هكذاthus كنْbe محبةًlove واحتفالاًand devoted care
هكذا كنْ محبةً واحتفالاً
واعصِand defy فيناconcerning us الوشاةَthe slanderers والعذَّالاand the reproachers
واعصِ فينا الوشاةَ والعذَّالا
Be thus, in love and devoted care,
Be love and celebration among us
And defy the slanderers and reproachers concerning us.
And defy the slanderers and fault-finders
لكَfor you منّاfrom us تكتُّمٌsecrecy واستتارٌand concealment
لكَ منّا تكتُّمٌ واستتارٌ
ولناand for us منكَfrom you أنthat تطيلَyou prolong السؤالاasking
ولنا منكَ أن تطيلَ السؤالا
From us you have secrecy and concealment;
You have our concealment and hiding
And you owe us persistence in asking.
And we have from you prolonged questioning
إنَّindeed للهfor God فيin الوجودِexistence وجوهاًfaces
إنَّ لله في الوجودِ وجوهاً
تركَتْrelinquished حسنَهاtheir loveliness لهُto Him والجمالاand beauty
تركَتْ حسنَها لهُ والجمالا
Indeed, God has faces in existence,
God has in existence faces
That have surrendered their loveliness and beauty to Him.
Whose beauty He left to Him and beauty
فاعلمواso know أنَّthat فيin الزواياthe corners خباياhidden things
فاعلموا أنَّ في الزوايا خبايا
وافهمواand understand أنَّthat فيin السويداal-Suwayda رجالاmen
وافهموا أنَّ في السويدا رجالا
So know that in the corners lie hidden things,
So know that in the corners are secrets
And understand that in al-Suwayda there are men.
And understand that in al-Suwayda are men
أقحمواthey thrust النفسَthe self فيinto مهالكِdeadly perils زهدٍasceticism
أقحموا النفسَ في مهالكِ زهدٍ
يفترسْنَthey devour الأرْواحَsouls والأموالاand wealth
يفترسْنَ الأرْواحَ والأموالا
They thrust the self into the deadly perils of asceticism,
Who plunged themselves into ascetic perils
Which devour souls and wealth.
That prey on souls and possessions
قصدواthey intended هدمَdemolition سورِهاits wall فبَنَوْهyet they built it
قصدوا هدمَ سورِها فبَنَوْه
وأتواand they came كيin order to يقصِّروهُthey shorten it فطالاyet it grew tall
وأتوا كي يقصِّروهُ فطالا
They sought to demolish its wall, yet built it up,
They intended to destroy its wall so they built it
And came to lower it, yet it grew tall.
And came to shorten it but it lengthened
أنفسٌsouls أكرمُthe noblest النُّفوسِsouls علىin the sight of اللGod (first part)
أنفسٌ أكرمُ النُّفوسِ على الل
هِGod (completion) وأقوىand strongest حَوْلاًpower وأقوَمُand most upright حالاstate
هِ وأقوى حَوْلاً وأقوَمُ حالا
Souls, the noblest of souls in the sight of
Souls most generous of souls to God
God, and strongest in power and most upright in state.
And strongest in might and most upright in state
فهيso they تمشيwalk مَشْيَthe gait of العروسِthe bride اختيالاproudly
فهي تمشي مَشْيَ العروسِ اختيالا
وتهادىand sway gracefully علىacross الزمانِtime دلالاcoquettishly
وتهادى على الزمانِ دلالا
So they walk with a bride's gait, proudly,
So it walks the walk of a coy bride
And sway across time with coy grace.
And sways upon time coquettishly
نحنُwe قومٌa people يعيشُlives مَنْwhoever ماتَdied فيناamong us
نحنُ قومٌ يعيشُ مَنْ ماتَ فينا
مستهاماًlove-stricken ويبلغُand attains الآمالاhopes
مستهاماً ويبلغُ الآمالا
We are a people: whoever dies among us lives,
We are a people who lives when one dies among us
Love-stricken, and attains his hopes.
Aspiring and reaching hopes
عشْlive علىon حبناlove for us ومتْand die فيin هواناpassion for us
عشْ على حبنا ومتْ في هوانا
هكذاthus هكذاthus وإلاّand otherwise فلاthen no لاno
هكذا هكذا وإلاّ فلا لا
Live on love for us, and die in passion for us,
Live on our love and die in our disgrace
Thus, thus—or else, no, no!
Thus, thus and not otherwise
Sol 6.1