ما من بناتك يا دارَ الهدى بان

ما من بناتك يا دارَ الهدى بان

في الأرض إلا مناراتٍ لأذهان

في الأرض إلا مناراتٍ لأذهان

None of your daughters, O House of Guidance, has appeared

None of your builders, O house of guidance, builds

On earth except as beacons of yours for minds.

on earth anything but beacons for minds.

معاهد العلم في الدنيا معاهدهم

معاهد العلم في الدنيا معاهدهم

والشرق والغرب تلميذان سيان

والشرق والغرب تلميذان سيان

The world's institutes of learning are their institutes,

The world's institutions of learning are their institutions,

And East and West are two pupils alike.

and East and West are two equal pupils.

إن اليسوعي أولى من يقول أنا

إن اليسوعي أولى من يقول أنا

أهلي الورى وفسيح الكون أوطاني

أهلي الورى وفسيح الكون أوطاني

Indeed, the Jesuit has the greatest right to say: “I—

The Jesuit is most entitled to say: 'As for me,

All humankind is my family, and the boundless universe my homelands.”

all humanity is my kin, and the vast universe my homeland.'

تراه في الغرب غربياً يهيم به

تراه في الغرب غربياً يهيم به

صبابةً وهو في اليابان ياباني

صبابةً وهو في اليابان ياباني

You see him in the West a Westerner, passionately enamored of it;

You see him in the West as a Westerner, enamored of it

And, ardently devoted, in Japan he is Japanese.

with passionate longing; in Japan he is Japanese.

بنى مدارسه في الخافقين فلا

بنى مدارسه في الخافقين فلا

صقعٌ تخلف عنه ذلك الباني

صقعٌ تخلف عنه ذلك الباني

He built his schools across East and West, so that no

He built his schools in East and West; no

Region remained beyond that builder's reach.

region was passed over by that builder.

مدارسٌ طاف طلاب العلوم بها

مدارسٌ طاف طلاب العلوم بها

على تباين أنسابٍ واديان

على تباين أنسابٍ واديان

Schools through which seekers of knowledge roamed,

Schools through which seekers of learning passed,

Despite the diversity of their lineages and faiths:

despite their differing lineages and religions:

من يافقي وسامي وغيرهما

من يافقي وسامي وغيرهما

من أحمديٍّ وبوذيٍّ ونصراني

من أحمديٍّ وبوذيٍّ ونصراني

Japhethite, Semite, and others;

Japhethites and Semites, and others besides,

Muslim, Buddhist, and Christian.

followers of Ahmad, Buddhists, and Christians.

تصاحبوا اخوةً لا سعي بينهم

تصاحبوا اخوةً لا سعي بينهم

لصائدٍ بين انجيلٍ وقرآن

لصائدٍ بين انجيلٍ وقرآن

They became brothers together, with no opening among them

They became companions as brothers, with no scheming among them

For one who hunts discord between Gospel and Qur'an.

by any hunter between Gospel and Quran.

ولا اهابَ بهم داعٍ لغير تقى

ولا اهابَ بهم داعٍ لغير تقى

ولا ثناهم على غير الهدى ثانِ

ولا ثناهم على غير الهدى ثانِ

No preacher summoned them to aught but piety,

No caller summoned them to anything but piety,

Nor did any diverter turn them toward aught but guidance.

nor did any persuader turn them toward anything but guidance.

حتى إذا نهلوا من وردهم صدروا

حتى إذا نهلوا من وردهم صدروا

عنه وهم رسل اصلاحٍ واحسان

عنه وهم رسل اصلاحٍ واحسان

Until, when they had drunk their fill at their watering place, they departed

Until, having drunk deeply at their watering place, they departed

From it as emissaries of reform and benevolence.

from it as messengers of reform and benevolence.

انى التفت تجدهم بارزين على

انى التفت تجدهم بارزين على

ذرى المعالي ولاة الرأي والشان

ذرى المعالي ولاة الرأي والشان

Wherever you turn, you find them standing eminent upon

Wherever you turn, you find them prominent upon

The summits of excellence, masters of counsel and consequence.

the heights of distinction, leaders of thought and affairs.

هذي مفاخرهم في مصر معلنةً

هذي مفاخرهم في مصر معلنةً

فضل الألى علموهم خير اعلان

فضل الألى علموهم خير اعلان

Here are their glories in Egypt, openly proclaiming

These are their glories in Egypt, proclaiming

The merit of those who taught them—in the finest proclamation.

the merit of those who taught them in the finest proclamation.

