رِدي يا خيولَ اللهِ مَنْهَلَكِ العَذْبا

رِدي يا خيولَ اللهِ مَنْهَلَكِ العَذْبا

ويا شرقُ عُدْ للغربِ فاقتَحمِ الغَرْبا

ويا شرقُ عُدْ للغربِ فاقتَحمِ الغَرْبا

Come, horses of God, to your sweet watering place.

Return, O horses of Allah, to your fresh river

And O East, return to the West and storm the West.

And O East, return to the West and invade the West

ويا شرقُ هَلْ سَرَّ الطواغيتَ أنَّها

ويا شرقُ هَلْ سَرَّ الطواغيتَ أنَّها

فويقَكَ أشلاءٌ مبعثرةٌ إربا

فويقَكَ أشلاءٌ مبعثرةٌ إربا

And O East, did it delight the tyrants that it lay

And O East, did the tyrants rejoice that you are

Just above you, scattered limbs, torn to shreds?

Its mutilated limbs scattered in the wilderness?

يدٌ جَذَّ يومُ القيروانِ عُروقَها

يدٌ جَذَّ يومُ القيروانِ عُروقَها

وظهرٌ على القفقاسِ مستعلِياً جُبَّا

وظهرٌ على القفقاسِ مستعلِياً جُبَّا

A hand whose veins the day of Kairouan severed,

A hand that on the day of al-Qayrawan tore out its roots

And a back, raised high over the Caucasus, hewn down.

And a back looming over the Caucasus, rugged

ويا طارقَ الجيلِ الجديدِ تلفُتاً

ويا طارقَ الجيلِ الجديدِ تلفُتاً

إلى جبلٍ إجتازه طارقٌ دَرْبا

إلى جبلٍ إجتازه طارقٌ دَرْبا

And O Tariq of the new generation, turn your gaze

And O conqueror of the new generation wandering

Toward a mountain that Tariq crossed as a passage.

To a mountain crossed by a conqueror’s path

أثرتَ لنا في غَمرةِ النصرِ خَطْرَةً

أثرتَ لنا في غَمرةِ النصرِ خَطْرَةً

من الذكرِ فيها ما نحبُّ وما نأبى

من الذكرِ فيها ما نحبُّ وما نأبى

Amid the fullness of victory, you stirred in us a thought

You have sparked for us in the darkness of victory a flash

From memory, containing what we love and what we reject.

In it what we love and what we dislike

هزَزْنا بها ذِكرى ، وتِهنا بزهوها

هزَزْنا بها ذِكرى ، وتِهنا بزهوها

بُدوءاً ، ونُحنا من تصوَّرها عُقْبى

بُدوءاً ، ونُحنا من تصوَّرها عُقْبى

Through it we stirred a remembrance and exulted in its splendor

We shook the memory with it, and we weakened with its arrogance

At first, then mourned at the thought of its ending.

Gradually, and we imagined its consequence

لمثلِ الذي تَبْغي من الحقِّ قادَها

لمثلِ الذي تَبْغي من الحقِّ قادَها

إلى الموتِ ، لم تسألْ به السَّهْلَ الصَّعبْا

إلى الموتِ ، لم تسألْ به السَّهْلَ الصَّعبْا

For a right like the one you seek, he led it

For the like of what you want of the truth led it

To death, seeking no easy way amid hardship.

To death, it did not ask the easy or the difficult

حَدا من جيوشِ الوحي والنصر ما حدا

حَدا من جيوشِ الوحي والنصر ما حدا

وعَبَّا من الإيمانِ بالنصر ما عَبَّا

وعَبَّا من الإيمانِ بالنصر ما عَبَّا

He urged onward such armies of revelation and victory,

A limit from the armies of revelation and victory, a limit

And drank so deeply of faith in victory.

And a group from faith in victory, a group

كنارِ " ابن عمرانَ " التي جاءَ قابساً

كنارِ " ابن عمرانَ " التي جاءَ قابساً

سناها حريقٌ في سفائنهِ شبَّا

سناها حريقٌ في سفائنهِ شبَّا

Like the fire of the son of Imran, to which he came seeking a brand,

Like the fire of "Ibn 'Umran" which came setting ablaze

Its glow was a blaze kindled in his ships.

Its years a blaze in its ships kindled

وألواحُها " الألواحُ " لولا " رسالةٌ "

وألواحُها " الألواحُ " لولا " رسالةٌ "

على " قُرَشيٍّ " لم تُرِدْ عينُه الربَّا

على " قُرَشيٍّ " لم تُرِدْ عينُه الربَّا

And their planks were the Tablets, but for a revelation

And its panels "the panels", were it not for "a message"

To a Qurayshi whose eye never sought the Lord.

