كَفَىenough يَاO أيُّهَاyou (vocative) الشَرْقُthe East
كَفَى يَا أيُّهَا الشَرْقُ
حَيَاةٌa life كُلُّهَاall of it رِقُّslavery
حَيَاةٌ كُلُّهَا رِقُّ
Enough, O East,
of a life that is nothing but slavery!
فَلَيْسَfor it is not الْحَزْمُprudence أَنْthat نَشْقَىwe suffer
فَلَيْسَ الْحَزْمُ أَنْ نَشْقَى
وَفِيand in الْعَيْشِlife لَنْاَfor us حَقُّa right
وَفِي الْعَيْشِ لَنْاَ حَقُّ
For prudence does not mean that we should suffer,
and we have a right to live.
تَحَفَّزْready yourself أيُّهَاyou (vocative) الشرْقُthe East
تَحَفَّزْ أيُّهَا الشرْقُ
فَإنَّfor indeed الَحَقَّright لِلْقوَّةْto strength
فَإنَّ الَحَقَّ لِلْقوَّةْ
Ready yourself, O East,
for right belongs to might.
وَقُمْand rise نَسْتَقْبِلِlet us welcome الْفَجْرَthe dawn
وَقُمْ نَسْتَقْبِلِ الْفَجْرَ
فَقَدْfor indeed لاَحَit has gleamed مِنَfrom الكُوَّةْthe small window
فَقَدْ لاَحَ مِنَ الكُوَّةْ
And rise; let us welcome the dawn,
for it has gleamed through the small window.
أيَسْتَمْتِعَdoes he enjoy? بِالنُّوْرِin the light
أيَسْتَمْتِعَ بِالنُّوْرِ
مِنِone who اسْتَسْلَمَhas surrendered لِلْغَفْوَةْto slumber
مِنِ اسْتَسْلَمَ لِلْغَفْوَةْ
Can the light be enjoyed
by one who has surrendered to slumber?
فَلَيْسَfor it is not الحَزْمُprudence أنْthat نَشْقَىwe suffer
فَلَيْسَ الحَزْمُ أنْ نَشْقَى
وَفِيand in العَيْشِlife لَناَfor us حَقُّa right
وَفِي العَيْشِ لَناَ حَقُّ
For prudence does not mean that we should suffer,
and we have a right to live.
تَيَقَّظْawaken وَدَعِand leave النَّومَsleep
تَيَقَّظْ وَدَعِ النَّومَ
فَإنَّfor indeed الْنَوْمَsleep قَدْindeed طَالَاhas lasted long
فَإنَّ الْنَوْمَ قَدْ طَالَا
Awaken, and leave sleep behind,
for sleep has lasted long.
وَحَطِّمْand shatter لِلْعُبُوْدِيَّاof servitudes (word continued)
وَحَطِّمْ لِلْعُبُوْدِيَّا
تِplural ending completing 'servitudes' أَصْفاداًfetters وَأَغْلَالاand shackles
تِ أَصْفاداً وَأَغْلَالا
And shatter bondage's
fetters and shackles.
لَقَدْindeed حَاقَhas beset بِنَاus الظُّلْمُoppression
لَقَدْ حَاقَ بِنَا الظُّلْمُ
أَفَانِيْنَvarieties وَأَشْكَالَاand forms
أَفَانِيْنَ وَأَشْكَالَا
Oppression has indeed beset us
in many varieties and forms.
فَلَيْسَfor it is not الْحَزْمُprudence أَنْthat نَشْقَىwe suffer
فَلَيْسَ الْحَزْمُ أَنْ نَشْقَى
وَفِيand in الْعَيْشِlife لَنْاَfor us حَقُّa right
وَفِي الْعَيْشِ لَنْاَ حَقُّ
For prudence does not mean that we should suffer,
and we have a right to live.
إلَامَhow long? الصَّمْتُthe silence وَالطُّغْياand tyranny (word continued)
إلَامَ الصَّمْتُ وَالطُّغْيا
نُending completing 'tyranny' قَدْindeed جَلْجَلَhas thundered وَاسْتَشْرَىand run rampant
نُ قَدْ جَلْجَلَ وَاسْتَشْرَى
How long this silence, while tyranny
has thundered and run rampant?
وَهَذَاand this الخَصْمُadversary لاdoes not يَغْرscoops (probably intended 'knows'; word continued)
وَهَذَا الخَصْمُ لا يَغْر
فُending completing the preceding verb إلاَexcept النَّابَthe fang وَالْظُّفْرَاand the claw
فُ إلاَ النَّابَ وَالْظُّفْرَا
And this adversary knows nothing
but fang and claw.
فَكَمْfor how often أَرْهَقَنَاhe has worn us down بَطْشَّاَwith brutality
فَكَمْ أَرْهَقَنَا بَطْشَّاَ
وكَمْand how often أَوْسَعَنَاhe has overwhelmed us غَدْرَاwith treachery
وكَمْ أَوْسَعَنَا غَدْرَا
For how often he has worn us down with brutality,
and how often he has overwhelmed us with treachery!
فَلَيْسَfor it is not الْحَزْمُprudence أَنْthat نَشْقَىwe suffer
فَلَيْسَ الْحَزْمُ أَنْ نَشْقَى
وَفِيand in الْعَيْشِlife لَنْاَfor us حَقُّa right
وَفِي الْعَيْشِ لَنْاَ حَقُّ
For prudence does not mean that we should suffer,
and we have a right to live.
Sol 6.1