لِمَنwhose هاتهthis الفتنةthe enchantment النادرةrare
لِمَن هاته الفتنة النادرة
وماand what هاتهthese الأعينُthe eyes الساحرهbewitching
وما هاته الأعينُ الساحره
Whose is this rare enchantment?
To whom belongs this rare charm,
And what are these bewitching eyes?
And what are these enchanting eyes?
وماand what ذلكthat المرَحُthe merriment القدسيّsacred
وما ذلك المرَحُ القدسيّ
وماand what هاتهthis الضحكةthe laughter الطاهرهpure
وما هاته الضحكة الطاهره
And what is that sacred merriment?
What is this sacred joy,
And what is this pure laughter?
And what is this pure laughter?
تطوفit circles مطافthe circuit of الحنانtenderness العميمall-embracing
تطوف مطاف الحنان العميم
وتسقطand it falls كالنعمةlike a blessing الوافرهabundant
وتسقط كالنعمة الوافره
It circles with the sweep of all-embracing tenderness,
It roams like boundless tenderness,
And falls like an abundant blessing,
Falling like ample grace.
وتمتدُّand it spreads مثلlike امتدادthe spreading of العبابthe surging sea
وتمتدُّ مثل امتداد العباب
وترجعand it returns كالموجةlike a wave الساخرهmocking
وترجع كالموجة الساخره
And spreads like the surging sea,
It stretches like the horizon's expanse,
And returns like a mocking wave,
Yet returns like a playful wave.
وتنقشand it engraves أصداءهاits echoes فيin القلوبthe hearts
وتنقش أصداءها في القلوب
وتبقىand it remains مدىthroughout العمرa lifetime فيin الذاكرهmemory
وتبقى مدى العمر في الذاكره
And engraves its echoes in hearts,
It etches its echoes in hearts,
And remains in memory throughout a lifetime.
Remaining in memories for a lifetime.
فياso, O رِقَّةًtenderness سُكِبَتwas poured فيinto النفوسthe souls
فيا رِقَّةً سُكِبَت في النفوس
كماas تُسكبُis poured الخمرةُthe wine القاهرهoverpowering
كما تُسكبُ الخمرةُ القاهره
O tenderness poured into souls,
Oh gentleness poured into souls,
As overpowering wine is poured!
Like potent wine being poured.
نسيناwe forgot بكthrough you العالَمthe world الدنيويَّearthly
نسينا بك العالَم الدنيويَّ
وأسمعتِنَاand you made us hear نَغَمَالآخرهthe music of the hereafter
وأسمعتِنَا نَغَمَالآخره
Through you we forgot the earthly world,
You made us forget the mundane world,
And you made us hear the music of the hereafter.
And let us hear the tunes of the Hereafter.
وياand O ربةًgoddess منfrom نواحيthe regions of الألمبِOlympus
ويا ربةً من نواحي الألمبِ
أطلّتlooked down علىupon مهَجٍsouls شاعرهpoetic
أطلّت على مهَجٍ شاعره
And O goddess from the regions of Olympus,
Oh queen from the peaks of Olympus,
Who looked down upon poetic souls,
Who looked upon the soul of a poet.
حنيناwe bowed الرؤوسour heads لمجدto the glory of الجمالِbeauty
حنينا الرؤوس لمجد الجمالِ
ولُذناand we sought refuge بعرشكِat your throne ياO آسرهenchantress
ولُذنا بعرشكِ يا آسره
We bowed our heads to the glory of beauty,
We bowed our heads to the glory of beauty,
And sought refuge at your throne, O enchantress.
Captivated by your throne, o captivating one.
مثَّلتِyou portrayed هذيthis الحياةlife
مثَّلتِ هذي الحياة
وصوّرتand you depicted أدوارَهاits roles الزاخرهabundant
وصوّرت أدوارَها الزاخره
You portrayed this life,
You embodied this life,
And depicted its rich array of roles,
And portrayed its lively phases.
وحمَّلتand you burdened روحَكyour soul أثقالهاits burdens
وحمَّلت روحَك أثقالها
وروحكand your soul كالريشةlike a feather الطائرهflying
وروحك كالريشة الطائره
And made your soul bear its burdens,
You burdened your soul with its weights,
While your soul is like a feather in flight.
While your soul is like a flying feather.
وكلّفتand you tasked قلبكِyour heart خوضplunging into الجحيمhell
وكلّفت قلبكِ خوض الجحيم
وقلبكand your heart كالجنةlike paradise الناضرهverdant
وقلبك كالجنة الناضره
And tasked your heart with plunging into hell,
You tasked your heart with traversing hell,
While your heart is like a verdant paradise.
