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O joyful place measured by destiny, greetings to you, O landmark,

ألا حي بالمقياس ريا المعالم

1. O joyful place measured by destiny, greetings to you, O landmark,
Delightful gardens and refuge of doves,

١. أَلا حَيِّ بِالْمِقْيَاسِ رَيَّا الْمَعَالِمِ
وَقَلَّ لَهَا مِنَّا تَحِيَّةُ قَادِمِ

2. Abode of friends and breeze's pathway.
Rivers from all sides surround it to irrigate it,

٢. مَلاعِبُ آرَامٍ وَمَأْوَى حَمَائِمٍ
وَمَسْقَطُ أَنْدَاءٍ وَمَسْرَى نَسَائِمِ

3. With clouds' downpour.
The rivers meander as if they were interwoven,

٣. أَحَاطَتْ بِهِ لِلنِّيلِ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ
جَدَاوِلُ تُسْقِيهِ سُلافَ الْغَمَائِمِ

4. Flowing gently like creeping snakes.
When the sun makes it laugh, it rustles softly

٤. تَدُورُ مَدَارَ الْطَّوْقِ مِنْ حَيْثُ تَلْتَقِي
مَسِيراً وَتَنْسَلُّ انْسِلالَ الأَرَاقِمِ

5. Behind crimson blossoms.
And if the wind unleashes it, it reveals plaits

٥. إِذَا ضَاحَكَتْهَا الشَّمْسُ رَفَّتْ مُتُونُهَا
رَفِيفَ الثَّنَايَا خَلْفَ حُمْرِ الْمَبَاسِمِ

6. Predestined like tattoos above wrists.
It roams through the towering trees and ends

٦. وَإِنْ سَلْسَلَتْهَا الرِّيحُ أَبْدَتْ سَبَائِكَاً
مُقَدَّرَةٌ كَالْوَشْمِ فَوْقَ الْمَعَاصِمِ

7. At an arm submerged in the Nile's darkness.
You see trees leaning amorously over the water

٧. تَجُوسُ خِلالَ الْبَاسِقَاتِ وَتَنْتَهِي
إِلَى سَاعِدٍ فِي غَمْرَةِ النِّيلِ سَاجِمِ

8. Acting like gazelles gazing at their images.
And sprigs rising in the air as if they were

٨. تَرَى حَوْلَهَا الأَشْجَارَ وَلْهَى مُكِبَّةً
عَلَى الْمَاءِ فِعْلَ الصَّادِيَاتِ الْحَوَائِمِ

9. Banners of bliss planted during seasons.
As if drinking from the soft hands of splendor,

٩. وَمُنْبَعِثَاتٍ فِي الْهَوَاءِ كَأَنَّهَا
بَيَارِقُ لَهْوٍ رُكِّزَتْ فِي الْمَوَاسِمِ

10. Or their stems absorb the depths of verdant seas.
When the wind toys with its hilltops, its knights

١٠. مِنَ اللاءِ قَدْ آلَيْنَ يَشْرَبْنَ أَوْ تَلِي
مَنَابِتُهَا غَوْرَ الْبِحَارِ الْخَضَارِمِ

11. Rebel with sharp swords.
Dawn appears with banners, as if hands

١١. إِذَا لاعَبَتْ أَعْرَافَهَا الرِّيحُ خِلْتَهَا
فَوَارِسَ تَعْصُو بِالسُّيُوفِ الصَّوَارِمِ

12. Have lined them up evenly between them.
When blossom time comes and it is adorned,

١٢. يَلُوحُ بِهَا طَلْعٌ نَضِيدٌ كَأَنَّهُ
فَرَائِدُ سَاوَى بَيْنَهَا كَفُّ نَاظِمِ

13. You’d think it was carnelian in braids’ containers.
Theaters of joy—if the people saw their beauty

١٣. إِذَا مَا أَتَى مِيقَاتُهَا وَتَضَرَّجَتْ
حَسِبْتَ عَقِيقاً فِي صِحَافِ الْكَمَائِمِ

14. They would bite their fingers in regret.
I recalled an era gone by and pleasure

١٤. مَسَارِحُ لَهْوٍ لَوْ رَأَى الشَّعْبُ حُسْنَهَا
لَعَضَّ عَلَى مَا فَاتَهُ بِالأَبَاهِمِ

