ماwhat ليwith me أَرىI see بَحرَthe sea of السِياpolitics (first part)
ما لي أَرى بَحرَ السِيا
سَةِpolitics (completion) لاdoes not يَنيcease جَزراًebbing وَمَدّاand flowing
سَةِ لا يَني جَزراً وَمَدّا
Why do I see the sea of politics
unceasingly ebb and flow?
وَأَرىand I see الصَحائِفَthe newspapers أَيبَسَتhave dried up
وَأَرى الصَحائِفَ أَيبَسَت
ماwhat بَينَناbetween us أَخذاًtaking وَرَدّاand giving back
ما بَينَنا أَخذاً وَرَدّا
And I see the newspapers have dried up
the bonds between us with their give-and-take.
هَذاthis one يَرىholds رَأيَthe opinion of العَميthe chief (first part)
هَذا يَرى رَأيَ العَمي
دِthe chief (completion) وَذاand that one يَعُدُّcounts عَلَيهِagainst him عَدّاa tally
دِ وَذا يَعُدُّ عَلَيهِ عَدّا
This one holds the chief's opinion,
while that one counts his faults one by one.
وَأَرىand I see الوِزارَةَthe ministry تَجتَنيgathers
وَأَرى الوِزارَةَ تَجتَني
مِنfrom مُرِّthe bitterness of هَذاthis العَيشِlife شُهداhoney
مِن مُرِّ هَذا العَيشِ شُهدا
And I see the ministry gathering
honey from the bitterness of this life.
نامَتit slept بِمِصرَin Egypt وَأَيقَظَتand awakened
نامَت بِمِصرَ وَأَيقَظَت
لِحَوادِثِto face the events of الأَيّامِthe days سَعداSaad
لِحَوادِثِ الأَيّامِ سَعدا
It slept in Egypt and roused
Saad to face the upheavals of the days.
فَطَرَحتُهاso I set it aside وَسَأَلتُand I asked عَنabout
فَطَرَحتُها وَسَأَلتُ عَن
هُhim فَقيلَso it was said ليto me لَمdid not يَألُspare جُهداeffort
هُ فَقيلَ لي لَم يَألُ جُهدا
So I set it aside and asked about
him; I was told, 'He has spared no effort.'
ياO سَعدُSaad أَنتَyou مَسيحُهاher Messiah
يا سَعدُ أَنتَ مَسيحُها
فَاِجعَلso set لِهَذاfor this المَوتِdeath حَدّاa limit
فَاِجعَل لِهَذا المَوتِ حَدّا
O Saad, you are her Messiah;
so put an end to this death.
ياO سَعدُSaad إِنَّindeed بِمِصرَin Egypt أَيorphans (first part)
يا سَعدُ إِنَّ بِمِصرَ أَي
تاماًorphans (completion) تُؤَمِّلُhope for فيكَin you سَعداgood fortune
تاماً تُؤَمِّلُ فيكَ سَعدا
O Saad, in Egypt there are orphans
who look to you for good fortune.
قَدindeed قامَhas risen بَينَهُمُbetween them وَبَيand between (first part)
قَد قامَ بَينَهُمُ وَبَي
نَbetween (completion) العِلمِlearning ضيقُstraitness of الحالِmeans سَدّاa barrier
نَ العِلمِ ضيقُ الحالِ سَدّا
There has risen between them and
learning a barrier of poverty.
ماnot زِلتُI ceased أَرجوI hope أَنto أَراI see
ما زِلتُ أَرجو أَن أَرا
كَyou أَباًa father وَأَنand to أَلقاكَI meet you جَدّاa grandfather
كَ أَباً وَأَن أَلقاكَ جَدّا
I kept hoping to see
you as a father, and to meet you as a grandfather,
حَتّىuntil غَدَوتَyou became أَباًa father لَهُfor whom
حَتّى غَدَوتَ أَباً لَهُ
أَضحَتbecame عِيالُthe dependents of القُطرِthe country وُلداchildren
أَضحَت عِيالُ القُطرِ وُلدا
until you became a father for whom
the country's dependents became children.
فَاِردُدso restore لَناto us عَهدَthe era of الإِماthe Imam (first part)
فَاِردُد لَنا عَهدَ الإِما
مِthe Imam (completion) وَكُنand be بِناto us الرَجُلَthe man المُفَدّىthe one we would ransom
مِ وَكُن بِنا الرَجُلَ المُفَدّى
So restore to us the Imam's era,
and be to us the man we would sacrifice ourselves for.
أَناI لاdo not أَلومُI blame المُستَشاthe adviser (first part)
أَنا لا أَلومُ المُستَشا
رَthe adviser (completion) إِذاif تَعَلَّلَhe makes excuses أَوor تَصَدّىhe obstructs
رَ إِذا تَعَلَّلَ أَو تَصَدّى
I do not blame the adviser
if he makes excuses or stands in the way.
فَسَبيلُهُfor his way أَنto يَستَبِدrule despotically (first part)
فَسَبيلُهُ أَن يَستَبِد
دَrule despotically (completion) وَشَأنُناand our task أَنto نَستَعِدّاwe prepare ourselves
دَ وَشَأنُنا أَن نَستَعِدّا
For his way is to rule despotically,
and our task is to prepare ourselves.
هِيَit سُنَّةُthe custom of المُحتَلِّthe occupier فيin
هِيَ سُنَّةُ المُحتَلِّ في
كُلِّall العُصورِthe ages وَماand not تَعَدّىhe departed
كُلِّ العُصورِ وَما تَعَدّى
It is the occupier's custom in
all ages, and he has not departed from it.
Sol 6.1