While your heart is like a blossoming paradise.
دفعتyou cast بهwith it فيinto اللظىthe blaze كالخليلlike Abraham, the Friend
دفعت به في اللظى كالخليل
وعدتِand you returned مباركةblessed ظافرهtriumphant
وعدتِ مباركة ظافره
You cast it into the blaze like Abraham, the Friend,
You thrust it into fierce flames like Khalil,
And returned blessed and triumphant.
Yet you returned victorious and blessed.
رجعتِyou returned منfrom النارthe fire ياقوتةًa ruby
رجعتِ من النار ياقوتةً
مطهّرةًpurified حرَّةًnoble باهرهdazzling
مطهّرةً حرَّةً باهره
You returned from the fire a ruby,
You returned from the fire a purified ruby,
Purified, noble, dazzling.
Free and radiant.
إنif كرّمتكِhas honored you البلادُthe land
إن كرّمتكِ البلادُ
ودانتand submitted لمعبودةٍto a goddess قادرهpowerful
ودانت لمعبودةٍ قادره
If the land has honored you
If countries honor you,
And bowed to a mighty goddess,
And submit to a capable goddess,
فواللهthen, by God ماnot فهمتكunderstood you العقولُthe minds
فوالله ما فهمتك العقولُ
ولاnor قدرتhas appreciated قدرِكyour worth القاهرهCairo
ولا قدرت قدرِك القاهره
Then, by God, minds have not understood you,
By God, minds do not understand you,
Nor has Cairo appreciated your worth.
Nor appreciate your supreme worth.
فللشعرfor poetry has عينٌan eye يراكِit sees you بهاthrough it
فللشعر عينٌ يراكِ بها
بغيرwith other than عيونthe eyes الورىhumankind الناظرهgazing
بغير عيون الورى الناظره
For poetry has an eye through which it sees you,
Poetry sees you with a vision,
Not through the gazing eyes of humankind.
Beyond the seeing eyes of creation.
يرىit sees لكin you حُسنَthe beauty of الشعاعthe ray الجميلbeautiful
يرى لك حُسنَ الشعاع الجميل
أغارassailed علىagainst الظلمةthe darkness الغامرهengulfing
أغار على الظلمة الغامره
It sees in you the beauty of a lovely ray
It sees the beauty of your radiant glow,
That assailed the engulfing darkness,
Envied by enveloping darkness.
فجلَّلَthen cloaked بالسحرin enchantment هذيthese الدُّنىworlds
فجلَّلَ بالسحر هذي الدُّنى
وصيَّرهاand made them جنةa paradise زاهرهblooming
وصيَّرها جنة زاهره
Then cloaked these worlds in enchantment
It crowned this inferior world with magic,
And made them a blooming paradise;
Making it a blooming garden.
فنوَّرthen lit up أكواخهاtheir huts البالياتtimeworn
فنوَّر أكواخها الباليات
وهلَّلand cried out joyfully فيin دورهاtheir homes العامرهthriving
وهلَّل في دورها العامره
Then lit their timeworn huts
It illuminated its crumbling hovels,
And cried out joyfully in their thriving homes.
And brought ecstasy to its inhabited abodes.
رسولٌa messenger يجوسroams خلالthrough الديارthe dwellings
رسولٌ يجوس خلال الديار
وينزلand alights كالرحمةlike mercy الزائرهvisiting
وينزل كالرحمة الزائره
A messenger who roams through the dwellings
A messenger roams through homes,
And alights like mercy come to visit,
Descending like a visiting mercy.
بعينwith an eye قدalready اغرورقتhas brimmed بالدموعwith tears
بعين قد اغرورقت بالدموع
لهاit has مُقلةُthe eyeball of الغيمةِthe cloud الماطرهrain-bearing
لها مُقلةُ الغيمةِ الماطره
With an eye already brimming with tears,
With eyes welling with tears,
Whose orb is that of a rain-bearing cloud.
That have the lashes of a raining cloud.
يطوفroams علىamong الناسthe people إنسانهاits pupil (human figure)
يطوف على الناس إنسانها
ومهجتهand his heart للورىtoward humankind غافرهforgiving
ومهجته للورى غافره
Its pupil roams among the people,
He circulates amongst people as one of them,
And his heart is forgiving toward humankind.
His soul ever forgiving of the world.
Sol 6.1