هذيthis وصيتكyour testament النفيسةُprecious لمnot تزلceased
هذي وصيتك النفيسةُ لم تزل
أَلقاًa radiance تَرَfirst fragment of 'shimmered' جرجًsecond fragment of 'shimmered' فيin الغمامِthe clouds الوادقrain-shedding
أَلقاً تَرَ جرجً في الغمامِ الوادق
This precious testament of yours has never ceased
This precious testament of yours remains
to shimmer like radiance amid rain-laden clouds,
a radiance shimmering amid the rain-shedding clouds,
مُستلهمَan inspiration for الأحرارِthe free بينamid عواصفstorms
مُستلهمَ الأحرارِ بين عواصف
دُهمٍdark وبينand amid فواجعٍcalamities وصواعقand thunderbolts
دُهمٍ وبين فواجعٍ وصواعق
inspiring the free amid black storms,
an inspiration to the free amid storms
amid calamities and thunderbolts.
dark, and amid calamities and thunderbolts.
وتظلand remains فيin بحرthe sea of الأثيرِether مصونةًsafeguarded
وتظل في بحر الأثيرِ مصونةً
ولوand even though أنهاthat it هبطتdescended لناto us منfrom حالقِa lofty height
ولو أنها هبطت لنا من حالقِ
It remains preserved upon the sea of ether,
And it remains safeguarded in the sea of ether,
though it descended to us from a lofty height,
even though it descended to us from on high.
تجرىflows علىupon أمواجهits waves جريانَهاits flowing
تجرى على أمواجه جريانَها
ملءَthe full span of العصورِthe ages كزاحفاتِlike advancing ranks فيالقِof legions
ملءَ العصورِ كزاحفاتِ فيالقِ
flowing upon its waves in its course,
It flows upon its waves, flowing on
through all the ages like advancing legions.
through all the ages, like legions on the march.
ولئنand even if تكنit is خُلقتwas created لبضعِfor a few دقائقٍminutes
ولئن تكن خُلقت لبضعِ دقائقٍ
فسمتthen it rose لناfor us خلقاًas a creation سموَّthe sublimity of الخالقِthe Creator
فسمت لنا خلقاً سموَّ الخالقِ
Though it was fashioned in a few brief minutes,
And though it was created for a few minutes,
before us it rose in moral grandeur, as lofty as its maker.
yet, as a creation, it rose for us with the Creator's sublimity.
سَخرَتit scoffed منat الأحداثِevents حتىuntil أخرستit silenced
سَخرَت من الأحداثِ حتى أخرست
مُتصِّلفاًan arrogant braggart وأتتand came علupon المتحامِقthe one acting the fool
مُتصِّلفاً وأتت عل المتحامِق
It mocked events until it struck dumb
It scoffed at events until it silenced
the arrogant boaster and made an end of the fool.
a braggart, and laid low the one acting the fool.
تسعونninety عاماًyears أوor تكادُnearly قدindeed انقضتhave passed
تسعون عاماً أو تكادُ قد انقضت
لماsince نطقتَyou spoke بهاwith it كأحكمِlike the wisest ناطقspeaker
لما نطقتَ بها كأحكمِ ناطق
Ninety years, or nearly so, have passed
Ninety years, or nearly so, have passed
since you uttered it like the wisest of speakers.
since you spoke it like the wisest of speakers.
وكأنَّهاand as though it حُكمُthe verdict of القرونِthe centuries فلمso has not تزلceased
وكأنَّها حُكمُ القرونِ فلم تزل
تَدوىresounds لأخصامٍfor adversaries لناof ours وأصادقand friends
تَدوى لأخصامٍ لنا وأصادق
As though it were the judgment of the ages, it still
And as though it were the verdict of the centuries, it has never ceased
resounds for enemies of ours and friends.
to resound for our adversaries and friends.
فيin كلّevery لفظٍword لذعةٌa sting وتحرُّقٌand burning ardor
في كلّ لفظٍ لذعةٌ وتحرُّقٌ
وَيلٌwoe علىupon الظلمِoppression العتىِّbrutal الساحقِcrushing
وَيلٌ على الظلمِ العتىِّ الساحقِ
In every word there is a sting and burning—
In every word are a sting and burning ardor:
woe upon obstinate, crushing tyranny!
woe upon brutal, crushing oppression!
لمnot يعرفknew الموَتىthe dead حياةَa life مثلهاlike it
لم يعرف الموَتى حياةَ مثلها
ذُخرَتwas treasured up وَشَعَّتand shone منfrom أَعزِّthe most precious حقائقِtruths
ذُخرَت وَشَعَّت من أَعزِّ حقائقِ
The dead have known no life like this:
The dead have never known a life like this,
treasured, it shone from among the noblest truths.
treasured up and shining from the most precious truths.
وتعَّلقَand clung الأحياءُthe living حينwhen تعلقواthey clung
وتعَّلقَ الأحياءُ حين تعلقوا
شغفاًpassionately بهاto it بأعزِّto the dearest حُلمٍdream صادقِtrue
شغفاً بها بأعزِّ حُلمٍ صادقِ
And the living clung, when they clung,
And the living clung, when they clung
passionately to it—their dearest faithful dream.
passionately to it, to the dearest true dream.
