أتجحدdo you deny ماwhat فيin الريحthe wind منof أنةa moan الحزنsorrow
أتجحد ما في الريح من أنة الحزن
وهلand is ...? هيit إلاanything but رجعecho شجوكyour grief فيin الدجىthe darkness
وهل هي إلا رجع شجوك في الدجى
Do you deny the moan of sorrow in the wind?
Do you deny what sorrow there is in the wind?
And is it anything but the echo of your grief in the darkness?
Is it not just the echo of your lament in the darkness?
سهرتyou stayed awake وغطand snored الناسthe people حولكaround you فيin الكرىslumber
سهرت وغط الناس حولك في الكرى
وفرقand parted بينbetween الجفنthe eyelid همكyour worry والجفنand the eyelid
وفرق بين الجفن همك والجفن
You stayed awake while the people around you snored in slumber,
You stayed up while the people around you slept in the towns,
And your worry kept one eyelid apart from the other.
And your concerns separated eyelid from eyelid.
وراعكand alarmed you أنthat الظلمinjustice خيمsettled over مطبقاًall-enveloping
وراعك أن الظلم خيم مطبقاً
ففيfor in الهضبthe hills ماwhat فيin السهلthe plain منهof it وفيand in الحزنrugged ground
ففي الهضب ما في السهل منه وفي الحزن
And you were alarmed that injustice had settled over all;
Beware, injustice looms heavily over us.
For in the hills there is as much of it as in the plain and on rugged ground.
There is as much of it on the plateau as there is in the valley and in sorrow.
أتبعثهمdo you rouse them فيby نفخكyour breathing الروحthe spirit بينهمamong them
أتبعثهم في نفخك الروح بينهم
كماjust as تنفخswells الريحthe wind الشراعthe sail منof السفنthe ships
كما تنفخ الريح الشراع من السفن
Would you rouse them by breathing spirit into their midst,
Do you rouse them with your breath among them
As the wind swells the sails of ships?
As the wind rouses the sails of ships?
رويدكtake your time ياO منone who يحسبconsiders العدلjustice نعمةًa blessing
رويدك يا من يحسب العدل نعمةً
وماand ... is not الظلمinjustice إلاexcept ماwhat توهمimagined منfrom ظنconjecture
وما الظلم إلا ما توهم من ظن
Not so fast, O you who deem justice a blessing!
Go slowly, O you who considers justice a blessing,
And injustice is nothing but a fancy born of conjecture.
For injustice is only what the imagination conjures up.
وأينand where مكانthe place الخلقpeople منهin relation to it وإنهمand indeed they
وأين مكان الخلق منه وإنهم
معادنores شتىdiverse فيin الذكاءintelligence وفيand in الأفنmental dullness
معادن شتى في الذكاء وفي الأفن
And where do people stand in relation to it, when they are
And what is the place of people in it? Though they
Ores of diverse kinds, in intelligence and in dullness of mind?
Are diverse talents in intelligence and in skills.
Sol 6.1