أشرقي كالضحى عداك الظلام

يا وجوه الرضى عليك السلام

Shine like the dawn, without you there is darkness

Shine like the morning light, may darkness miss you,

O faces of contentment, peace be upon you

O faces of contentment, peace be upon you.

وأنيري حفل الشبيبة بشرى

فهو حفل للمهتدين يقام

And brighten the youth gathering with good tidings

And illuminate the gathering of youth as a glad tiding,

For it is a gathering held for the rightly guided

For it is a gathering held for those who are guided right.

طاب فيه السماع للمنصت الوا

عي كما طاب للبليغ الكلام

Listening to it was pleasant for the attentive consciousness

Listening therein is sweet for the conscious ear,

As speech was pleasant for the eloquent speaker

Just as speech is sweet for the eloquent tongue.

وتجلى فيه الهدى وسما الذو

ق وعم الرضى وساد النظام

And guidance was manifested in it, beliefs were lofty

Guidance is manifest therein, and taste is elevated,

Contentment spread, and order prevailed

And contentment spreads, and order reigns supreme.

والتقت في رضى الاله نفوس

ما لها في رضى سواه مرام

In it souls met in the pleasure of God

And souls met therein within the pleasure of God,

With no other desire but His pleasure

Having no desire other than His pleasure.

جاثمات كأنها لبؤات

في جسوم كأنها آجام

Sitting as if they were precious pearls

Crouching down as if they were lionesses,

In bodies as if they were goblets

In bodies that resemble thickets.

اشتراها منا الاله بفردو

س كريم يثويه قوم كرام

God has bought them from us with a generous ransom

God has purchased them from us for a noble Paradise,

He shelters them, they are generous people

Wherein a noble people dwell.

نحن جند الاله في السر والجهـ

ـر وجند الاله ليس يضام

We are God's soldiers in public and in secret

We are the soldiers of God in secret and in public,

And God's soldiers are not blamed

And the soldiers of God are never defeated.

حولنا منه في البلاء حصون

وعلينا منه لدى البأس لام

He has made for us in affliction fortresses around us

Around us from Him are fortresses in tribulation,

And for us at times of distress, a refuge

And upon us from Him is armor in the heat of battle.

نبتغي نصر دينه الحق يحدو

نا ولاء لدينه وذمام

We seek to support His true religion

We seek the victory of His true religion, driven

Loyal to His religion, holding firm

By loyalty to His religion and a binding covenant.

باهتمام كأنه سمهري

واعتزام كأنه صمصام

Paying attention as if we are wakeful

With concern keen as a spearhead,

Resolute as if we are holding fast

And determination sharp as a refined sword.

ونوالي فيه النذارة بالحـ

ـق وان أبغض النذير الأنام

And in it we befriend the innocent in truth

In it, we continue the warning with the truth,

Even if the warner is hateful to mankind

Even if the people detest the warner.

ربما لا يفيد في الأنفس الإغـ

ـضاء والصفح ما يفيد الملام

Perhaps hostility and forgiveness do not benefit

Perhaps overlooking and forgiveness do not benefit

When blame does benefit in souls

The souls as much as blame benefits them.

فرط الناس في الحدود فأمست

تتبارى في دوسها الاقدام

People have transgressed limits, so feet

People have neglected the boundaries, so feet

Race to trample them

Have begun racing to trample upon them.

نشر الكفر في حمى الدن ذكرا

هـ وأحيت عهودها الأصنام

Disbelief has spread, protected in the Abode of Perdition

Disbelief has spread its mention in the sanctuary of faith,

And idols' eras have been revived

And idols have revived their ancient eras.

وغدا البغي ظافرا حوله الجنـ

ـد عزيزا تظله الأعلام

And the tyrant becomes victorious, troops around him

And oppression has become victorious, with soldiers around it,

Mighty, flags waving over him

Mighty, shaded by the banners.

وفشا الزور والقمار على الار

ض وراج الخنا بها والمدام

Falsehood and gambling have spread in the land

Falsehood and gambling have spread upon the earth,

And wine spreads on it and pens write about it

And obscenity and wine have circulated within it.

واستطار الفساد واستفحل الشـ

ـر وعم الاذى وطم الخصام

Corruption has soared and evil has intensified

Corruption has flown wide and evil has intensified,

Harm has spread and discord has intensified

Harm has become general and conflict has flooded over.

