قُمْrise معwith الآدابliterature نُحيِlet us salute المهرجاناthe festival
قُمْ مع الآداب نُحيِ المهرجانا
بايعتْpledged allegiance to دولتهاits realm اليومtoday اللساناthe tongue
بايعتْ دولتها اليوم اللسانا
Rise with literature; let us salute the festival.
Rise with manners, we greet the festival
Its realm has pledged allegiance to the tongue today.
Its state has sworn allegiance today to the tongue
عصبfastened التاجَthe crown لهُfor him أقيالُهاits princes
عصب التاجَ لهُ أقيالُها
وأتىand came الفنُّart وأهدىand bestowed الصولجاناthe scepter
وأتى الفنُّ وأهدى الصولجانا
Its princes fastened the crown upon him,
The nerve of the crown is for it its burdens
And art came and bestowed the scepter.
And art has come and gifted the scepter
هاتِbring forth ياO خمسونfifty منfrom تاريخهhis history
هاتِ يا خمسون من تاريخه
غررَthe choicest الآيverses بياناًin eloquence وافتناناand artistry
غررَ الآي بياناً وافتنانا
Bring forth, O fifty years, from his history,
Give, O fifty, from its history
The choicest verses of eloquence and artistry.
The gems of verses an eloquence and fascination
وإذاand if الأخلاقُvirtue كانتwas زينةًan adornment
وإذا الأخلاقُ كانت زينةً
نبِّهيawaken الوردَthe roses فقدfor indeed كنتِyou were الجناناthe gardens
نبِّهي الوردَ فقد كنتِ الجنانا
And if virtue is an adornment,
And if morals were an adornment
Awaken the roses, for you were the gardens.
Alert the roses for you were the gardens
هلَّلَrejoiced العصرُthe age بطفلٍat a child نابهٍgifted
هلَّلَ العصرُ بطفلٍ نابهٍ
رَضعَsuckled الأخلاقvirtue فيin المهدthe cradle لباناmilk
رَضعَ الأخلاق في المهد لبانا
The age hailed a gifted child,
The era rejoiced with a radiant infant
Who suckled virtue as milk in the cradle.
Who sucked morals in the cradle's milk
إستعانsought the aid of الجهدَeffort والصبرand patience معاًtogether
إستعان الجهدَ والصبر معاً
وأتىand came يومٌa day فكانso he became المستعاناthe one whose aid is sought
وأتى يومٌ فكان المستعانا
He enlisted effort and patience together,
It sought the effort and patience together
And a day came when his own aid was sought.
And a day came so it became the source of help
أينwhere منهُfrom him اليومَtoday أيامٌdays قضتْpassed
أين منهُ اليومَ أيامٌ قضتْ
خاضهاhe braved them حرّاًas a free man نزالاًin combat وطعاناand spear-thrusts
خاضها حرّاً نزالاً وطعانا
How distant from him today are those bygone days,
Where are the days that have passed from it
Which he braved as a free man, in combat and spear-thrusts,
It waged them hotly, a fight and a stab
عابثاًmaking light بالقيدof the fetter لاnot يحسبهُhe deems it
عابثاً بالقيد لا يحسبهُ
فيin سبيلthe cause of الحقِّtruth شراًan evil أوor هواناhumiliation
في سبيل الحقِّ شراً أو هوانا
Making light of the fetter, not deeming it
Frolicking with the shackle, not counting it
An evil or a humiliation in the cause of truth.
In the way of truth evil or disgrace
يتحدَّىhe rivals الطيفthe phantom همساًin whispering وخطىًand footsteps
يتحدَّى الطيف همساً وخطىً
لبقاًdeft كالنصلlike the blade حذقاًin skill ومراناand practice
لبقاً كالنصل حذقاً ومرانا
He rivals the phantom in whispers and footsteps,
It challenges the specter whispering and steps
Deft as a blade in skill and practice.
