Sol 6.1

  1. أشعبان في السنة التاليهْ

    حسانٌ طلائعك الآتيهْ

    O Sha'ban, in the coming year,

    fair are your approaching heralds,

  2. وميعاد مؤتمر المسلمي

    ن في مصرَ للغاية العاليه

    and the appointed time for the Muslims’ conference

    in Egypt, for the lofty purpose.

  3. نعد اللياليَ محمودة

    إليك ونرقبها دانيه

    We count the nights as auspicious

    until you, and watch them drawing near.

  4. ستجمع فيك شعوبَ اليقي

    ن مصرُ الملبية الداعيه

    Within you the peoples of firm faith will be gathered

    by Egypt, answering the call and summoning.

  5. وتسعى الملائك بين الوفو

    د بالوحي رائحة غاديه

    And angels move among the delegations,

    bearing revelation, at evening and at dawn.

  6. يسيرون في أرضها ناضري

    ن تحت سماء لها صافيه

    They walk upon her soil, radiant,

    beneath her clear sky.

  7. وتروي البروق أحاديثهم

    إلى كل مملكة حاكيه

    The lightning flashes recount their conversations

    to every kingdom, retelling them.

  8. يحيون أسوار هذا الحمى

    ورايته الحرة الغاليه

    They salute the ramparts of this protected land

    and its precious, free banner.

  9. يرون الخلافة في تاجه

    كما هي آملة راجيه

    They see the caliphate in its crown,

    as she hopes and yearns,

  10. مبايعة الواثق المنتهى

    إلى أمد السُّبل الناجيه

    pledging allegiance with confidence in the destination,

    at the far end of the paths to salvation.

  11. مضى زمن جاء بعض الرجا

    ل فيه بأعذاره الواهيه

    Gone is a time when one of the men came

    with his flimsy excuses.

  12. وبرَّأ قوميَ من أهلهم

    يداري غريمهم الداهيه

    And dissociated my people from their own kin,

    placating their cunning adversary,

  13. ورد الخلافة عن أرضهم

    كما تدفع الغرزة الباغيه

    and turned the caliphate away from their land

    as a hostile thrust is repelled.

  14. وقد أصبحت مصر ميدانها

    وبيئتها الخصبة الواقيه

    And Egypt has now become its arena

    and its fertile, sheltering habitat.

  15. كأني أرى في ثغور الحمى

    أساطيله ضخمة راسيه

    It is as though I see, in the protected land’s ports,

    its massive fleets lying at anchor,

  16. وجيش الخلافة مستجمعاً

    يسير إلى الغاية القاصيه

    and the caliphate’s army, fully mustered,

    marching toward the distant goal.

  17. ولا بد للحق من قوة

    تحاذرها القوة الطاغيه

    Right must have strength

    that tyrannical power fears.

  18. أتأخذها مصر محتومةً

    ويطلبها ملك الباديه

    Will Egypt take it as her destined lot,

    while the desert’s king seeks it?

  19. دمشق وبغداد مغلولتان

    ومكةُ شاكيةٌ باكيه

    Damascus and Baghdad are shackled,

    and Mecca laments and weeps.

  20. تأست برفقك في حظها

    ولولاك لم تك بالساليه

    She found solace in your gentleness amid her lot,

    and but for you, she would not have been consoled.

  21. تود لو انتقلت جانباً

    على النيل أو جاورت ناحيه

    She wishes she could move to a place

    on the Nile, or dwell beside one of its reaches.

  22. وهل بعدما استيقظ المسلمون

    وهبت عواصفهم ذاريه

    And after the Muslims have awakened,

    and their storms have blown, scattering,

  23. وساروا إلى الترك يفدونهم

    وهم دولة المشرق الغاويه

    and they have marched to the Turks to redeem them,

    though they are the East’s errant state,

  24. وهالوا بني الغرب يستنكرو

    ن ما تفعل الدولةُ العاتيه

    and alarmed the sons of the West, denouncing

    what the overbearing state does—

  25. تخاطر أنقرة بغتة

    بما هي حاكمة قاضيه

    does Ankara suddenly take a gamble,

    in its role as ruler and judge,

  26. وتقتص من أبرياء الملوك

    وتلك الليالي هِيَ الجانيه

    and exact vengeance upon innocent kings,

    when those nights themselves are to blame?

  27. وينتقل اللقب الفخم من

    صميم الكتاب إلى الحاشيه

    And does the august title move from

    the very heart of the book to the margin?