15. That's over—for time's promise isn't lasting.
Days are not good except with their people,

١٥. ذَكَرْتُ بِهَا عَصْرَاً تَوَلَّى وَلَذَّةً
تَقَضَّتْ وَمَا عَهْدُ الزَّمَانِ بِدَائِمِ

16. Nor home except with a congenial friend.
Oh, the bliss of youth in its prime

١٦. وَمَا تَحْسُنُ الأَيَّامُ إِلا بِأَهْلِهَا
وَلا الدَّارُ إِلا بِالصَّدِيقِ الْمُلائِمِ

17. That our old days did not savour!
For life is fleeting and we are comrades

١٧. فَيَا نِعْمَ مَا وَلَّتْ بِهِ دَوْلَةُ الصِّبَا
وَلَمْ تَرْعَهُ مِنْ عَهْدِنَا الْمُتَقَادِمِ

18. Leisurely between errant and wary.
We follow the creed of loyalty and none

١٨. إِذِ الْعَيْشُ أَفْنَانٌ وَنَحْنُ عِصَابَةٌ
أُولُو تَرَفٍ مَا بَيْنَ غَادٍ وَهَائِمِ

19. But love has ruled or judged over us.
When one of us speaks, before him stands

١٩. نَسِيرُ عَلَى دِينِ الْوَفَاءِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ
سِوَى الْحُبِّ مِنْ قَاضٍ عَلَيْنَا وَحَاكِمِ

20. A witness, honest and no sinner.
Death hovers over him while he wards off

٢٠. إِذَا قَالَ مِنَّا قَائِلٌ قَامَ دُونَهُ
شَهِيدٌ عَلَيْهِ صَادِقٌ غَيْرُ آثِمِ

21. Destruction in the minds of the ignorant.
When rage burns him and a fit inclines him

٢١. يَحُومُ عَلَيْهِ وَالْمَنَايَا مُسِفَّةٌ
وَيَدْرَأُ عَنْهُ فِي صُدُورِ اللَّهَادِمِ

22. To stir the hyenas with skulls.
That era passed but for memories

٢٢. إِذَا أَلْهَبَتْهُ غَضْبَةٌ وَتَرَجَّحَتْ
بِهِ سَورَةٌ أَغْرَى الظُّبَا بِالْجَمَاجِمِ

23. Suspended between past and future.
When the soul recalls it one day

٢٣. فَقَدْ مَرَّ ذَاكَ الْعَصْرُ إِلا لُبَانَةً
مُعَلَّقَةً بَيْنَ الْحَشَا وَالْحَيَازِمِ

24. Caravans of old sorrows return to it.
An abode of companionship we frequented

٢٤. إِذَا ذَكَرَتْهَا النَّفْسُ يَوْمَاً تَرَاجَعَتْ
عَلَيْهَا عَقَابِيلُ الْهُمُومِ الْقَدَائِمِ

25. And savored pleasure like grazing beasts.
It grew silent as if never lively yesterday,

٢٥. وَمَنْزِلَةٍ لِلأُنْسِ كُنَّا نَحُلُّها
وَنَرْعَى بِهَا اللَّذَّاتِ رَعْيَ السَّوَائِمِ

26. Stormed by winds' violent onslaughts.
No good in a world whose promise does not last,

٢٦. عَفَتْ وَكَأَنْ لَمْ تَغْنَ بِالأَمْسِ وَالْتَقَتْ
عَلَيْهَا أَعَاصِيرُ الرِّيَاحِ الْهَوَاجِمِ

27. No life's joy with an insecure Lord.
Thus pass the nights and the discourse of demise

٢٧. وَمَا خَيْرُ دُنْيَا لا بَقَاءَ لِعَهْدِهَا
وَمَا طِيبُ عَيْشٍ رَبُّهُ غَيْرُ سَالِمِ

28. Concludes in them like a sleeper's dreams.

٢٨. عَلَى هَذِهِ تَمْضِي اللَّيَالِي وَيَنْقَضِي
حَدِيثُ الْمُنَى فِيهَا كَأَحْلامِ نَائِمِ