هذه الأرض للقوي سماط

ليس فيها غير الضعيف طعام

This land is aTester's whip

This earth is a dining table for the strong,

The weak have no food in it but to suffer

On which there is no food but the weak.

أكثر الناس يوزعون عليها

بالهراوي كانهم أنعام

Most people distribute goods in it

Most people are distributed upon it,

With injustices, as if they are cattle

Driven by clubs as if they were livestock.

هذه أنفس البرايا مرايا

أصدأتها الذنوب والآثام

These are the hearts of the wilderness, mirrors

These souls of creation are mirrors,

Sins and misdeeds have tarnished them

Rusted over by sins and transgressions.

حل فيها من الخطيئات ران

وعلاها من المعاصي غمام

The sins that have afflicted them are malignant

A stain from errors has settled within them,

And the clouds of disobedience are high upon them

And clouds of disobedience have risen above them.

ملؤها شهوة وكبر ومكر

وغرور وفتنة واغتمام

Filled with lust, arrogance, deception

Filled with lust, arrogance, and cunning,

Delusion, ordeals, and gloom

And delusion, sedition, and distress.

واحاط الهوى بها فاصيبت

بسقام الهوى وبئس السقام

And passions have besieged them, so they were struck

And whim surrounded them, so they were stricken

With the malady of passions, and miserable is the malady

With the sickness of whim, and what a wretched sickness.

هذه الدور جلها تهتك الاعـ

ـراض فيها وتقطع الارحام

These houses' sanctity is largely violated in them

These houses, in most of them honor is violated,

And kinship ties are severed

And ties of kinship are severed.

ويشيع المغتاب فيها الاقاويـ

ـل فيعنى بنقلها النمام

And the slanderer propagates lies

The backbiter spreads rumors within them,

The busybody carries tales

And the tale-bearer concerns himself with transporting them.

ألسن تحتوي على السم كالحيـ

ـات فيها ليونة وعرام

Tongues that contain poison like snakes

Tongues that contain poison like snakes,

In them is softness and nakedness

Possessing both softness and ferocity.

لاذعات كأنها جمرات

قاطعات كأنها أجلام

Scathing as if they are embers

Stinging as if they were burning embers,

Cutting as if they are blades

Cutting as if they were sharp rocks.

كم اصابت بإفكها من بريء

لم يحم حوله مدى العمر ذام

How many innocent souls have they harmed with their slander

How many innocent ones have they struck with their lie,

Who had no protector or blame throughout their life

Around whom no blame hovered for a lifetime.

هذه الطرق للمناكر سوق

وعليها من العصاة ازدحام

These roads are markets for forbidden acts

These roads are a market for abominations,

And crowds of disobedient people gather in them

And crowded with the disobedient.

تبصر العن كل ما يؤلم القلـ

ـب فكم في قلوبنا آلام

You see much that grieves the heart, so how much grief in our hearts

The eye sees everything that pains the heart,

In them the beggars yell and the orphans sob

For how many pains are in our hearts.

ينهر السائلون فيها وتستبـ

ـكى الايامى وتقهر الأيتام

And the laborer is driven like a camel for work

Beggars are rebuked therein, and widows

Sadness covers his face

Are left to weep, and orphans are oppressed.

ويساق الأجير كالعير للشغـ

ـل على وجهه الحزين قتام

And the rich wander arrogantly amongst the people

And the laborer is driven like a beast to work,

And the rulers are harsh to them

With gloom upon his sorrowful face.

ويتيه الثراة كبرا على النا

س وتقسو عليهم الحكام

And places of frivolity announce vices

And the wealthy wander in arrogance over the people,

Pens write about them

And the rulers are harsh towards them.

والملاهي مذاعة تعلن الافـ

ـواه عنها وتكتب الاقلام

And projects are difficult, construction is rare in them

And amusements are broadcast, mouths announce them,

And demolition plentiful

And pens write of them.

والمشاريع صعبة يندر البـ

ـناء فيها ويكثر الهدام

The wealthy are invited to them and appeal to him

And virtuous projects are difficult, building is rare in them,

He who is reckless with his money rushes to them

While the destroyer is frequent.