واهتزّتand trembled الأجداثُthe graves وهيwhile they were خواشعٌhushed in reverence
واهتزّت الأجداثُ وهي خواشعٌ
بِيدِin the hand of الخريفautumn منfrom البيانِthe eloquence الشائقِcaptivating
بِيدِ الخريف من البيانِ الشائقِ
The graves stirred in reverence,
And the graves trembled, hushed in reverence,
at autumn’s hand, through enthralling eloquence—
in autumn's hand, at the captivating eloquence,
لاnot منfrom رياحٍwinds سافياتٍdust-scattering حوَلهاaround them
لا من رياحٍ سافياتٍ حوَلها
أوor ذكرياتٍmemories مُرَّةٍbitter وبوائقِand calamities
أو ذكرياتٍ مُرَّةٍ وبوائقِ
not from dust-driving winds around them,
not from dust-scattering winds around them,
nor from bitter memories and calamities.
or bitter memories and calamities.
إنif يفخرtake pride الموتىthe dead فَمنthen those whom أسمعتهمyou made them hear
إن يفخر الموتى فَمن أسمعتهم
ماwhat قلتَyou said قدindeed عاشواthey lived بفخرِwith the pride of السابِقِthe forerunner
ما قلتَ قد عاشوا بفخرِ السابِقِ
If the dead may boast, then those whom you made hear
If the dead take pride, then those whom you made hear
what you said have lived with the pride of the foremost.
your words have lived with a forerunner's pride.
تَكئواthey reclined علىupon سُرُرthe couches of الزمانtime قياصراًas Caesars
تَكئوا على سُرُر الزمان قياصراً
متضوّعينَexhaling fragrance منfrom الحديثِthe speech العابقِfragrant
متضوّعينَ من الحديثِ العابقِ
They reclined upon the thrones of time like emperors,
They reclined upon time's couches as Caesars,
redolent with the fragrant speech.
exhaling fragrance from the perfumed speech.
وكأنَّهمand as though they رُسُلapostles of المسيحِChrist بوعظهِthrough his preaching
وكأنَّهم رُسُل المسيحِ بوعظهِ
حُراًfree علىupon الجبلthe mountain الفخورproud السامِقِtowering
حُراً على الجبل الفخور السامِقِ
As though they were Christ’s apostles, bearing his sermon,
And as though they were Christ's apostles, as he preached,
free upon the proud and lofty hill.
free upon the proud, towering mountain.
تِيهىtake pride جِتسبرجُGettysburg العزيزةُdear بالذيin what
تِيهى جِتسبرجُ العزيزةُ بالذي
حازتhas gained سماؤكِyour sky بعدَafter تُربٍsoil وامقloving
حازت سماؤكِ بعدَ تُربٍ وامق
Exult, beloved Gettysburg, in what
Take pride, dear Gettysburg, in what
your sky attained after your loving soil.
your sky has gained, after the loving soil.
فكلاهماfor both of them سَمعَheard النداءَthe call وصانَهand preserved it
فكلاهما سَمعَ النداءَ وصانَه
روحاًas spirit وجسماًand as body فيin صَدىًan echo وخلائقand moral qualities
روحاً وجسماً في صَدىً وخلائق
For both heard the call and preserved it,
For both heard the call and kept it safe,
in spirit and body, in echo and in character—
as spirit and body, in echo and character.
ميراثُthe heritage of شعبٍa people لمnot يزلceased to be وَطنَthe homeland of العلىglory
ميراثُ شعبٍ لم يزل وَطنَ العلى
وملاذَand a refuge for أحرارٍthe free وملجأَand a shelter for طارقِa night visitor
وملاذَ أحرارٍ وملجأَ طارقِ
the heritage of a people whose land has ever been the home of glory,
The heritage of a people ever a homeland of glory,
a refuge for the free and a shelter for the wayfarer.
and a refuge for the free and a shelter for the night visitor.
بلغتhas reached حضارَتهُits civilization نهايةَthe utmost ذروةٍsummit
بلغت حضارَتهُ نهايةَ ذروةٍ
تُرَجىhoped for وماand not خَذلتdisappointed تطلُّعَthe aspiration of واثقone who trusts
تُرَجى وما خَذلت تطلُّعَ واثق
Its civilization attained the utmost summit
Its civilization has reached the utmost summit
one might hope for, never disappointing a confident aspiration.
one could hope for, nor has it disappointed the aspirations of the confident.
ماnot ضَرهُharmed it أنthat هَدَّدَthreatened الجبروتُtyrannical might أوor
ما ضَرهُ أن هَدَّدَ الجبروتُ أو
أَنthat هدَّدthreatened الحمقىَthe fools بغضبةِwith the wrath of حانقِone enraged
أَن هدَّد الحمقىَ بغضبةِ حانقِ
It harmed him not that despotism was threatened,
It has not been harmed by tyranny's threats, or
nor that fools menaced him in an angry rage.
by fools threatening with the fury of one enraged.
شتانَhow far apart بينَbetween الغاصبينَthe usurpers شعارُهُمtheir watchword
شتانَ بينَ الغاصبينَ شعارُهُم
سَفكُthe spilling of الدماءِblood وذبذباتُand the vacillations of منافِقِa hypocrite
سَفكُ الدماءِ وذبذباتُ منافِقِ
How vast the gulf between the usurpers, whose watchword is
What a gulf between the usurpers, whose watchword is
the shedding of blood and a hypocrite’s vacillations,
bloodshed and a hypocrite's vacillations,
والرائدينَand the pioneers المصلحينَwho reform شعارُهُمtheir watchword
والرائدينَ المصلحينَ شعارُهُم
مُثلٌideals تُرفرفُflutter كاللواءِlike the banner الخافقِwaving
مُثلٌ تُرفرفُ كاللواءِ الخافقِ
and the pioneering reformers, whose watchword is
and the pioneering reformers, whose watchword is
ideals fluttering like a wind-whipped flag.
ideals fluttering like a waving banner.
Sol 6.1