To "a Qurashi" ​​would not have wished the interest

تخطَّتْ إلى مَحْميَّةِ الغربِ أُمَّةٌ

تخطَّتْ إلى مَحْميَّةِ الغربِ أُمَّةٌ

حمتْ فأجادت قبلَها عن حِمّى ذَبَّا

حمتْ فأجادت قبلَها عن حِمّى ذَبَّا

A nation crossed into the West's guarded domain,

A nation crossed to the sanctuary of the West

One that had defended a sanctuary before, and defended it well.

It protected and excelled before it from the zeal of war

تحدَّتْ عُبابَ البحرِ تُزعجُ حُوتَهُ

تحدَّتْ عُبابَ البحرِ تُزعجُ حُوتَهُ

ومن قبلهِ في البرّ أزعجتِ الضَّبَّا

ومن قبلهِ في البرّ أزعجتِ الضَّبَّا

It challenged the sea's surge, startling its whale,

It defied the sea swells disturbing its whale

And before that, on land, it had startled the lizard.

And before it on land it disturbed the wolves

أولاءِ " البُداةُ " الغامطُ النّاسِ حقَّهم

أولاءِ " البُداةُ " الغامطُ النّاسِ حقَّهم

وتلكَ التي منها العربَ العَرْبا

وتلكَ التي منها العربَ العَرْبا

Those are the 'nomads,' you who deny people their due,

Those "Bedouins" overcast the people their right

And that is the nation from which come the true Arabs.

And those from which are the Arabs, the Arabs

لَتِلكَ قلوبٌ نَنشُدُ اليومَ مِثْلَها

لَتِلكَ قلوبٌ نَنشُدُ اليومَ مِثْلَها

أبى دينُها أنْ تجمعَ اللهَ والرُّعبا

أبى دينُها أنْ تجمعَ اللهَ والرُّعبا

That nation had hearts whose like we seek today;

For those are hearts we call today the likes of them

Its faith forbade joining God with terror.

Its religion refused to combine Allah and terror

سرَتْ كشُعاعِ النورِ في فَحمةِ الدُّجى

سرَتْ كشُعاعِ النورِ في فَحمةِ الدُّجى

ومثلَ النسيم الرَّخْو في يَبَسٍ هبَّا

ومثلَ النسيم الرَّخْو في يَبَسٍ هبَّا

It moved like a ray of light through night's coal-black dark,

It walked like the ray of light in the darkness of night

And blew like a gentle breeze through parched land.

And like the soft breeze in barrenness it blew

وفي ذلَّةٍ عزّا ، وفي ضَلَّةٍ هُدىً

وفي ذلَّةٍ عزّا ، وفي ضَلَّةٍ هُدىً

وفي جَنَفٍ عدلاً ، وفي جَدَبٍ خصبْا

وفي جَنَفٍ عدلاً ، وفي جَدَبٍ خصبْا

As honor amid humiliation, guidance amid error,

And in humiliation glory, and in misguidance guidance

As justice amid injustice, fertility amid drought,

And in severity justice, and in drought fertility

وفي عصبيَّاتٍ غِلاظٍ تسامُحاً

وفي عصبيَّاتٍ غِلاظٍ تسامُحاً

وفي مُلْتوٍ مِنْ نهجها منهجاً لحَبا

وفي مُلْتوٍ مِنْ نهجها منهجاً لحَبا

As tolerance amid harsh fanaticisms,

And in bigotries tolerance, and from its approach a loving approach

And a broad, clear path through the twists of its course.

It overlooked on "Madrid" making heard an invocation

أطلت على " مدريدَ " تُسمِعُ دعوةً

أطلت على " مدريدَ " تُسمِعُ دعوةً

وسارتْ إلى " باريسَ " تَسمعُ من لَبَّى

وسارتْ إلى " باريسَ " تَسمعُ من لَبَّى

It looked out upon Madrid, sounding a call,

And it went to "Paris" to listen to whoever prays fervently

And went to Paris to hear who answered.

And it crept with the tenderness of the soul in the universe mercifully

ودبَّتْ مَدَبَّ الروحِ في الكونِ رحمةً

ودبَّتْ مَدَبَّ الروحِ في الكونِ رحمةً

وشدَّتْ لجسمٍ خائرٍ مُتْعَبٍ صُلبا

وشدَّتْ لجسمٍ خائرٍ مُتْعَبٍ صُلبا

It spread through the world as the spirit does, as mercy,

And it tightened for a languid, tired, sturdy body

And strengthened the spine of a faltering, weary body.

And it gently extended its hand, so it touched

ومدَّتْ برفقٍ كفَّها فتلَمَّسَت

ومدَّتْ برفقٍ كفَّها فتلَمَّسَت

جراحَ بني الدُّنيا فآستْ لهم نُدْبا

جراحَ بني الدُّنيا فآستْ لهم نُدْبا

It gently extended its hand and felt

The wounds of the people of the world, and healed their sores

The wounds of the world's children, soothing their scars.

