فتح جديد قد بدا

في فتح (مدرسة الهدى)

A new dawn has begun

A new triumph has dawned / In the opening of the School of Guidance.

With the opening of Al-Huda School

Glad tidings to El Kantara, which has risen high, / And cultivated a rightly-guided youth.

بشرى لقنطرة سمت

ونمت شبابا رشدا

Good tidings for El Kantara that grew

They flattened the rugged path towards glory, / So it became smooth and paved.

And nurtured wise youth

With a resolve that humbles the towering peaks before them / And draws the distant goals near.

دكوا الى العلياء وعـ

ـر طريقها فتمهدا

They strode to greatness and paved

Glory is the handiwork of masters; / What they have wrought was not wasted in vain.

Its path, leveling the rugged

It has appeared inscribed upon / The tablet of time, immortalized forever.

بعزيمة تدلى الأشـ

ـم لهم وتدني الأبعدا

With determination they aimed for the highest

For their dignity and for their rising generation, / We have come to inaugurate this institute.

And brought closer the furthest goals

In its luminous horizon, Abd al-Latif / Has become a guiding star.

مجد صنائع سادة

ما ضاع ما صنعوا سدى

The glory of the work of gentlemen

He kindled the intelligence of the Qantari people / With his knowledge, setting it ablaze.

Is not lost or done in vain

He watered and guarded his saplings / With the spring of youth, so they ascended high.

قد لاح مخطوطا على

لوح الزمان مخلدا

Their manuscript has appeared

He shielded the sons with guidance, / And sought the aid of his brother, Al-Amin.

Immortalized on the tablet of time

He who takes Al-Amin as his helping hand / And follows his lead shall never fail.

من شأنهم ولنشئهم

جئنا ندشن معهدا

We came to inaugurate an institute

Salute the sons in a free institute / That stands as a lion's den.

To continue their work and that of their progeny

For today they are cubs within its walls, / And tomorrow they shall be fierce lions.

(عبد اللطيف) بأفقه الـ

ـوضاء أمسى فرقدا

Abdullatif with his clear horizons

By God’s leave, they shall possess a history / That far surpasses its beginning.

Has settled to rest

Nature has displayed in El Kantara / Her beauty, unveiled and pure.

أورى الذكاء القنطر

ي بعلمه فتوقدا

El Kantara’s intellect shone

A tableau of ancient artistry / In which the Almighty displayed unique creation.

With his knowledge igniting

Its breaths diffuse such fragrance / That they would revive the buried dead.

وسقا وحاط بغرسه

نبع الصبا فتصعدا

He watered his planting with

As though the breath of the Son of Mary / Flowed through it at dawn and dusk.

The spring of youth ascending

You see life unrolling simply there, / Free from all complexity.

صان البنين هدى وبالـ

ـصنو (الأمين) استنجدا

He protected the children, guided

The man of El Kantara is a child of nature, / Seeking only to find happiness.

And the Trustworthy helped

Thus he tended to nature, / Drawing from it both gain and sustenance.

ما خاب من جعل (الأميـ

ـن) له يدا وبه اقتدى

Whoever takes the Trustworthy

You behold the gardens, lush and green, / Moistened by the morning dew.

As a hand and follows him cannot go wrong

You see the branches bending there, / Swaying and oscillating gently.

حي البنين بمعهد

حر تمثل مأسدا

Long live the children with their institute

They danced to the melody of the zephyr / A dance that would stir the solid rock.

Embodying great ambitions

And you see the streams surrounding it, / Flowing endlessly across the land.

فهم الشبول اليوم فيـ

ـه وهم ضراغمة غدا

They are saplings today in it

The water turns to silver within them, / And transforms into pure gold.

And mighty oaks tomorrow, God willing

As if the sound of its murmuring / Were the voice of the nightingale in song.

ولهم بإذن الله أخبـ

ـار تفوق المبتدا

Nature has shown its beauty in El Kantara

The sound of the waters as they flow / Consoles the sorrowful, grieving heart.

Stripped of all veils

Perhaps it harmonized with David's Psalms / And chanted its hymn.

عرضت (بقنطرة) الطبيـ

ـعة حسنها متجردا

An ancient drawing tablet

Perhaps it taught al-Gharid how to sing, / And instructed Ma'bad in melody.

Unique with the Master's mark

You see the palm trees scattered about, / Or arranged in orderly rows.

لوح من الرسم القديم

به القدير تفردا

Its soul revived with its fragrance

Resembling an army at the frontier, / Lying in wait for the enemy.

Bringing life to the atheist

You see the mountains in their might, / Witnesses since the era of Adam.

أنفاسها تذكى العبيـ

ـر بها فتحيي الملحدا

As if the soul of Ibn Miriam

We are the mountains, sons of the mountains; / The echo of the peaks has spurred us on.

Found refuge and settled in it

A caravan journeying toward knowledge, / Traversing both lowlands and highlands in its stride.