وينادى لها الغني ويرجى

وهو لاه بماله مستهام

Confident in life though it is a delusion

The rich man is called upon and hoped for,

Arrogant because of money though it is debris

While he is distracted by his wealth, infatuated.

واثق بالحياة وهي غرور

مستعز بالمال وهو حطام

And prostitutes move freely, the old man is tempted

Confident in life while it is a delusion,

By seducing them and the boy enticed

Empowered by wealth while it is mere debris.

والبغايا طليقة يفتن الشيـ

ـخ بإغوائها ويغرى الغلام

Oh what ruinous things in the company of palaces

And prostitutes are free; the old man is tempted

Against which taking precautions does not bring safety

By their seduction, and the youth is lured.

آه من عشرة القصور ففيها

موبقات من الأمور جسام

I wish I were a wandering nomad, my home the desert

Oh, the company of palaces! In them

My clothes rags, impoverished and destitute

Are destructive matters, grave indeed.

آه من عشرة القصورففيها

ليس ينجي من الشرور اعتصام

My food plants of every kind

Oh, the company of palaces! In them

My dwelling caves and shelters

No seeking of refuge saves from evils.

ليتني كنت سائحا موطني البيـ

ـد ولبسي المسوح والأهدام

My friends the stars and birds therein

I wish I were a wanderer, my homeland the desert,

And my family the howling winds and sands

And my clothing hairshirts and rags.

وطعامي النبات من كل نوع

ومبيتي الكهوف والآكام

My destination is He who has guided me

And my food plants of every kind,

My quest and my prayers are to Him and fasting

And my sleeping place the caves and the hills.

وسميري النجوم والطير فيها

وعشيرى الوعول والآرام

The wilds are like vast gardens, dwelling in their shade is pure

And my companions the stars and the birds there,

And ascending in them is sublime

And my associates the mountain goats and the gazelles.

وجهتي للذي هداني وقصدي

وصلاتي لوجهه والصيام

No sin or disgrace is in them

My direction towards Him who guided me, and my intent,

No estrangement or retaliation is in them

And my prayer to His face, and fasting.

والبراري مثل الفراديس يصفو الـ

ـمكث في ظلها ويسمو المقام

No lawful thing made prohibited in fear of God

And the wilderness is like gardens; staying there is pure,

Nor prohibited thing made lawful

And the spiritual station is elevated within its shade.

ليس فيها خطيئة وانتقاص

ليس فيها قطيعة وانتقام

So perform God's sacraments and fear God

There is no sin or diminution therein,

O people

There is no severance of ties or revenge.

ما بها حرم الحلال بلا خو

ف من الله أو أحل الحرام

Teach your family beneficial, comprehensible knowledge

The Halal is not forbidden there without fear

Teach the child what purifies him

Of God, nor is the Haram made lawful.

فأقيموا شعائر الله واخشوا

جانب الله أيها الاقوام

Before he reaches puberty

So establish the rituals of God and fear

Teach the girl what protects her chastity

The side of God, O peoples.

علموا أهلكم من العلم حظا

نافعا تستغله الافهام

So the vile refrain from harming her

Teach your families a share of knowledge,

Teach people everything that brings glory

Useful, that understandings can utilize.

علموا الطفل ما به يتزكى

قبل أن يستبين منه احتلام

And refinement to their worth and respect

Teach the child that by which he becomes pure,

Teach women religious truths, for fantasies have misled them

Before puberty becomes apparent in him.

علموا البنت ما به تحصن النفـ

ـس لينكف عن أذاها اللئام

Teach her order and effort in her home and responsibilities

Teach the girl that by which the soul is fortified,

Teach her caring for her child

So that base men refrain from harming her.

علموا المرء كل ما فيه مجد

وشفوف لقدره واحترام

And how to nurture and inspire

Teach the man all that contains glory,

Teach her kindness to her husband

And elevation of his rank and respect.

علموا المرأة الحقائق في الديـ

ـن فقد طوحت بها الاوهام

And appreciation and reverence

Teach the woman the truths in religion,

Teach her caution regarding what

For illusions have cast her away.

علموها كيف النظام وكيف السـ

ـعي في بيتها وكيف القيام

The days have assaulted her with

Teach her how order works, and how

Do not tempt her with inferior goods

To strive in her house, and how to manage.

