1. هالةُ المعلّم نسجٌ من ينابيع العلم

    وهجٌ للجبل توقده

    The teacher's halo is a weave from the springs of knowledge.

    A glow for the mountain, kindled

  2. رشحاتُ الفكر تجدّده

    نبعُ الأفكار بمنسرب

    By droplets of thought that renew it.

    A spring of ideas, through a channel,

  3. يسري للعقل .. يخلده

    يفني الأعوام .. يؤرّقه

    Flows to the mind, immortalizing it.

    He spends the years, kept sleepless

  4. كلمٌ للخير .. ينضده

    ويديل الروح على لهب

    By words for goodness, which he arranges.

    And grants the spirit ascendancy over flame,

  5. ويذيب العمر تشهده

    أغنى الأفكار برافده

    And melts away a lifetime—you witness it.

    He enriched ideas with his tributary,

  6. فسرت بالمرء .. تمجده

    نسجُ العرفان لطالبه

    So they coursed through the person, glorifying him.

    The weaving of knowledge for its seeker—

  7. نورًا ينداح توقده

    فيميت الجهل على شعل

    Light spreading outward, which you kindle.

    So it kills ignorance upon flames

  8. للعلم، سناه يبدّده

    يا ماسك جرح الغيب على

    Of knowledge; its radiance disperses it.

    O you holding the wound of the unseen over

  9. نزفٍ ينساب تمرده

    رحل السُّمّار فما هتفت

    Bleeding—his rebellion flows.

    The night companions departed; no voices rose

  10. ورقٌ .. باللحن فتسعده

    أغنى الأفكار برافده

    From doves in song to gladden him.

    He enriched ideas with his tributary,

  11. فسرت بالمرء .. تمجده

    نسج العرفان لطالبه

    So they coursed through the person, glorifying him.

    The weaving of knowledge for its seeker—

  12. نورًا ينداح توقده

    فيميت الجهل على شعل

    Light spreading outward, which you kindle.

    So it kills ignorance upon flames

  13. للعلم، سناه يبدده

    يا ماسك جرح الغيب على

    Of knowledge; its radiance disperses it.

    O you holding the wound of the unseen over

  14. نزفٍ ينساب تمرده

    رحل السُّمّار فما هتفت

    Bleeding—his rebellion flows.

    The night companions departed; no voices rose

  15. ورقٌ باللحن فتسعده

    العرق النابض في شَمَم

    From doves in song to gladden him.

    The vein pulsing with pride

  16. إعصارٌ يعلو مزبده

    شطآن الهم تتقاذفه

    Is a whirlwind whose foam rises.

    The shores of sorrow toss him back and forth;

  17. شبحٌ يتدلّى يرصده

    غصت في الذكرى دمعته

    A specter hangs down, watching him.

    His tear choked in remembrance;

  18. رقصت في العين تذكره

    معروق الوجه وشاحبه

    It danced in the eye, reminding him.

    Gaunt of face and pale of countenance,

  19. للعُري نسيج يفرده

    ألقٌ يخبو .. يمحوه لظى

    A fabric for nakedness, which he unfolds.

    A radiance fades; a blaze erases it.

  20. رملٌ .. والعفن يسوده

    ونقيع ذبالته خبر

    Sand—and decay holds sway over it.

    And the infusion of his wick is news,

  21. كدمٍ للنعش يسوده

    سفرٌ يعلو بدمٍ أبدًا

    Like blood for the bier, holding sway over it.

    A tome rises with blood forever;

  22. عشقُ الأكفان يصعده

    فتحت للجهم تراوده

    The love of shrouds raises it.

    You opened for the grim one, wooing him,

  23. بابًا .. للغصن تخضده

    ذبحت أجفان عوالمه

    A door for the bough—you lop it off.

    You slaughtered the eyelids of his worlds,

  24. شغفًا .. والريح تبيده

    الوشم برايته جمر

    In passion, while the wind destroys him.

    The tattoo on his banner is embers;

  25. يكويه اليوم فما غده؟

    نفحاتُ معلّمٍ مسك

    It sears him today—what of his tomorrow?

    A teacher's wafts are musk;

  26. قد هزَّ الأفق يهدده

    نفحاتُ معلّمٍ مسك

    It has shaken the horizon, threatening it.

    A teacher's wafts are musk;

  27. قد هزَّ الأفق يهدده

    نسج الإبداع على أسل

    It has shaken the horizon, threatening it.

    He wove creativity upon rushes,

  28. حرفًا .. للجبل ينضده

    إن يفنى الفكر بواحته

    A letter for the mountain, which he arranges.

    If thought perishes in its oasis,

  29. فربيع العلم يجدده

    يا هالة علمٍ في فن

    Then the spring of knowledge renews it.

    O halo of knowledge in art,

  30. إبداع الفكر يخلده

    أنت الباني أممًا مثلى

    The creativity of thought immortalizes it.

    You are the builder of exemplary nations

  31. من أكرم بحر تورده

    لون الذكرى شفةٌ سكرى

    From the most generous sea that you bring forth.

    The color of remembrance is a drunken lip;

  32. برضاب الذائب تورده

    With the melting one's saliva, you make it rosy.