أيهاO الملَّاحُmariner قمْrise واطوِand furl الشراعاthe sail
أيها الملَّاحُ قمْ واطوِ الشراعا
لِمَwhy نطويdo we cross لُجَّةَthe deep الليلof night سراعَاswiftly
لِمَ نطوي لُجَّةَ الليل سراعَا
O mariner, rise and furl the sail.
O sailor arise and unfurl the sail
Why do we cross the deep of night in haste?
Why do we fold the night's darkness in haste
جَدِّفِrow الآنnow بناwith us فيin هينةٍgentleness
جَدِّفِ الآن بنا في هينةٍ
وجهةtoward الشاطئthe shore سيرًاproceeding واتباعَاand following
وجهة الشاطئ سيرًا واتباعَا
Row us now at an easy pace,
Row with us now gently
toward the shore, advancing and following our course.
Towards the shore, steadily and following
فغدًاfor tomorrow ياO صاحبيmy friend تأخذناwill take us
فغدًا يا صاحبي تأخذنا
موجةُthe wave الأيامof days قذفًاtossing واندفاعَاand surging onward
موجةُ الأيام قذفًا واندفاعَا
For tomorrow, my friend, we shall be borne away
For tomorrow, my friend, the waves
by the wave of days, tossed and swept onward.
Will take us, tossing and rushing
عبثًاin vain تقفواyou follow خُطىthe footsteps الماضيof the past الذيwhich
عبثًا تقفوا خُطى الماضي الذي
خِلْتَyou thought أنَّthat البحرَthe sea واراهُburied it ابتلاعَاby swallowing
خِلْتَ أنَّ البحرَ واراهُ ابتلاعَا
In vain you follow the footsteps of the past that
In vain you trace the steps of the past which
you thought the sea had swallowed and buried.
You knew the sea had swallowed up
لمnot يكنْit was غيرَother than أويقاتِbrief moments هوًىof love
لم يكنْ غيرَ أويقاتِ هوًى
وقفتْstood still عنfrom دورةِthe cycle الدهرof time انقطاعَاcut off
وقفتْ عن دورةِ الدهر انقطاعَا
It was only fleeting moments of love
They were but fleeting moments of passion
that stood still, cut off from time's cycle.
That paused in the cycle of fate interrupted
فَتَمَهَّلْso take your time، تسعدmay rejoice الرُّوحُthe spirit بماin what
فَتَمَهَّلْ، تسعد الرُّوحُ بما
وهِمَتْit imagined، أوor تطربِmay delight النفسُthe soul سماعاthrough listening
وهِمَتْ، أو تطربِ النفسُ سماعا
So take your time; the spirit may rejoice in what
So wait, the soul finds joy in what
it has fancied, or the soul may delight in listening.
It imagined, or the spirit is soothed by hearing
وَدَعِand let الليلةَthe night تمضيpass، إنهاfor it
وَدَعِ الليلةَ تمضي، إنها
لمnot تكنْit was أولَthe first ماthat which ولَّىpassed away وضاعاand was lost
لم تكنْ أولَ ما ولَّى وضاعا
And let the night pass, for it
And let the night pass, for it
is not the first to pass away and be lost.
Was not the first to turn and vanish
سوفwill يبدوappear الفجرُthe dawn فيin آثارهاits wake
سوف يبدو الفجرُ في آثارها
ثمthen يمضيpasses on، ودواليكَand so on تباعاin succession
ثم يمضي، ودواليكَ تباعا
Dawn will appear in its wake,
Dawn will appear in its vestiges
then pass on—and so on, in succession.
Then pass, and your sorrows in succession
هذهthis الأرضُthe earth انتشتْbecame intoxicated مماby what بهاis in it
هذه الأرضُ انتشتْ مما بها
فغفتْso it dozed تحلُمdreaming بالخلدِof eternity خداعاin delusion
فغفتْ تحلُم بالخلدِ خداعا
This earth grew drunk on what it holds,
This land was revived by what was in it
so it dozed, deluded by dreams of eternity.
Then slept, dreaming of immortality deluded
قدalready طواهاhad enfolded it الليلُthe night حتىuntil أوشكتْit nearly
قد طواها الليلُ حتى أوشكتْ
منfrom عميقِdeep الصمتِthe silence فيهwithin it أنto تُراعاbe frightened
من عميقِ الصمتِ فيه أن تُراعا
Night had enfolded it, until it almost
Night covered it until it almost
took fright at the deep silence within the night.
