خَبِّري القَومَ يا سميَّةَ إِسكَن
دَرَ يا رَبَّةَ النُهى وَالذَكاءِ
Tell the people, O namesake of Iskandar,
Tell the people, O Sameya, resident
O mistress of reason and intelligence:
Turn, O mistress of restraint and intelligence
هَل لوجهِ الأَنيسِ بعد احتجِابٍ
من سُفورٍ في عالَم الأَدباءِ
Will the face of Al-Anis, after being veiled,
Is there for the face of the intimate after isolation
be unveiled in the world of letters,
Any insolence in the world of the cultured?
فَنَرى فيه كلَّ بحثٍ جديدٍ
يَقِفُ الحقَّ في صُفوفِ النِساء
so that we may see in it every fresh inquiry
So we see in it every new research
placing justice in the ranks of women?
Truth stands in the ranks of women
إِنَّ لِلغانِياتِ حقّا عَلينا
ليس يَخفى إِلّا عَلى الجُهلاءِ
Indeed, fair women have a claim upon us
Indeed, singing women have a right upon us
that is hidden only from the ignorant.
It is not hidden except from the ignorant
فاِجمَعي جيشَهنَّ حَولَكِ إِن شِئ
نَ طلابَ الحقوقِ حَولَ لِواءِ
Then gather their army around you, if they wish
So gather their army around you if you wish
to pursue rights around a banner.
The seekers of rights around the banner
وَاِبعَثي من ضياءِ فِكركِ في النا
سِ سَفيراً مسدَّدَ الآراء
And send forth, from the radiance of your thought, among the people
And send from the light of your thought in people
an envoy whose judgments are sound.
An envoy guided of opinions
وَاِفتَحي بابَ كلِّ بحثٍ بِلُطفٍ
إِنَّما اللُطفُ عُدَّةُ الحَسناء
And open the door to every inquiry with gentleness;
And open the door of every research with gentleness
gentleness alone is the fair woman's armament.
Gentleness is only the weapon of the beautiful
إِن تُعارِض بكِ الرجالَ نساءٌ
عارَضتهم بالحُجَّةِ البَيضاء
If women, through you, contend with men,
If ignorant men oppose you, women
they counter them with a clear, bright argument.
Oppose them with the white proof
إِنَّ لَلفُضلَياتِ في كلّ عصرٍ
أَثرا في خَواطِر الفُضلاء
Indeed, women of merit in every age have
Indeed, for the virtuous in every era
an influence on the minds of men of merit.
An effect in the thoughts of the virtuous
Sol 6.1