غَفَاdozed off الْلَّيْلthe night فَلْيَبْرُزso let ... emerge مِنfrom الْخِدْرthe curtained chamber طَالِعone emerging
غَفَا الْلَّيْل فَلْيَبْرُز مِن الْخِدْر طَالِع
وَمَنand from وَكُرَهhis lair فَلْيَغْدso let ... set forth غَاوa wayward one وَضَالِعand a limping one
وَمَن وَكُرَه فَلْيَغْد غَاو وَضَالِع
Night has dozed off; let one emerge from the curtained chamber,
The night has subsided, so let the rising star emerge from its lair,
The night has slumbered, so let the stalker rise from his lair,
and from his lair let a wayward one and a limping one set forth.
And let whoever dislikes it become hostile and vicious.
And from his den, let the deviant and the crooked beast go forth.
وَفِيand in غَفْلَةheedlessness مِّنfrom هَجْعَةslumber الْخَلْقcreation فِيin الْكَرِىsleep
وَفِي غَفْلَة مِّن هَجْعَة الْخَلْق فِي الْكَرِى
تَنَمَّرgrew fierce وَحْشbeast الْغَابthe forest وَاجْتَالand roamed ضَالِعa limping one
تَنَمَّر وَحْش الْغَاب وَاجْتَال ضَالِع
And in the heedlessness of creation sunk in sleep,
And in the negligence of people sleeping in their beds,
In a moment of heedlessness, while all creation sleeps,
the beast of the forest grew fierce, and a limping one roamed.
The beasts of the jungle prowled and bared their teeth.
The forest beast turns fierce, and the predator prowls free.
وَمَاand not الْغَابthe forest إلاexcept مَرْتَعa feeding ground الْذِّئْبthe wolf جَائلاroaming
وَمَا الْغَاب إلا مَرْتَع الْذِّئْب جَائلا
لِيَقْنُصto hunt حُمْلانlambs الْحَمِىthe sanctuary أَوor يُخْادِعdeceives
لِيَقْنُص حُمْلان الْحَمِى أَو يُخْادِع
And the forest is only the roaming wolf's feeding ground,
For the jungle is but a dwelling for the lurking wolf,
For the forest is but a pasture for the wandering wolf,
to hunt the sanctuary's lambs or practice deceit.
To hunt the lambs of the protected or to deceive.
To hunt the sanctuary's lambs or weave his deceit.
فَيَاso O وَطَنِاhomeland عنهheedless of it اسْتَنامَتfell asleep حَمَاتَهits guardians
فَيَا وَطَنِا عنه اسْتَنامَت حَمَاتَه
لَكfor you الْلَّهGod فِيْمَاin what خَصْمِكyour foe الْفَظharsh صَانِعdoing
لَك الْلَّه فِيْمَا خَصْمِك الْفَظ صَانِع
So O homeland, whose guardians have slept, heedless of you,
So oh my country, its protectors have become lax,
O homeland whose guardians have slumbered at their post,
may God help you through what your harsh foe is doing.
May God support you against your brutal adversary.
God be with you against the deeds of your brutal foe.
لَكfor you الَلَهGod فِيin هَذَاthis الَّذِيwhich قَدalready لَقِيْتُهI encountered it
لَك الَلَه فِي هَذَا الَّذِي قَد لَقِيْتُه
مِنof الْهَوْلterror أذِwhen رَاعِكfrightened you فِيin الْلَّيْلthe night خَانِعa cowering one
مِن الْهَوْل أذِ رَاعِك فِي الْلَّيْل خَانِع
May God help you through what I have endured
May God be with you in this horror that I have experienced
God be with you in the horrors you have met,
of terror, when a cowering one frightened you in the night.
With your terrified arms in the night pleading.
From the terror when a craven traitor struck in the night.
وَيَاand O أُمَّةnation أَوْطَانِهِاher homelands قَدalready تَمَزَّقَتwere torn apart
وَيَا أُمَّة أَوْطَانِهِا قَد تَمَزَّقَت
وَأُمْسِىand became بِهَاwithin her الْحِقْدhatred الْشِّقَاقdiscord يُشَايَعsupports
وَأُمْسِى بِهَا الْحِقْد الْشِّقَاق يُشَايَع
And O nation, whose homelands have been torn apart,
And oh nation whose homelands have been torn apart
O nation whose lands are torn and rent asunder,
and where hatred has come to champion discord,
While enmity and division spread among them at night.
