أمامَكbefore you أيُّهاO العربيُّArab يومٌa day
أمامَك أيُّها العربيُّ يومٌ
تشيبُturn gray لهولهِat its terror سودُblack النواصيforelocks
تشيبُ لهولهِ سودُ النواصي
Before you, O Arab, lies a day
whose terror turns black forelocks gray.
وأنتand you كماas عهدتكI have known you لاnot تباليyou care
وأنت كما عهدتك لا تبالي
بغيرabout anything other than مظاهِرِdisplays العبَثِfrivolity الرّخاصِcheap
بغير مظاهِرِ العبَثِ الرّخاصِ
Yet you, as I have known you, care
for nothing but cheap displays of frivolity.
مصيركyour fate باتhas become يَلْمُسُهperceive it الأَّدانيthose nearby
مصيرك بات يَلْمُسُه الأَّداني
وسارand spread حديثُهُword of it بينamong الأَقاصيthose far away
وسار حديثُهُ بين الأَقاصي
Your fate has become palpable to those nearby,
and word of it has spread among those far away.
فلاso not رَحْبُthe spaciousness of القصورpalaces غداًtomorrow بباقٍlasting
فلا رَحْبُ القصور غداً بباقٍ
لساكنهاfor their inhabitants ولاnor ضيقthe narrowness of الخصاصِhuts
لساكنها ولا ضيق الخصاصِ
So tomorrow the spaciousness of palaces will not remain
for their dwellers, nor the cramped confines of huts.
لناwe have خصمانtwo foes ذوpossessed of حوْلٍmight وطوْلٍand wealth
لنا خصمان ذو حوْلٍ وطوْلٍ
وآخرand another ذوpossessed of احتيالٍcunning واقتناصِand ensnaring
وآخر ذو احتيالٍ واقتناصِ
We have two foes: one possessed of might and wealth,
and another of cunning and ensnaring.
وتواصواْand they counseled one another بينهمamong themselves قسأتىunclear as written; perhaps 'then it proved' وبالاًa calamity
وتواصواْ بينهم قسأتى وبالاً
وإذلالاًand humiliation لناfor us ذاكthat التواصيmutual counsel
وإذلالاً لنا ذاك التواصي
They counseled among themselves; [it proved] a calamity,
and a humiliation for us—that mutual counsel.
مناهجُplans للابادةfor extermination واضحاتٌclear
مناهجُ للابادة واضحاتٌ
وبالحسنىand by gentle means تنفَّذُوare carried out, and (irregular spelling) الرصاصِbullets
وبالحسنى تنفَّذُو الرصاصِ
Clear are the plans for extermination,
and they are carried out by gentle means and bullets.
Sol 6.1