لاnot أبتغيI seek منكfrom you سوىexcept الوفاءِfulfillment
لا أبتغي منك سوى الوفاءِ
بوعدكof your promise السابقearlier بالجلاءِto withdraw
بوعدك السابق بالجلاءِ
I seek from you nothing but fulfillment
I ask for nothing from you but loyalty
of your earlier promise to withdraw.
To your previous promise of withdrawal
أبعدafter ...? ماthat ملكتyou possessed رأسthe head of الفيلِthe elephant
أبعد ما ملكت رأس الفيلِ
أقيمI dwell فيin خرطومهits trunk الطويلِlong
أقيم في خرطومه الطويلِ
After you have taken possession of the elephant’s head,
After possessing the head of the elephant
am I to dwell in its long trunk?
I reside in its long trunk
وبعدand after أنthat تستجمعيyou gather your strength وتشرفيand you loom
وبعد أن تستجمعي وتشرفي
عليَّover me ينجوescapes منfrom أذاكyour harm موقفيmy position
عليَّ ينجو من أذاك موقفي
And after you gather your strength and loom
And after you regain and overlook me
over me, will my position escape your harm?
My stance therefrom survives
إنكindeed you لاnot تبغينyou seek غيرother than الرزقِsustenance
إنك لا تبغين غير الرزقِ
ليقتلso that ... may kill الجوعhunger جميعall الخلقِcreation
ليقتل الجوع جميع الخلقِ
Indeed, you seek nothing but sustenance,
You seek nothing but sustenance
so that hunger may kill all creation.
To kill the hunger of all people
وإنand if ملكتI ruled جارتيmy neighbor حفظتُI would guard
وإن ملكت جارتي حفظتُ
سياجَهاher fence وشأنهاand her standing رفعتُI would raise
سياجَها وشأنها رفعتُ
And if I ruled my neighbor, I would guard
And if my neighbor possessed, I protected
her fence and raise her standing.
Her fence and dignity I upheld
وإننيand indeed I بأختيَto my sister الشرقيةِeastern
وإنني بأختيَ الشرقيةِ
أحقmore entitled منthan كلevery يدhand غربيةِwestern
أحق من كل يد غربيةِ
And as for my eastern sister, surely I
And I, for my sister the Eastern
have a stronger claim than any western hand.
More right than any Western hand
Sol 6.1