Where hatred and discord are championed and spread.
رَأْىsaw لَيْثَهاher lion قَدalready نَامslept فِيin خِدْرa curtained chamber أُمّهhis mother
رَأْى لَيْثَها قَد نَام فِي خِدْر أُمّه
فَعَاثso ravaged بِهَاwithin her غَاوa wayward one وَغَدُورand a treacherous one وَطَامِعand a greedy one
فَعَاث بِهَا غَاو وَغَدُور وَطَامِع
he saw her lion asleep in his mother's curtained chamber,
Its lion has slept in its den
He saw its lion sleeping in the mother’s den,
so the wayward, the treacherous, and the greedy ravaged her.
So the treacherous beasts plundered it.
So the deviant, the traitor, and the greedy wreaked havoc there.
فَأَنَّىso how لَهfor him أَنto يُمْسِكhold الْأَمْرaffairs فِيin يَدa hand
فَأَنَّى لَه أَن يُمْسِك الْأَمْر فِي يَد
وَقَدand already دَهِمَتْهovertook him فِيin الْظَّلامthe darkness الْفَظَائِعhorrors؟
وَقَد دَهِمَتْه فِي الْظَّلام الْفَظَائِع؟
How, then, can he take matters in hand,
How can he maintain control
How then can he hold command within his hand,
when horrors have overtaken him in the darkness?
When terrors have overwhelmed him in the darkness?
When atrocities have stormed him in the dark?
رَأْىsaw قَصَرَهhis palace الْمُنْهَارcollapsed تَحْتbeneath رُكَامُهits rubble
رَأْى قَصَرَه الْمُنْهَار تَحْت رُكَامُه
وَفَانِّيand perishing حُطَامwreckage دَمَّرَتْهdestroyed it الْمُدَافِعthe cannons
وَفَانِّي حُطَام دَمَّرَتْه الْمُدَافِع
He saw his collapsed palace beneath its rubble,
He saw his crumbling palace beneath the rubble
He saw his palace collapsed beneath its rubble,
and crumbling wreckage destroyed by the cannons.
And its fleeting wreckage demolished by the cannons.
And perishable ruins destroyed by cannon fire.
وَمَنand from حُوْلَهaround him صِرْعَىthe fallen وَجُرْحِىand the wounded جُنُوْدُهhis soldiers
وَمَن حُوْلَه صِرْعَى وَجُرْحِى جُنُوْدُه
وَمَنand from تَحْتِهِمbeneath them تِلْكthose الْدِّيَارthe dwellings الْبَلَاقِعdesolate
وَمَن تَحْتِهِم تِلْك الْدِّيَار الْبَلَاقِع
And around him his soldiers lay fallen and wounded,
Around him are his slain and wounded soldiers
Around him lie the slain and wounded of his troops,
and beneath them lay those desolate dwellings.
And beneath them are those devastated homes.
And beneath them lie the desolate and barren lands.
وَجُنِّدand were mobilized غَزَاةinvaders يَقْطَعُوْنcut off سَبِيِلِهhis path
وَجُنِّد غَزَاة يَقْطَعُوْن سَبِيِلِه
وَتَنْزُوand leap عَلَىupon الأعْرَاضpeople's honor مِنْهُمfrom them نَوَازِعimpulses
وَتَنْزُو عَلَى الأعْرَاض مِنْهُم نَوَازِع
And invaders were mobilized, cutting off his path,
And enemy invaders cutting off his route
Invading troops cut off his every path,
and impulses spring from them against people's honor.
While tempting motives descend upon them.
While base desires leap to violate our honor.
وَكُلand each لَهfor him فِيin هَجْعَةslumber الْلَّيْلthe night إرْبِهhis desire
وَكُل لَه فِي هَجْعَة الْلَّيْل إرْبِه
تُحَرَّكَهstirs him لِلْفَتْكto slaughter وَالْغَابand the forest هَاجِعasleep
تُحَرَّكَه لِلْفَتْك وَالْغَاب هَاجِع
And each has his own desire during the night's slumber,
And each of them has a goal in the night’s slumber
Each harbors a plot in the quiet of the night,
stirring him to slaughter while the forest sleeps.
