تغنّيتُI sang بالأشعارِwith poems عندamid المخاوِفِfears
تغنّيتُ بالأشعارِ عند المخاوِفِ
كماjust as غرَّدَwarbled العُصفورُthe sparrow بينamong العواصِفِthe storms
كما غرَّدَ العُصفورُ بين العواصِفِ
I sang in verse in times of fear,
I sang with verses amidst fears
As the sparrow warbled amid the storms.
As the sparrow chirped amidst storms
هوit الشّعرُpoetry فيهِin it كلُّevery فنٍّart وحِكمةٍand wisdom
هو الشّعرُ فيهِ كلُّ فنٍّ وحِكمةٍ
وأطرافُهُand its fringes مَوصولةٌconnected بالطَّرائفto delightful novelties
وأطرافُهُ مَوصولةٌ بالطَّرائف
It is poetry: in it lie every art and wisdom,
Poetry encompasses every art and wisdom
And its fringes are joined to delightful novelties.
With facets linked to subtleties
فماso whatever جلَّwas great منamong كلِّall الأمورِaffairs عَرفتُهُI knew it
فما جلَّ من كلِّ الأمورِ عَرفتُهُ
وماand whatever دقَّwas subtle منهاamong them لمdid not يفُتescape رأيَjudgment عارفa discerning person
وما دقَّ منها لم يفُت رأيَ عارف
So I knew whatever was great among all affairs,
I've known all the sublime things
And whatever was subtle among them did not escape a discerning person's judgment.
And the astute hasn't missed my knowledgeable view
وماand not المرءُa person إِلاexcept بالذيby what هوhe عاملٌdoing
وما المرءُ إِلا بالذي هو عاملٌ
وماand not العَيشُlife إِلاexcept بالهوىthrough love والعَواطِفand emotions
وما العَيشُ إِلا بالهوى والعَواطِف
And a person is only what he does,
A person is but what they do
And life is lived only through love and emotions.
And life is but passion and emotions
لعمرُكَby your life هذاthis الشّعرُpoetry كانwas نتيجةًan outcome
لعمرُكَ هذا الشّعرُ كان نتيجةً
لخبرٍof experience وحسٍّand feeling مِنfrom حكيمٍa sage مشارِفobservant
لخبرٍ وحسٍّ مِن حكيمٍ مشارِف
By your life, this poetry was the outcome
Indeed, this poetry was the product
Of experience and feeling from an observant sage.
Of an experienced, wise sage
نطَقتُI spoke بأفواهِthrough the mouths of الكيانِexistence لأنَّنيbecause I
نطَقتُ بأفواهِ الكيانِ لأنَّني
توغَّلتُI ventured deep فيinto لجّاتهِits deep waters والتَّنائفand desert wastes
توغَّلتُ في لجّاتهِ والتَّنائف
I spoke through the mouths of existence, for I
I spoke with the mouths of existence for I
Ventured far into its deep waters and desert wastes.
Delved into its depths and intricacies
فروحيso my soul لهاit has منfrom كلّevery روحٍsoul صبابةٌardent longing
فروحي لها من كلّ روحٍ صبابةٌ
ترجِّعُechoes فيin قلبيmy heart رنينَringing المعازِفmusical instruments
ترجِّعُ في قلبي رنينَ المعازِف
So my soul holds a yearning from every soul,
My soul has from each soul youthfulness
Echoing the ringing of instruments within my heart.
Echoing in my heart the tunes of music
رفعتُI raised بشعريthrough my poetry كلَّevery حبٍّlove ومنيةٍand wish
رفعتُ بشعري كلَّ حبٍّ ومنيةٍ
لأرفعَso I may raise راسيmy head يومon the day of نشرِunfolding الصّحائفthe scrolls
لأرفعَ راسي يوم نشرِ الصّحائف
Through my poetry I raised every love and wish,
With my poetry I elevated every love and wish
To raise my head on the day the scrolls are unfolded.
To hold my head high on the day of spreading pages
أرىI see هذهthese الأبياتَthe verses أرماقَlast breaths مُهجتيmy soul
أرى هذه الأبياتَ أرماقَ مُهجتي
وفيand in كلِّevery بيتٍverse دَمعُtears آسٍone sorrowful وآسفand one regretful
وفي كلِّ بيتٍ دَمعُ آسٍ وآسف
I see these verses as the last breaths of my soul,
I see these verses as blinks of my eyelids
And in every verse are the tears of the sorrowful and regretful.
And in each verse a teardrop of sorrow and regret
فهذاso this شُعوريmy feeling مُطلقاًunfettered ومُقيَّداًand fettered
فهذا شُعوري مُطلقاً ومُقيَّداً
فشِعريso my poetry طليقٌfree فيwithin القوافيthe rhymes الرّواسِفfettered
فشِعري طليقٌ في القوافي الرّواسِف
So this is my feeling, unfettered and fettered,
So this is my absolute and constrained feeling
So my poetry is free within fettered rhymes.
My poetry is free in stormy rhymes
Sol 6.1