وانظرواand behold هجرةmigration السلامPeace اليهاto her الfirst part of 'now'
وانظروا هجرة السلام اليها ال
آنsecond part of 'now' لماwhen نباproved inhospitable بهto him الخافقانِEast and West
آن لما نبا به الخافقانِ
And behold Peace's migration to her—
Look at the immigration of peace to it, when
now that East and West have cast him out.
The pulsers announced the news to it
هجرhe abandoned الارضthe earth كلهاall of it هارباًfleeing منfrom
هجر الارض كلها هارباً من
وجهِthe face of حربٍa war مشبوبةkindled النيرانِthe fires
وجهِ حربٍ مشبوبة النيرانِ
He abandoned all the earth, fleeing from
It deserted the whole earth fleeing from
the face of a war whose fires blazed.
The face of an aroused war, blazing fires
لمdid not يجدfind ملجأًa refuge لهُfor him غيرother than مصرٍEgypt
لم يجد ملجأً لهُ غير مصرٍ
والىand to مصرَEgypt جدَّhe hastened فيin الاتيانِcoming
والى مصرَ جدَّ في الاتيانِ
He found no refuge for himself but Egypt,
It did not find refuge for it other than Egypt
and to Egypt he hastened to come.
And to Egypt it hurried coming
وبهاand in her حلَّhe settled حيثُsince لمdid not يرَsee فيهاin her
وبها حلَّ حيثُ لم يرَ فيها
اثراًa trace للحربof the war الزبونfierce العوانِoft-renewed
اثراً للحرب الزبون العوانِ
And there he settled, for he saw in her no
And in it settled where it did not see in it
trace of fierce, oft-renewed war.
A trace for the arrogant enemy forces
ومحلُّand the abode of السلامPeace اضحىbecame لمصرfor Egypt
ومحلُّ السلام اضحى لمصر
لقباًan epithet أوor يُضافُis appended كالعنوانَlike a title
لقباً أو يُضافُ كالعنوانَ
And 'the abode of Peace' became Egypt's
And Egypt's abode became for peace
epithet, or is appended as a title.
A title or appended like an address
إنناindeed we منهُthrough him فيin هناءٍbliss واهلُand the people of ألthe
إننا منهُ في هناءٍ واهلُ أل
ارضearth منfrom هولthe terror of الحربthe war فيin أحزانَsorrows
ارض من هول الحرب في أحزانَ
Indeed, through him we are in bliss, while the people of the
We are in bliss from it, and the people of the
earth are in sorrow at the horror of war.
Land are in sorrows from the horror of war
غيرَhowever أنَّاthat we لهمfor them مؤاسونoffering sympathy فيin ماwhat
غيرَ أنَّا لهم مؤاسون في ما
همthey يقاسونendure منfrom سعيرthe blaze of الطعانِspear-fighting
هم يقاسون من سعير الطعانِ
Yet we share their sorrow over what
Except that we sympathize with them for what
they suffer from the blaze of spear-fighting.
They suffer from the hellfire of stabbing
هلquestion particle يسوغُgoes down easily الهناhappiness لناfor us وحلوقُwhile the throats of الthe
هل يسوغُ الهنا لنا وحلوقُ ال
ناسpeople طرًّاone and all فيin غصةa choking lump الاشجانsorrows
ناس طرًّا في غصة الاشجان
Can happiness go down easily for us, while the throats of the
Is happiness justified for us, and joining of
people, one and all, are choked with sorrow?
People headlong in the anguish of sorrows?
لاno ولاnor نطمئنُّwe rest easy الاexcept اذاwhen ماemphatic particle الthe
لا ولا نطمئنُّ الا اذا ما ال
حربwar لفَّتis wrapped كالميتlike a corpse فيin الاكفانthe burial shrouds
حرب لفَّت كالميت في الاكفان
No, nor shall we rest easy until the
No, and we are not reassured unless
war is wrapped like a corpse in shrouds.
War has wrapped like the dead in shrouds
هيit حربٌa war ثارتerupted فعمَّتso spread everywhere رزاياcalamities
هي حربٌ ثارت فعمَّت رزايا
هاits (the war's) وليستand it is not تنفكُّceases فيin ثورانraging
ها وليست تنفكُّ في ثوران
It is a war that erupted, and its calamities spread;
It is a war that raged so its calamities spread
and it has not ceased to rage.
And does not cease raging and overflowing
وطغىand ran rampant شرُّهاits evil فغشَّىso it engulfed البراياhumankind
وطغى شرُّها فغشَّى البرايا
وهوand it باقٍenduring يشتدُّgrows fiercer فيin الطغيانtyranny
وهو باقٍ يشتدُّ في الطغيان
And its evil ran rampant and engulfed humankind;
And its evil overwhelmed the wilderness
and it persists, growing fiercer in its tyranny.
And it continues intensifying in overflowing
فاذابتso it melted منof الحديدiron قلوباًhearts
فاذابت من الحديد قلوباً
وأشابتand turned gray مفارقhair-partings الولدانof the children
وأشابت مفارق الولدان
So it melted hearts of iron,
So it melted hearts of iron
and turned children's hair-partings gray.
And made the separation of children hoary
والوفَand thousands الالوفِof thousands أردَتit slew وهمand they ياO
والوفَ الالوفِ أردَت وهم يا
لهفanguish قلبيmy heart منamong نخبةthe choicest of الشبَّانِthe young men
لهف قلبي من نخبة الشبَّانِ
And it slew thousands upon thousands, and they were—O
And wanted thousands and thousands, while my heart
anguish of my heart!—among the finest young men.
Yearns, o peaks of youth
وأحلَّتand it made lawful to shed دماءَهمtheir blood فجرتso it flowed فيin الthe
وأحلَّت دماءَهم فجرت في ال
ارضearth هدراًin vain تسيلflowing كالطوفانِlike a flood
ارض هدراً تسيل كالطوفانِ
And it made their blood lawful to shed, so it ran across the
And made their blood flow in the
earth in vain, flowing like a flood.
Earth copiously flowing like floods
Sol 6.1