  28. وهل بعد ما آمن الملحدون

    وأخلدت الأنفس العاصيه

    And after the atheists have believed

    and rebellious souls have grown calm,

  29. يفارق دينهم المفرقو

    ن فيه مفارقةً جافيه

    do those who sow division in their faith forsake it

    in a harsh estrangement?

  30. ولو تبع الدينَ أصحابُه

    لراضوا الوحوش به الضاريه

    And if its adherents followed religion,

    they would tame the savage beasts with it.

  31. أمان القلوب ونور العقو

    ل في مائج فوقه داجيه

    Security for hearts, and light for minds,

    in a surging sea with darkness above.

  32. ويا حبذا الدين قيد النفوس

    إذا ما وقاها أذى الهاويه

    And how welcome is religion, the restraint of souls,

    when it shields them from the abyss’s harm!

  33. قد ابتلت العصبة المسلمين

    فلم تلق معتبةً قاسيه

    The faction has indeed afflicted the Muslims,

    yet met with no harsh rebuke;

  34. وأنحت على التاج جبارةً

    بهوجاء قاذفة راميه

    and assailed the crown, tyrannous,

    with a wild storm, hurling and pelting.

  35. وهل علمت أنها عاودت

    عصور المغولية الخاليه

    And did it know it had revisited

    the bygone ages of Mongol rule?

  36. وما تلك أعجوبة في الزمان

    ولكنها علّة فاشيه

    And that is no marvel in time,

    but a spreading malady.

  37. وما وقع النجم من هول ما

    قضته ولا قامت الغاشيه

    Nor did the star fall for horror at what

    it decreed, nor did the Overwhelming Hour arise.

  38. فيا صاحب النيل والواديين

    ورب ينابيعه الجاريه

    So, O lord of the Nile and the two valleys,

    and master of its flowing springs,

  39. أبايعك اليوم قبل الشعوب

    بشير خلافتك الساميه

    I pledge allegiance to you today, before the peoples,

    as herald of your exalted caliphate.

  40. تلمسها جدُّك المستعان

    بحجته الحقة الماضيه

    Your forebear, called upon for aid, sought it

    with his rightful, decisive argument.

  41. حماها وفياً لأبنائه

    مؤجلة لهمُ باقيه

    He guarded it, faithful to his sons,

    deferred for them and enduring.

  42. وجازت علياً إلى أحمد

    مقدسة سمحة وافيه

    And it passed beyond Ali to Ahmad,

    sacred, gracious, and complete.

  43. وأمضى بها أهلك الأولون

    إلى ابن أمينهمُ راضيه

    And your forebears carried it onward

    to the son of their trusted one, content.

  44. رأوها عناء لهم بعد ما

    رأوها لمجدهمُ الحاميه

    They saw it as a burden to them, after

    seeing it as the guardian of their glory.

  45. وصارت منال العدا منهمُ

    وكانت لهم حجر الزاويه

    And it became their enemies’ means of reaching them,

    though it had been their cornerstone.

  46. سيخلف عهدك عهداً لهم

    مضى بعقائده الباليه

    Your reign will succeed a reign of theirs

    that passed away with its outworn beliefs.

  47. وهم حافظون لمصر الوداد

    ومصر لودهمُ راعيه

    And they preserve their affection for Egypt,

    and Egypt cherishes their affection.

  48. وتحفظ يا خامس الراشدي

    نَ جامعة الملة الهاديه

    And you will preserve, O fifth of the Rightly Guided,

    the unifying bond of the guiding faith.

  49. تجيئك تحت لواء السلام

    وتأخذها باليد البانيه

    It comes to you beneath the banner of peace,

    and you take it with the hand that builds.

  50. وكانت بلادك حصناً لها

    فعادت إلى حصنها ثانيه

    And your land had been a fortress for it,

    so it has returned to its fortress once more.

  51. ولا هبة ما إليك انتهى

    ولا ما احتفظت به عاريه

    What has come to you is no gift,

    nor is what you have kept a loan.

  52. وكل مرام على بعده

    جدير بأمتك الساميه

    And every goal, however distant,

    is worthy of your exalted nation.

  53. إلى أي مستمع اشتكى

    وما أنا ذو العلة الخافيه

    To what listener should I complain?

    And I am not one with a hidden ailment.

  54. وما ضاق بالسر هذا الضمير

    وحسبيَ أن أطلب العافيه

    Nor has this conscience grown burdened by a secret,

    and it is enough for me to seek well-being.