ضحِكْناwe laughed علىat الماضيthe past البعيدِdistant وفيand in غدٍtomorrow
ضحِكْنا على الماضي البعيدِ وفي غدٍ
ستجعَلُناwill make us الأَيَّامُthe days أُضْحُوكَةَlaughingstock الآتيthe future
ستجعَلُنا الأَيَّامُ أُضْحُوكَةَ الآتي
We laughed at the distant past, and tomorrow
We laughed at the distant past, and tomorrow
We laughed at the distant past, yet by tomorrow,
the days will make us the laughingstock of the future.
The days will make us the joke of the future
The days shall make us the laughingstock of the future.
وتلكَand that هيَit الدُّنياthe world رِوايةُa play ساحرٍa magician
وتلكَ هيَ الدُّنيا رِوايةُ ساحرٍ
عَظيمٍgreat غَريبِstrange الفَنِّthe art مُبْدِعِcreator of آياتِwonders
عَظيمٍ غَريبِ الفَنِّ مُبْدِعِ آياتِ
And such is the world: the play of a magician,
Such is this world, a sorcerer's tale
For such is the world: the tale of a sorcerer,
great, strange in his art, a creator of wonders.
Great, strange in art, creator of wonders
Mighty, strange of art, creator of marvels.
يمثِّلهاacts it out الأَحياءُthe living فيon مَسْرَحِstage الأَسَىsorrow
يمثِّلها الأَحياءُ في مَسْرَحِ الأَسَى
ووسْطand amid ضَبَابِfog الهمِّworry تَمْثيلَacting أَمواتِdead people
ووسْط ضَبَابِ الهمِّ تَمْثيلَ أَمواتِ
The living act it out on the stage of sorrow,
Played by the living in the theater of sorrow
The living act it out on the stage of sorrow,
and amid the fog of worry, acting like the dead,
And amid the fog of worries, a play of the dead
And amidst the fog of worry, perform like the dead.
ليشهدَto witness مَنْwhoever خَلْفَbehind الضَّبابِthe fog فصولَهاits acts
ليشهدَ مَنْ خَلْفَ الضَّبابِ فصولَها
ويَضْحَكُand laughs منهاat it مَنْwhoever يمثِّلُenacts مَاwhat ياتيcomes
ويَضْحَكُ منها مَنْ يمثِّلُ مَا ياتي
so that those behind the fog may witness its acts,
So that those behind the fog may see its seasons
That those beyond the mist may witness its acts,
and those who enact what comes next laugh at it.
And laugh at it, he who plays what comes
And he who plays the coming part may laugh at it.
وكلٌّand everyone يُؤَدِّيperforms دَوْرَهُhis role وهوwhile he is ضَاحكٌlaughing
وكلٌّ يُؤَدِّي دَوْرَهُ وهو ضَاحكٌ
علىat الغيرِothers مضْحُوكٌlaughed at علىfor دورهhis role العاتيoverbearing
على الغيرِ مضْحُوكٌ على دوره العاتي
And everyone performs his role, laughing
Each plays their role while laughing
Each one performs his role while laughing,
at others, yet mocked for his own overbearing role.
At others, ridiculed for their unruly role
At others, while his own cruel part is laughed to scorn.
Sol 6.1