And it harbored from different religions and enlightened

وآوتْ من الأديانِ شتَّى وأطْلَعَتْ

وآوتْ من الأديانِ شتَّى وأطْلَعَتْ

مِن الخطراتِ النيّراتِ بها شُهْبا

مِن الخطراتِ النيّراتِ بها شُهْبا

It sheltered many faiths and brought forth

From its pure glorious flashes it adorned

From the luminous thoughts within it, shooting stars.

And it hovered vigilantly where confusion roams in its sides

وحامَتْ يَراعاً جالَ في جَنَباتِها

وحامَتْ يَراعاً جالَ في جَنَباتِها

وصانَتْ – عليها أو لها – مِقولاً ذَرْبا

وصانَتْ – عليها أو لها – مِقولاً ذَرْبا

It defended a pen that ranged through its domains,

And it protected - for it or from it - an accusation of sin

And protected an eloquent tongue, whether against it or for it.

And it did not tire an eye, and it did not cut off a hand

وما سَمَلَتْ عيناً ، وما قَطَعَتْ يداً

وما سَمَلَتْ عيناً ، وما قَطَعَتْ يداً

ولا حجزتْ رأيا ، ولا أحْرَقَتْ كتبا

ولا حجزتْ رأيا ، ولا أحْرَقَتْ كتبا

It gouged out no eye and cut off no hand,

Nor did it restrain an opinion, nor did it burn books

Suppressed no opinion and burned no books.

I looked at what was of it. And what happened

نظرتُ إلى ما كانَ منها . وما جرى

نظرتُ إلى ما كانَ منها . وما جرى

عليها ، وما يأتي الشقاقُ إذا دَبَّا

عليها ، وما يأتي الشقاقُ إذا دَبَّا

I looked at what it had done, and what befell

to it, and what separation comes if it spreads

It, and what discord brings when it creeps in,

And how it reaped what it wanted as its shadows

وكيفَ أفاءَتْ ما أرادتْ ظِلالَها

وكيفَ أفاءَتْ ما أرادتْ ظِلالَها

وكيفَ اغتدَتْ مستثقلاً ظِلّها ، نُهْى

وكيفَ اغتدَتْ مستثقلاً ظِلّها ، نُهْى

And how it spread its shade as it wished,

And how it became burdened carrying its own shadow, deterred

And how minds came to find its shade oppressive.

So I said: And some words are rebuke and some

فقلتُ : وبعضُ القولِ عُتْبى وبعضُه

فقلتُ : وبعضُ القولِ عُتْبى وبعضُه

عتابٌ ، وشرُّ القولِ عتبٌ بلا عُتَبى

عتابٌ ، وشرُّ القولِ عتبٌ بلا عُتَبى

And said—for some speech makes amends, and some

are reproach, and the worst words are rebuke without reproach

Reproaches; the worst speech reproaches without redress—

A helpless nation did wrong

أساءَت صنيعاً أُمَّةٌٌ مستكينةٌ

أساءَت صنيعاً أُمَّةٌٌ مستكينةٌ

صبورٌ على البلوى إلى أُمَّةٍ غَضْبى

صبورٌ على البلوى إلى أُمَّةٍ غَضْبى

A submissive nation has dealt ill,

Patient with afflictions to a nation angry

Patient in affliction, with a wrathful nation.

It quenched "Tunisia" with what dispels worries, it

سقى " تونساً " ما يدفعُ الخَطْبَ ، إنَّها

سقى " تونساً " ما يدفعُ الخَطْبَ ، إنَّها

بخُضْرَتِها تُكْفَى الذي يدفعُ الجَدْبا

بخُضْرَتِها تُكْفَى الذي يدفعُ الجَدْبا

May Tunis be watered with what wards off calamity; for it,

is self-sufficient with its greenery to dispel drought

With its greenery, has enough of what wards off drought.

And life blew in its white domes a spirit like its people

وحَيَّاً القِبابَ البيضَ رَوْحٌ كأهلها

وحَيَّاً القِبابَ البيضَ رَوْحٌ كأهلها

رقيقُ الحواشي يَمسحُ الماءَ والعُشْبا

رقيقُ الحواشي يَمسحُ الماءَ والعُشْبا

And may a breeze, like its people, greet the white domes,

Gentle coasts wiping water and grass

Gentle at its edges, brushing the water and grass.

And a light from consciousness glittered

ورافقَها نورٌ من الوعيِ مُسْفِرٌ

ورافقَها نورٌ من الوعيِ مُسْفِرٌ

كأنوارِ أسحارٍ ترقرقها سكبا

كأنوارِ أسحارٍ ترقرقها سكبا

And may a radiant light of awareness accompany it,

As if the lights of dawn glittering pouring

Like dawn-lights pouring forth in a shimmering stream.

