يا ضياء الحقولِ، يا غنوةَ الفـ

يا ضياء الحقولِ، يا غنوةَ الفـ

ـلَّاح في الساجياتِ من أسحارهْ

ـلَّاح في الساجياتِ من أسحارهْ

O light of the fields, O song of the

O light of the fields, O joy of the farmer at dawn in the meadows,

Oh light of the fields, oh song of the far-

Farmer in his quiet predawn hours,

Come; for spring still lingers in the valley, so let your echo resound before it wanes.

mer in the quietude of his dawns.

أقبِلِي؛ فالربيع ما زال في الوا

أقبِلِي؛ فالربيع ما زال في الوا

دي، فبُلِّي صداكِ قبل احتضاره

دي، فبُلِّي صداكِ قبل احتضاره

Come; spring is still in the

The eyes behold only its remnants, and nothing but daydreaming of its traces.

Come forth; for spring is still in the val-

Valley; quench your thirst before it dies.

A bouquet by a brook shaking off beams upon it and tossing in its stillness.

ley, so quench your thirst before its dying.

لا تصيبُ العيونُ إلَّا بقايا

لا تصيبُ العيونُ إلَّا بقايا

هُ، وغير الشرود من آثاره

هُ، وغير الشرود من آثاره

The eyes find only the remnants

And in every playground a rosy flower that escaped from its seasons.

The eyes perceive nothing but its rem-

Of it, and those of its traces that have not fled:

In the gloomy evening, and the desolate crossing, and the sullen stones around it,

nants, and nothing but the fleeting of its traces.

دوحةً عند جدولٍ تنفض الأفْـ

دوحةً عند جدولٍ تنفض الأفْـ

ـياءَ عنها وترتمي في قراره

ـياءَ عنها وترتمي في قراره

A spreading tree by a stream shakes off the

Attentively listening, about to imagine from intense listening the horizon bursting apart.

A great tree by a stream shaking the sha-

Shadows from itself and flings itself into its depths;

I gaze at the path whenever the wind blows and the old trees rustle their leaves,

dows off itself and casting itself into its depths.

وعلى كل ملعبٍ زهرةٌ غيْـ

وعلى كل ملعبٍ زهرةٌ غيْـ

ـناءَ فرَّتْ إليهِ من أيَّاره

ـناءَ فرَّتْ إليهِ من أيَّاره

And on every playground a lush flower

Whenever the howl of a farmer grieving the stars with the complaint of his day,

And on every playground a lush flo-

That fled there from its May.

Cries: "O night," and the distant echo awakens on the hillside and what is around it.

wer that fled to it from its May.

في المساءِ الكئيب، والمعبرُ المهْـ

في المساءِ الكئيب، والمعبرُ المهْـ

ـجُورُ، والعابساتُ من أحجارِه

ـجُورُ، والعابساتُ من أحجارِه

In the dreary evening, while the deserted

Then every hill echoes: "O night," and the echo sleeps on its zither!

In the gloomy evening, and the aban-

Crossing and its frowning stones

Where are the flutters of your white feet among the grass above its greenery,

doned crossing, and the frowning of its stones.

مُصغياتٌ، تكاد من شدَّة الإصْـ

مُصغياتٌ، تكاد من شدَّة الإصْـ

ـغاء أن تُوهِمَ المدى بانفجارِه

ـغاء أن تُوهِمَ المدى بانفجارِه

Listen so intently that they almost

Like two stars escaped from their orbits so the light beams aimlessly,

Listening intently, almost from the intensity of list-

Make the expanse imagine itself bursting,

Or two white butterflies awoke to steal nectar from its goblet!

ening, they trick the expanse into bursting.

أَرمُق الدربَ، كُلما هبَّتِ الريـ

أَرمُق الدربَ، كُلما هبَّتِ الريـ

ـحُ وحَفَّ العتيقُ من أشجارِه

ـحُ وحَفَّ العتيقُ من أشجارِه

I watch the path whenever the

You are in every darkness an appointment and intimacy, your day still awaits.

I gaze at the path, whenever the wind blo-

Wind blows and its ancient trees rustle,

ws and the ancient of its trees rustle.

كُلما أذهل الرُّبى نَوحُ فلَّا

كُلما أذهل الرُّبى نَوحُ فلَّا

حٍ يبثُّ النجومَ شكوى نهارِه

حٍ يبثُّ النجومَ شكوى نهارِه

Whenever the hills are stunned by the lament of a

Whenever the hills are stunned by the wailing of a far-

Farmer pouring out to the stars his day's complaint.

mer broadcasting to the stars the complaint of his day.

صاحَ: «يا ليل» فاستفاق الصدى الغا

صاحَ: «يا ليل» فاستفاق الصدى الغا

فِي على السَّفحِ والذي في جوارِه

فِي على السَّفحِ والذي في جوارِه

He cried, 'O night!' and the sleeping echo awoke

He shouted: "Oh Night!" and the echo awoke, do-

On the hillside, and the one beside it;

zing on the slope and that which is near it.

فإذا كلُّ ربوةٍ رَجعُ «يا ليْـ

فإذا كلُّ ربوةٍ رَجعُ «يا ليْـ

ـلُ» وَنامَ الصدى على قيثارِه!

ـلُ» وَنامَ الصدى على قيثارِه!

Then every hill was an echo of 'O

And lo, every hill is the return of "Oh Ni-

Night!' And the echo slept upon its lyre!

ght" and the echo slept upon his lyre!

أينَ منهُنَّ خفقُ أقدامكِ البيْـ

أينَ منهُنَّ خفقُ أقدامكِ البيْـ

ـضاءِ بين الحشيش فوق اخضرارِه

ـضاءِ بين الحشيش فوق اخضرارِه

Where among them is the flutter of your white

Where among them is the patter of your whi-

Feet amid the grass, upon its greenness,

te feet amidst the grass upon its greenery.

مثلَ نجمَين أفلتا من مدارَيْـ

مثلَ نجمَين أفلتا من مدارَيْـ

ـنِ فجال الضياءُ في غير دارِه

ـنِ فجال الضياءُ في غير دارِه

Like two stars that slipped free from two

Like two stars that escaped from two orbi-

Orbits, so the light roamed outside its home,

ts, so the light roamed in a home not its own.

أو فراشَين أبيَضَيْن استفاقا

أو فراشَين أبيَضَيْن استفاقا

يسرقان الرحيق من خمَّارِه!

يسرقان الرحيق من خمَّارِه!

Or two white butterflies that awoke,

Or two white butterflies that awoke

Stealing nectar from its wine-seller!

Stealing nectar from its vintner!

أنتِ في كلِّ ظلمةٍ مَوعِدٌ وَسْـ

أنتِ في كلِّ ظلمةٍ مَوعِدٌ وَسْـ

ـنانُ، ما زال يومُه في انتظارِه

ـنانُ، ما زال يومُه في انتظارِه

In every darkness you are a drowsy

You are in every darkness a drowsy appoin-

Rendezvous whose day is still waiting for it.

tment, whose day is still awaiting it.