That drives him to betrayal and wickedness.
Stirring him to slaughter while the forest sleeps.
تَنَمَّرgrew fierce فِيَهin it حَامِلbearer الْنَّابthe fang وَالْمُدْىand the knives
تَنَمَّر فِيَه حَامِل الْنَّاب وَالْمُدْى
بِهَاwith them شَحَذَتsharpened أَيْدhands بِهَاupon them الْسُّمthe poison نَاقِعdeadly
بِهَا شَحَذَت أَيْد بِهَا الْسُّم نَاقِع
Within it, the bearer of fang and knives grew fierce;
The one carrying fangs and claws prowling
The bearer of fangs and knives has turned ferocious there,
hands have sharpened them, and deadly poison lies upon them.
With which the venomous hands have sharpened.
Whetted by hands where soaking poison flows.
عَجِيْبstrange لَهَاfor her أُمَّتِيmy nation فِيin وَثَوْبُهُاher leap
عَجِيْب لَهَا أُمَّتِي فِي وَثَوْبُهُا
عَلَىupon وَطَنa homeland فِيَهin it الْقُلُوْبthe hearts فَوَاجِعgrief-stricken
عَلَى وَطَن فِيَه الْقُلُوْب فَوَاجِع
How strange my nation is in its leap
Wondrous are my people in their rags
How strange is my nation in its sudden plight,
upon a homeland whose hearts are stricken with grief.
Over a homeland with grieving hearts.
Upon a homeland where hearts are struck with tragedy.
أَحَاطَتsurrounded بِهaround it قُوَّاتforces غَدَرtreachery أَثِيمُهsinful
أَحَاطَت بِه قُوَّات غَدَر أَثِيمُه
بِهَاthrough them الْمَسْجِدthe mosque الْأَقْصَىAl-Aqsa دَهَتْهstruck it الْمَوَاجِعpains
بِهَا الْمَسْجِد الْأَقْصَى دَهَتْه الْمَوَاجِع
Forces of sinful treachery have surrounded it;
The forces of a treacherous enemy have surrounded it
Sinful forces of treachery have encircled it,
through them, agony has struck the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
With which the Aqsa Mosque they have violated.
Where Al-Aqsa Mosque is overwhelmed by grief.
وَمَاand not فِيَهin it مِنany حَامdefender سِوَىexcept الْعُزَّلthe unarmed فِيin الْوَغَىbattle
وَمَا فِيَه مِن حَام سِوَى الْعُزَّل فِي الْوَغَى
يُرَوِّعَهُمterrifies them فِيin مُهْجَةthe heart الْلَّيْلthe night خَادِعa deceiver
يُرَوِّعَهُم فِي مُهْجَة الْلَّيْل خَادِع
It has no defender in battle except the unarmed,
And it contains no defenders against the chaos
With no defender but the unarmed in the fray,
whom a deceiver terrifies in the heart of night.
Which terrorizes the helpless in the dark of night.
Terrified in the depth of night by a deceiver.
أُتِىcame يَحْمِلcarries الْمَوْتdeath الْزُّؤَامswift and deadly بِالّةwith a machine
أُتِى يَحْمِل الْمَوْت الْزُّؤَام بِالّة
مُصَوِّبُةaimed الَأنْيَابthe fangs مِنْهَاfrom it الْأَضَالِعthe ribs
مُصَوِّبُة الَأنْيَاب مِنْهَا الْأَضَالِع
He came bearing swift death with a machine,
They came bearing vile death with weapons
He came bringing instant death with his machine,
its fangs aimed at ribs.
Aiming their claws, shedding blood.
Its fangs taking aim from every deadly flank.
