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If you are steadfast therein, the clouds will say out of jealousy:

إذا جدت فيها قالت السحب غيرة

1. If you are steadfast therein, the clouds will say out of jealousy:
"Be gentle, for the torrent has reached the thickets."

١. إذا جُدْتَ فيها قالتِ السُّحْبُ غَيْرَةً
تَأَنَّ فَإنَّ السَّيْلَ قَدْ بَلَغَ الزُّبَى

2. And he whom the seas fell short of attaining turned back,
while the steps of the rain turned away from him, whether he wished it or not.

٢. ومَنْ قَصَّرَتْ عَنهُ البِحَارُ تَأخّرَتْ
خُطى الغَيْثِ عَنهُ شَاءَ ذلكَ أَو أبَى

3. Leave the dawn in your world for its sun,
for since it settled in its shade they have not been estranged.

٣. دَعُوا الفَجْرَ في دُنياكُمُ لِسَميّهِ
فَمنْذُ ثَوى في ظِلّهِ مَا تَغَرَّبَا

4. Else try its summit if you can,
and who is it that desires a position among the stars?

٤. وإلاَّ فَرُومُوا شَأْوَهُ إنْ قَدرْتُمُ
وَمَنْ ذا الذِى يَبغي على الشُهْبِ مَنْصِبَا

5. And the veils have not concealed the kingdoms of God like it,
so it still remains veiled from the eyes of calamities.

٥. وَمَا حَجَبَ الأمْلاكَ تَاللّهِ مِثلُهُ
فَلا زَالَ عَن عَيْنِ الخُطُوب محجَّبَا