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Precious is the sunset of youth at dawn of life

عزيز غروب البكر في بكرة العمر

1. Precious is the sunset of youth at dawn of life
Like the absence of sunrise at daybreak

١. عَزِيزٌ غُرُوبُ البِكْرِ فِي بُكْرَةِ العُمْرِ
كَغَيْبَةِ شَمْسِ الأُفْقِ فِي طَلْعَةِ الفَجْرِ

2. So O sun of beauty, death hastily came
Not sparing you beyond your seventeenth year

٢. فَيَا شَمْسُ سَرْعَانُ القَضَاءِ تَهَجُّماً
عَلَيْكِ وَلَمْ يُمَهِلكِ فِي السَّبْعِ وَالعَشْرِ

3. A bride of a month, death preceded her groom
Tempting her, though in purity

٣. خَطِيبَةُ شَهْرٍ سَابَقَ المَوتُ بَعْلَهَا
إِلَيْهَا فَأَغْوَاهَا وَلَكِنْ عَلى طُهْرِ

4. He came suddenly, softly, piercing the veils like a thought
And kissed her, extracting her soul's essence

٤. أَتَاهَا عَلى غَيْرِ ارْتِقَابٍ بِخِدْرِهَا
سَرِيعاً خَفِيفاً خَارِقَ الحُجْبِ كالفِكرِ

5. Leaving but a trace, like some lifeless dolls
So too lightning bolts recoil

٥. وَقَبَّلهَا فَاسْتَلَّ جَوْهَرَ رُوحِهَا
وَأَبْقَى عَلى رَسْمٍ كَبَعْضِ الدُّمَى الغُرِّ

6. From the soil in disdain, taking only dust
When they announced the death of that girl to her mother

٦. كَذَلِكَ نِيرَانُ الصوَاعِقِ تَنْثَنِي
عَنِ التُّرْبِ إِعْرَاضاً وَتَأْخُذُ بِالتِّبْرِ

7. Intoxication seized her, though sober
Fantasies made her dance joyfully

٧. فَلَما نَعَوْا تِلْكَ الْفَتَاةَ لأُمِّها
أَلَمَّ بِهَا سُكْرٌ وَمَا هِيَ فِي سُكْرِ

8. Sing notes of happiness, unaware
Raving in her bereavement however it wished

٨. عَرَاهَا خَبَالٌ فهْيَ تَرْقُصُ تَرْحَةً
وَتَنْشُدُ أَصْوَاتَ السُّرُورِ وَلا تدْرِي

9. Tears streaming from her eyes like drops
My daughter, do not fret this demise

٩. وَتهْذِي مِن الحُمَّى بِمَا شَاءَ ثكْلُهَا
وَيَنْهَلُّ مِنْ أَجْفَانِهَا الدَّمْعُ كَالقَطْرِ

10. You are safe with your noble husband
A bride whose dower a champion pays with his soul

١٠. بُنَيَّة لا بَأْسٌ عَلَيْكِ مِنَ الرَّدَى
فَإِنَّك فِي أَمْنٍ لَدَى بَعْلِكِ الحُرِّ

11. To whom the rarest pearls are but a trivial dowry
O bravest of horsemen in the throes of battle

١١. عَرُوسٌ يُفَدِّيهَا بِمُهْجَتِهِ فَتى
لَهَا أَرْخَصَ الدُّرِّ الغَوَالِيَ فِي المَهْرِ

12. When swords are drawn and red blood spills
After God, we take you as guardian of our home

١٢. فَيَا أَفْرَسَ الفُرْسَانِ فِي حَوْمَةِ الوَغَى
إِذَا سَالَتِ الأَسْيَافُ بِالأَنْفُسِ الحُمْرِ

13. We have no other help against harm
How can death take one whose protection you are?

١٣. تَخِذناكَ بَعْدَ اللّهِ حامِي دَارِنا
ولَيْسَ لَنَا عَوْنٌ سِوَاكَ عَلى الضُّرِّ

14. Snatching her from me, evading your blade
The one I wished would quench the thirsty ground

١٤. فَكَيْفَ يَنَالُ المَوْتُ مَنْ أَنْتَ عَاصِمٌ
فَيَخْطِفُهَا مِنِّي وَيَسْلَمُ مِنْ وِتْرِ

15. With the lifeblood of fate’s jugular vein
They prepared a bejeweled wedding dress for her

١٥. لِمَنْ تَسْتَعِدُّ السَّيفَ كُنْتُ أَوَدُّهُ
يُرَوِّي الثَّرَى الظَّمْآنَ مِنْ مُهْجَةِ الدَّهْرِ

16. And fashioned precious pearls and gold as jewelry
Do not deny her stillness in sleep

١٦. أَعِدَّوا لَهَا ثَوَبَ الزَّفافِ مُرَصَّعاً
وَصُوغُوا لَهَا الحَليَ الثَّمِينَ مِنَ الدُّرِّ

17. Is not such the slumber of a cloistered virgin?
My tears are a mother’s at her daughter’s wedding

١٧. وَلا تُنْكِرُوا هَذَا السُّكونَ بِنَوْمِهَا
أَلَيْسَ كَذَا نَوْمُ المُحَصَّنةِ البِكْرِ

18. Do not reproach them, tears need no excuse
God granted your wedding’s splendor, nothing like it

١٨. وَدَمْعِي دمْعُ الأُمِّ فِي عُرْسِ بِنْتِهَا
فَلا تُنْكِرُوُه لَيْسَ فِي الدَّمْعِ مِنْ نُكْرِ

19. Among processions anywhere in Egypt
But why do hands carry you above them

١٩. لَكِ اللّهُ مَا أَبْهَى زَفَافَكِ إِنَّهُ
تَفَرَّدَ مَا بيْنَ الموَاكِبِ فِي مِصْرِ

20. Cushioned, while friends are scentless?
Does a bier or bridal couch bear you

٢٠. وَلَكِنْ لِمَ الأَيْدِي تُقِلُّكِ فَوْقَهَا
مُوسَّدَةً وَالصَّاحِبَاتُ بِلا عِطْرِ

21. And does a crowd gather for joy or condolence?
Lo! This is a funeral procession they adorn

٢١. يَضُمُّك نَعْشٌ أَمْ أَرِيكَةُ زَفَّةٍ
ويَحْفِلُ قوْمٌ لِلسُّرُورِ أَمِ الأَجْرِ

22. With graceful style and blossoms for you
Your mother's heartbreak cannot suffice

٢٢. أَلاَ إِنَّ هَذَا مَوْكِبُ المَوْتِ زَانَهُ
لَكِ الأَهْلُ بِالطَّرْزِ الأَنِيقِ وَبِالزَّهْرِ

23. Unless shown as fortune and glad tiding
O sun of beauty, your setting came early

٢٣. وَأُمُّك لاَ يَكْفي التَّفجُّع قَلْبُهَا
إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي صُوَرَةِ السَّعْدِ وَالبِشْرِ

24. Though flowers of memory will endure
I weep not because I knew you, but

٢٤. فَيَا شَمْسَ حُسْنٍ بَكَّرَتْ فِي زَوَالِهَا
لَئِنْ غِبْتِ فَالزَّهْرُ الثَّوَابِتُ فِي الإِثْرِ

25. For this fate, which makes every nursing mother cry

٢٥. بَكَيْتُكِ لا أَني عَرَفتُكِ إِنَّما
لِخَطبِكِ هَذا كُلُّ ناضِبَةٍ تَجْرِي