فللامير حديثٌ عن معلمه

فللامير حديثٌ عن معلمه

وللوزير وللقاضي حديثان

وللوزير وللقاضي حديثان

Thus the prince has a tale about his teacher,

The prince has a tale to tell of his teacher,

And the minister and judge each have a tale:

and the minister and the judge each have their tale.

شهادة لليسوعيين ناطقةٌ

شهادة لليسوعيين ناطقةٌ

في مصر مأثورةٌ عن كل ديوان

في مصر مأثورةٌ عن كل ديوان

An eloquent testimony to the Jesuits,

An eloquent testimony to the Jesuits,

Celebrated in Egypt by every council.

recounted in Egypt by every bureau.

وما استقلت بها مصر فقد صدعت

وما استقلت بها مصر فقد صدعت

بها المواطن من قاصٍ ومن دان

بها المواطن من قاصٍ ومن دان

Nor did Egypt alone bear it; indeed, it rang out

Nor has Egypt alone borne this witness; it has been proclaimed

Through lands both distant and near.

by lands both far and near.

تلك الشهادة لا تفنى وأحرفها

تلك الشهادة لا تفنى وأحرفها

منقوشةٌ فوق هذا العالم الفاني

منقوشةٌ فوق هذا العالم الفاني

That testimony shall not perish: its letters are

That testimony does not perish, and its letters

Engraved above this transient world.

are engraved above this fleeting world.

حي اليسوعي اني لاح طالعه

حي اليسوعي اني لاح طالعه

تحي طالع توفيق وعمران

تحي طالع توفيق وعمران

Hail the Jesuit wherever his rising star appears:

Salute the Jesuit wherever his rising star appears:

You hail an omen of success and flourishing—

you salute a rising star of success and prosperity.

جوابةً نضو جهد زراعاً لك ما

جوابةً نضو جهد زراعاً لك ما

تجنيه من علمه يا أيها الجاني

تجنيه من علمه يا أيها الجاني

A tireless traveler, worn thin by toil, sowing for you what

A wanderer worn thin by toil, sowing for you what

You reap as knowledge, O reaper.

you reap from his knowledge, O reaper.

سبيله الزهد باللذات ينكرها

سبيله الزهد باللذات ينكرها

سعياً إلى لذة في العالم الثاني

سعياً إلى لذة في العالم الثاني

His path is renunciation; earthly pleasures he disavows,

His path is asceticism: he rejects pleasures,

Striving toward delight in the world to come.

seeking pleasure in the next world.

مستلئمٌ بمجنِّ الصبر منقطعٌ

مستلئمٌ بمجنِّ الصبر منقطعٌ

في وحشةِ الدير عن أهلٍ واخوانِ

في وحشةِ الدير عن أهلٍ واخوانِ

Clad in armor, with patience as his shield, wholly withdrawn

Armored with patience's shield, secluded

Into monastic solitude, far from family and brothers.

in the monastery's solitude from family and brethren.

قامت له دولةٌ في الأرض راسخةٌ

قامت له دولةٌ في الأرض راسخةٌ

لها من العلم والمعروف ركنان

لها من العلم والمعروف ركنان

A firmly rooted realm has arisen for him upon the earth,

A firmly rooted realm has arisen for him on earth,

With knowledge and benevolence as its two pillars.

with knowledge and good works as its two pillars.

وفي السماء لها بندٌ وفي ثبج ال

وفي السماء لها بندٌ وفي ثبج ال

غبراء بندٌ وفي الدارين جيشان

غبراء بندٌ وفي الدارين جيشان

In heaven it has one banner, and in the heart of

It has a banner in heaven, and in the midst of the

The dusty earth another—and in the two realms, two armies.

dust-colored earth a banner; in the two realms, two armies.

تزل عنها دواهي الدهر خاسئةً

تزل عنها دواهي الدهر خاسئةً

كأنها ناطحت اطواد لبنان

كأنها ناطحت اطواد لبنان

The calamities of time recoil from it, abashed,

Time's calamities slide off it, repulsed,

As though they had struck against Lebanon's mountains.

as though they had butted against Lebanon's towering mountains.

يا جارة الأزهر استجلي الثغور وقد

يا جارة الأزهر استجلي الثغور وقد

تبسمت لك عن حبٍّ وعرفان

تبسمت لك عن حبٍّ وعرفان

O neighbor of al-Azhar, unveil your smiling lips: already

O neighbor of al-Azhar, behold the lips that have

They have smiled upon you with love and gratitude.

smiled upon you with love and gratitude.

واستقبلي العيد ميموناً يباركه

واستقبلي العيد ميموناً يباركه

مباركان ترابيٌ وروحاني

مباركان ترابيٌ وروحاني

Welcome the auspicious jubilee, blessed by

And welcome the auspicious festival, blessed

Two blessed ones, one earthly and one spiritual.

by two who bless, one earthly and one spiritual.

