عَلَّمْتَنَا بِالمِثَالِ وَالقَلَمِ
وَبِالنِّضَالِ الشَّريفِ وَالكَرَمِ
You taught us by example and pen
And by noble, honorable struggle
مَا أَثَرُ المَرْأَةِ الجَدِيدَةِ فِي
شَتَّى نَوَاحِي الرُّقْيِ لِلأُمَمِ
What effect the modern woman has
In all aspects of progress for nations
رَأَمْتَ شَعْباً شَعْباً يَشْقَى فَكنْتَ لَهُ
أُمّاً وَقَتْهُ مَكَارِهَ اليَتَمِ
You saw a people suffering so you were
A mother to it when it faced the woes of orphanhood
وَلَمْ يُجْنِّبْكَ مَا خُصِصْتَ بِهِ
مِنَ النَّعِيمِ الشَّعورَ بِالأَلَمِ
And the blessings you were distinguished with
Did not prevent you from feeling pain
نَظَرْت فِي يَوْمِهِ وَفِي غَدِهِ
نَظْرَةَ بَانٍ بِالحَقِّ مُعْتَصِمِ
You looked to its present and future
With the gaze of one steadfast on truth
وَجُدْتَ جَوداً نَجَا السَّوَادُ بِهِ
مِنْ غَدَرَاتِ الزَّمَانِ وَالنَّقَمِ
You were generous, delivering the commoners
From the betrayals of time and vengeance
مَنَاقِبٌ أَبْرَزَتْكَ مِنْ شَرَفٍ
عَالٍ وَأَذِكَتْ نُوراً عَلَى عَلَمِ
Virtues made you nobly eminent
And ignited a light atop the flag
مَا أَجْدَرَ الشَّرَقَ أَنْ يَرَى قَبَساً
لاحَ إِخْرَاجِهِ مِنَ الظُّلْمِ
How apt it is for the East to see a ray
Emerging from its darkness
وَأَوْضَحَ النَّهْجِ لِلتَّوَقُّلِ مِنْ
سُفُوحِ عَلْيَائِهِ إِلَى القِمَمِ
And the clearest path to rise
From the slopes of its arrogance to the peaks
جَلَوْنَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ الحَدِيثَةِ مْرآ
ةً ترِيهَا الكَمَالَ مِنْ أُمَمِ
You polished a mirror for the modern woman
To show her perfection from nations
وَكُلُّ رَنانَةٍ مُجَلْجِلَةٍ
جَمَعْتَ فِيهَا رَوائِعَ الحِكَمِ
And every eloquent, lucid verse
You collected the masterpieces of wisdom in
بِكُلِّ مَأْثُورَةٍ مُحَبَّبَةٍ
إِلَى النُّهَى مِنْ جَوَامِعِ الكَلِمِ
With every beloved oral tradition
Drawing to decency from the essence of speech
دَاعِيَةٍ توقِظُ النِّيَامَ فَقَدْ
طَالَ الكَرَى وَالحلُومُ فِي حُلُمِ
A call awakening the slumberous
For too long, imaginations in dreams
وَآن أَنْ تُطْلَقَ العَزَائِمُ مِنْ
ذَاكَ الجُمُودِ المُوْرُوثِ مِنْ قِدَمِ
And it is time for resolves to be unleashed
From that inherited, ancient stillness
حَاجَتُنَا أُسْرَةٌ تَقُومُ عَلَى
مَا يَقْتَضِي عَصْرُنَا مِنَ النظُمِ
Our need is for a family founded
On what our age requires of systems
صَالِحَةٌ لِلْبَقَاءِ سَالِمَةٌ
جُسُومُهَا وَالعُقُولُ مِنْ سَقَمِ
Right for survival, safe,
Its manners and minds from sickness
زَوْجٌ يَعِي لِلَّتِي تُشَاطِرُهُ
حَيَاتَهُ بِالعُهُودِ وَالذِّمَمِ
A spouse who understands she who shares
His life with pacts and commitments
وَذَاتُ بَعْلٍ تَرْعَى لَهَا وَلَهُ
بِالعَقْلِ وَالعَدْلِ أَقْدَسَ الحِرَمِ
And a wife who observes for her and him
With reason and justice the most sacred sanctuaries
وَعَيْلَةٌ يُعْتَنَى بِنَشْأَتِهَا
لا فَرْقَ بَيْنَ الأَولادِ فِي القِسَمِ
And a household whose upbringing is tended
No distinction between children in allotment
إِنْ لَمْ تُرَبّ البَنينَ عَاقِلَةٌ
كَيفَ صَلاحُ الأَخْلاقِ وَالشِّيَمِ
If the boys are not raised by reasonable women
How can morals and traits be reformed
أَوْ لَمْ تَصُنْ بَلَهَا مُهَذَّبَةٌ
لاذَ بِرُكْنٍ فِي البَيْتِ مُنْهَدِمِ
Or if the girls are not guarded by the well-mannered
Where will they take refuge if home crumbles
الأُسْرَةُ الأُمَّةُ الصَّغِيرَةُ إِنْ
تَنْهَضْ فَكِلْتَاهُمَا عَلَى قَدَمِ
The family, the small nation, if
It rises, both will stand on solid ground
مَا قِيمَة الحَيِّ نِصْفُهُ تَعِبٌ
وَنِصْفُهُ فِي الوُجُودِ كَالعَدَمِ
What value is the living whose half is fatigue
And half is in existence like the nonexistent
حَدِّثْ عَنِ المَرْأَةِ الجَدِيدَةِ مَا
شِئْتَ وَلا تَحْفَلْنَ بِالتُّهَمِ
Speak of the modern woman whatever
You wish and don't worry about accusations
وَلا تَخْفَ أَنْ تَعُوقَ عَثْرَةُ مَنْ
يَعْثُرُ تَيَّارَ حَادِثٍ عَمَمِ
And don't fear that the stumbling of those
Who stumble impedes the tide of sweeping change
أَمَا رَأَتْ مِصْرُ يَوْمَ هَبَّتِهَا
بَيْنَ حِرَابِ العَدَاةِ وَالخُذُمِ
Did not Egypt see on her day of awakening
Among the battle lines of foes and aggressors
مَا كَانَ لِلْحُرَّةِ الحَصينَةِ مِنْ
صَبْرٍ وَمِنْ جُرْأَةٍ وَمِنْ هِمَمِ
What the strong, safeguarded woman had
Of patience, audacity, and resolve
وَكَيْفَ لَمْ تَرْهَبِ الحِمَامَ وَلَمْ
تَكُنْ مِنَ الخَائِسَاتِ فِي القَحَمِ
How did she not terrify the pigeons or
Be one of the defeated among the ashes
وَكَيْفَ أَبْلَتْ وَالعِلمُ يُسْعِدُهَا
خَيْرَ بَلاءٍ فِي نُصْرَةِ العَلَمِ
And how she shone though knowledge brings her
The best test in championing knowledge
تِلْكَ الَّتِي تَبْتَغِي لَهَا وَطَناً
حُرّاً أَتَرْضَى بِالضَّيْمِ إِنْ تُضَمِ
She who seeks for herself a free homeland
Will you accept injustice if she is wronged
فَأَنْصِفُوهَا يَا قَوْمُ تَنْتَصِفُوا
وَأَخْلِصُوا رَأْيكُمْ مِنْ الوَهَمِ
Then be fair, o people, and be just
And purify your minds of delusions