فكأنما نفس ابن مريـ

ـم راح فيها واغتدى

And you see life has spread

Whoever seeks to inflict harm upon us / Has surely assaulted the mountains themselves.

Never to be stifled again

And whoever scorns us scorns them, / And destruction shall descend upon him.

وترى الحياة تبسطت

فيها فلن تتعقدا

And El Kantara's son seeks

There is no fear of the road’s darkness, / For we have made the destination clear.

To bring it joy and benefit

Al-Bashir came bearing tidings to the blind, / So they regained sight and found the way.

والقنطري ابن الطبيـ

ـعة يبتغي أن يسعدا

Therefore he harnessed nature

The people of Algeria, with all their hearts, / Have shown their love to Al-Bashir.

Gaining and taking advantage

Whoever sacrifices for the beloved homeland— / We shall be a sacrifice for him.

فلذلك استرعى الطبيـ

ـعة كاسبا واسترفدا

You see gardens verdant

O people, race towards righteous deeds, / And extend a hand of benevolence.

Green, moistened by dew

For I see you unrecognized among the nations, / Living in misery and distress.

وترى الحدائق نضرة

خضراء بللها الندى

You see branches bent

Quicken your pace, for he who lives / In dependence shall live enslaved.

Swaying gently, gently

Abandon division, for it has / Estranged companions and scattered them.

وترى الغصون بها ثنى

متأود متأودا

Dancing to the rhythm of the breeze

Forsake caprice, for caprice is, / Among your foes, the very worst enemy.

Shaking even mountains

Let the guidance of Islam rule; / You will please God and please Muhammad.

رقصت على نغم الصبا

رقصا يهز الجلمدا

You see streams around it

Follow in the footsteps of the Rightly Guided, / Those who bow and prostrate in prayer.

Flowing far and wide

The voice of the lofty heavens / Echoes in the voice of the guides.

وترى الجداول حولها

تجري على طول المدى

The water becomes silver

Whoever answers their call / Shall attain eternal bliss.

Tranquil and polished

الماء يصبح فضة

فيها ويسمي عسجدا

As if the sound of its burbling

Is the sound of thousands, when provoked

وكأن صوت خريره

صوت الهزار اذا شدا

The sound of water flowing

Comforts the heated heart

صوت المياه اذا جرت

يسلي الشجي المكمدا

Perhaps it came inspired

By the Psalms, chanting

ولعله واتى لدا

وود الزبور فأنشدا

Perhaps it led the soil

To sing, making it a temple

ولعله دل الغر

يض على الغناء ومعبدا

You see palm trees scattered

Fruitful around it

وترى النخيل مبعثرا

من حولها ومنضدا

Like an army confronting

The enemy lying in wait

كأنه جيش بثغـ

ـر للعدو ترصدا

You see mountains, ancient

Since Adam's time, witnesses

وترى الجبال ببألسها

من عهد آدم شهدا

We are the mountains, the mountains'

Echo, no voice crosses us

نحن الجبال بنو الجبا

ل صدى الجبال بنا حدا

They rode to knowledge

In its plains and called us for help

ركب الى العرفان أتـ

ـهم في سراه وأنجدا

Whoever violated us in Ohayya

Violated us, so ruin befell him

من سامنا بإذاية

فعلى الجبال قد اعتدى

No fear of injustice on the path

We have made clear the destination

ومن استهان بنا أستها

ن بها فحل به الردى

Al-Bashir came with good news

So the blind saw and found guidance

لا خوف من ظلم الطر

يق فقد جلونا المقصدا

Algeria's people love

Al-Bashir, adoring him

جاء (البشير) فبشر الأعـ

ـمى فأبصر واهتدى

Whoever sacrificed himself

For the noble nation, we are his sacrifice

شعب الجزائر بالقلو

ب إلى (البشير) توددا

O people, race towards

Righteousness, extend a hand

من كان للوطن العزيـ

ـز فدى فنحن له الفدى

I see you oppressed

Among nations, troubled

يا أيها الشعب استبق

للصالحات وطل يدا

Hasten your steps, who can live

Enslaved, degraded?

إني أراك منكرا

بين الشعوب منكدا

Leave separation, it is the furthest

From fellowship, destroy it

أحثث خطاك فمن يعش

وكلا يعش مستعبدا

Leave passion, passion is for you

The greatest of calamities

ودع الفراق فإنه

أقصى الرفاق وبددا

Rule with Islam's guidance, satisfying

God, satisfying Mohammed

ودع الهوى إن الهوى

لك في العدا شرالعدا!

Supporters of the rightly guided

Caliphs, bowing and prostrating

حكم هدى الإسلام تر

ض الله ترض محمدا

Heaven's lofty voice

Echoes the voice of the guided

واقف الهداة الراشديتـ

ـن الركعين السجدا

Whoever responds to their voice

Obtains eternal bliss

صوت السماوات العلى

صوت الهداة له صدى

فمن استجاب لصوتهم

نال النعيم السرمدا