ياO دولةstate تدعوcalls الدفاعَdefense غدراtreachery
يا دولة تدعو الدفاعَ غدرا
وهيyet it is أعمmost far-reaching الغادراتtreacherous states شراin evil
وهي أعم الغادرات شرا
O state that calls defense treachery,
O state, you call for treacherous defense
yet surpasses all treacherous states in the reach of its evil!
While you are the most treacherous of them all
هلquestion marker نسيتyou forgot سينوبُSinop حربَthe war of القِرْمِCrimea
هل نسيت سينوبُ حربَ القِرْمِ
ورجمكand your bombardment of الأسطولthe fleet أيwhat a رجْمِbombardment
ورجمك الأسطول أي رجْمِ
Have you forgotten Sinop in the Crimean War,
Have you forgotten the defeat at Crimea
and how fiercely you bombarded the fleet,
When the fleet stoned you with pitiless stoning
وهوwhile it was لدىat مرساهits anchorage والبَحَّارَهْand the sailors
وهو لدى مرساه والبَحَّارَهْ
عليهaboard it لاnot ينتظرونexpecting غارَهْa raid
عليه لا ينتظرون غارَهْ
while it lay at anchor, with the sailors
While it was anchored, with its sailors
aboard it expecting no raid?
Who did not await an attack upon it
وهلand (question marker) نسيتِyou forgot نكبةthe calamity of الهنودِthe Indians
وهل نسيتِ نكبة الهنودِ
وأخذكand your taking الأرمنthe Armenians فيin القيودِchains
وأخذك الأرمن في القيودِ
And have you forgotten the calamity of the Indians,
And have you forgotten the defeat by the Indians
and your taking the Armenians away in chains?
And the Armenians taking you captive in shackles
قدindeed كانthere would have been ليfor me فيin ذاthis المجالarena مصرخُan outcry
قد كان لي في ذا المجال مصرخُ
لوhad دمتُI remained حرةًfree ودامand endured البرزخُthe isthmus
لو دمتُ حرةً ودام البرزخُ
I could have raised a cry in this arena,
I would have cried out about this
had I remained free and the isthmus endured,
Had I remained free and the interim continued
وماand not التقىmet الأبيضthe White Sea (Mediterranean) والأحمرand the Red Sea فيin
وما التقى الأبيض والأحمر في
ماwhat كانhad been سداًa barrier دونagainst كلevery معتفintruder
ما كان سداً دون كل معتف
and had the White and Red Seas not met in
And the white and the red never met
what had been a barrier against every intruder
To be a barrier against any transgressor
وكانand had been مسلكيmy route إلىto الشآمِSyria
وكان مسلكي إلى الشآمِ
وغيرهاand others besides it منamong مدنthe cities of الإمامِthe Imam
وغيرها من مدن الإمامِ
and had been my road to Syria
My path used to be towards Syria
and to the Imam's other cities.
And other cities of the Imam
ياO دولةstate of القيصرthe Tsar أجفوكI shun you علىdespite
يا دولة القيصر أجفوك على
أنيthat I أخافI fear اليومtoday منكin your place بدلاa substitute
أني أخاف اليوم منك بدلا
O state of the Tsar, I shun you, although
O state of the Tsar, I blame you
today I fear another in your place.
That today, instead, I fear you
إنif شغلتكhas distracted you همةthe resolve of اليابانِJapan
إن شغلتك همة اليابانِ
عنfrom حقكyour right المزعومalleged فيin البلقانِthe Balkans
عن حقك المزعوم في البلقانِ
If Japan's resolve has distracted you
If your ambition for Japan
from your alleged right in the Balkans,
Distracts you from your alleged right to the Balkans
وقامand stood عنكin your stead الإنكليزthe English فيهِin it
وقام عنك الإنكليز فيهِ
مقامthe position of ذيone possessing تكبُّرٍarrogance وتيهِand conceit
مقام ذي تكبُّرٍ وتيهِ
and the English have taken your place there,
And the British rise there
with the bearing of the arrogant and conceited,
With arrogance and confusion
جاءواthey came وصاحواand they shouted صيحةthe cry of الأنانيهْselfishness
جاءوا وصاحوا صيحة الأنانيهْ
مصرEgypt أوor البقاءremaining فيin مقدونيهْMacedonia
مصر أو البقاء في مقدونيهْ
they came and shouted their selfish cry:
They came and shouted selfishly
"Egypt—or staying in Macedonia!"
Egypt or staying in Macedonia!
وامتلكواand they took possession of مصرEgypt امتلاكpossession of قبرصاCyprus
وامتلكوا مصر امتلاك قبرصا
وكمَّلواand they completed منof أمرهمtheir enterprise ماwhat نقصاwas lacking
وكمَّلوا من أمرهم ما نقصا
And they took possession of Egypt as they had of Cyprus,
And they possessed Egypt like possessing Cyprus
and completed what was lacking in their enterprise.
And completed what they lacked of their affairs
Sol 6.1