لاdo not تحسبواthink أنthat فيin ذاthis الغيثthe rain منفعةbenefit
لا تحسبوا أن في ذا الغيث منفعة
لأرضfor the land of مصرEgypt بهthrough it قدmay يؤمنbe averted الشَرَقُdrought
لأرض مصر به قد يؤمن الشَرَقُ
Do not think this rain can benefit
Do not think that this rain will benefit
the land of Egypt by keeping drought at bay.
The land of Egypt, though the East expects it,
ماnot الماءthe water إلاbut دموعtears of القومthe people صيرهاmade them
ما الماء إلا دموع القوم صيرها
ظلمthe tyranny of الدخيلthe intruder كلجlike the depths of البحرthe sea تصطفقُsurge
ظلم الدخيل كلج البحر تصطفقُ
The water is nothing but the people's tears, made
The water is but tears of people turned
by the intruder's tyranny to surge like the deep sea.
By tyranny of the foreigner to torrents.
وماand not الرعودthe thunderclaps سوىbut خفقthe beating of القلوبthe hearts وماand not الthe
وما الرعود سوى خفق القلوب وما ال
بروقlightning غيرother than لظاهاtheir blaze وهيwhile they تحترقُburn
بروق غير لظاها وهي تحترقُ
And thunder is nothing but the beating of hearts, and the
The thunder is the beating of their hearts,
lightning is nothing but their blaze as they burn.
The lightning is the fire within them burning,
وماand not الرياحthe winds سوىbut الأرواحthe souls تدفعهاdrive them
وما الرياح سوى الأرواح تدفعها
منfrom الصدورthe breasts همومsorrows فهيso they تستبقُrace one another
من الصدور هموم فهي تستبقُ
And the winds are nothing but souls, driven
The winds are but their spirits, driving out
from breasts by sorrows, so they race one another.
The darkness of the soul, remorselessly turning.
ويلاهwoe is me! ياO مصرEgypt ماwhat التدبيرthe remedy فيfor شَرَقٍdrought
ويلاه يا مصر ما التدبير في شَرَقٍ
إذاif شكوناwe complain أذاهits harm عمناovertakes us الغرقُdrowning
إذا شكونا أذاه عمنا الغرقُ
Alas, O Egypt, what remedy is there for drought,
Woe to thee, Egypt, what will planning do
if, when we complain of its harm, drowning overtakes us all?
If, when we plead, our voice drowned in the rain.
هذاthis عقابthe punishment of الألىthose who عاشواlived بغيِّهِمُin their waywardness
هذا عقاب الألى عاشوا بغيِّهِمُ
شتىdivergent طرائقهمtheir ways أهواؤهمtheir passions فِرَقُfactions
شتى طرائقهم أهواؤهم فِرَقُ
This is the punishment of those who lived in their waywardness,
This is the punishment of people whose lives
their ways divergent, their passions split into factions.
Were led in diverse ways, discordant, vain.
Sol 6.1