لعمركby your life ماnot الخدودthe cheeks ولاnor السوالفْthe sides of the neck
لعمرك ما الخدود ولا السوالفْ
بأبهجَmore delightful منthan لياليناour nights السوالفْbygone
بأبهجَ من ليالينا السوالفْ
By your life, neither cheeks nor necks
By your life, neither the cheeks nor tales
Are more delightful than our bygone nights.
Could bring more joy than our nights’ tales
ولاnor ميسthe sway of العواطفthe supple curves منof غزالٍa gazelle
ولا ميس العواطف من غزالٍ
يعادلequals حسنthe beauty of هاتيكthose العواطفaffections
يعادل حسن هاتيك العواطف
Nor does the sway of a gazelle's supple curves
Nor the beauty of a delicate gazelle
Equal the beauty of those affections.
Could equal the charm of these feelings
كفىit suffices for تلكthose اللياليnights أنَّthat دمعيmy tears
كفى تلك الليالي أنَّ دمعي
لذكراهاat their remembrance منfrom الأجفانِthe eyelids واكفْstreaming
لذكراها من الأجفانِ واكفْ
It is enough for those nights that my tears
Let those nights suffice that my tears
Stream from my eyelids at their remembrance.
For remembering them flow from my eyelids
ليالٍnights كنتَyou were بدراًa full moon فيin دجاهاtheir darkness
ليالٍ كنتَ بدراً في دجاها
سناthe radiance of علياكَyour eminence للأبصارto the eyes خاطفdazzling
سنا علياكَ للأبصار خاطف
Nights when you were a full moon in their darkness,
Nights when you were a full moon in their darkness
The radiance of your eminence dazzling the eyes.
Dazzling to all sights like a swift one
نروحwe go at dusk لفضلكto your generosity الساميlofty ونغدوand we go at dawn
نروح لفضلك السامي ونغدو
وظِلand the shade of حماكyour shelter للفضلاءfor the worthy وارفْspreading widely
وظِل حماك للفضلاء وارفْ
We go at dusk to your lofty generosity, and at dawn,
We owe it to your sublime merit and become
While your shelter's shade spreads wide for the worthy.
In your protection's shade, the virtuous find refuge
فكمso many لكare yours منof مطالعَascents عالياتlofty
فكم لك من مطالعَ عاليات
وفيand in ناديthe assembly of البلاغةeloquence منof مواقفْstands
وفي نادي البلاغة من مواقفْ
So many lofty ascents are yours,
For you have many high horizons
And so many stands in the assembly of eloquence!
And in the forum of eloquence, great pauses
فمنwho, then ليfor me بالوصولwith reaching إلىto فَروقFaruq
فمن لي بالوصول إلى فَروق
ودونand before وصولهاreaching it جوبcrossing التنائفthe trackless wastes
ودون وصولها جوب التنائف
Who, then, will help me reach Faruq,
So who can I reach the pinnacles
With trackless wastes to cross before reaching it?
Without reaching them, but divergences loom
ومنand who ليfor me أنthat تضيءyou shine بأفقon the horizon of مصرEgypt
ومن لي أن تضيء بأفق مصر
وترشدناand guide us الطرائقthe paths والطرائفand the novelties
وترشدنا الطرائق والطرائف
And who will grant me that you shine on Egypt's horizon,
And who can illuminate Egypt's horizon
And guide us to the paths and the novelties,
Guide us on the paths and niceties
وتدعوand call للهدايةto guidance مَنthose who تعالواexalted themselves
وتدعو للهداية مَن تعالوا
بتالدthrough inherited مجدهمtheir glory عنabove كلevery طارفْnewly won glory
بتالد مجدهم عن كل طارفْ
And call to guidance those who exalted themselves
And call to guidance those come
Through their inherited glory above all newly won glory;
With the glory of their homeland, every side
ومنand those who شطواstrayed far عنfrom الحقthe truth اعتسافاrecklessly
ومن شطوا عن الحق اعتسافا
وهامواand wandered aimlessly فيin دياجيرthe deep darkness of السفاسفْtrivialities
وهاموا في دياجير السفاسفْ
And those who recklessly strayed far from the truth,
And those who deviated from truth obstinately
And wandered in the deep darkness of trivialities?
And wandered into the murky, turbid depths
أصخْlend سمعاًan ear فإنfor indeed القومthe people ضلواhave gone astray
أصخْ سمعاً فإن القوم ضلوا
وجارواand deviated فيin غوايتهمtheir delusion طوائفْfactions
وجاروا في غوايتهم طوائفْ
Lend an ear, for the people have gone astray,
Lend an ear, for the folk have gone astray
And, in their delusion, have strayed as factions.
And wandered in their delusion, factions
تغالَواwent to extremes فيin تهتكهمtheir shamelessness وتاهواand lost their way
تغالَوا في تهتكهم وتاهوا
وغرتهمand deluded them أمانيُّhopes of الوظائفْpositions
وغرتهم أمانيُّ الوظائفْ
They went to extremes in their shamelessness and lost their way,
They have transgressed in their disgrace and lost their way
And hopes of positions deluded them.
Deceived by the hopes of high office
وقدand indeed تركواthey abandoned المحافلthe assemblies واستهانواand showed disdain
وقد تركوا المحافل واستهانوا
وخرواand fell سجداًprostrate تحتbeneath الملاحفْthe coverlets
وخروا سجداً تحت الملاحفْ
And indeed they have abandoned the assemblies and shown disdain,
They have forsaken the councils and disdained
And fallen prostrate beneath the coverlets.
Bowed down prostrate beneath the blankets
تغيرتhave been exchanged المناهيthe prohibitions بالملاهيfor amusements
تغيرت المناهي بالملاهي
وبدلتand has been exchanged المعارفlearning بالمعازفْfor musical instruments
وبدلت المعارف بالمعازفْ
Prohibitions have been exchanged for amusements,
Forbidden pastimes replaced what's allowed
And learning has been exchanged for musical instruments.
And knowledge was changed for music
أهذاis this ماwhat يريدwants اللهGod مناfrom us
أهذا ما يريد الله منا
بby نجعلكمWe make you علىon أرضٍearth خلائفsuccessors
ب نجعلكم على أرضٍ خلائف
Is this what God wants of us
Is this what God wants of us
In saying, 'We make you successors on earth'?
That we make you successors on earth?
أمورaffairs فيin مواردهنtheir sources عارdisgrace
أمور في مواردهن عار
وأسوأand worse منthan مواردهاtheir sources المصارفthe outlets
وأسوأ من مواردها المصارف
Affairs whose sources hold disgrace,
Matters in their courses bring shame
And whose outlets are worse than their sources.
And worse than their courses, the banks
Sol 6.1