We yearn for its memory, and we complain of missing it

نَحنُّ لِذكراها ، ونشكو افتقادَها

نَحنُّ لِذكراها ، ونشكو افتقادَها

كما شَكَتِ العينُ التَّي افتقدَتْ هُدْبا

كما شَكَتِ العينُ التَّي افتقدَتْ هُدْبا

We yearn for its remembrance and lament its absence,

As the eye that missed its eyeliner complained

As an eye laments the lashes it has lost.

And O "Montgomery" if words were to give drink to an opener

ويا" مونتكُمري " لو سقى القولُ فاتحاً

ويا" مونتكُمري " لو سقى القولُ فاتحاً

سقَتْكَ القوافي صفَوها السلسلَ العذْبا

سقَتْكَ القوافي صفَوها السلسلَ العذْبا

And O Montgomery, if words could water a conqueror,

Rhymes would give you their pure chain, fresh

The rhymes would water you with their pure, flowing sweetness.

And if the melting of emotions was a sprinkling

ولو كانَ ذَوْبُ العاطفاتِ نِثارةً

ولو كانَ ذَوْبُ العاطفاتِ نِثارةً

نَثْرنا لكَ الإعجابَ والشكرَ والحُبَّا

نَثْرنا لكَ الإعجابَ والشكرَ والحُبَّا

And if melted feelings could be scattered,

We would sprinkle you with admiration, gratitude, and love

We would scatter admiration, gratitude, and love before you.

"Phyrgos" molded you to ward off evil

نضتْكَ لدَرْءِ الشرِّ عَضْباً " صياقلٌ "

نضتْكَ لدَرْءِ الشرِّ عَضْباً " صياقلٌ "

أعَدَّتْ لِلُقْيا كلِّ مستكبرٍ عَضْبا

أعَدَّتْ لِلُقْيا كلِّ مستكبرٍ عَضْبا

To ward off evil, sword-polishers drew you as a keen blade,

It prepared for facing every arrogant one a blade

Having prepared a keen blade to meet every arrogant man.

You burdened "Rommel" with anguish, and before him

حلَلْتَ على " روميلَ " كَرْباً ، وقبلَها

حلَلْتَ على " روميلَ " كَرْباً ، وقبلَها

أحلَّ بأدهى منه " ولنِكْتِنٌ " كربا

أحلَّ بأدهى منه " ولنِكْتِنٌ " كربا

You descended upon Rommel as anguish; before you,

"Wavell" burdened with more anguishing anguish

Wellington brought anguish upon one more cunning than he.

And you snatched victory from the hand of a capable one

وأنتَ انتزعتَ النصرَ من يدِ قادرٍ

وأنتَ انتزعتَ النصرَ من يدِ قادرٍ

عليهِ ، ولم ترحَمْ معنّىً به صَبَّا

عليهِ ، ولم ترحَمْ معنّىً به صَبَّا

You wrested victory from the hand of one capable

Over it, and did not pity a meaning for which it poured

Of winning it, sparing no man tormented and enamored of it.

And you rolled him from "Egypt" and he was bedecked

ودحرجتَهُ عن " مِصْرَ " وهوَ مُعرِّسٌ

ودحرجتَهُ عن " مِصْرَ " وهوَ مُعرِّسٌ

بأحلامهِ ، يُحصي الخراجَ الذي يُجْبى

بأحلامهِ ، يُحصي الخراجَ الذي يُجْبى

You rolled him away from Egypt while he lay encamped

With his dreams, counting the taxes to be collected

In his dreams, counting the tribute to be collected.

And the desert wind deceived his acceptance of it

وغرَّتْهُ من ريحِ الصحاري قَبُولُها

وغرَّتْهُ من ريحِ الصحاري قَبُولُها

فكيفَ رآها وهي مُعرِضةٌ نَكْبا

فكيفَ رآها وهي مُعرِضةٌ نَكْبا

The desert wind beguiled him with its favorable breeze;

So how did he see it while it was aloof, turning away

How did he find it when it turned away, blowing crosswise?

He crawled over its land, and death pounced over it

دَحَا أرضَها ، وانصَبَّ كالموتِ فوقَها

دَحَا أرضَها ، وانصَبَّ كالموتِ فوقَها

ولُحْتَ له مَوتاً على الموتِ مُنصَباً

ولُحْتَ له مَوتاً على الموتِ مُنصَباً

He flattened its land and poured upon it like death,

And you confronted him with death upon death erected

And you appeared to him as death descending upon death.

You left the one who aspired the sky to touch the ground

تركتَ الَّذي رامَ السَّما يلمِسُ الثَّرى

تركتَ الَّذي رامَ السَّما يلمِسُ الثَّرى

ومنْ كانَ يشكُو بِطنَةً يشتكي السَّغْبا

ومنْ كانَ يشكُو بِطنَةً يشتكي السَّغْبا

You left the man who sought the sky touching the dust,

And who complained of a paunch to complain of hunger

And the man who complained of surfeit complaining of hunger.