ورتلي حمد اسماعيل إن له

ورتلي حمد اسماعيل إن له

عليك خير يدٍ من خير معوان

عليك خير يدٍ من خير معوان

And chant Isma'il's praise, for he has bestowed upon you

And chant Ismail's praise, for he has bestowed

The finest favor from the finest helper.

upon you the finest favor, from the finest helper.

لولا عوارفه لم يجر منهلك ال

لولا عوارفه لم يجر منهلك ال

صافي ولا ساغَ في مصر لظمآن

صافي ولا ساغَ في مصر لظمآن

But for his benefactions, your pure fountain would never have flowed,

But for his favors, no water would have flowed from your

Nor would it have tasted sweet in Egypt to a thirsty soul;

clear spring, nor tasted sweet to the thirsty in Egypt.

ولا غرستِ بوادي النيل زنبقةً

ولا غرستِ بوادي النيل زنبقةً

ولا تنفحت منه نفحَ ريحان

ولا تنفحت منه نفحَ ريحان

Nor would a lily have been planted in the Nile Valley,

Nor would you have planted a lily in the Nile Valley,

Nor would a breath of basil have wafted from it.

nor breathed from it a waft of sweet basil.

فرددي حمده يا دارُ صائغةً

فرددي حمده يا دارُ صائغةً

به قلائدَ ياقوتٍ وعقيان

به قلائدَ ياقوتٍ وعقيان

So repeat his praise, O House, fashioning

So repeat his praise, O house, fashioning

With it necklaces of ruby and pure gold.

from it necklaces of rubies and pure gold.

ولا تخافي فاسماعيل ما حجبت

ولا تخافي فاسماعيل ما حجبت

سيوفه عن مناحيها بأجفان

سيوفه عن مناحيها بأجفان

And fear not: Isma'il's swords were never veiled

And do not fear, for Ismail has never left

From the targets they sought by scabbards.

his swords sheathed, away from their intended courses.

إن كان ناظره عن مصر في سنةٍ

إن كان ناظره عن مصر في سنةٍ

فقد رعاها بقلبٍ غير وسنان

فقد رعاها بقلبٍ غير وسنان

Though his gaze may leave Egypt in a moment's slumber,

If his eye slumbers, turned away from Egypt,

He watches over her with a heart that never sleeps.

he has watched over her with a heart that never dozes.

فؤاده ملءُ عين الشرق لافتحت

فؤاده ملءُ عين الشرق لافتحت

عينٌ أبت ان تفديه بانسان

عينٌ أبت ان تفديه بانسان

His heart is the delight of the East's eye—may no eyes ever open

His heart fills the East's eye; may no eye open

That refuse to ransom him with a human life.

that refuses to ransom him with its pupil.

ولا جرى النيل إلا تحت رايته

ولا جرى النيل إلا تحت رايته

من العريش إلى خزان اصوان

من العريش إلى خزان اصوان

The Nile flowed only beneath his banner,

Nor has the Nile flowed except beneath his banner,

From al-Arish to the reservoir of Aswan.

from al-Arish to the Aswan reservoir.

يجري وفاروقه المحروس ينشده

يجري وفاروقه المحروس ينشده

واديك وادي والسودان سوداني

واديك وادي والسودان سوداني

It flows while its protected Farouk chants to it:

It flows as its well-guarded Farouk sings to it:

“Your valley is my valley, and Sudan is my Sudan.”

'Your valley is my valley, and Sudan is my Sudan.'

ودونه كل شعبٍ ما وقفت به

ودونه كل شعبٍ ما وقفت به

إلا أبا طيبٍ في شعب بوان

إلا أبا طيبٍ في شعب بوان

Every mountain pass where you paused falls short of it—

Every valley falls short of it; never have I stood there

Except Abu al-Tayyib's pass at Bawwan:

except as Abu Tayyib in the valley of Bawwan.

كأنما الدر مخزون بتربته

كأنما الدر مخزون بتربته

والدوح يستله منها بأغصان

والدوح يستله منها بأغصان

As though pearls lay stored within its soil,

As though pearls were stored in its soil,

And the great trees drew them forth upon their branches.

and the great trees draw them out with their branches.

والغيد تغدو وتمسي في خمائله

والغيد تغدو وتمسي في خمائله

مياسةً تحت ظل الرند والبان

مياسةً تحت ظل الرند والبان

Graceful maidens pass morning and evening through its bowers,

And graceful maidens spend morning and evening in its groves,

Swaying beneath the shade of myrtle and moringa.

swaying beneath the shade of laurel and moringa.

