هَديّةُ اللهِ في القُرآنِ تُدَّكَرُ

فيها البَيانُ بَهيٌّ تاجُهُ دُرَرُ

God's gift in the Quran is pondered

Its eloquence is radiant, its crown adorned with pearls

ضَادُ النَّفائِسِ قَدْ أَزْهَتْ طَيالِسُها

وَمِنْ سَناها ارْتَدى أنْوارَهُ السَّحَرُ

The source of rarities has made its hills shine

And from its brilliance the dawn is reflected

عِقْيانُها خالِصٌ لا زَيْفَ يُبْخِسُهُ

نَقيِّةُ الحَرْفِ لا عَيْجٌ ولا زَوَرُ

Its springs are pure, no falsehood can diminish them

The letter is sincere, no turbulence or deceit

ما طال غَربٌ جُمانَ الضَّادِ في لُغَةٍ

إنَّ الجُمانَ لها يسعى ويَعْتمِرُ

However long the ignorance of the West lasts

It yearns for and visits its perfection

هِيَ الدَرَاريُّ إنْ أدْجَتْ مَحابِرُنا

مَدارُ أنْوارِها يَزْهو ويَنْتَشِرُ

It is the brilliant, if our platforms enlighten

The orbit of its light glows and expands

تَجَلَّلَتْ بِبَديعٍ لا نَظيرَ لَهُ

وجهُ البَلاغَةِ في مرآتِها قمَرُ

It is adorned with unmatched eloquence

The face of rhetoric gleams in its mirror like the moon

عَذيبةٌ النُّطقِ في أعْطافِها نَغَمٌ

مِن سحْرهِ يَتَجَلّى اللحْنُ والوَتَرُ

Melodious in pronunciation on its edges is a tune

From its magic, melody and rhythm manifest

وَيَستَقي اللفْظُ مِنْها سِحْرَ دَهْشَتِهِ

يخْتالُ في فَيْئِها المعْنى ويَزْدَهِرُ

And speech draws from it the charm of its splendor

Meaning struts in its open space and flourishes

سَحائِبٌ وَطِفَت بالغيثِ مُتْرَعَةٌ

تَسْقي الكَلامَ نَميرًا ليسَ يَعْتَكِرُ

Clouds hovered, saturated with rain

Watering speech steadily without stirring sediment

هتّانَةُ الهَطْلِ من طُلابِها اقْتَرَبَتْ

كَأَنَّها دِيَمٌ تَدْنو وتَنْهَمِرُ

The pouring rain drew near its students

As if it were a constant drizzle, approaching and flooding

كَمْ مِنْ مَدادٍ روَى أسْرارَ رَوْعَتِها

خَوْطُ الفَصاحَةِ في أكْنافِها نَضِرُ

How much ink conveyed the secrets of its meadows

The line of eloquence flourishes in its valleys

تَسْري بِأَوْرِدَةِ الأَشْعارِ في دَعَةٍ

كَما الرِّهامُ فُراتَ الغَيْثِ تَدَّخِرُ

It flows with the veins of poetry effortlessly

As the drizzle seeps into the abundant rain

النَّثْرُ في رَكْبِها قَدْ مادَ مُنْتَشِيًا

والشِّعْرُ مِنْ حبرها يُسْقى فيبتكِرُ

Prose in its travels wanders invigorated

And poetry by its ink is watered and sprouts

لا غروَ إنْ جاوَزت حَدَّ المدى ألَقًا

واسْتَوْطَنَتْ بَرْزَخًا تَشْتاقُهُ البَشَرُ

No wonder it exceeded the ultimate in sublimity

And settled in a sphere the human aspires to

ما مسَّها رَطَنٌ ما شابَها زَلَلٌ

أعجوبةٌ وَبها قَدْ حارَتِ الفِكَرُ

It is untouched by rambling, unmarred by any lapse

A marvel - it has baffled thought

قَدْ وقَّرَ الخَلقُ بالتَّقْديسِ ساحَتَها

لأنَّها لُغَةٌ قَدْ شاءَها القدَرُ

Creation sanctified its realm with glorification

For it is a language ordained by fate