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The essence bears tranquility

من صفة الجوهر أن يرسبا

1. The essence bears tranquility
So what caused you to marvel?

١. مِن صفة الجَوْهِرِ أَنْ يَرْسُبَا
فَما الذِي أَوْجَبَ أَن تَعْجَبَا

2. Ruin plunged for a pearl
Missing the pearl was hard on all but ruin

٢. إنَّ الرَّدَى غَاصَ علَى دُرَّةٍ
عَزَّتْ علَى غَيْرِ الرَّدَى مَطْلَبا

3. The Nile rose high, more pleasing
And fresher than its waters

٣. وَغَال بَحْرُ النِيّلِ أَجْزَى نَداً
مِنهُ وَقُلْ أَجْدَى وَقُلْ أَعْذَبَا

4. Rivals smolder, however much hatred
Or envy stoked between them

٤. وَيَكْمُدُ الأَنْدادُ كَمْ بَينَهُمْ
تَحاسُدٌ أَوْجَبَ مَا أَوْجَبَا

5. Where is the Nile’s loyalty? Or was its time
Not for the youth to desire or refuse?

٥. أَينَ وَفَاءُ النِيلِ أَمْ لَيْسَ ذا
زَمانَهُ شَاء الفَتَى أَو أَبى

6. I saw it striking its face
At betrayal - how ugly its vessel!

٦. وَقَدْ أراهُ لاطِماً وَجْهَهُ
لِلغَدْرِ ما أَقْبَحهُ مَرْكَبَا

7. Did it vie with unrest for a pearl?
What it brought out was so strange.

٧. هَلْ نَافَسَ الرَّجَّافَ في دُرَّةٍ
فَكانَ ما أَخْرَجَهُ أَغْرَبَا

8. At first it showed on its surface
Like a gilded sword, gleaming.

٨. بَدا علَى صَفحتهِ أَوَّلاً
كالسَّيْفِ أَبْدَى رَوْنَقاً مُذْهَبَا

9. Until when it sank, people said:
A planet hid a star.

٩. حَتَّى إذا ما غَاصَ قالَ الَورَى
مَجَرَّةٌ قَدْ غيَّبَتْ كَوْكَبَا