حاشَيتُI spared غَيريothers وَنَفسيand my soul ماnot أُحاشيهاI spare it
حاشَيتُ غَيري وَنَفسي ما أُحاشيها
خَشيَّتُهاI feared it وَحَليفُand the ally of اللُبِّreason خاشيهاone who fears it
خَشيَّتُها وَحَليفُ اللُبِّ خاشيها
I have spared others, but my own soul I do not spare.
I blamed others while myself I did not blame,
I feared it, and reason’s ally fears it.
Fearing it while the heart's ally was fearing it.
وَاِستَجهَلَتنيand deemed me ignorant رِجالٌmen لَمnot تَزَلhave ceased جُهلاًignorant
وَاِستَجهَلَتني رِجالٌ لَم تَزَل جُهلاً
إِنَّindeed الأَوابِيَthe reluctant camels هاجَتهاroused them عَواشيهاtheir night-grazers
إِنَّ الأَوابِيَ هاجَتها عَواشيها
And men who have never ceased being ignorant have called me ignorant.
And I was considered ignorant by men who have never ceased being ignorant,
Indeed, reluctant camels were roused by their night-grazing fellows.
The calamities have surely stirred them up and their landmarks.
أَماas for العِراقُIraq فَعَمَّتso engulfed أَرضَهُits land فِتَنٌtumults
أَما العِراقُ فَعَمَّت أَرضَهُ فِتَنٌ
مِثلُlike القِيامَةِthe Resurrection غَشَتهاshrouded it غَواشيهاits engulfing terrors
مِثلُ القِيامَةِ غَشَتها غَواشيها
As for Iraq, tumults have swept across its land,
As for Iraq, seditions have spread over its land,
like the Resurrection, whose engulfing terrors have shrouded it.
Like the Resurrection, covering it and its surroundings.
وَالشامُand Syria أَصلَحُbetter off إِلّاexcept أَنَّthat هامَتَهُits head
وَالشامُ أَصلَحُ إِلّا أَنَّ هامَتَهُ
فُضَّتwas shattered وَأَسرىand journeyed by night عَلىover النيرانِthe fires عاشيهاone seeking them by night
فُضَّت وَأَسرى عَلى النيرانِ عاشيها
And Syria is better off, except that its head
And Syria is the most proper, except that its protector
has been shattered, and the fire-seeker has journeyed over the flames by night.
Is weakened and the prisoners are living on firewood.
وَالقَومُand the people يَردونَcloak مَنwhomever لاقَواthey met بِأَردِيَةٍin cloaks
وَالقَومُ يَردونَ مَن لاقَوا بِأَردِيَةٍ
أَعلامُهاtheir stripes الدَمُblood لَمnot تُكفَفhemmed حَواشيهاtheir edges
أَعلامُها الدَمُ لَم تُكفَف حَواشيها
And the people cloak whomever they meet in garments
And the people repel whoever they meet with spears
whose stripes are blood, whose edges remain unhemmed:
Whose standards are blood; its margins are not restrained.
ذَواتُpossessing قَرٍّa chill يَظُنّواthey suppose دارِجاتِvanished قِرىًvillages
ذَواتُ قَرٍّ يَظُنّوا دارِجاتِ قِرىً
مَضَتpassed عَلَيهاover them وَلَمand did not تَقفُلreturn مَواشيهاtheir herds
مَضَت عَلَيها وَلَم تَقفُل مَواشيها
chill-bearing cloaks they take for villages long vanished,
Those who have settlements think they are visiting settlements
whose herds passed through them and never returned.
Which have gone and their livestock enclosures are not locked.
أَنَسَتكَmade you forget هِنداًHind سُيوفُthe swords of الهِندِIndia ماحِيَةًeffacing
أَنَسَتكَ هِنداً سُيوفُ الهِندِ ماحِيَةً
ماwhat قالَsaid عاذِلُهاher reproacher أَوor قالَsaid واشيهاher slanderer
ما قالَ عاذِلُها أَو قالَ واشيها
The swords of India made you forget Hind, effacing
The swords of India have made you forget India,
what her reproacher said, or what her slanderer said.
Neither its critic spoke nor its praiser.
وَلِلزَمانِand Time has عَلىover أَبنائِهِits children أَبَداًforever
وَلِلزَمانِ عَلى أَبنائِهِ أَبَداً
حُكومَةٌa jurisdiction لاnot يَرُدُّoverturns الحُكمَthe verdict راشيهاone who bribes it
حُكومَةٌ لا يَرُدُّ الحُكمَ راشيها
And Time forever has over its children
And time has eternally over its children
a jurisdiction whose verdict its briber cannot overturn.
An authority which does not refuse the judgment of its executor.
Sol 6.1