And you enlightened him when his cheek wrinkled

وبَصَّرْتَهُ لَّما تَصَعَّرَ خدُّهُ

وبَصَّرْتَهُ لَّما تَصَعَّرَ خدُّهُ

بأنَّكَ أعلْى من أخادِعِهِ كَعْبا

بأنَّكَ أعلْى من أخادِعِهِ كَعْبا

When he turned his cheek in arrogance, you showed him

That you are higher than his tricks lofty

That your stature rose above his stratagems.

You clipped his two wings so his limbs weakened

قصَصْتَ جناحَيْه فقَرَّتْ شَذاتُهُ

قصَصْتَ جناحَيْه فقَرَّتْ شَذاتُهُ

وعادتْ " نوازي " شَرِّه أفرخاً زُغبا

وعادتْ " نوازي " شَرِّه أفرخاً زُغبا

You clipped his wings, and his stings lay still;

And his "war planes" returned to being young birds chirping

His evil's leaping forces became downy chicks.

You exposed to him weakness and covered strength

كشفتَ لهُ ضَعْفاً وغطَّيْتَ قُوَّةً

كشفتَ لهُ ضَعْفاً وغطَّيْتَ قُوَّةً

فكنتَ ، ولولا خُدعةٌ لم تكن ، خِبَّا

فكنتَ ، ولولا خُدعةٌ لم تكن ، خِبَّا

You showed him weakness and concealed strength,

So you were, and had it not been for cunning, prudent

And so were guileful—though, but for the ruse, you would not have been.

It wanted what is besides it, and the tumult

أرادَ الَّتي من دونِها أنت ، والوغى

أرادَ الَّتي من دونِها أنت ، والوغى

وعدلُ القَضا ، تَبّاً لِما رامهُ تَبَّا

وعدلُ القَضا ، تَبّاً لِما رامهُ تَبَّا

He sought what you and battle stood barring,

And the justice of fate. Woe to what it wanted, woe

And the justice of fate—ruin on what he sought, ruin!

You guided counsel to him until you left him

سددتَ عليه الرأيَ حتى تركتَه

سددتَ عليه الرأيَ حتى تركتَه

يَرى من سَدادِ الرأيِ ما عدَّه سبَّا

يَرى من سَدادِ الرأيِ ما عدَّه سبَّا

You blocked his every plan until you left him

Seeing from the rectitude of opinion what he counted wide

Finding sound counsel in what he had deemed an insult.

And until he saw the disgrace of escape as spoils

وحتى رأى ذُلَّ الفِرارِ غنيمةً

وحتى رأى ذُلَّ الفِرارِ غنيمةً

وحتى رأى الداءَ الذي يشتكي طِبَّا

وحتى رأى الداءَ الذي يشتكي طِبَّا

Until he saw the humiliation of flight as a prize,

And until he saw the disease he complains as a remedy

And the ailment he complained of as a cure.

And the earth narrowed on him so he is worried

وضاقتْ عليه الأرضُ فهوَ مهوِّمٌ

وضاقتْ عليه الأرضُ فهوَ مهوِّمٌ

عليها نهَتْهُ أنْ يُريحَ بها جَنْبا

عليها نهَتْهُ أنْ يُريحَ بها جَنْبا

Earth narrowed around him, and he wandered dazed

It prohibited him to settle on it with his side

Upon it; it forbade him to rest a flank on it.

Its "Lord" wished it good favor on him

تمنَّى عليهِ " رَبُّهُ " مِصْرَ مَنْحةً

تمنَّى عليهِ " رَبُّهُ " مِصْرَ مَنْحةً

وكادَ على " القطَّارِ " أنْ يُرضيَ الربَّا

وكادَ على " القطَّارِ " أنْ يُرضيَ الربَّا

His lord asked Egypt of him as a gift,

And he almost settled “the train” to satisfy the Lord

And at al-Qattar he nearly pleased his lord.

And he almost sent on “the train” to the “East” an invader

وكادَ على " القَطَّارِ " يُرْسِلُ حاصباً

وكادَ على " القَطَّارِ " يُرْسِلُ حاصباً

على " الشرقِ " لولا أنْ قذفتَ به حَصْبا

على " الشرقِ " لولا أنْ قذفتَ به حَصْبا

At al-Qattar he nearly sent a storm of stones

Had you not thrown it with pebbles

Against the East, had you not pelted him with stones.

