ذَهابُloss عَينَيَّmy two eyes صانَprotected الجِسمَthe body آوِنَةًat times
ذَهابُ عَينَيَّ صانَ الجِسمَ آوِنَةً
عَنِfrom التَطَرُّحِroaming فيin البيدِthe deserts الأَماليسِsmooth and barren
عَنِ التَطَرُّحِ في البيدِ الأَماليسِ
The loss of sight in both my eyes has at times spared my body
My eyes averting preserved my body for a time
from roaming the smooth, barren deserts,
From sprawling in the ruins of collapsed dreams
وَإِنand though أُبيتَI pass the night سَميرَas night-companion to الكُدرِthe dusky sandgrouse فيin بَلَدٍa land
وَإِن أُبيتَ سَميرَ الكُدرِ في بَلَدٍ
تَطوىare traversed فَلاهُits wastes بِتَهجيرٍby midday travel وَتَغليسِand predawn travel
تَطوى فَلاهُ بِتَهجيرٍ وَتَغليسِ
though I pass the night keeping dusky sandgrouse company in a land
And if the pitch-dark night refuses you in a land
whose wastes are crossed by midday and predawn journeys.
Whose expanses deception and guile scheme
أَهوىI love الحَياةَlife وَحَسبيand enough for me مِنamong مَعائِبِهاits faults
أَهوى الحَياةَ وَحَسبي مِن مَعائِبِها
أَنّيthat I أَعيشُlive بِتَمويهٍby dissimulation وَتَدليسِand deceit
أَنّي أَعيشُ بِتَمويهٍ وَتَدليسِ
I love life, yet this of its faults is enough for me:
I love life though faults enough for me
that I live by dissimulation and deceit.
That I live masking myself and sly
نُطالِبُwe demand الدَهرَTime بِالأَحرارِfor noble men وَهُوَwhile it لَناto us
نُطالِبُ الدَهرَ بِالأَحرارِ وَهُوَ لَنا
مُبينُmaking clear عُذرَينِtwo excuses إِفلاسٍbankruptcy وَتَفليسِand impoverishment
مُبينُ عُذرَينِ إِفلاسٍ وَتَفليسِ
We demand noble men of Time, while it presents us
We ask fate for free men yet it shows us
with two clear excuses: bankruptcy and impoverishment.
Two excuses: bankruptcy and ruin surely
فَاِكتُمso conceal حَديثَكَyour speech لاlet not يَشعُرbecome aware بِهِof it أَحدٌanyone
فَاِكتُم حَديثَكَ لا يَشعُر بِهِ أَحدٌ
مِنfrom رَهطِthe company of جِبريلَGabriel أَوor مِنfrom رَهطِthe company of إِبليسِIblis
مِن رَهطِ جِبريلَ أَو مِن رَهطِ إِبليسِ
So conceal your speech; let no one learn of it,
So keep your talk hidden, let no one detect
from Gabriel's company or from Iblis's.
Neither Gabriel’s folk nor Iblis’ sect
وَقَدand indeed علِمتُI have learned وَغَيريand others besides me عَنthrough مُشاهَدَةٍdirect observation
وَقَد علِمتُ وَغَيري عَن مُشاهَدَةٍ
إِنَّthat العُلىglory إِلفُthe companion of قَومٍmen فيin الوَغىbattle لِيسِdauntless
إِنَّ العُلى إِلفُ قَومٍ في الوَغى لِيسِ
And I, like others, have learned through direct observation
And I knew, and others from observing
that glory keeps company with men dauntless in battle.
The exalted are not the noisy meaningless mob
وَيَومُand the day of جَيرانَJayran أُنسيblotted out فيin سَماجَتِهِits hideousness
وَيَومُ جَيرانَ أُنسي في سَماجَتِهِ
عَلىthe glories of الخِيارِthe noble وَأَيّامَand the days of الدَياليسِal-Dayalis
عَلى الخِيارِ وَأَيّامَ الدَياليسِ
And the day of Jayran, in its hideousness, blotted out
And the day I made my ignorant neighbors my friends
the glories of the noble and the days of al-Dayalis.
Was the day I lost all standards and principles
Sol 6.1