لا أبالي أن أقول ال

لا أبالي أن أقول ال

حق إني لا أبالي

حق إني لا أبالي

I do not mind speaking the

I do not care if I say no

truth; indeed, I do not mind.

Truth I do not care

رضي اليوم أناس

رضي اليوم أناس

أم أغيظوا من مقالي

أم أغيظوا من مقالي

Whether some people are pleased today

Today people are satisfied

or are enraged by my words,

Or they were angry with my words

فهما سيان عندي

فهما سيان عندي

في رشاد أو ضلال

في رشاد أو ضلال

the two are alike to me,

They are the same to me

in right guidance or error.

In guidance or misguidance

إن للتاريخ أحكام

إن للتاريخ أحكام

اً على سعي الرحال

اً على سعي الرحال

History indeed has judgments

History has judgments

on the travelers' endeavors.

On the quest of travelers

سوف تبقى عبرا للن

سوف تبقى عبرا للن

ناس ما مرت ليالي

ناس ما مرت ليالي

They will remain lessons for

It will remain lessons for pe

people, as long as nights pass.

ople The nights that have passed

وهي لا تقبل نقصا

وهي لا تقبل نقصا

لا ولا تمحى بحال

لا ولا تمحى بحال

And they admit no diminution,

And it does not accept deficiency

no, nor can they be erased in any way.

No, and it is not erased in any way

ومن الإنصاف للتا

ومن الإنصاف للتا

ريخ أني لا أغالي

ريخ أني لا أغالي

And in fairness to

And it is fair to history

history, I do not exaggerate.

That I do not exaggerate

بل أقص الواقع المع

بل أقص الواقع المع

روف من غير افتعال

روف من غير افتعال

Rather, I recount the reality

Rather, I tell the known reality without pretense

that is known, without fabrication.

And it is up to history to judge

وعلى التاريخ أن يح

وعلى التاريخ أن يح

كم حكم المنصفين

كم حكم المنصفين

And history must pass

The judgment of fair judges

judgment as the fair-minded do,

In the case of the failure of unity between the envoys

في دعاوى فشل الوح

في دعاوى فشل الوح

دة بين الموفدين

دة بين الموفدين

on claims that unity failed

The delegation came eagerly

between the delegates.

Like the eagerness of love

أقبل الوفد على بر

أقبل الوفد على بر

قة إقبال السعود

قة إقبال السعود

The delegation came to

Between cheers, glorification and intense applause

Barqa like the coming of good fortune,

It was a game on the day of Eid

بين تهليل وتكبي

بين تهليل وتكبي

ر وتصفيق شديد

ر وتصفيق شديد

amid cries of 'No god but God' and

And we expected success

'God is greatest,' and vigorous applause.

Which is what we wanted

فكان العب من عب

فكان العب من عب

طته في يوم عيد

طته في يوم عيد

So [the people?], out of their

And suddenly a telegram came

[joy?], were as if on a feast day.

With an envoy like iron

وترقّبنا نجاحا

وترقّبنا نجاحا

وهو ما كنا نريد

وهو ما كنا نريد

And we awaited success,

And the envoy had his opinion, a very sound opinion

which was what we wanted.

He sees unity only

وإذا برقة قد جا

وإذا برقة قد جا

ءت بوفد كالحديد

ءت بوفد كالحديد

And behold, Barqa had come

With conditions and restrictions

with a delegation like iron.

As soon as the two delegations met

وعلى الوفد رئي

وعلى الوفد رئي

س رأيه رأي سديد

س رأيه رأي سديد

And at the head of the delegation was

Some barriers were placed

a leader whose judgment was sound.

And the gathering ended with nothing, what a loss!

لا يرى الوحدة إلا

لا يرى الوحدة إلا

بشروط وقيود

بشروط وقيود

He would consider unity only

They wanted and the people are not indebted to what they wanted

with conditions and restrictions.

And we heard from trusted sources

ما التقى الوفدان حتى

ما التقى الوفدان حتى

وضعت بعض السدود

وضعت بعض السدود

No sooner had the two delegations met

They have no limit in falsehood

than certain barriers were put up.

What the two loyalists spread

وانتهى الجمع بلا شي

وانتهى الجمع بلا شي

ء فيا للخاسرين

ء فيا للخاسرين

And the gathering ended without

From the orchards of propaganda

a thing—alas for the losers!

Contrary to Idris in his principle

إنهم شاءوا وما الشع

إنهم شاءوا وما الشع

ب بما شاءوا مدين

ب بما شاءوا مدين

Indeed, they wished it, but the people

Until the end

were not beholden to what they wished.

He only hopes for unification and liberation is his goal

وسمعنا من ثقاة

وسمعنا من ثقاة

ما لهم في الزور غاية

ما لهم في الزور غاية

And we heard from trustworthy people,

The two played a role

who had no motive to lie,

That succeeded in the story

ما أشاع المخلصان

ما أشاع المخلصان

من أفانين الدعاية

من أفانين الدعاية

what the two sincere men had spread

They threw the awe of the delegation out of fear of slander

through varied forms of propaganda.

So the delegation insisted on the opposite of guidance out of fear

خالفا الإدريس في مب

خالفا الإدريس في مب

دئه حتى النهاية

دئه حتى النهاية

They opposed al-Idris in his

And we missed an opportunity that would have benefited if we had wisdom

principle, to the very end,

And if the delegation in its principle had been strong

وهو لا يرجو سوى الت

وهو لا يرجو سوى الت

توحيد والتحرير غايه

توحيد والتحرير غايه

while he hoped for nothing but

It would have faced falsehood with truth and a heart that does not bend

unification and liberation as his goal.

لعب الاثنان دورا

لعب الاثنان دورا

كان نجحا في الرواية

كان نجحا في الرواية

The two played a role

that was a success in the drama.

ألقيا الرعب بروع ال

ألقيا الرعب بروع ال

وفد من سيف الوشاية

وفد من سيف الوشاية

They cast terror into the heart of the

delegation with the sword of slander.

فأصر الوفد من خو

فأصر الوفد من خو

ف على عكس الهداية

ف على عكس الهداية

So the delegation persisted, out of

fear, in the opposite of right guidance.

وأضعنا فرصة تن

وأضعنا فرصة تن

فع لو فينا درايه

فع لو فينا درايه

And we squandered an opportunity

that would have helped, had we had discernment.

ولو اِن الوفد في مب

ولو اِن الوفد في مب

دئه كان متين

دئه كان متين

And had the delegation, in its

principle, been firm,

قابل الباطل بالحق

قابل الباطل بالحق

ق وقلب لا يلين

ق وقلب لا يلين

it would have confronted falsehood with truth

and a heart that would not yield.