قُم حَيِّ هَذي النَيِّراتِ

حَيِّ الحِسانَ الخَيِّراتِ

Arise, this light

Salute the virtuous beauties

وَاِخفِض جَبينَكَ هَيبَةً

لِلخُرَّدِ المُتَخَفِّراتِ

And bow your forehead reverently

To the sanctified shrines

زَينِ المَقاصِرِ وَالحِجا

لِ وَزَينِ مِحرابِ الصَلاةِ

Adorn the mosques and sanctuaries

And the place of prayers

هَذا مَقامُ الأُمَّها

تِ فَهَل قَدَرتَ الأُمَّهاتِ

This is the station of the Mothers

Could you appreciate Mothers?

لا تَلغُ فيهِ وَلا تَقُل

غَيرَ الفَواصِلِ مُحكَماتِ

Do not digress in it or say

Other than perfect rhymes

وَإِذا خَطَبتَ فَلا تَكُن

خَطباً عَلى مِصرَ الفَتاةِ

And when you preach, do not be

Sermons on the land of the young woman

اُذكُر لَها اليابانَ لا

أُمَمَ الهَوى المُتَهَتِّكاتِ

Mention Japan to her, not

Nations of lustful chaos

ماذا لَقيتَ مِنَ الحَضا

رَةِ يا أُخَيَّ التُرَّهاتِ

What did you find from civilization

O my confused brother?

لَم تَلقَ غَيرَ الرِقِّ مِن

عُسرٍ عَلى الشَرقِيِّ عاتِ

You did not find other than misery

From hardship on the Easterners

خُذ بِالكِتابِ وَبِالحَدي

ثِ وَسيرَةِ السَلَفِ الثِقاتِ

Take the Book and Tradition

And the path of the trusted ancestors

وَاِرجِع إِلى سِنِّ الخَلي

قَةِ وَاِتَّبِع نُظمَ الحَياةِ

And return to the age of perfection

And follow the system of life

هَذا رَسولُ اللَهِ لَم

يُنقِص حُقوقَ المُؤمِناتِ

This is Allah's Messenger, he did not

Belittle the rights of believing women

العِلمُ كانَ شَريعَةً

لِنِسائِهِ المُتَفَقِّهاتِ

Knowledge was a law

For his learned women

رُضنَ التِجارَةَ وَالسِيا

سَةَ وَالشُؤونَ الأُخرَياتِ

They accepted trade and politics

And other affairs

وَلَقَد عَلَت بِبَناتِهِ

لُجَجُ العُلومِ الزاخِراتِ

And through his daughters

The ships of rich sciences sailed

كانَت سُكَينَةُ تَملَأُ الدُن

يا وَتَهزَأُ بِالرُواةِ

Sakina filled the world

And mocked the storytellers

رَوَتِ الحَديثُ وَفَسَّرَت

آيَ الكِتابِ البَيِّناتِ

She narrated Hadith and interpreted

The clear verses of the Book

وَحَضارَةُ الإِسلامِ تَن

طِقُ عَن مَكانِ المُسلِماتِ

And the civilization of Islam speaks

Of the status of Muslim women

بَغدادُ دارُ العالِما

تِ وَمَنزِلُ المُتَأَدِّباتِ

Baghdad is the home of scholar

And residence of the cultured

وَدِمَشقُ تَحتَ أُمَيَّةٍ

أُمُّ الجَواري النابِغاتِ

And Damascus under Umayyad

Mother of eloquent slave girls

وَرِياضُ أَندَلُسٍ نَمَي

نَ الهاتِفاتِ الشاعِراتِ

And the gardens of Andalus grew

Female composers and poets

أُدعُ الرِجالَ لِيَنظُروا

كَيفَ اِتِّحادُ الغانِياتِ

I call upon men to see

How the unity of singers

وَالنَفعَ كَيفَ أَخَذنَ في

أَسبابِهِ مُتَعاوِناتِ

And benefit, how they took

Its causes cooperating

لَمّا رَأَينَ نَدى الرِجا

لِ تَفاخُراً أَو حَبَّ ذاتِ

When they saw the glare of men

Arrogance or love of self

وَرَأَينَ عِندَهُمُ الصَنا

ئِعَ وَالفُنونَ مُضَيَّعاتِ

And saw the industries and arts

Wasted around them

وَالبِرَّ عِندَ الأَغنِيا

ءِ مِنَ الشُؤونِ المُهمَلاتِ

And righteousness with the rich

Among neglected affairs

أَقبَلنَ يَبنينَ المَنا

ئِرَ لِلنَجاحِ مُوَفَّقاتِ

They set out to build

Edifices of success

لِلصالِحاتِ عَقائِلِ ال

وادي هَوىً في الصالِحاتِ

For the righteous women the valleys'

Passion is in the righteous

اللَهُ أَنبَتَهُنَّ في

طاعاتِهِ خَيرَ النَباتِ

Allah grew them in

His obedience a good growth

فَأَتَينَ أَطيَبَ ما أَتى

زَهَرُ المَناقِبِ وَالصِفاتِ

So they came the best that came

Blossom of virtues and traits

لَم يَكفِ أَن أَحسَنَّ حَت

تى زِدنَ حَضَّ المُحصَناتِ

It did not suffice to do good

Until they excelled the virtuous

يَمشينَ في سوقِ الثَوا

بِ مُساوِماتٍ رابِحاتِ

Walking in the path of reward

Profitable traders

يَلبَسنَ ذُلَّ السائِلا

تِ وَما ذَكَرنَ البائِساتِ

Wearing the humility of beggars

And they did not mention the miserable

فَوُجوهُهُنَّ وَماؤُها

سِترٌ عَلى المُتَجَمِّلاتِ

So their faces and lifestyles

Are veils on the adorned

مِصرٌ تُجَدِّدُ مَجدَها

بِنِسائِها المُتَجَدِّداتِ

Egypt renews its glory

With its renewed women

النافِراتُ مِنَ الجُمو

دِ كَأَنَّهُ شَبَحُ المَماتِ

The repulsed by stagnation

As if it is specter of death

هَل بَينَهُنَّ جَوامِداً

فَرقٌ وَبَينَ المومِياتِ

Among them are there mummies?

What's between them and mummies?

لَمّا حَضَنَّ لَنا القَضِي

يَةَ كُنَّ خَيرَ الحاضِناتِ

When they took up our case

They were the best caregivers

غَذَّينَها في مَهدِها

بِلِبانِهِنَّ الطاهِراتِ

They fed it in its cradle

With their pure milk

وَسَبَقنَ فيها المُعلَمي

نَ إِلى الكَريهَةِ مُعلَماتِ

And preceded teachers

To the schoolmistressed teachers

يَنفُثنَ في الفِتيانِ مِن

روحِ الشَجاعَةِ وَالثَباتِ

Breathing in the youths

Spirit of courage and firmness

يَهوَينَ تَقبيلَ المُهَن

نَدِ أَو مُعانَقَةَ القَناةِ

They fall kissing the wounded

Or hugging the martyr

وَيَرَينَ حَتّى في الكَرى

قُبَلَ الرِجالِ مُحَرَّماتِ

And they see even in battlefields

Kisses of men forbidden