع به شتى الرفاق فإنه

كنف عليه من الرفاق رواق

كنف عليه من الرفاق رواق

And gather in it the scattered companions, for it is

And gather through it all comrades, for it is

Gather within it all manner of companions, for it is...

a shelter with a canopy of companions above it.

A shelter for comrades from comrades a corridor.

A shelter over which the company of friends forms a canopy.

يا فتية النادي ومعشره الألى

يا فتية النادي ومعشره الألى

ساقوا إليه به القلوب وشاقوا

ساقوا إليه به القلوب وشاقوا

O young men of the club, and its company who

O club’s youth and its intimate circle,

O youths of the club and its distinguished assembly,

used it to lead hearts toward it and stir longing:

Who hastened to it with hearts and endured,

Who drove hearts towards it and stirred deep longing.

داووا به مرض الهوى كمصحة

داووا به مرض الهوى كمصحة

فيها لكل وجيعة ترياق

فيها لكل وجيعة ترياق

Treat with it the sickness of passion, as in a clinic

Cure through it the illness of passion like a health center,

Treat the sickness of caprice within it, like a sanitarium,

where every ailment has an antidote.

In which is a remedy for every ailment,

Wherein lies an antidote for every ailment.

واحموا به الأخلاق من إخلاقها

واحموا به الأخلاق من إخلاقها

يعظم لكم في الصالحات خلاق

يعظم لكم في الصالحات خلاق

And protect morals with it from their decay;

And protect through it morals from their corruption,

Protect morals thereby from wearing thin;

your share in righteous deeds will grow great.

To magnify for you in righteous deeds the Creator,

Thus shall your share of righteous deeds be great.

البحث سبل فاسلكوها رشدا

البحث سبل فاسلكوها رشدا

بالعقل فهو دليلها السباق

بالعقل فهو دليلها السباق

Inquiry has paths; follow them aright,

Seek the ways and tread them rightly,

Inquiry has its paths, so tread them with guidance,

with reason, for it is their foremost guide.

With the intellect for it is its leading guide,

Using reason, for it is the foremost guide.

فكوا به الأعناق من أطواقها

فكوا به الأعناق من أطواقها

فلطالما قعدت به الأطواق

فلطالما قعدت به الأطواق

With it, release necks from their collars,

Unburden through it the necks of their shackles,

Liberate necks from their yokes through it,

for collars have long held it back.

For long have shackles seated the necks,

For too long have these yokes held them back.

وعليكم القرآن فهو من الهوى

وعليكم القرآن فهو من الهوى

حام وليس كنوره إشراق

حام وليس كنوره إشراق

And hold fast to the Qur'an, for against passion it is

And upon you is the Quran, for it from passions,

And hold fast to the Quran, for against caprice...

a protector; no radiance is like its light.

Is a protector, and not like its light, radiance,

It is a shield, and no radiance equals its light.

والبذل للأعمال ضربة لازب

والبذل للأعمال ضربة لازب

فاكسوا به الأعمال فهو رتاق

فاكسوا به الأعمال فهو رتاق

And giving for these works is a binding necessity;

And donating to deeds is hitting the nail on the head,

Generosity toward these works is an absolute necessity;

so clothe the works with it, for it mends what is torn.

So cover through it deeds, for it is a coat of mail,

So clothe your deeds with it, for it repairs all rents.

وهبته أيدي المحسنين فأذعنت

وهبته أيدي المحسنين فأذعنت

لهم الرؤوس وذلت الأعناق

لهم الرؤوس وذلت الأعناق

The hands of benefactors bestowed it, and in submission

Its construction was granted by the hands of benefactors,

The hands of benefactors bestowed it, so heads bowed...

heads bowed to them, and necks were humbled.

To whom heads bowed down and necks submitted,

In submission to them, and necks were humbled.

لا ترضخ الأفكار من أرزاقها

لا ترضخ الأفكار من أرزاقها

حتى تدر بجنبها الأرزاق

حتى تدر بجنبها الأرزاق

Ideas give none of their bounty

Do not let ideas weaken from their livelihoods,

Ideas will not yield their harvest,

until provisions flow beside them.

Until they know alongside them livelihoods,

Until material provisions flow abundantly beside them.

يا قوم شعبكم أحاط به الأذى

يا قوم شعبكم أحاط به الأذى

وسطا عليه الجهل والاملاق

وسطا عليه الجهل والاملاق

O my people, harm has beset your nation,

O people, your commoners are surrounded by harm,

O my people, harm has encompassed your nation,

and ignorance and destitution have assailed it.

And ignorance and vices have spread among them,

And ignorance and poverty have assaulted it.

والوهم عشش في الرؤوس فأطرقت

والوهم عشش في الرؤوس فأطرقت

والوهم شر بلائه الإطراق

والوهم شر بلائه الإطراق

And delusion has nested in heads, so they bowed low;

And illusion nested in the heads so they bowed down,

Illusion has nested in heads, causing them to bow in shame,

and delusion's worst affliction is the bowing of heads.

And illusion, its affliction is incurable,

And the worst affliction of illusion is this bowing down.

خطب الجماد الحي فاضطربت له

خطب الجماد الحي فاضطربت له

وتموجت بخطابه الافاق

وتموجت بخطابه الافاق

Lifeless matter addressed the living, and trembling followed;

The inanimate spoke so horizons shook,

The living addressed the inanimate, and it trembled for him,

and the horizons surged with its speech.