Fainted from the depths of silence in fright
إنَّهُindeed it is الصمتُthe silence الذيwhich فيwithin طيِّهits folds
إنَّهُ الصمتُ الذي في طيِّه
أسفرَwas revealed المجهولُthe unknown، والمستورُand the hidden ذاعاbecame known
أسفرَ المجهولُ، والمستورُ ذاعا
It is the silence within whose folds
It is the silence in whose folds
the unknown was unveiled, and the hidden made known.
The unknown emerged, and the veiled spread
سَمِعَتْit heard فيهwithin it هُتافَthe call المنتهَىof the end
سَمِعَتْ فيه هُتافَ المنتهَى
منfrom وراءِbeyond الغيبthe unseen يُقريهاoffers it الوداعاfarewell
من وراءِ الغيب يُقريها الوداعا
It heard within it the call of the end,
It heard in it the cry of the utmost
from beyond the unseen, bidding it farewell.
From beyond the unseen bidding it farewell
أيهاO الأحياءُliving ones، غنواsing واطربواand rejoice
أيها الأحياءُ، غنوا واطربوا
وانهبواand plunder منfrom غفلاتheedless moments الدهرِof time ساعاhours
وانهبوا من غفلات الدهرِ ساعا
O living ones, sing and rejoice,
O living ones, sing and rejoice
and steal hours from time's heedless moments.
And seize from the heedlessness of fate an instant
آهِAh!، ماhow أروعَهاwondrous it is منas ليلةٍa night
آهِ، ما أروعَها من ليلةٍ
فاضَoverflowed فيthroughout أرجائهاits reaches السحرُmagic، وشاعَاand spread
فاضَ في أرجائها السحرُ، وشاعَا
Ah, what a wondrous night!
Oh, how lovely a night it is
Magic overflowed throughout its reaches and spread.
In whose vastness magic overflowed and spread
نَفَخَbreathed الحبُّlove بهاinto it منof روحِهits spirit
نَفَخَ الحبُّ بها من روحِه
ورَمَىand cast away عنfrom سِرِّهاits secret الخافيhidden القناعَاthe veil
ورَمَى عن سِرِّها الخافي القناعَا
Love breathed some of its spirit into it,
Love breathed into it from its spirit
and cast the veil from its hidden secret,
And cast off from its hidden depths the mask
وجلاand revealed منfrom صُوَرِthe forms الحسنِof beauty لناto us
وجلا من صُوَرِ الحسنِ لنا
عبقريًّاa genius لَبِقَdeft in الفنِّart صنَاعاa master craftsman
عبقريًّا لَبِقَ الفنِّ صنَاعا
and revealed to us, from beauty's forms,
And it created for us from the forms of beauty
a genius, deft in art, a master craftsman.
A genius skilled in the art of creation
نفحاتٌbreezes رَقَصdanced البحرُthe sea لهاto them
نفحاتٌ رَقَص البحرُ لها
وهفَاand fluttered النجمُthe star خُفوقًاthrobbing والتماعَاand gleaming
وهفَا النجمُ خُفوقًا والتماعَا
Breezes to which the sea danced,
Breezes for which the sea danced
and the star fluttered, throbbing and gleaming.
And for which the shooting star quivered and gathered
وسَرَىand drifted منfrom جانبِthe side الأرضof the earth صدًىan echo
وسَرَى من جانبِ الأرض صدًى
حَرَّكَstirred العُشْبَthe grass حنانًاwith tenderness واليراعاand the reeds
حَرَّكَ العُشْبَ حنانًا واليراعا
And an echo drifted from the earth's side,
And from the side of the earth came an echo
stirring the grass and reeds with tenderness.
That stirred the grass, cooing and bleating
بَعَثَroused الأحلامَthe dreams منfrom هجعتِهاtheir slumber
بَعَثَ الأحلامَ من هجعتِها
كسراياlike squadrons الطيرof birds نُفِّرْنَthey were startled away ارتياعاin fright
كسرايا الطير نُفِّرْنَ ارتياعا
It roused dreams from their slumber,
It awakened dreams from their slumber
like squadrons of birds put to flight in fear.
Like the startled scattering of birds
قُمْنَthey arose بالشاطئِby the shore منfrom واديthe valley الهوىof love
قُمْنَ بالشاطئِ من وادي الهوى
بنشيدwith the hymn الحبِّof love يهتفنَthey chant ابتداعاcreatively
بنشيد الحبِّ يهتفنَ ابتداعا
They rose by the shore from the valley of love,
They rose by the shore from the vale of love
chanting a newly created hymn of love.