علموها كيف الرعاية للطفـ

ـل وكيف التلقين والإلهام

Which bondmaids swaggered with

Teach her how to care for the child,

How can women be saved from evil

And how to instruct and inspire.

علموها كيف التودد للزو

ج وكيف التقدير والإعظام

When their faces are not covered by a wrap?

Teach her how to show affection to the husband,

Modesty has become the rarest trait

And how to appreciate and honor.

علموها كيف الوقأية مما

هاجمتها بشره الايام

And lewdness and crimes have spread

Teach her how to protect against

A woman's chastity is her concealment, protection

What the days attack her with of evil.

لا تغرنها بضاعة نخا

سين كانت بها الإماء تسام

And refusal, chasteness and modesty

Let not the merchandise of slavers deceive her,

Teach the Algerian nation, for knowledge

By which bondmaids were once sold.

كيف تنجو من الشرور نساء

لا يواري وجوههن لثام؟

Is its guide to goodness and rein

How can women be saved from evils,

Teach it an easy religion from God

Whose faces are not covered by a veil?

صار خلق العفاف أندر خلق

وتفشى الفسوق والاجرام

With no coercion or compulsion

The character of chastity has become the rarest trait,

An honest messenger propagated it among people

And immorality and crime have spread.

عصمة المرأة احتجاب وصون

وإباء وعفة واحتشام

A rescuer of people, compassionate and revered

The protection of a woman is veiling and preservation,

He came while people were in misguidance and deviance

And refusal, chastity, and modesty.

علموا أمة الجزائر فالعلـ

ـم دليل لخيرها وزمام

He guided them to his straight path, so they became upright

Teach the nation of Algeria, for knowledge

A language whose letters are melodious notes

Is a guide to its good and a rein.

علموها دينا من الله سمحا

ليس فيه إصر ولا إرغام

Enchanting, as if they are tunes

Teach it a religion from God, tolerant,

Eternal, impervious to extinction

Containing no burden and no compulsion.

بثه في الورى رسول أمين

منقذ للورى رؤوف همام

Arabic, flawless in its composition

Disseminated among mankind by a trustworthy Messenger,

Sound for studying like marble

A savior for mankind, compassionate, gallant.

جاء والناس في ضلال وزيغ

فهداهم صراطه فاستقاموا

Its splendors appeared while still raw

He came while people were in error and deviation,

Dazzling the meadows with eloquence

He guided them to His path, so they became upright.

ولسانا حروفه نبرات

مطربات كأنها أنغام

While tents vanished over the palaces

And teach a language whose letters are tones,

And guard your right for it has been marked for pillage

Delightful as if they were melodies.

أبديا لا يعتريه فناء

عربيا ما شابه إعجام

Do not sleep regarding your right, do not sleep

Eternal, decay does not afflict it,

Direct the face of your people to noble goals

Arabic, which no foreignness has mixed with.

صالحا في اللغات للدرس كالعسـ

ـجد تجلى شذوره وهو خام

They are its objectives and we are the arrows

Valid among languages for study like gold,

And make religion the leader and imam

Its nuggets shine while it is raw ore.

باهت البيد زخرف الروض بالفصـ

ـحى وتاهت على القصور الخيام

Nothing leads like religion leads

The deserts boasted of the ornament of gardens through the Fusha,

Everything the son of Adam institutes perishes

And the tents prided themselves over the palaces.

واحرسوا حقكم فقد سيم نهبا

لا تناموا عن حقكم لا تناموا

While what God institutes endures

And guard your right, for it has been sought for looting,

The foundations of disbelief will surely collapse

Do not sleep regarding your right, do not sleep.

وجهوا وجه شعبكم للمعالي

فهي أهدافه ونحن السهام

Ephemeral, while Islam eternalizes!

Direct the face of your people toward the heights,

For they are the targets and we are the arrows.

واجعلوا الدين رائدا وإماما

ليس كالدين رائد وإمام

And make religion a pioneer and a leader,

There is no pioneer or leader like religion.

كل ما يشرع ابن آدم يفنى

ولما يشرع الاله الدوام

Everything that the son of Adam legislates perishes,

And for what God legislates is permanence.

سوف تهوي مبادئ الكفر صرعى

فانيات ويخلد الإسلام!

The principles of disbelief will fall down dead,

Perishing, and Islam will remain immortal!