وَفِيand in جُفُوَنُّهَاits eyelids الْنِّيْرَانthe fires وَالْبُغْضand hatred وَالْأَسِىand sorrow
وَفِي جُفُوَنُّهَا الْنِّيْرَان وَالْبُغْض وَالْأَسِى
لِمَنfor those whom دَاهمَّتّهit assailed him بِالْمَنُونwith death تَوَاقَعstrikes
لِمَن دَاهمَّتّه بِالْمَنُون تَوَاقَع
And in its eyelids lie fires, hatred, and sorrow
In their eyes are fire, hatred, and sorrow
In its eyes are fire, hatred, and despair,
for those it assails with death as it strikes,
For those they suddenly attacked with calamity.
For those it raided, bringing death to fall upon them.
بِجُنْدwith troops مِنof الْشُّذَّاذthe outcasts مِنfrom كُلevery مَلَّةcreed
بِجُنْد مِن الْشُّذَّاذ مِن كُل مَلَّة
لُصُوْصِيَّةthieving مِنْهَاfrom it أَثِيْمa sinner وجَاشِعand a greedy one
لُصُوْصِيَّة مِنْهَا أَثِيْم وجَاشِع
with troops of outcasts from every creed
With an army of riffraff from every faith
With an army of outcasts from every sect,
of thieves, with sinners and the greedy among them.
Wicked thieves among them plundering and ransacking.
A thieving horde, sinful and consumed by greed.
مَوَاقِعَهُمtheir positions فِيْهَاin it تُحَدِّدdefine جُرْمِهِمtheir crime
مَوَاقِعَهُم فِيْهَا تُحَدِّد جُرْمِهِم
فَمَنso who ذَاthat one الَّذِيwho عَنon behalf of قُدْسِهhis Jerusalem لَاnot يُدَافِعdefends؟
فَمَن ذَا الَّذِي عَن قُدْسِه لَا يُدَافِع؟
Their positions there define their crime;
Their positions there define their crime
Their positions there define their very crime—
so who is it that will not defend his Jerusalem?
So who will defend its holiness, not objecting?
For who is he that would not defend his holy sanctuary?
دَعَانِيcalled me الْأُسِّىsorrow وَاسَتَدَّمّعand drew tears from الْعَيْنthe eye حَسْرَهanguish
دَعَانِي الْأُسِّى وَاسَتَدَّمّع الْعَيْن حَسْرَه
وَشَدَتand lunged الَيtoward قَلْبِيmy heart الْنُيُوبthe fangs الْنَّوَازِعthe rending ones
وَشَدَت الَي قَلْبِي الْنُيُوب الْنَّوَازِع
Sorrow called to me and drew tears from my eye in anguish,
Anguish has called me and tears of sorrow have flowed
Grief called to me, and my eyes wept tears of regret,
and the rending fangs lunged toward my heart.
And adversities have pulled at my heart.
And tearing fangs pulled tight against my heart.
خُطُوْبcalamities وَأَهْوَالand terrors وَأَسْرِىand captives وand أَدْمُعtears
خُطُوْب وَأَهْوَال وَأَسْرِى و أَدْمُع
وَقَتْلِىand the slain وِصْرِعِىand the fallen جَنْدلْتِهُمfelled them مَصَارِعdeaths
وَقَتْلِى وِصْرِعِى جَنْدلْتِهُم مَصَارِع
Calamities and terrors, captives and tears,
Ordeals, terrors, captives, tears
Calamities, horrors, captives, and flowing tears,
and the slain and fallen, whom death has laid low.
And my murder and the death of its soldiers.
And the slain and broken, felled on fields of death.
فَمَنso who لِيfor me مِنfrom هَذَاthis الدَمارُdestruction وَمَاand what جِرىhappened
فَمَن لِي مِن هَذَا الدَمارُ وَمَا جِرى
لِأَهْلِيto my people وَبَيْتِيand my home وَالْقُلُوْبand the hearts صَوَادِعbreaking؟
لِأَهْلِي وَبَيْتِي وَالْقُلُوْب صَوَادِع؟
Who, then, will save me from this devastation and what has happened
So who will save me from this destruction and what has happened
Who is there for me in this ruin and what has passed,
to my people and my home, while hearts are breaking?
To my family, home, and hearts with anguish?
For my family, my home, and hearts that split in two?
