جَرَىswept along بكَwith you جَدٌّfortune بِالكرامِwith the noble عَثُورُprone to tripping
جَرَى بكَ جَدٌّ بِالكرامِ عَثُورُ
وجارَand acted unjustly زمانٌan age كنتَyou were فيهin it تُجيرُyou grant refuge
وجارَ زمانٌ كنتَ فيه تُجيرُ
A fate that trips the noble has swept you along,
Generous ancestors have handed down to you their noble ways,
And an age in which you gave refuge has wronged you.
And you lived in times when you gave refuge.
لَقَدindeed أَصبَحَتْhave become بيضُgleaming الظباthe blades فيin غمودهاtheir sheaths
لَقَد أَصبَحَتْ بيضُ الظبا في غمودها
إناثاًfemale لِتَرْكِfor abandoning الضّرْبِstriking وهيَwhile they are ذُكورُmale
إناثاً لِتَرْكِ الضّرْبِ وهيَ ذُكورُ
The gleaming blades within their sheaths have become
The white oryx have now become females who shun fighting,
Female for ceasing to strike, though they are male.
Having been males in the days they locked horns.
تجيءُcome about خلافاًcontrary للأمورto the course of things أُمُورُناour affairs
تجيءُ خلافاً للأمور أُمُورُنا
وَيَعدلُand acts justly دهرٌtime فيamong الورىhumankind ويجورُand acts unjustly
وَيَعدلُ دهرٌ في الورى ويجورُ
Our affairs unfold contrary to the course of things,
Our affairs now go counter to what is right,
And time treats humankind justly, and unjustly.
And time in the world swerves from justice and tyrannizes.
أَتَيأَسُdo you despair? فيon يومٍa day يناقضُcontradicts أمْسهُits yesterday
أَتَيأَسُ في يومٍ يناقضُ أمْسهُ
وَزُهْرُand the radiant ones الدَّراريthe brilliant stars فيin البروجِthe zodiacal signs تَدورُrevolve
وَزُهْرُ الدَّراري في البروجِ تَدورُ
Do you despair on a day that contradicts its yesterday,
Can I despair on a day that contradicts its yesterday,
While the shining stars revolve through the zodiac?
When the flowers of the pear tree revolve around the mansions of the stars?
وقدand may indeed تنْتخيrise proudly الساداتُthe lords بعدafter خمولهاtheir obscurity
وقد تنْتخي الساداتُ بعد خمولها
وَتَخرُجُand emerge مِنfrom بَعدِafter الكُسوفِthe eclipse بُدورُfull moons
وَتَخرُجُ مِن بَعدِ الكُسوفِ بُدورُ
And lords may yet rise proudly after obscurity,
Oftentimes the masters rise again after their decline
And full moons emerge after eclipse.
And planets emerge again after their setting.
لئنeven if كنتَyou are مقصوراًconfined بدارٍin a dwelling عَمَرْتَهاyou made it flourish
لئن كنتَ مقصوراً بدارٍ عَمَرْتَها
فقدthen indeed يُقْصَرُmay be confined الضِّرغامُthe lion وهوَwhile it is هَصورُfierce
فقد يُقْصَرُ الضِّرغامُ وهوَ هَصورُ
Even if you are confined in a dwelling you made flourish,
If you are confined in a house you built,
Even a lion may be confined, though fierce.
The giant may yet be belittled, though he is massive.
أغَرَّO noblest الأَسارىthe captives أنthat يقالَit be said مُحَمَّدٌMuhammad
أغَرَّ الأَسارى أن يقالَ مُحَمَّدٌ
غريبٌa stranger بأرضin the land المغربَينِthe two Maghribs أَسيرُa captive
غريبٌ بأرض المغربَينِ أَسيرُ
O noblest of captives—that Muhammad should be called
The captives thought it shameful to say:
A stranger in the land of the two Maghribs, a captive!
"Muhammad is a stranger in the land of the two Maghrebs, a captive."
