بَشَّت غِرَاسُكِ عَنْ بَوَاكِيرِ الغَدِ
وَبَدَتْ تَبَاشِيرُ الهُدَى لِلمُهْتَدِي
Your sprouts have brought glad tidings of tomorrow's first fruits,
And the first signs of guidance for the rightly-guided have appeared.
تَتَجَدَّدُ الدُّنْيَا فَمنْ يَبْغِي بِهَا
أَنْ يُدْرِكَ الغَايَاتِ فَليَتَجَدَّدِ
The world is made new again - so whoever desires
To attain the highest goals, let him be made new!
أَنْصَفْتِ يَا نُورَ الهُدَى وَلِحِكْمَةٍ
أَذَكَيْتِ شُعْلَةَ عَزْمِكِ المُتَوَقِّد
You have been just, O light of guidance, and with wisdom
You have kindled the flame of your resolute determination.
نِعْمَ المِثَالُ مِثَالُكِ الأَعْلَى لِمَنْ
بِكِ فِي الرِّيَاسَةِ وَالكِيَاسَةِ يَقْتَدِي
Excellent is your sublime example for those who
Seek to emulate you in leadership and judiciousness.
لَكَ فِي كِتَابِ العَصْرِ أَبْهَجُ صُورَةٍ
خَلُدَتْ وَغَيْرُ الفَضْلِ لَيْسَ بِمُخْلَدِ
In the book of the age you have the most radiant image -
It is immortalized, for merit alone endures.
كَمْ مِنْ يَدٍ لَكَ عِنْدَ قَوْمِكِ لاَ يَفِي
فِي شُكْرِهَا لَوْ جَازَ تَقْبِيلُ اليَدِ
How many hands you have among your people that cannot
Adequately express their gratitude, even if allowed to kiss your hand!
عَرَفَ الزَّمَانُ قَلِيلَهَا وَكَثِيرُهَا
مَا لَيْسَ مِنْهُ بِمَسْمَعٍ أَوْ مَشْهَدِ
The times have known the few and the many of them -
What is beyond seeing or hearing.
تَكْفِيكِ إِحْدَاهَا فَخاراً أَنْ نَقِفْ
مِنْهَا عَلَى تَشْيِيدِ هَذَا المَعْهَدِ
One of them alone suffices you pride that we stop
To lay the foundations of this institute.
فَضْلٌ مِنَ اللهِ اتِّحادُ نِسَائِنَا
حِينَ الرِّجَالُ كَزِئْبَقٍ مُتَبَدِّدِ
God's blessing is the unity of our women
While men are scattered like quicksilver.
حَاكَيْنَ نَظْمَ عُقُودِهِنَّ وَمَزَّقَتْ
أَزْوَاجُهُنَّ خَنَاصِراً لَمْ تُعْقَدِ
They have woven necklaces like the patterns of their unity,
While their husbands have torn apart girdles never to be tied again.
ليْسَ المَقَامُ مَقَامَ تَفْنِيدٍ وَقَدْ
يَدْعُو إِلى الحُسْنَى لِسَانُ مُفَنِّد
This is no place for rebuttal when
A slanderous tongue calls to virtue.
يَا حُسْنَ هَذَا الائْتِلاَفِ وَلُطْفَ مَا
فِيهِ مِنَ الإِرْشَادِ لِلمُسْتَرْشِدِ
O excellence of this alliance, and gentleness of what
Contains guidance for the guided!
بَشِّرْ بِهِ عَهْدَ الرُّقِيِّ فَإِنَّهُ
مَا يسْتَزِدْ مِنْهُ مَآثِرَ يَزْدَدِ
Give glad tidings of it to the age of advancement, for it
Only gains in glories whenever it advances.
بُورِكْتَ يَا عَهْدَ الرُّقِيِّ وَبُورِكَتْ
مُتَبَوِّئَاتُ الصَّدْرِ فِي هَذَا النَّدِي
You have been blessed, O age of advancement, and blessed
Are those at the forefront in this excellence!
هُنَّ اللدَاتُ السَّابِقَاتُ ثَقَافَةً
أَخَوَاتِهِنَّ مِنَ المِلاَحِ الخُرَّد
They are the pioneering women, cultured before
Their sisters among the uncultured throng.
أَلغَازِيَاتُ قُلوبَ عُشاقِ النهَى
بِالفَضْلِ لاَ بِمُثَقَّف وَمُهَنَّدِ
The riddlers of the hearts of those who love virtue
Through merit, not the pretentious and affected.
أَلغَانِيَاتُ بِمَعْنَوِيَّاتِ الحِلَى
عَنْ لُؤْلؤ بِنُحُورِهِنَّ وَعَسْجَد
The singers with significances of sweet charm,
Of pearls on their soft skin and chrysolite stones.
ما بَيْنَ مُصْعِدَةٍ بِأَجْنِحَةٍ وَقَدْ
عَادَ الثَّرَى سِجْناً لِغَيْرِ المُصْعَدِ
Between an ascender on wings when
The earth has become a prison for other than ascendents,
وَنَصِيرَةٍ لأُولِي الحُقُوقِ تَصُونُهَا
مِمَّن يَصُولُ عَلَى الحُقُوقِ وَيَعْتَدِي
And a helper of the rightly-entitled whom she protects
From those who overstep boundaries and aggress,
وَطَبِيبَةٍ تَأْسُو وَلا تَقْسُو فَمِنْ
يَدِهَا يَمُرُّ النَّصلُ مَرَّ المِرْوَد
And a physician who is gentle and does not mistreat, so that
The scalpel passes like a well-honed blade,
وَأَدِيبَةٍ بَلَغَتْ مَدَى مَطْلُوبِهَا
فِي العِلْمِ مِنْ مُستَطْرَفٍ أَوْ مُتْلَدِ
And a woman of letters who has attained the extent of what she sought
In learning, whether recondite or flowing,
زَادَ التَّأهُّب لِلغِمَارِ عَفَافُهَا
وَبِغَيْرِ ذَاكَ القَيْدِ لَمْ تَتَقَيَّدِ
Her chastity has increased her preparation for glory,
And without that restraint she would not have held back,
تِسْعٌ بَرَزْنَ مِنَ الصُّفوفِ تَوَارِكا
لِلاَّحِقَاتِ الشَّوْطَ مجِدَّ مُمَهَّد
Nine have stepped forth from the ranks, leaving
To those who come after, the course paved with glory.
نَافَسْنَ فِتْيَان الحِمَى فَوَرَدْنَ مَا
يَرِدُونَ وَالعِرْفَانُ أَسْمَحُ مَوْرِدِ
They competed with the vigorous youths, and attained what
They sought, and gratitude is a smooth meadow.
نِعْمَ التَّنافُسُ وَالمَطَالِبُ حَقَّةٌ
فَهْوَ السَّبِيلُ إِلَى العُلَى وَالسُّؤْدَدِ
Excellent is this emulation, and just are the pursuits,
For it is the path to the heights and everlasting commendation.
وَهْوَ المُقيلُ لكُلِّ شَعْبٍ عَاثِرٍ
وَهْوَ المُعِزُّ لِكُلِّ شَعْب أَيِّدِ
It brings ease to every faltering people,
And honor to each supported people.