إن الكنانة من جنات ربك لم

إن الكنانة من جنات ربك لم

يظفر بأزين منها لحظ رضوان

يظفر بأزين منها لحظ رضوان

Egypt, the Quiver, is among your Lord's gardens; never

Egypt, the Quiver, is among your Lord's gardens; never has

Has Ridwan's gaze beheld one lovelier.

Ridwan's gaze found anything lovelier than it.

لولا معالمها في الشرق لاندثرت

لولا معالمها في الشرق لاندثرت

معالم هي من ميراث قحطان

معالم هي من ميراث قحطان

But for her institutions in the East, there would have vanished

But for its landmarks in the East, there would have vanished

Landmarks inherited from Qahtan.

landmarks that belong to Qahtan's heritage.

وانهارت الضاد واندكت معاهدها

وانهارت الضاد واندكت معاهدها

وغربت بأخيها بنت غسان

وغربت بأخيها بنت غسان

Arabic—the language of Ḍād—would have collapsed, its institutes razed,

And the language of ḍād would have crumbled, its schools been razed,

And Ghassan's daughter gone westward with her brother.

and Ghassan's daughter would have set with her brother.

يا مصر حسبك أن العرب ما وجدوا

يا مصر حسبك أن العرب ما وجدوا

سواكِ للضاد حصناً غير مهوان

سواكِ للضاد حصناً غير مهوان

O Egypt, glory enough that the Arabs found

O Egypt, it is enough that the Arabs have found

No fortress for Arabic but you—a fortress never humbled;

no unbowed fortress for the language of ḍād but you,

وأن للعلم رسلاً فيك قد نزلوا

وأن للعلم رسلاً فيك قد نزلوا

خمسين حولاً ولا لاحٍ ولا شان

خمسين حولاً ولا لاحٍ ولا شان

And that apostles of learning settled within you

and that messengers of learning have dwelt in you

For fifty years, with neither censurer nor detractor.

for fifty years, with no reproacher or detractor.

تجلت اللغة الفصحى بظلهم

تجلت اللغة الفصحى بظلهم

كأنما هي في أكناف نجران

كأنما هي في أكناف نجران

Classical Arabic shone beneath their protection

Classical Arabic shone forth under their protection,

As though dwelling in the environs of Najran,

as though within Najran's embrace,

في عهد ما تلقى منه طالبه

في عهد ما تلقى منه طالبه

إلا هوى مصر معقوداً بإيمان

إلا هوى مصر معقوداً بإيمان

Under a covenant from which its seeker encounters

in an age when its seeker received from it

Nothing but love of Egypt, bound fast to faith.

only love of Egypt, bound to faith.

فصافحي قومه يا مصر منشدةً

فصافحي قومه يا مصر منشدةً

القوم قومي والاعوان أعواني

القوم قومي والاعوان أعواني

So clasp his people's hands, O Egypt, and sing:

So clasp hands with his people, O Egypt, singing:

“The people are my people, and their helpers are mine.”

'The people are my people, and the helpers are my helpers.'

وباكري محفل اليوبيل ناثرةً

وباكري محفل اليوبيل ناثرةً

على مطالعه أزهار نيسان

على مطالعه أزهار نيسان

Hasten early to the jubilee gathering, scattering

And come early to the jubilee gathering, scattering

April flowers upon its dawning.

over its dawning the blossoms of April.

فهو اليسوعي درعٌ من دروعك لا

فهو اليسوعي درعٌ من دروعك لا

يهي وعامل خيرٍ ليس بألواني

يهي وعامل خيرٍ ليس بألواني

For the Jesuit is one of your shields, never

For he, the Jesuit, is one of your shields, which never

Growing weak, and a doer of good who never changes.

weakens, and a worker of good who is never slack.

وقفت في داره بالذهن أنشدها

وقفت في داره بالذهن أنشدها

شعري وتطري وادي النيل الحاني

شعري وتطري وادي النيل الحاني

Yesterday I stood in his house, reciting to it

I stood in his house in thought, reciting to it

My verse and extolling the tender Nile Valley.

my poetry, while it praised the valley of the tender Nile.

حيتك يا دار من لبنان عاطرةٌ

حيتك يا دار من لبنان عاطرةٌ

أرزية صدرت عن قلب ولهالن

أرزية صدرت عن قلب ولهالن

A fragrant greeting has come to you, O House, from Lebanon—

A fragrant greeting has saluted you, O house, from Lebanon,

A cedar-song issuing from a love-struck heart.

cedar-born, sent forth from a love-stricken heart.