تُنافِسyou vie مِنfrom أَغلالِهاtheir shackles فيfor فكاكهاtheir release
تُنافِس مِن أَغلالِها في فكاكها
وَيُقُصَمُand are snapped منهاamong them بِالمُصابِby the calamity ذُكورُhard, 'male' links
وَيُقُصَمُ منها بِالمُصابِ ذُكورُ
You vie for their release from their shackles,
They vie in breaking his shackles,
And the male links among them are snapped by the calamity.
While stalwart heroes are broken by them.
وكُنتُand I was مُسجّىًshrouded بالظباin blades منamong سجونهاtheir prisons
وكُنتُ مُسجّىً بالظبا من سجونها
بِسورٍby a wall لهاof theirs إِنَّindeed السجونَprisons قُبورُgraves
بِسورٍ لها إِنَّ السجونَ قُبورُ
And I lay shrouded in blades, in one of their prisons,
I was jailed by the oryx in their prisons,
By a wall of theirs—indeed, prisons are graves.
With walls against which prisons are but tombs.
إلىuntil اليوْمtoday لمhave not تَذْعَرْstartled قطاsandgrouse الليلof the night قُرّحٌmature steeds
إلى اليوْم لم تَذْعَرْ قطا الليل قُرّحٌ
يُغيرُraids بهاwith them عِندَat الصَّباحِdawn مُغِيرُa raider
يُغيرُ بها عِندَ الصَّباحِ مُغِيرُ
To this day, the night sandgrouse have not been startled by mature steeds
Until today the wounds of the night have not frightened
With which a raider strikes at dawn.
A morning changer who comes at dawn to change them.
ولاnor راحَwent forth نادٍdewy بِالمكارِمِwith generosity للغِنىto bring wealth
ولا راحَ نادٍ بِالمكارِمِ للغِنى
يُقَلِّبُهturns it over فيin الرّاحَتَينِthe two palms فَقيرُa poor man
يُقَلِّبُه في الرّاحَتَينِ فَقيرُ
Nor has a gift, dewy with generosity, gone forth to bring wealth,
No caller of generous deeds has pitied the rich
Which a poor man turns over in his two palms.
And made them turn the spindles of the two camps poor.
لَقَدindeed صُنْتَyou guarded دينَthe religion اللَّهof God خَيرَthe finest صِيانَةٍprotection
لَقَد صُنْتَ دينَ اللَّه خَيرَ صِيانَةٍ
كَأَنَّكas though you were قَلبٌa heart فيهwithin it وهوَand it is ضَميرُan inward thought
كَأَنَّك قَلبٌ فيه وهوَ ضَميرُ
You have indeed guarded God's religion with the finest care,
Indeed you defended God's religion best,
As though you were a heart within it, and it an inward thought.
As if you were a heart and it your innermost counsel.
وَلَمّاand when رَحلتمْyou departed بالنّدىwith bounty فيin أَكُفِّكمْyour hands
وَلَمّا رَحلتمْ بالنّدى في أَكُفِّكمْ
وَقُلْقِلَand were shaken رَضْوَىRadwa مِنكُمُbecause of you وثَبيرُand Thabir
وَقُلْقِلَ رَضْوَى مِنكُمُ وثَبيرُ
And when you departed with bounty in your hands,
And when you left with the dew in your palms,
And Radwa and Thabir were shaken because of you,
And the happy gurgle of full waterskins,
رَفَعتُI raised لسانيmy tongue بِالقيامَةِproclaiming the Resurrection قَدindeed أَتَتhas come
رَفَعتُ لساني بِالقيامَةِ قَد أَتَت
ألاbehold فانظرواso look هذيthese الجبالthe mountains تسيرُare moving
ألا فانظروا هذي الجبال تسيرُ
I raised my voice: 'The Resurrection has indeed come!'
I lifted my tongue at the resurrection which had come:
Behold, then look: these mountains are moving!
"Behold these mountains marching on; look there!"
Sol 6.1