ياO إخوتيmy brothers وأحبّتيand my loved ones
يا إخوتي وأحبّتي
منfrom كلّevery ذيone possessing أدبrefinement وشيمهand character
من كلّ ذي أدب وشيمه
O my brothers and my loved ones,
O my brothers and loved ones
from among all who possess refinement and character,
All people of manners and virtues
أينwhere الوفاfaithfulness ورسومهand its traces
أين الوفا ورسومه
منamong كلّevery ذيone possessing سمةa trait كريمةnoble
من كلّ ذي سمة كريمة
where are faithfulness and its traces
Where is loyalty and its customs
among all those of noble bearing?
From all people of noble traits
أينwhere السخاgenerosity أينwhere الذماthe bond of honor (continued)
أين السخا أين الذما
مcompletes the preceding word لكلfor every ملتمسpetitioner ذميمهdisgrace
م لكل ملتمس ذميمه
Where is generosity? Where is the bond of honor?
Where is generosity, where is blame
Disgrace is every petitioner's lot.
For every seeker of his flaws
ياoh حسرتيmy sorrow وتأسّفيand my regret
يا حسرتي وتأسّفي
صارتbecame عزيزتناour honored one هزيمهvanquished
صارت عزيزتنا هزيمه
Oh, my sorrow and regret!
Oh my sorrow and regret
Our honored one has become vanquished.
Our dear one has become defeated
كناwe used to نذمّblame زمانناour age
كنا نذمّ زماننا
ونرىand we considered مذّمتهreviling it غنيمهa gain
ونرى مذّمته غنيمه
We used to blame our age,
We used to blame our time
and count reviling it a gain,
And see blaming it as gain
ونقولand we would say يأتيwill come بعدafter ذاthis
ونقول يأتي بعد ذا
زمنan age سجيّتهits nature سليمهsound
زمن سجيّته سليمه
and say, “After this will come
And say after this will come
an age whose nature is sound.”
A time of sound nature
صرناwe have come to نقولsay وقدand already أتىhas come
صرنا نقول وقد أتى
زمنan age نوائبهits calamities عظيمهgreat
زمن نوائبه عظيمه
Now we say, since there has come
We have come to say, and it has come
an age whose calamities are great:
A time of great calamities
ياoh ليتif only قدalready بقيremained الزمانtime
يا ليت قد بقي الزمان
علىupon سجّيتهits nature القديمهformer
على سجّيته القديمه
“Oh, if only time had remained
I wish time had remained
true to its former nature!”
In its old nature
Sol 6.1