أَهْلاً بِأَهْلِ الْفَضْلِ وَالنُّبْلِ مِن

زَائِرَةٍ فِيكُمْ وَمِنْ زَائِرْ

Welcome to those of merit and nobility, from

A visitor among you and from visitors.

لُطْفٌ تَلقَّاهُ بُنَيَّاتُكُمْ

بِكُلِّ قلْبٍ فَرحٍ شاكِرْ

Kindness your daughters have received

With hearts delighted and grateful.

فِي هَذِه الدَّارِ الَّتي أُحْدِثتْ

عَلَى مِثالٍ عَجَبٍ نادِرْ

In this institution that was established

On a model of wonder and rarity,

يَعْقِدُ نُورُ الْعِلمِ إِكْلِيلَهُ

عَلَى جَبِينِ الْخُلُقِ الطَّاهِرْ

The light of knowledge crowns

The forehead of virtuous character.

كُلْيِّةٌ نظَّمَ أَقْسَامَهَا

رَأْيُ خَبِيرٍ فَطِنٍ مَاهِرْ

A college whose departments were organized

By the view of an expert, keen and skillful.

فُصُولُهَا أَرْبَعَةٌ قُدِّرَتْ

مْنِ أَوَّلِ الدَّرْسِ إِلى الآخِرْ

Its terms are four, determined

From the first lesson to the last.

ِمثْلُ فُصُولِ الْعَامِ لَكِنَّهُ

عَامٌ رَبِيعٌ ثَابِتٌ ناضِرْ

Like the seasons of the year, but it

Is a fixed, flourishing, vibrant spring.

تَدْرُجُ فِيهَا الْبِنْتُ أَدْرَاجَهَا

نَقِيَّةَ الْبَاطِنِ وَالظَّاهِرْ

In it the girl progresses her steps

Pure in heart and appearance.

فَتَبْلُغُ التَّأَدِيبَ مُسْتَوْفِياً

تَمَامَهُ بِالأَدَبِ الْوَافِرْ

She achieves refinement fully

With abundant etiquette.

آخِذَةٌ مِنْ كُلِّ عِلْمٍ بِمَا

يَفِي بِحَاجِ الزَّمَنِ الْحَاضِرْ

Grasping from every science what

Fulfills the needs of the present time,

مُعَدَّةٌ لِلْعَيْشِ مَا يُقْتَضَى

مِنْ نَافِعٍ فِي الْفَن أَوْ فَاخِرْ

Prepared for life's requirements

Of what is beneficial in art or sublime.

قَدْ لاَحَ مُسْتَقْبِلُهَا فَانْظُرُوا

أَشِعَّةَ الْمُسْتَقْبَلِ الْبَاهِرْ

Its future has shone, so look

At the rays of the splendid future,

مِنْ فَتَيَاتٍ زَاهِيَاتٍ الْحُلَى

فِي كُلِّ نَادٍ بِالنُّهَى زَاهِرْ

Of radiant girls adorned with beauty

Blossoming with advice in every club.

وَأُمَّهَاتٍ تَتَجَلّى بِهَا

مَزِيَّةُ الآتِي عَلَى الْغَابِرْ

And mothers who embody

The excellence of what is to come over what is past.