يا رِفْقَةً كُلُّهُمْ أَدِيبٌ

وَكُلُّهُمْ فاضِلٌ مُهَذَّبْ

O company, all of them are learned

And all of them are virtuous and refined

مِنْ رَجُلٍ كَامِلِ اخْتِبَارٍ

قَوَّمَهُ دَهْرُهُ وَأَدَّبْ

From a complete and tested man

Whose life has straightened and disciplined him

وَنَابِتٍ نَبْتُهُ زَكِيٌّ

أَصْلَحَ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ وشَذَّبْ

And whose growth is pure

Who has reformed himself and trained

حِرْفَتُكُمْ آيَةُ اللَّيَالِي

فِي خَيْرِ مَا أَحْدَثَتْ وَأَعْجَبْ

Your craft is the sign of the nights

In the best of what it has created and amazed

إِحْدَى الْقُوَى الأَرْبَعِ اللَّوَاتِي

فِي الخَلْقِ سُلْطَانُهَا تَغَلَّبْ

One of the four powers that

Whose authority in creation has prevailed

رَاضَتْ مِنَ الْحُكْمِ مَا يُنَافِي

حُرِّيَّة النَّاسِ رُوْضَ مُصْعَبْ

It has accepted from governance what contradicts

The people's freedom, a thorny meadow

وَأَبْلَغَتْ كُلَّ ذِي أَنَاةٍ

تَطَلَّبَ الْحَقُّ مَا تَطَلَّبْ

And has conveyed to all who are deliberate

What truth has sought to convey

أَنْتُمْ مَنَارُ النُّهى إِذَا مَا

سَطَا بِهَا وَاكْفَهَرَّ غَيْهَبْ

You are the beacon of prohibition when

The darkness has spread and the clouds have rumbled

إِنِ اتَّفقْتُمْ أَوِ اخْتَلَفْتُمْ

لِلْخَيْرِ سَهْمٌ فِي كُلِّ مَذْهَبْ

Whether you agree or differ

There is a share in every doctrine for the good

أَضْوَاؤُكُمْ فِي الْعُيُونِ شَتَّى

وَكُلُّ تِلْكَ الأَضْوَاءِ كَوْكَبْ

Your lights are diverse in the eyes

And each of those lights is a star