Subtly like the blade, proficient and trained
طافhe ranged بالعلمthrough learning وألفاهُand found it هدىguidance
طاف بالعلم وألفاهُ هدى
يومwhen لمdid not نعلمwe know ولمand did not يرشدfind guidance فتاناour youth
يوم لم نعلم ولم يرشد فتانا
He ranged through learning and found it guidance,
It roamed through knowledge and learned guidance
When we did not know, and our youth had not found guidance.
A day we did not know and no debauched led us astray
ينقلhe conveys الحقَّthe truth نزيهاًwith integrity فإذاthen if
ينقل الحقَّ نزيهاً فإذا
ضلَّstrayed عنهُfrom him رادهhe sought it أيّانَwhenever كاناit was
ضلَّ عنهُ راده أيّانَ كانا
He conveys the truth with integrity; and if
It moves the truth pure so if
It eludes him, he seeks it out, whatever the hour.
It deviates from it, it returns it no matter who
ملهَمٌinspired يبتدعُcreates anew الحسنَbeauty ومنand whoever
ملهَمٌ يبتدعُ الحسنَ ومن
يلْهَمis inspired with الإبداعcreativity أعلىraised الفنَّart شاناin stature
يلْهَم الإبداع أعلى الفنَّ شانا
Inspired, he creates beauty; and whoever
An inspired one who innovates beauty and who
Is inspired to create raises art in stature.
Inspires innovation, the highest art glory
خلقَhe fashioned الحرفthe letter لساناًa tongue ناطقاًspeaking
خلقَ الحرف لساناً ناطقاً
رُبَّmany an فنّart وهبgave العينthe eye لساناa tongue
رُبَّ فنّ وهب العين لسانا
He made the letter a speaking tongue;
It created the letter a speaking tongue
Many an art has given the eye a tongue.
How much art the eye granted a tongue
إستمدتهsought his aid المعانيmeanings منطقاًas a voice
إستمدته المعاني منطقاً
مفصحاًspeaking clearly عنهاfor them فكانso he became الترجماناthe interpreter
مفصحاً عنها فكان الترجمانا
Meanings sought his aid as a voice,
The meanings drew from it eloquence
To express them clearly; thus he became their interpreter.
Expressing about them so it became the interpreter
هلdo ترىyou see الصائغَthe goldsmith مماfrom what صاغهُhe fashioned it
هل ترى الصائغَ مما صاغهُ
سبكhe cast الفولاذsteel أمor صاغhe fashioned الجماناpearls
سبك الفولاذ أم صاغ الجمانا
Can you tell, from what the goldsmith has fashioned,
Do you see the artisan from what he crafted
Whether he cast steel or fashioned pearls?
Did he forge steel or craft the bodies
بأبيthrough Abu رامزَRamez قامتarose دولةٌa realm
بأبي رامزَ قامت دولةٌ
هوhe كانwas السيفthe sword فيهاwithin it والسناناand the spearhead
هو كان السيف فيها والسنانا
Through Abu Ramez a realm arose;
By my father Ramz a state rose
He was its sword and spearhead.
He was in it the sword and the blade
حملhe bore الرايةَthe banner فيin نهضتهاits rise
حمل الرايةَ في نهضتها
وتولاَّهاand took charge of it سباقاًin racing ورهاناand wagering
وتولاَّها سباقاً ورهانا
He bore the banner in its rise,
He carried the banner in its renaissance
And took charge of it in race and wager.
And assumed it competing and betting
وتنحىand he withdrew عنfrom عظيمينtwo great ones هماthe two are
وتنحى عن عظيمين هما
قوةa force تلقىit confronts بهاwith it هذاthis الزماناage
قوة تلقى بها هذا الزمانا
And he stepped aside, leaving two great ones, together
And stepped aside for two great ones they
A force with which it confronts this age.
Are a power this era encounters
عزّزstrengthened الأخلاقvirtue فيهاwithin it رامزRamez
عزّز الأخلاق فيها رامز
ولسانand the tongue of الحالcircumstance قدhas صانsafeguarded البياناeloquence
ولسان الحال قد صان البيانا
Ramez strengthened virtue within it,
Ramz strengthened morals in it
And Lisan al-Hal has safeguarded eloquence.
And the tongue of the state refined rhetoric
Sol 6.1