وَمَنand who يَدْفَعrepels الْخَصْمthe foe الْعُتُلbrutish بِقُوَّةwith force
وَمَن يَدْفَع الْخَصْم الْعُتُل بِقُوَّة
وَيَرْدَعand restrains مَسْعَاهhis efforts وَبَالغَابand in the forest جَازِعone in fear؟
وَيَرْدَع مَسْعَاه وَبَالغَاب جَازِع؟
And who will forcefully repel the brutish foe
And who will drive back the shameless enemy with strength
And who will drive back the brutal foe with might,
and curb his efforts, while someone in the forest is afraid?
And deter his goal and make the forest cower?
And deter his quest, while the forest shakes with fear?
نُفُوْسsouls عُرَاهَاbeset them الْبُؤْسmisery وَالْهَمand worry وَالْضَّنّىand wasting illness
نُفُوْس عُرَاهَا الْبُؤْس وَالْهَم وَالْضَّنّى
وَأَفْزَعَهَاand terrified them مِنby هَوْلِهits horror ماwhat يُضَاجِعshares a bed
وَأَفْزَعَهَا مِن هَوْلِه ما يُضَاجِع
Souls beset by misery, worry, and wasting illness,
Souls stripped bare by misery, anxiety, and discontent
Souls stripped by misery, worry, and wasting pain,
and terrified by the horror of what shares their bed.
And horrified by its terror, unable to find rest.
Terrified by the horror that sleeps beside them.
أيَحْمّيcan ... protect? بُيُوْتَاhouses أَوor يَصُوْنsafeguards مَسَاجِداmosques
أيَحْمّي بُيُوْتَا أَو يَصُوْن مَسَاجِدا
نَئُوْمa heavy sleeper عَنheedless of الُجْلَّيgreat calamity خَنُوعsubmissive وَهَالِعand panic-stricken؟
نَئُوْم عَن الُجْلَّي خَنُوع وَهَالِع؟
Can homes be protected or mosques safeguarded
Will they protect homes or defend mosques
Can he protect a home or guard a mosque—
by a heavy sleeper, heedless of calamity, submissive and panic-stricken?
While we sleep, resigned and destroyed?
The submissive, panic-stricken sleeper in the crisis?
أَمor الْمُمْسِكthe one holding الْكُرْسِيthe chair فِيَهto it تَشَبُّثاclinging
أَم الْمُمْسِك الْكُرْسِي فِيَه تَشَبُّثا
يَنَامsleeps عَلَىin هُونhumiliation وَبالصَّمّتand with silence قَانِعcontent؟
يَنَام عَلَى هُون وَبالصَّمّت قَانِع؟
Or by one who grips the chair, clinging to it,
Or will the one grasping the throne obstinately
Or he who clings tightly to the throne,
sleeping in humiliation, content with silence?
Sleep in disgrace and satisfied with silence?
Sleeping on humiliation, content with silence?
وُلَاةrulers شُعُوْبpeoples مَزَّقَتْهُمtore them apart ضَغَائِنgrudges
وُلَاة شُعُوْب مَزَّقَتْهُم ضَغَائِن
وَمَاand not ضَمَّهُمunited them فِيin سَاحَةthe field الْحَرْبwar جَامِعa unifying bond
وَمَا ضَمَّهُم فِي سَاحَة الْحَرْب جَامِع
Rulers of peoples, torn apart by grudges,
Rulers of nations torn apart by grudges
Rulers of peoples torn apart by grudges,
and no bond has united them on the battlefield.
With nothing to unite them on the battlefield.
United by nothing on the field of war.
وَقَدand indeed شَغَلَتْهُمdistracted them أَنْفُسselves عَنfrom شُعُوْبِهُمtheir peoples
وَقَد شَغَلَتْهُم أَنْفُس عَن شُعُوْبِهُم
وَبَاتand spent the night مَعalongside الْشَّحْنَاءenmity حِقْدrancor يُصَارِعwrestling
وَبَات مَع الْشَّحْنَاء حِقْد يُصَارِع
And their own selves have distracted them from their peoples,
They have been distracted from their people
Their own selves distracted them from their peoples,
and rancor spent the night wrestling alongside enmity.
While struggling with hatred through the night.
And hatred spent the night wrestling with rancor.
Sol 6.1