أيهاO البرقthe lightning اللموعُgleaming
أيها البرق اللموعُ
لكfor you منfrom نجدٍNajd طلوعُa rising
لك من نجدٍ طلوعُ
O gleaming lightning,
O lightning that flashes bright
You rise from Najd.
Rising from the hills of Najd
تختفيyou disappear طوراًfor a time وتبدوand you appear
تختفي طوراً وتبدو
فتواريكthen conceal you الربوعُthe abodes
فتواريك الربوعُ
You vanish for a time and appear,
Now hidden, now in sight
Then the abodes conceal you.
Your brilliance fills the meadows
لمnot يزلcease ليfor me بكfor you وجدlonging
لم يزل لي بك وجد
وهيامand passionate love وولوعُand ardent attachment
وهيام وولوعُ
My longing for you has never ceased,
For you my passion and desire
Nor my passion and ardor.
And longing will not fade
أنتyou هذاthis الجسمthe body منيof me
أنت هذا الجسم مني
أنتyou قلبيmy heart والضلوعand the ribs
أنت قلبي والضلوع
You are this body of mine,
You are my being, my heart
You are my heart and ribs,
My ribs and bones are made
وقياميand my standing وقعوديand my sitting
وقيامي وقعودي
وسجوديand my prostration والركوعand bowing
وسجودي والركوع
And my standing and my sitting,
My rising up and sitting down
And my prostration and bowing,
My worship and my bowed head
ووضوئيand my ablution وصلاتيand my prayer
ووضوئي وصلاتي
وثنائيand my praise والخشوعand humble reverence
وثنائي والخشوع
And my ablution and my prayer,
My ablution and my prayer
And my praise and humble reverence,
My praise and awe instead
وصياميand my fasting وزكاتيand my obligatory almsgiving
وصيامي وزكاتي
ثمthen حجيmy pilgrimage والرجوعand the return
ثم حجي والرجوع
And my fasting and my almsgiving,
My fasting and my alms age
Then my pilgrimage and return.
Then pilgrimage once said
أنتyou إخلاصيmy sincerity وزهديand my ascetic renunciation
أنت إخلاصي وزهدي
أنتyou صبريmy patience والخضوعand submission
أنت صبري والخضوع
You are my sincerity and my renunciation,
You're my devotion and my way
You are my patience and submission.
My patience and bowed head
أنتyou كليall of me أنتyou بعضيpart of me
أنت كلي أنت بعضي
أنتyou نوميmy sleep والهجوعand nighttime slumber
أنت نومي والهجوع
You are all of me; you are part of me.
You're all of me and part of me
You are my sleep and nighttime slumber.
My sleep and want instead
وكذاand likewise الكونthe universe جميعاًin its entirety
وكذا الكون جميعاً
أنتyou عنديin my view ياO جموعmultitudes
أنت عندي يا جموع
And likewise the entire universe
The cosmos entirely
Is you to me, O multitudes;
Is only you, O crowds
وكبارand great ones وصغارand small ones
وكبار وصغار
وأصولand roots وفروعand branches
وأصول وفروع
And the great and the small,
Elders, young ones, roots and shoots
And roots and branches,
Life, death, food and need
وحياةand life ومماتand death
وحياة وممات
شبعٌsatiety أنتyou وجوعand hunger
شبعٌ أنت وجوع
And life and death.
Figures in the soul's eye
You are satiety and hunger.
Alarming changes indeed
صورforms فيin عينessence روحa spirit
صور في عين روح
وتحاويلٌand transformations تروعinspire awe
وتحاويلٌ تروع
Forms in the essence of a spirit,
Quick gatherings for them
And transformations that inspire awe,
Whose source is a ancient deed
وتناويعٌand variations سريعاswift (continued on the next line)
وتناويعٌ سريعا
تٌfeminine-plural ending completing 'swift' لهاfor them منهfrom it وقوعoccurrence
تٌ لها منه وقوع
And swift variations—
Or like a shadow or water
Whose occurrence derives from it.
Pouring out springs freed
وهوand it عنfrom أمرٍa command قديمٍancient
وهو عن أمرٍ قديمٍ
حادثٍnewly arisen مسكٌmusk يضوعwafts its scent
حادثٍ مسكٌ يضوع
And it, from a command both ancient
And in short this is
And new, is musk that wafts its scent;
A candle, its flames feed
أوor كظلlike a shadow أوor كماءlike water
أو كظل أو كماء
دفقتgushed forth عنهfrom it النبوعthe springs
دفقت عنه النبوع
Or like a shadow, or like water
From which the springs gushed forth.
وعلىand on الجملةthe whole هذاthis
وعلى الجملة هذا
شمعةa candle وهوand it شموعcandles
شمعة وهو شموع
And, in sum, this is
One candle—and it is many candles.
Partial English translation: 30 of 34 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1