أليوم أسفر للعلوم نهار

وبدت لشمس سمائها أنوار

Today has dawned enlightening sciences

And the sun's lights have appeared in its skies

وزهت فنون العلم وازدهرت بها

أفنانها وتناسقت أنوار

The arts of knowledge have blossomed and flourished

With its branches, and its lights aligned

وغدت لأرباب المعارف دولة

غرّاء صاحب ملكها اسكار

It has become for the lords of knowledge a wonderful state

Whose sovereign intoxicated with his rule

اسكار الثاني الذي اعترفت له الأقطار

وارتفعت به الأقدار

Al-Ashqar the second, whom the regions acknowledged

And with him prestige was raised

ورعى حقوق العلم يعلى قدره

فنما بهمته له مقدار

Who cared for the rights of knowledge, raising its worth

So by his determination, its significance grew

هي دعوة طنت بآذان العلى

وتناقلت أخبارها السمار

It is an invitation which rang in the ears of the Sublime

And its news circulated amongst the sleepless

عرفت بقيمتها البلاد وأهلها

وملوكها وتسامع الأقطار

The countries and their people knew its value

And their kings, and between regions it echoed

أمر أمير المؤمنين أعاره

نظراً وأنظار الكبار كبار

The Commander of the Faithful lent it his attention

And the vision of the great focused their sights

فسرى به في مصر من توفيقه

نور ومن بركاته أسرار

So by his success it spread in Egypt

Light, and of his blessings, secrets

واذا المليك أراد ينجح مقصدا

نالته من توفيقه آثار

And when the King intends, his purpose prospers

From his success, impressions are attained

مولى له في كل مكرمة يد

ولكل موقع مقصد أنظار

For every glorious occasion, he has a hand

And for every position, he has focused sights

وأعان كل زعيم مملكة له

بشؤن أهل بلاده استبصار

And every leader of a kingdom assisted him

In the affairs of his country's people with insight

يحدو إلى أرض السويد أماثلاً

من قومه أمثالهم أخيار

Heading to the land of Sweden in delegations

From his people, their like, the finest

مستظهرين بدعوة الملك التي

عمت وما لسماعها أنكار

Rallying to the King's call which

Spread, and to its hearing, no denial

فتسارع العلماء تلبية له

بالطوع تسبقهم له الاخبار

So the scholars rushed to respond

Willingly, its news preceding them

يقتادهم صيت يشوق سماعه

ويسوقهم شوق إليه مُثَار

It leads them, an allure arousing to hear

And desire towards it stirs them

سمعوا بشهرته وصيت ثنائه

سمعا يذكرهم به التكرار

They heard of his fame and the praise of him

In repetition reminding them of him

وسما بهم في استكهلم بامره

ناد تشاخص دونه الأبصار

And he summoned them in Stockholm by his order

A call which attracted all sights

جمعته من شرق البلاد وغربها

وجنوبها وشمالها الأقدار

Bringing them from the east of the land and its west

And south and north, the fates

ألقت بأفلاذ الكبود إليه من

أبنائها في حبه الأمصار

Casting towards him the finest minds

The regions lovingly contributed

نادبه احتفل الافاضل حفلة

بحديثها تتقادم الأعصار

Eulogizing him, the virtuous convened a convention

In its discourse, eras march on

جمعت لثا من مرة معدودة

في الدهر لا ينسى لها تذكار

Bringing together a group rarely assembled

In ages, unforgotten in memory

جمعتهم الأقدار جمع سلامة

واللَه في أقداره مختار

The fates gathered them in secure union

And God in His fate, selects

متآلفين بعيدهم بقريبهم

والفضل أقرب وصلة تمتار

Bound in their absence and presence

Virtue the closest, choicest tie

من كل فياض القريحة ورده

عذب وبحر علومه زخار

From every abundant spring of brilliance its fresh

Sweet water, and his sea of knowledge fertile

تتدفق الأفكار نحو يراعه

فيفيض من انبوبه تيار

Ideas flow towards his perception

Gushing from its springs a stream

من كل معنى شف عن لفظه

كالخمر نمّ بها الزجاج تدار

From every meaning it uncovered from its words

Like wine circulated in glass

ومؤزَّر بالفضل مشتمل به

منه شعار زانه ودثار

Girded with merit, clothed with it

In it his motto, his robe and attire

حبر اذا ولى اليراع بنانه

زان الطروس بوشيها الاحبار

A scholar, when he turned to expression

Adorned prose like clerics embellish scripture

ويغوص أعماق المباحث باحثاً

عن كشف كل فريدة تختار

And dove deep in the depths of discourse, researching

To uncover each unique gem selected

درر يروق الطرف منها رونق

بهج تحار بوصفه الأفكار

Jewels delighting to the eye with splendor

Dazzling thoughts describing them

لذوي المفاخر من حلاها زينة

تبقى ولا يبلى لهن فخار

As ornament for the meritorious among whom it's worn

Remaining, and for it no loss of pride

لا زال ملك الفضل معمور الذرى

بذويه ممدوداً له الأعمار

The kingdom of virtue still inhabited by its people

For them extended in age