It appeared to him as plunder, and when you shocked him

تراءى له نَهْباً ، ولمَّا صَدَمْتَهُ

تراءى له نَهْباً ، ولمَّا صَدَمْتَهُ

تراءتْ له الأحلامُ صيْحَ بها نَهْبا

تراءتْ له الأحلامُ صيْحَ بها نَهْبا

It appeared to him as plunder; when you struck him,

The dreams appeared to him crying with plunder

His dreams appeared as plunder, cried over for the taking.

And ambitions stretched out for him in his caprices

ومدَّتْ لهُ الأطماعُ في نَزواتهِ

ومدَّتْ لهُ الأطماعُ في نَزواتهِ

إلى أنْ غَدَتْ كَلاً على نَفْسْهِ حَرْبا

إلى أنْ غَدَتْ كَلاً على نَفْسْهِ حَرْبا

Greed gave free rein to his caprices,

Until they became a burden on himself war

Until it became a burden on his soul, at war with him.

And "Alexandria" tickled his eye

وداعَبَتِ " الاسكندريَّةُ " عينَهُ

وداعَبَتِ " الاسكندريَّةُ " عينَهُ

وخادَعَ منه " النيلُ " في طميْهِ اللُبَّا

وخادَعَ منه " النيلُ " في طميْهِ اللُبَّا

Alexandria dallied with his eye,

And the Nile deceived him in its turbid flooding

And the Nile, with its silt, beguiled his mind.

And "Alexander" the honesty appeared to him, so it folded

ولاحَ له " الاسكندرُ " الصِّدْقُ فانثنتْ

ولاحَ له " الاسكندرُ " الصِّدْقُ فانثنتْ

تُزَيَّفُ منه النفسُ إسكندراً كذِِبْا

تُزَيَّفُ منه النفسُ إسكندراً كذِِبْا

The true Alexander appeared to him; then his soul turned

The self is falsified from him, an Alexander lying

To fashioning a counterfeit Alexander out of him.

And he wished between the Euphrates stream his horse

ومَنَّى بيَنْبوعِ الفراتِ حصانَهُ

ومَنَّى بيَنْبوعِ الفراتِ حصانَهُ

وعلَّل " بالزّابَيْنِ " عسكرَهُ اللّجبْا

وعلَّل " بالزّابَيْنِ " عسكرَهُ اللّجبْا

He promised his horse the source of the Euphrates,

And justified in "the Zab" his army camping

And sustained his clamorous army with promises of the two Zabs.

What lies have blinded his eyes from seeing

فيا لَكَ زَوراً ذادَ عن عينهٍ الكَرى

فيا لَكَ زَوراً ذادَ عن عينهٍ الكَرى

وشَرَّدَ عنْ أجفانهِ حُلُماً رَطْبا

وشَرَّدَ عنْ أجفانهِ حُلُماً رَطْبا

What a visitor you were, driving slumber from his eye,

And scattered from his eyelids a moist dream

And chasing a tender dream from his eyelids!

So he did not see except the footprint of the leg alert

فلمْ يَرَ إلاَّ مَغرِزَ الرَّجْلِ يَقْظَةً

فلمْ يَرَ إلاَّ مَغرِزَ الرَّجْلِ يَقْظَةً

وكانَ يناغي حالِماً عالَماً رَحْبا

وكانَ يناغي حالِماً عالَماً رَحْبا

Awake, he saw only the patch where his foot stood,

While he was calling out dreaming learned open

Though dreaming, he had murmured to a spacious world.

From "the two flags" you took him incapacitated by force

من " العَلَمَيْن " استَقْتَهُ محكَمَ القُوى

من " العَلَمَيْن " استَقْتَهُ محكَمَ القُوى

وفي " تونسٍ " أدركتَهُ رازحاً لَغْبا

وفي " تونسٍ " أدركتَهُ رازحاً لَغْبا

From El Alamein you drove him, still firmly strong,

And in "Tunis" you overtook him complaining of hunger

And in Tunis you caught him weighed down and exhausted.

You scattered for him the scent of sheep and villages

نثرتَ لهُ شُمَّ المتالعِ والقُرى

نثرتَ لهُ شُمَّ المتالعِ والقُرى

كما نَثَرَ الصيَّادُ للطَّائرِ الحَبَّا

كما نَثَرَ الصيَّادُ للطَّائرِ الحَبَّا

You strewed lofty heights and villages before him,

As the hunter scatters for the bird seeds

As a hunter scatters grain for a bird.

And you lured him with proximity until when he approached you

وأغريتَهُ بالقرب حتَّى إذا دَنَا

وأغريتَهُ بالقرب حتَّى إذا دَنَا

إليكَ رأى منكَ الَّذي بَغَّضَ القُرْبا

إليكَ رأى منكَ الَّذي بَغَّضَ القُرْبا

You tempted him to draw near, until, when he approached

He saw from you what he hated proximity

You, he saw in you what made nearness hateful.

