مَوكب النُور أَين أَفضى

مَوكب النُور أَين أَفضى

بِكَ الطَريق الَّذي سَلكته

بِكَ الطَريق الَّذي سَلكته

O procession of light, where did it lead you—

Where did the procession of light end?

the road that you traveled?

On the path you took with you,

وَذَلِكَ القُدس مُذ تَقضى

وَذَلِكَ القُدس مُذ تَقضى

تَراك في جَدول سَكبته

تَراك في جَدول سَكبته

And that holiness, since it passed away—

And that sanctuary since you fulfilled

do you think, in a stream you poured,

I see you in the stream it poured.

أَنام في حجره وَأَغضى

أَنام في حجره وَأَغضى

أَم اَنتَحي في الطَريق بَيته

أَم اَنتَحي في الطَريق بَيته

it slept in its lap and closed its eyes,

Did I sleep in its lap and nap?

or turned toward its home along the way?

Or did you take shelter in a house on the way?

يا رقة في الثَرى تَذوب

يا رقة في الثَرى تَذوب

وَنَضرة لِلرَدى تَنشر

وَنَضرة لِلرَدى تَنشر

O tenderness melting into the earth,

O gentleness in the earth melting away

and freshness laid open to death,

And freshness spreading for the meadows

وَفتنة ها هُنا تَغيب

وَفتنة ها هُنا تَغيب

وَعالِماً مِن الهَوى تَكسر

وَعالِماً مِن الهَوى تَكسر

and enchantment vanishing here,

And here disappearing temptation

and a world of love shattered.

And a scholar of passion breaking

أَأَنت عُوفيت يا جُيوب

أَأَنت عُوفيت يا جُيوب

دذاك قَبر الحَبيب يَكسر

دذاك قَبر الحَبيب يَكسر

Have you been spared, O garment-bosoms?

Have you been granted relief, oh bosoms?

That [unclear reading] grave of the beloved shatters;

For that is the grave of the beloved breaking

وَكُل حَصبائه قُلوب

وَكُل حَصبائه قُلوب

تَموج مِن حَوله وَتَزخر

تَموج مِن حَوله وَتَزخر

and all its pebbles are hearts

And all its pebbles are hearts

surging around it and swelling.

Surging around it and humming

هُنا جَمال الحَياة يَطوى

هُنا جَمال الحَياة يَطوى

هُنا عُيون الهَوى تَنام

هُنا عُيون الهَوى تَنام

Here the beauty of life is folded away;

And here a bowl and cups

here the eyes of love sleep.

His spears hit their mark and seared

هُنا سِهام القَضاء نَشوى

هُنا سِهام القَضاء نَشوى

وَها هُنا طاسة وَوجام

وَها هُنا طاسة وَوجام

Here Fate's arrows are drunk;

So he hurried the drinking and the wine

and here, behold, a bowl and a goblet [unclear reading].

And here his cup is satiated

أَصابَ رِماحه وَأَشوى

أَصابَ رِماحه وَأَشوى

فَعوجل الشُرب وَالمدام

فَعوجل الشُرب وَالمدام

His spears struck and missed the vital spot;

The earth drinks from it and the gravel

so drinking and wine were cut short.

Oh anguish filling the deserts

وَهَذِهِ كَأسه تَروى

وَهَذِهِ كَأسه تَروى

مِن خَمرِها الأَرض وَالرِجام

مِن خَمرِها الأَرض وَالرِجام

And this is his cup, quenching thirst

And a charm crowding the graves

with its wine for the earth and heaps of stones.

How did you make the bare plains your home?

يا لَوعة تَملأ الصَحارى

يا لَوعة تَملأ الصَحارى

وَطَلسما يَزحم القُبورا

وَطَلسما يَزحم القُبورا

O anguish filling the deserts,

And not feel safe in palaces?

and a talisman crowding the graves!

And how did you make it your home?

كَيفَ اِتخَذت العَراء دارا

كَيفَ اِتخَذت العَراء دارا

وَلَم تَكُن تَأمَن القُصورا

وَلَم تَكُن تَأمَن القُصورا

How did you take the open wilderness as a home,

And how did you barricade it with rocks?

when you did not feel safe in palaces?

You used to summon the chaste maidens

وَكَيفَ أَقطَعتها دِيارا

وَكَيفَ أَقطَعتها دِيارا

وَكَيفَ وَسَدتها صُخورا

وَكَيفَ وَسَدتها صُخورا

And how did you allot it dwellings,

To strew flowers around you

and how did you make rocks its pillow,

وَكُنت تَستَنفر العَذارى

وَكُنت تَستَنفر العَذارى

يَنثُرون مِن حَولك الزُهورا

يَنثُرون مِن حَولك الزُهورا

when you used to summon the maidens

to scatter flowers around you?