With a song of love exclaiming in innovation
أيهاO الهاجرُthe one who forsakes عزَّhas grown difficult الملتقىthe meeting
أيها الهاجرُ عزَّ الملتقى
وأذبتَand you melted القلبَthe heart صدًّاwith rejection وامتناعاand refusal
وأذبتَ القلبَ صدًّا وامتناعا
O you who forsake me, our meeting is hard to attain,
O wanderer, beloved of the meeting place
and you have melted my heart with rejection and refusal.
Who softened the heart, resistant and refusing
أدركِcome to the aid of التائهَthe wanderer فيin بحرthe sea الهوىof love
أدركِ التائهَ في بحر الهوى
قبلbefore أنthat يقتلَهُkills him الموجُthe waves صراعاin struggle
قبل أن يقتلَهُ الموجُ صراعا
Come to the wanderer's aid in the sea of love,
Realize the lost one in the sea of love
before the waves kill him in the struggle.
Before the wave kills him struggling
وارعَand care for فيin الدنياthe world طريدًاan outcast شاردًاa wanderer
وارعَ في الدنيا طريدًا شاردًا
عنهfor him ضاقتْgrew narrow رقعةُthe expanse الأرضof the earth اتساعاin its breadth
عنه ضاقتْ رقعةُ الأرض اتساعا
And care in this world for an outcast, a wanderer,
Wandering in the world, straying and distracted
for whom earth's expanse, for all its breadth, has grown narrow.
From him the earth's expanse narrowed in width
ضلَّwent astray فيin الليلthe night سَراهُhis night journey، ومَضَىand he went on
ضلَّ في الليل سَراهُ، ومَضَى
لاnot يَرىhe sees فيon أفقٍa horizon منهof it شعاعاa ray of light
لا يَرى في أفقٍ منه شعاعا
He lost his way in the night and went on,
Lost in the night his secret, and passed
seeing no ray of light on any of its horizons.
Not seeing in any horizon a ray
يجتويhe loathes اللافحَthe scorching heat منfrom حرقتهhis burning pain
يجتوي اللافحَ من حرقته
وعذابٍand of a torment يشعلُinflames الرُّوحَthe spirit التياعاwith anguish
وعذابٍ يشعلُ الرُّوحَ التياعا
He loathes the scorching heat of his burning pain
Suffering the burning ember's torture
and of a torment that sets the spirit ablaze with anguish,
And anguish igniting the blazing soul
والأسىand sorrow الخالدَundying منfrom ماضٍa past عفاhas vanished
والأسى الخالدَ من ماضٍ عفا
والهوىand passion الثائرَraging فيin قلبٍa heart تداعَىhas crumbled
والهوى الثائرَ في قلبٍ تداعَى
and the undying sorrow of a vanished past,
And endless sorrow from a forgotten past
and the raging passion in a heart that has crumbled.
And restless love in a crumbling heart
فاجعلِso make البحرَthe sea أمانًاsafety حولهaround him
فاجعلِ البحرَ أمانًا حوله
واملأand fill السهلَthe plain سلامًاwith peace واليفاعَاand the uplands
واملأ السهلَ سلامًا واليفاعَا
So make the sea safe around him,
So make the sea a refuge around him
and fill the plain and the uplands with peace,
And fill the plain with peace and friendliness
وامسحِand stroke الآنَnow علىover آلامهhis pains
وامسحِ الآنَ على آلامه
بيدِwith the hand الرفقِof gentleness التيthat تمحوwipes away الدماعاtears
بيدِ الرفقِ التي تمحو الدماعا
and now soothe his pains
And wipe his sorrows now
with the gentle hand that wipes away tears.
With the hand of gentleness that erases tears
وَقُدِand steer الفلكَthe ship إلىto بَرِّthe shore الرِّضَاof contentment
وَقُدِ الفلكَ إلى بَرِّ الرِّضَا
وانشُرand unfurl الحبَّlove علىupon الفلكthe ship شراعاas a sail
وانشُر الحبَّ على الفلك شراعا
And steer the ship to the shore of contentment,
And steer the ship to the shore of contentment
and unfurl love as a sail upon the ship.
And spread love upon the ship like a sail
Sol 6.1