Sol 6.1

  1. الفطر جاء بآمال نجددها

    إن الحياة لآمال وتجديد

    Eid al-Fitr has come with hopes we renew.

    Life is indeed hopes and renewal.

  2. لولا التعلق بالآمال نعبدها

    لم يكرم العيد بل لم يعرف العيد

    Were it not for our attachment to hopes, which we worship,

    Eid would not be honored—indeed, Eid would not be known.

  3. صلى مع الفجر من صلوا فقبلهم

    وقبّلتني بنجواها الأناشيد

    Those who prayed joined the dawn in prayer, and it kissed them;

    And the hymns kissed me with their whispered confidences.

  4. يا ليتني كنت مثل الفجر عافية

    فلا يرد صلاتي فيه تقييد

    Ah, if only I were well-being itself, like the dawn,

    So no constraint within it could hold back my prayer,

  5. وأنشق العطر في الأحلام وارفة

    كأنها من رضاء الله تاييد

    And I could inhale fragrance amid dreams spreading their shade,

    As though they were support from God's good pleasure,

  6. وأنظم الحب من قلبي معلّقة

    وإن سكت فنبض القلب توحيد

    And weave love from my heart into a mu'allaqa ode;

    And if I fall silent, the heart's beat affirms God's oneness.

  7. أهلا بعيد رفيق الحب باركه

    وباركته الأحاسيس المواليد

    Welcome to a gentle Eid that love has blessed,

    And newborn feelings have blessed it.

  8. كأنما ليلة القدر التي سلفت

    قد أنجبتها وسوتها التقاليد

    As though the Night of Decree that had passed

    Had given birth to them, and traditions had fashioned them.

  9. سألت ربي إيحاء ألوذ به

    فإن عمري تفكير وتسهيد

    I asked my Lord for inspiration in which to seek refuge,

    For my life is reflection and sleeplessness.

  10. فقال لي الوحي عش للناس أجمعهم

    لو أن معظمهم جان وعربيد

    Then inspiration told me: live for people, all of them,

    Even if most of them are wrongdoers and drunken brawlers.

  11. وأجعل من العيد مبدا يستعز به

    ففي يديه إذا شاؤوا المقاليد

    And make Eid a principle through which strength is gained,

    For in its hands, if they wish, lie the keys of power;

  12. مبدا التطلع للإصلاح يشملهم

    كما تطلع نحو الواحة البيد

    The principle of aspiring to reform that embraces them,

    As the deserts look longingly toward the oasis.

  13. عيد اضاء به الإسلام أمثلة

    من الجلال وفيه النور تغريد

    An Eid through which Islam illuminated exemplars

    Of majesty; within it, light is birdsong.

  14. عيد السلام وعيد الفطر قد جمعا

    مدى العصور فإن السلم تعييد

    The Eid of peace and Eid al-Fitr have been joined

    Through the ages, for peace is an Eid celebration.

  15. كل احتفاء به للسلم مرجعه

    والسلم كالحب لم يعرفه تحديد

    Every celebration of it traces back to peace;

    And peace, like love, has never known bounds.

  16. من يعشق السلم حر شامخ بطل

    وعاشق الحرب رغم الزهو رعديد

    Whoever loves peace is free, stands tall, and is a hero;

    And the lover of war, despite his swagger, is a coward.

  17. فاسكب علينا جمالا أنت مبدعه

    يا عيد وامسح دموع الحزن يا عيد

    So pour upon us beauty of your own making,

    O Eid, and wipe away the tears of sorrow, O Eid.

  18. وإنني باسمك الميمون في فرحي

    اشدو وأدعو كأن الشدو تسديد

    And indeed I, in your auspicious name, in my joy,

    Sing and appeal, as though singing could set things right.

  19. أدعو بلادا أطال الجهل نومتها

    حتى تفيق فإن النوم تهديد

    I call to lands whose slumber ignorance has prolonged,

    So that they awaken, for sleep is a threat.

  20. وإنما أمم الإسلام مبدؤها

    علم وسعي وإصلاح وتخليد

    And the principle of Islam's nations is nothing but

    Knowledge, endeavor, reform, and immortalization.

  21. فإن تفتها فما الإسلام ملتها

    وكل مدح لها نوح وتعديد

    If these elude them, then Islam is not their creed,

    And all praise of them is lamentation and funeral eulogy.

  22. وإن تسابق سواها في مآثرها

    فلن يساورها ظلم وتبديد

    And if they vie with others in their noble deeds,

    Then neither injustice nor waste will beset them.

  23. وسوف ترجع للإسلام عزته

    كما تسامى بها الموتى الصناديد

    And its glory will return to Islam,

    As the valiant dead rose high through it.