أصبحتI have become بعدafter تطاولthe lengthening of الأيامthe days
أصبحت بعد تطاول الأيام
قلبيmy heart بموضعin the place of قالبيmy body بالشامin al-Sham
قلبي بموضع قالبي بالشام
After the long passage of days, I have come to this:
After the prolonging of days,
My heart is in my body's place in al-Sham.
my heart has become in the place of my mold in Damascus
إنif متُّI die منof حزنٍgrief فإنthen indeed بنيّmy sons قدalready
إن متُّ من حزنٍ فإن بنيّ قد
ماتواthey have died بشامهمُin their al-Sham منof الإعدامdestitution
ماتوا بشامهمُ من الإعدام
If I die of grief, then my sons have already
If I die of sorrow, then my sons have
Died in their al-Sham of destitution.
died in their Damascus from execution
ياO للوزيرينto the two ministers اللذانthe two who هماthey two هماthey two
يا للوزيرين اللذان هما هما
لاdo not ترحمانيpity me (you two) وارْحماand pity (you two) أيتاميmy orphans
لا ترحماني وارْحما أيتامي
O two ministers, who are indeed who they are,
O you two ministers, you two are the ones
Do not pity me; pity my orphans.
Who do not have mercy on me, but have mercy on my orphans
منwho ليfor me بحملهمُwith carrying them علىupon عينيmy eye فماfor there is no
من لي بحملهمُ على عيني فما
ليfor me نحوَtoward حملُهمُcarrying them علىupon أقداميmy feet
لي نحوَ حملُهمُ على أقدامي
Who will help me carry them upon my eye? For I have no
Who will carry them on my eyes, for I have
Means to carry them upon my feet.
No way to carry them on my feet
فيكونso it would be جبركماyour mending (you two) لقلبيfor my heart جبرهمmending them
فيكون جبركما لقلبي جبرهم
فهمُfor they علىin كلِّall الوجوهrespects عظاميmy bones
فهمُ على كلِّ الوجوه عظامي
So your mending of my heart would be their mending,
So your compulsion to my heart will be their compulsion
For in every sense they are my bones.
For they are, in every way, my bones
ياO عصمةًa refuge لأراملfor widows وثمالand a sustainer of أيor- (start of 'orphans')
يا عصمةً لأرامل وثمال أي
تام-phans (end of 'orphans') بقيتمmay you remain عصمةthe refuge of الإسلامIslam
تام بقيتم عصمة الإسلام
O refuge for widows and sustainer of or-
O protection for widows and youths
phans, may you remain the refuge of Islam.
You have remained the protection of Islam
أقسمتI have sworn لولاwere it not for جاهكمyour standing ونوالكمand your bounty
أقسمت لولا جاهكم ونوالكم
أصبحتI would have become لاnothing خلفيbehind me ولاand nothing قدَّاميbefore me
أصبحت لا خلفي ولا قدَّامي
I have sworn: were it not for your standing and your bounty,
I swear by your glory and gifts
I would be left with nothing behind me or before me.
I would have neither a past nor a future
Sol 6.1