بُيوتُ الْعِلْمِ مَهْمَا تَلْتَمِسْنِي
لِنُصْرَتِهَا تَجِدْ مِنِّي مُجِيبَا
The homes of knowledge, no matter how I seek them,
Will always find me ready to support them.
فَكَيْفَ بِمَعْهَدٍ يَرْعَاهُ رُشْدِي
وَيولِيهِ عِنَايَتَهُ ضُرُوبَا
So what of an institute nurtured by my wisdom,
And tended with all my care?
بِحِكْمَةِ مَنْ يُعِدُّ لِمِصْرَ هَاماً
وَمَنْ يَبْنِي لَعَزَّتِهَا قُلُوبَا
With the wisdom of one who holds Egypt dear,
And builds for its glory hearts true and sincere.
جَزَى الرُّحْمَنُ بِالْحُسْنَى حُسَيْناً
رَئِيسَ الدَّوْلَةِ اللَّبِقَ اللَّبِيبَا
May the Merciful reward Hussein with favor,
The state's wise and eloquent leader.
وَكَانَ لَهُ وَذَاكَ دُعَاءُ مِصْرٍ
عَلَى آيَاتِ هِمَّتِهِ مُثِيبَا
And for that was Egypt's prayer for him,
For his noble ideals, a reward sublime.
فَقَدْ شَهِدَتْ فِعَالَكَ يَا فَتَاهَا
وَكَانَ أَقلُّ مَا شَهِدَتْ عَجِيبَا
Your deeds, my lad, bear witness,
Though the least of them is a wonder to attest.
أَمَا اسْتَنْفَدْتَ فِيهَا كُلَّ فَضْلٍ
فَدَعْ لِسَواكَ مِنْ فَضْلٍ نَصِيبَا
Have you not spent in its cause every virtue?
Leave then for others some goodness to inherit.
وَأْنْتَ أَيَا حَبِيبَ الْمَجْدِ يَا مَنْ
يَظَلُّ لِكُلِّ مَحْمَدَةٍ حَبِيبا
You, beloved of glory, O you whose every
Praiseworthy act finds a lover,
كَآلِكَ لَمْ تَزَلْ في كُلِّ جُلىَّ
تَسُدُّ الثَّلْمَ أَو تُسْدِي الرَّغِيبا
Your ancestors never ceased in all calamities,
To bridge the gap or bring ease to the deprived.
إِذَا رُمْتَ الْبَعِيدَ فَذَاكَ دَانٍ
وَإِن فَاقَ السُّهَى وَبَدَا مُرِيبَا
If you seek a distant goal, you will attain it,
Even if the journey is long and fraught with doubt.
غَرِيبُ الْدَّارِ طَلاَّبٌ غَرِيباً
وتَبْلُغُهُ فَمَا يُلْفَى غَرِيبا
A stranger in this land, seeking the strange,
And reaching it, though the path remains unknown.
سِوَاكَ يَخِيبُ فِيمَا يَبْتَغِيهِ
وَيَأْبَى مَا تُرَجِّي أَنْ يَخِيبَا
But for you, every sought aim would fail,
And every hope refused to avail.
رَعَاكَ اللهُ من نَجْمٍ بَهِيجٍ
بطلعِتَه وصانَكَ أَنْ تَغِيبَا
May God guard you, O auspicious star,
So your rising persists and does not from sight afar.
إِذَا اسْتَسْقَاهُ مَنْ يَشْكُو ظَمَاءً
فَذَاكَ النَّوْءُ يُوشِكُ أَن يَصُوبَا
When the thirsty seek from you a draught,
That rain will soon pour down in abundance brought.
فَمَا مِنْ دَارِ عِلْمٍ لَمْ تَحِدْهُ
سِحَابَاً كَاثَرَ القَطْرَ الصَّبِيبا
No home of knowledge but you have blessed
With pouring clouds and rain without arrest.
وَمَا مِنْ دَارِ بِرٍّ لَمْ تَجِدْهُ
إلى دَاعيَه لِلْحُسْنَى قَرِيبا
No home of righteous deed but found you
Quick to respond when good was due.
وَمَا مِنْ دَارِ بِرءٍ لَمْ تَجِدْهُ
إِذَا اعْتَلَّتْ لَعُلَّتِهَا طَبِيبَا
No home of the ill but you were there
To tend and heal their every care.
أَلاَ يَا عَائِداً بِاليُمْنِ يَرْجُو
لَهُ في قَوْمِهِ نُعْمَى وَطِيبَا
O you who returns with fortune's grace,
Hoping for bounty and goodness in your place,
حَمِدْنا العُوْدَ بَعْدَ الْنَأْيِ فَاهْنَأْ
وَحُلَّ مِنَ الْحِمَى صدراً رَحِيبَا
We praise your return after absence, so rejoice,
And rest your heart, made spacious and voice.