And waved with its discourse the firmaments,

And the very horizons rippled at his speech.

وبنو الجزائر مخلدون إلى الكرى

وبنو الجزائر مخلدون إلى الكرى

وكأنني بهم الغداة أفاقوا

وكأنني بهم الغداة أفاقوا

While the sons of Algeria are given over to slumber,

The Algerians are determined to the tombs,

Yet the sons of Algeria remain resigned to slumber—

I can almost see them awakened at daybreak,

As if I saw them in the morning awakened,

Though it is as if I see them, this very morning, awakening!

واستأنفوها نهضة جدية

واستأنفوها نهضة جدية

لا الوهن يدركها ولا الاخفاق

لا الوهن يدركها ولا الاخفاق

and beginning an earnest revival anew,

And resumed a serious renaissance,

They have begun it anew: a serious renaissance,

which neither weakness nor failure can overtake.

Which neither weakness nor failure reaches,

Overtaken by neither weakness nor failure.

رست النوادي والمدارس بينهم

رست النوادي والمدارس بينهم

أسسا عليها شيدت الأخلاق

أسسا عليها شيدت الأخلاق

Clubs and schools are firmly established among them,

The clubs and schools took root among them,

Clubs and schools have anchored amongst them,

foundations upon which morals have been built.

Principles upon which morals were built.

Foundations upon which morality is built.

يا برق غث لا كنت فينا خلبا

يا برق غث لا كنت فينا خلبا

يا غيث جد لاخانك الإغداق

يا غيث جد لاخانك الإغداق

O lightning, bring rain; may you never be a rainless flash among us!

O lightning rain even if among us you were scarce,

O lightning, bring rain! Do not be a deceptive flash among us;

O rain, give generously; may abundance never fail you!

O pouring rain do not stint your downpour,

O rain, pour forth! May generosity never fail you.

ومن البداية بالنهاية مخبر

ومن البداية بالنهاية مخبر

وعد الفروع بأنهم أعراق

وعد الفروع بأنهم أعراق

And from the beginning the end is foretold

And from the beginning to the end you inform,

The beginning is a harbinger of the end,

by the branches' promise that they shall be roots.

And promise the branches they are roots,

And the promise of the branches proves they are true roots.

يا قوم هل لكم بها من ضارب

يا قوم هل لكم بها من ضارب

فيها له بالرابحين لحاق

فيها له بالرابحين لحاق

O my people, will any of you venture into it,

O people, is there among you a striver,

O my people, do you have a stake within this cause?

and there catch up with those who prosper?

Through it to join the winners and attain,

Through which one may join the ranks of the victorious.

يا قوم لا تردوا الموارد عزلا

يا قوم لا تردوا الموارد عزلا

ومن الخمول على العقول نطاق

ومن الخمول على العقول نطاق

O my people, do not approach the watering places unarmed,

O people, do not repel resources in isolation,

O my people, do not approach the springs unarmed,

while a girdle of torpor encircles your minds.

And from laziness upon minds a barrier,

While lethargy binds your minds like a belt.

فكوا النفوس من الجهالة والهوى

فكوا النفوس من الجهالة والهوى

والوهم فهي على النفوس وثاق

والوهم فهي على النفوس وثاق

Free souls from ignorance and passion,

Unbind the selves from ignorance and passions,

Liberate your souls from ignorance and caprice,

and delusion, for they are fetters upon souls.

And illusions for they are tight shackles upon selves.

And from illusion, for these are shackles upon the soul.

يا فتية النادي تحية فتية

يا فتية النادي تحية فتية

منكم كماحي الرفاق رفاق

منكم كماحي الرفاق رفاق

O young men of the club, a greeting from young men

O club youths, greetings of a comrade,

O youths of the club, a greeting from a youth,

among you, as companions greet companions,

From you like flashes of smiling comrades,

One of your own, as comrades greet comrades.

ووصية لكم بأن تتكاتفوا

ووصية لكم بأن تتكاتفوا

وتسارعوا في الخير فهو سباق

وتسارعوا في الخير فهو سباق

and counsel to you to stand shoulder to shoulder

And a behest to you to unite,

And a counsel to you: that you stand shoulder to shoulder,

and hasten in doing good, for it is a race.

And hasten in good for it is a race,

And hasten towards the good, for it is a race.

آواكم للخير «نادي نهضة»

آواكم للخير «نادي نهضة»

فيه اغنموا فرص الحياة ولاقوا

فيه اغنموا فرص الحياة ولاقوا

The Nahda Club has sheltered you for doing good;

I bid you farewell to goodness, Nahda Club,

A "Club of Renaissance" has sheltered you for the sake of good;

there, seize life's opportunities and come together.

Through it reap life’s opportunities and meet,

Seize within it the opportunities of life, and meet.

دامت لكم حجراته ولضيفكم

دامت لكم حجراته ولضيفكم

نزلا وخلد عمره الخلاق

نزلا وخلد عمره الخلاق

May its rooms endure for you and for your guest

May its chambers and hospitality for your guest,

May its halls endure for you, and for your guests...

as lodging, and may the Creator make its life everlasting.

Remain an inn, and may its age be immortalized by the Creator.

As a welcoming abode, and may the Creator make its life eternal.