تُشادُ المَغاني وَالقُبورُ دَوارِسُ

تُشادُ المَغاني وَالقُبورُ دَوارِسُ

وَلا يَمنَعُ المَطروقَ بابٌ وَحارِسُ

وَلا يَمنَعُ المَطروقَ بابٌ وَحارِسُ

Dwellings are raised, while graves lie in ruins.

Songs and tombs are guarded by spears,

Neither door nor guard protects the one death visits.

No door or guard can stop the fated one.

يَقولونَ إِنَّ الدينَ يُنسَخُ مِثلَ ما

يَقولونَ إِنَّ الدينَ يُنسَخُ مِثلَ ما

تَوَلَّت بِإِقبالِ الحَنيفَةِ فارِسُ

تَوَلَّت بِإِقبالِ الحَنيفَةِ فارِسُ

They say that religion is superseded, just as

They say religion itself can be abrogated,

Persia fell with the coming of the upright faith.

As it was when the Hanifa turned towards Persia.

وَمَهما يَكُن فَاللَهُ لَيسَ بِزائِلٍ

وَمَهما يَكُن فَاللَهُ لَيسَ بِزائِلٍ

وَيَجني الفَتى مِن بَعدُ ماهُوَ غارِسُ

وَيَجني الفَتى مِن بَعدُ ماهُوَ غارِسُ

And whatever may be, God does not pass away,

But no matter what, God does not disappear,

And a man later reaps what he plants.

And man will reap what he has sown.

أَرى مَقِرّاً في آخَرِ العَيشِ كائِناً

أَرى مَقِرّاً في آخَرِ العَيشِ كائِناً

نَسيتَ لَهُ ما أَطعَمَتكَ الجَوارِسُ

نَسيتَ لَهُ ما أَطعَمَتكَ الجَوارِسُ

I see bitter aloe awaiting at life's end;

I see my final home awaiting me,

Because of it, you have forgotten what the bees fed you.

You've forgotten what the neighbors have fed you.

أَيا قَيلُ إِنَّ النارَ صالٍ بِحَرِّها

أَيا قَيلُ إِنَّ النارَ صالٍ بِحَرِّها

مُقيمُ صَلاةٍ وَالمُهَنَّدُ وارِسُ

مُقيمُ صَلاةٍ وَالمُهَنَّدُ وارِسُ

O king, the fire's heat scorches

They say hellfire fiercely burns,

Even one who observes prayer; and the Indian blade is bloodstained.

While the religious one prays and the debauched carouses.

وَبِالرَملَةِ الشَعثاءِ شَيبٌ وَوِلدَةٌ

وَبِالرَملَةِ الشَعثاءِ شَيبٌ وَوِلدَةٌ

أَصابَهُمُ مِمّا جَنَيتَ الدَهارِسُ

أَصابَهُمُ مِمّا جَنَيتَ الدَهارِسُ

And in ragged Ramla are gray-haired elders and children;

In the sands are gray hair and childbirth,

Calamities from your misdeeds have struck them.

Reaping what the harvesters have sown.

فَأَبعِد مِنَ الصَفراءِ وَاليَومُ واقِدٌ

فَأَبعِد مِنَ الصَفراءِ وَاليَومُ واقِدٌ

وَأَدنِ مِنَ الشَقراءِ وَاللَيلُ قارِسُ

وَأَدنِ مِنَ الشَقراءِ وَاللَيلُ قارِسُ

So keep far from the yellow sun when the day is blazing,

Keep away from the yellow one in daylight,

And draw near the ruddy fire when the night is bitterly cold.

And draw near the blonde one in the dark of night.

وَقَد ظَهَرَت أَملاكُ مِصرَ عَلَيهُمُ

وَقَد ظَهَرَت أَملاكُ مِصرَ عَلَيهُمُ

فَهَل مارَسَت مِن ظُلمِها ما تُمارِسُ

فَهَل مارَسَت مِن ظُلمِها ما تُمارِسُ

And the kings of Egypt have prevailed over them;

Egypt's rulers have now appeared over them -

But did they practise, in their tyranny, what you practise?

Are their oppressions as cruel as they used to be?

وَأَحسَنُ مِنكُم في الرَعيَّةِ سيرَةً

وَأَحسَنُ مِنكُم في الرَعيَّةِ سيرَةً

طُغُجُّ بنُ جُفٍّ حينَ قامَ وَبارِسُ

طُغُجُّ بنُ جُفٍّ حينَ قامَ وَبارِسُ

And better than you in conduct toward the subjects

Better than you in treating the flock,

Were Tughj son of Juff, when he took power, and Baris.

Was Thujj bin Juf when he stood up and rebelled.

وَبِالحَظِّ يُدعى تابِعُ القَومِ سَيِّداً

وَبِالحَظِّ يُدعى تابِعُ القَومِ سَيِّداً

وَتَأكُلُ آسادَ العَرينِ الهَجارِسُ

وَتَأكُلُ آسادَ العَرينِ الهَجارِسُ

And by luck the people's follower is called a lord,

By luck the people's follower becomes the master,

And fox cubs devour the lions of the den.

And the wolves eat the lions in their dens.

تُقيمُ عَلى الدَهرِ الفَوارِسُ في الدُجى

تُقيمُ عَلى الدَهرِ الفَوارِسُ في الدُجى

وَتَرحَلُ مِن فَوقِ الجِيادِ الفَوارِسُ

وَتَرحَلُ مِن فَوقِ الجِيادِ الفَوارِسُ

The Fawaris—the Horsemen stars—endure forever in the dark,

The horsemen spend the night wrapped in their cloaks,

While horsemen depart from the backs of their steeds.

Then at dawn they mount their steeds and charge.