Obdurate, he refused to pounce in his setbacks

عنودٌ ، تأبَّى الوَثْبَ في نكَساتهِ

عنودٌ ، تأبَّى الوَثْبَ في نكَساتهِ

من الكِبْرِ ، لولا أنْ تُطاردَهُ وَثَبْا

من الكِبْرِ ، لولا أنْ تُطاردَهُ وَثَبْا

Stubborn, he scorned to leap away amid his reverses,

From arrogance, had you not pursued him bouncing

Out of pride—had you not pursued him, leap upon leap.

And had it not been for unlike "Rommel" we would have said like others

ولو غيرُ " رُوَميلٍ " لقُلْنا كغيرِها

ولو غيرُ " رُوَميلٍ " لقُلْنا كغيرِها

سُقاةُ الرَّدى عاطَتْ بأكؤسُها شَرْبا

سُقاةُ الرَّدى عاطَتْ بأكؤسُها شَرْبا

Were it someone other than Rommel, we would say, as in other cases,

The givers of corruption gave with their cups a drink

Death's cupbearers passed their goblets round for drinking.

But he is regretful of death if he gave drink

ولكنَّه نَدْمانُ موتٍ إذا سَقى

ولكنَّه نَدْمانُ موتٍ إذا سَقى

ألحَّ وعاطى مَنْ ينادمُهُ عَبَّا

ألحَّ وعاطى مَنْ ينادمُهُ عَبَّا

But he is death's drinking companion; when he pours,

He implored and gave who reproaches him woe

He presses on and gives his fellow-drinker draughts to gulp.

And he hid poison the scraps so he deceived

وقد خَبَّأ السَمَّ الزُّعافَ فَبزَّهُ

وقد خَبَّأ السَمَّ الزُّعافَ فَبزَّهُ

خبيرٌ بما أبدى ، بصيرٌ بما خَبَّا

خبيرٌ بما أبدى ، بصيرٌ بما خَبَّا

He had hidden deadly poison, but he was outmatched by

An expert in what he manifested, insightful in what he hid

An expert in what he showed, discerning what he concealed.

And when the two groups met, overwhelming chaos

ولمَّا التقى الجمعانِ غُلْبٌ أشاوسٌ

ولمَّا التقى الجمعانِ غُلْبٌ أشاوسٌ

دَهَتْ مثلَها شُوْساً مُدَجَّجةً غُلْبا

دَهَتْ مثلَها شُوْساً مُدَجَّجةً غُلْبا

When the two hosts met—mighty, fearless warriors—

The likes of which confused spears bristling

They assailed their like: fierce, armored, mighty warriors.

And the huge iron swarm, and patience, and fervor

وحُم الحديدُ الضخمُ ، والصبرُ ، والحجى

وحُم الحديدُ الضخمُ ، والصبرُ ، والحجى

كِلا المعدِنين استَنجدا معدِناً صُلبْا

كِلا المعدِنين استَنجدا معدِناً صُلبْا

Heavy steel, endurance, and intellect grew hot;

Both metals sought aid from an unyielding metal

Both kinds of metal summoned solid mettle.

The truth walked among the two rows smashing falsehood

مشى الحقُّ في الصفَّينِ يدمَغُ باطلاً

مشى الحقُّ في الصفَّينِ يدمَغُ باطلاً

ويغمُرُ بالريحان أوفاهما كَسْبا

ويغمُرُ بالريحان أوفاهما كَسْبا

Right strode between the two ranks, crushing falsehood,

And flooding them with its gainers basil

And showered basil upon the one richer in merit.

It avoided with “Arnim” and fled with itself

تَفادى بـ " أرنيمٍ " وفَرَّ بنفسه

تَفادى بـ " أرنيمٍ " وفَرَّ بنفسه

وأبقى لك الأهلَ الأعزَّةَ والصَّحبا

وأبقى لك الأهلَ الأعزَّةَ والصَّحبا

He ransomed himself with Arnim and fled alone,

And left you the most precious people and friends

Leaving you his dear people and companions.

And gave them to you as prisoners and dead as if

وأهداكَهم أسرى وقتلى كأنه

وأهداكَهم أسرى وقتلى كأنه

بهم يستميحُ العفوَ ممَّا جنى ذَنْبا

بهم يستميحُ العفوَ ممَّا جنى ذَنْبا

He presented them to you, captives and slain, as though

With them he apologizes for what he gained as sins

Through them he begged pardon for the sin he had committed.

Burning stuck to them kindness, and protecting them

تَلَظَّى بهمْ بالنارِ بَرٌّ ، وقاءهُمْ

تَلَظَّى بهمْ بالنارِ بَرٌّ ، وقاءهُمْ

خِضمٌّ ، وراحَ الجوُّ يُمطرهم عَطْبا

خِضمٌّ ، وراحَ الجوُّ يُمطرهم عَطْبا

The land blazed with fire around them; they were spewed out by

Ardor, and the air rained them pleasure

A vast sea, while the sky rained destruction upon them.

