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Do the stars know what we have

أتدري النجوم بما عندنا

1. Do the stars know what we have,
And complain of the pain of their journeys,

١. أَتَدري النُجومُ بِما عِندَنا
وَتَشكو مِنَ الأَينِ أَسفارَها

2. And envy a singing girl among women
Singing frivolously in her house?

٢. وَتَغبِطُ غانِيَةً في النِسا
ءِ تَعبِطُ في بَيتِها فارَها

3. O children of Adam, all of you are wrongdoers,
So the eye is not fair to its lashes.

٣. بَني آدَمٍ كُلُّكُم ظالِمٌ
فَما تُنصِفُ العَينُ أَشفارَها

4. And your house has been filled with treason,
So may God not make it empty.

٤. وَقَد أَهِلَت بِالخَنى دارُكُم
فَلا أَبعَدَ اللَهُ إِقفارَها

5. And its devotees are inspired by its soil
As the infidels continued to be inspired.

٥. وَيَلهَمُ نُسّاكَها تُربُها
كَما ظَلَّ يَلهَمُ كُفّارَها

6. Has anyone risen from his grave
To denounce the soul for letting him down?

٦. فَهَل قامَ مِن لَحدِهِ مَيِّتٌ
يَعيبُ عَلى النَفسِ إِخفارَها

7. Saying: "We have committed sins,"
And we found the Overseer to be Forgiving.

٧. يَقولُ جَنَينا ذُنوباً لَنا
وَجَدنا المُهَيمِنَ غَفّارَها

8. It is as if the life of a young man is a night
That the intimate friend hopes will end.

٨. كَأَنَّ حَياةَ الفَتى لَيلَةٌ
يُرَجّي أَخو اللُبِّ إِسفارَها

9. Man has passed like Moses, and Judaism became
Reciting to time its scriptures.

٩. مَضى المَرءُ موسى وَأَضحَت يَهو
دُ تَتلو عَلى الدَهرِ أَسفارَها

10. We clip our nails for devotion
While India has grown its nails long.

١٠. نُقَلِّمُ لِلنُسكِ أَظفارَنا
وَطَوَّلَتِ الهِندُ أَظفارَها