خفقَbeat القلبُthe heart فاذَّكرتُso I remembered بلاديmy homeland
خفقَ القلبُ فاذَّكرتُ بلادي
وبلاديand my homeland الحقولُthe fields والأدغالُand the thickets
وبلادي الحقولُ والأدغالُ
My heart throbbed, and I remembered my homeland—
My heart beat, and I remembered my homeland.
my homeland of fields and dense woods,
And my homeland is the fields and the thickets,
وبلاديand my homeland الأنهارُthe rivers تهتفُcry out فرحىjoyful
وبلادي الأنهارُ تهتفُ فرحى
والنَّدىand the dew السمحُgenerous والسُّلافand the choicest wine الحلالlawful
والنَّدى السمحُ والسُّلاف الحلال
my homeland whose rivers cry out for joy,
And my homeland is the rivers crying out in joy,
of generous dew and choice, lawful wine.
And the generous dew, and the pure, lawful wine.
والرّياضُand the gardens اللطافُlovely تعبقُexude fragrance بالعطـwith fragrance (continued)
والرّياضُ اللطافُ تعبقُ بالعطـ
ـرِending of 'fragrance' حلتْهاadorned them الأفياءُthe shades والأظلالand the shadows
ـرِ حلتْها الأفياءُ والأظلال
The lovely gardens breathe fragrance—
And the lovely gardens exude fragrance;
adorned by spreading shade and shadow.
Shades and shadows have adorned them.
والينابيعُand the springs حفُّلٌbrimful بالأناشيـwith songs (continued)
والينابيعُ حفُّلٌ بالأناشيـ
ـدending of 'songs' تراخىlingered فيهاwithin them السَّناthe radiance والبِلالand the moisture
ـد تراخى فيها السَّنا والبِلال
The springs teem with dense, layered growth,
And the springs are brimming with songs;
where radiance and moisture linger.
Radiance and moisture linger within them.
لاdo not يُروّعكِalarm you مدمعيmy tears وهُياميand my passionate love
لا يُروّعكِ مدمعي وهُيامي
أناI سرّthe secret الهوىof love وأنتِand you الجمالbeauty
أنا سرّ الهوى وأنتِ الجمال
Let neither my tears nor my passion alarm you:
Let neither my tears nor my passionate love alarm you.
I am love’s secret, and you are beauty.
I am love's secret, and you are beauty.
تتراءىappear لناظريbefore my eyes منكِfrom you أرواspirits (continued)
تتراءى لناظري منكِ أروا
حٌending of 'spirits' رقاقٌdelicate يلذّis sweet منهاwith them الوصالcommunion
حٌ رقاقٌ يلذّ منها الوصال
From you, before my gaze, appear
Spirits from you appear before my eyes—
tender spirits, sweet to commune with.
Delicate, with whom communion is sweet.
فأناجيso I commune وماand not أملُّI tire المناجاintimate communion (continued)
فأناجي وما أملُّ المناجا
ةَending of 'communion' وأصبوand I yearn وللهوىand love has استرسالunrestrained flow
ةَ وأصبو وللهوى استرسال
I commune with them and never tire of communion;
So I commune, and never tire of communion;
I yearn, and love flows freely on.
And I yearn, and love flows unrestrained.
وبنفسيand within my soul لحنٌa melody حبيبٌcherished يُسلّيـconsoles
وبنفسي لحنٌ حبيبٌ يُسلّيـ
ـنيme وحلمٌand a dream يهفوyearns إليهtoward it البالthe mind
ـني وحلمٌ يهفو إليه البال
Within my soul, a beloved melody consoles me,
And within my soul is a cherished melody that consoles
and a dream for which the mind yearns.
Me, and a dream for which the mind yearns.
وتصاويرُand images منof رباعيَmy native abodes شتّىvaried
وتصاويرُ من رباعيَ شتّى
ماnot لَهاfor them الدَّهرَthrough all time فيin الوجودِexistence مثالan equal
ما لَها الدَّهرَ في الوجودِ مثال
And visions of many different dwellings—
And varied images of my native abodes—
no equal for them has ever existed.
They have no equal in existence, through all time.
هيَthey سلوايَmy solace إنْif أظلّنيovershadows me الهمُّsorrow
هيَ سلوايَ إنْ أظلّني الهمُّ
وسادَتْand held sway بيَover me الخُطوبُadversities الثِقالheavy
وسادَتْ بيَ الخُطوبُ الثِقال
They are my solace whenever care overshadows me,
They are my solace when sorrow overshadows me
and my pillow amid heavy trials.
And heavy adversities hold sway over me.
نَهِلَdrank الحُبُlove منfrom مناعمهاtheir delights الزّهـradiant (continued)
نَهِلَ الحُبُ من مناعمها الزّهـ
ـرending of 'radiant' وضاءتْand shone بسحرهاwith their enchantment الأشكالthe forms
ـر وضاءتْ بسحرها الأشكال
The flowers drank their fill of love from those dwellings’ delights,
Love drank from their radiant delights;
and forms shone brightly through their magic.
And forms shone with their enchantment.
فهيَso they فيin العينِthe eye صورةٌan image ليسnot تُمحىis erased
فهيَ في العينِ صورةٌ ليس تُمحى
نامَslept عنهاheedless of it البلىdecay وأغفىand dozed الزَّوالُvanishing
نامَ عنها البلى وأغفى الزَّوالُ
Thus, to the eye, they form an image that cannot be erased;
So in the eye they are an image that is not erased;
decay sleeps far from it, and passing-away slumbers.
Decay sleeps heedless of it, and dissolution slumbers.
وهيand they فيin القلبِthe heart فرحةٌa joy تملأfills القلـthe heart (continued)
وهي في القلبِ فرحةٌ تملأ القلـ
ـبَending of 'heart' فتطوىso are folded away بُحلمهِby its dream الآجالُlifetimes
ـبَ فتطوى بُحلمهِ الآجالُ
And in the heart they are a joy that fills the heart,
And in the heart they are a joy that fills the heart,
and in its dream that joy folds lifetimes away.
So lifetimes are folded away by its dream.
ياO رباعَabodes الخُلودِof eternity عاشَmay live لكِfor you السّعـhappiness (continued)
يا رباعَ الخُلودِ عاشَ لكِ السّعـ
ـدُending of 'happiness' ولاand may not زالَcease خِدْنُكِyour close companion الإقبالُprosperity
ـدُ ولا زالَ خِدْنُكِ الإقبالُ
O dwellings of eternity, may happiness live for you,
O abodes of eternity, may happiness live on for you,
and may good fortune never cease to be your companion.
And may prosperity ever remain your companion.
أنتِyou منيto me الحُلْمُthe dream الذيthat أشتهيهِI desire it
أنتِ مني الحُلْمُ الذي أشتهيهِ
ومجنّيand my shield ومفزعيand my refuge والمآلُand the final destination
ومجنّي ومفزعي والمآلُ
To me, you are the dream I long for—
You are, to me, the dream I desire,
my shield, my refuge, and my final home.
And my shield, my refuge, and the final destination.
Sol 6.1