As if when you count the rubble of its wreckage

كأنَّكَ إذ تُحصي رُكاماً حُطامَهُ

كأنَّكَ إذ تُحصي رُكاماً حُطامَهُ

تُصَحِّحُ أغلاطاً فتوسِعُها شَطْبا

تُصَحِّحُ أغلاطاً فتوسِعُها شَطْبا

As though, when you counted its wreckage in heaps,

You correct mistakes thus expanding the crossings

You were correcting errors, striking them out wholesale.

So whoever sees in the desert the scattering of their graves

فمن يَرَ في الصحراءِ نَثْراً قبورَهُمْ

فمن يَرَ في الصحراءِ نَثْراً قبورَهُمْ

يخَلْها من الأجداثِ مجنونةً رُعْبا

يخَلْها من الأجداثِ مجنونةً رُعْبا

Whoever sees their graves scattered through the desert

Considers it devoid of monsters horrifying

Would think them graves driven mad with terror.

And whoever sees the prisoners led stumbling

ومن يُبصرِ الأسرى يُقادونَ هُطَّعاً

ومن يُبصرِ الأسرى يُقادونَ هُطَّعاً

يَجِدْ حادياً يحدو إلى سَقَرٍ رَكْبا

يَجِدْ حادياً يحدو إلى سَقَرٍ رَكْبا

Whoever sees the captives driven on with necks outstretched

Finds a driver hurrying to hell a convoy

Will see a driver urging a caravan toward Saqar.

And he left you "the Italians" some rubbing

وخَلَّى لكَ " الطليانَ " يحتَكُّ بعضُها

وخَلَّى لكَ " الطليانَ " يحتَكُّ بعضُها

ببعضٍ كما تحتَكُّ منَجَربٍ جَرْبا

ببعضٍ كما تحتَكُّ منَجَربٍ جَرْبا

He left you the Italians, some rubbing

Against others as insects of rot rub rot

Against others, as mangy creatures rub against mangy creatures.

He came with them to you foolishly

أتى بهمُ إلْباً عليكَ سَفاهةً

أتى بهمُ إلْباً عليكَ سَفاهةً

فكانوا عليهِ في تَغَنُّجِهِمْ إلبا

فكانوا عليهِ في تَغَنُّجِهِمْ إلبا

Foolishly, he brought them as a host against you;

So they were to him in their arrogance confused

In their coyness, they became a host against him.

He wanted for wading into death the saplings of bounty

أرادَ لخوْضِ الموتِ أغراسَ نِعمةٍ

أرادَ لخوْضِ الموتِ أغراسَ نِعمةٍ

غذاها وليُّ الأمرِ فاكهةً أبَّا

غذاها وليُّ الأمرِ فاكهةً أبَّا

He wanted saplings of luxury to plunge into death,

Fed by the guardian as ripe fruits

Nurtured by their ruler on fruit and fodder.

We reckoned for the annoyance of the hosted son rifles

حَسِبْنَ لاِزعاجِ ابنِ آوى بنادقِاً

حَسِبْنَ لاِزعاجِ ابنِ آوى بنادقِاً

وخلْنَ لمِضمار الهَوى شُزَّباً قُبَّا

وخلْنَ لمِضمار الهَوى شُزَّباً قُبَّا

They thought rifles were for frightening jackals,

And we left for the race track of desire horses racing

And lean, hollow-flanked steeds for the racecourse of love.

And we doubled fabric of silk, and for a nation

وضاعَفْنَ نسجاً من حريرٍ ولأمةً

وضاعَفْنَ نسجاً من حريرٍ ولأمةً

وجرْنَ بيضَ الهندِ والوشيَ والعَصْبا

وجرْنَ بيضَ الهندِ والوشيَ والعَصْبا

They doubled their layers of silk weave and armor,

And we pulled the egg of India, and sable, and cloth

And trailed Indian blades, brocade, and striped cloth.

And we trotted like flocks of partridges, blessed steps

ورُحْنَ كأسراب القطا نُعَّمَ الخُطَى

ورُحْنَ كأسراب القطا نُعَّمَ الخُطَى

وقىَ اللهُ من شَرٍّ يرادُ به السِّرْبا

وقىَ اللهُ من شَرٍّ يرادُ به السِّرْبا

They went like flocks of sandgrouse, soft of step;

And may God protect from an evil intended accumulated

May God protect the flock from evil intended against it.

And reward with good whoever wanted with his injustice

وجازى بشَرٍّ من أرادَ بجَورْهِ

وجازى بشَرٍّ من أرادَ بجَورْهِ

وجُوهَ الحسان الغيدِ أن تْلمِس الترْبا

وجُوهَ الحسان الغيدِ أن تْلمِس الترْبا

And repay with evil whoever, in his injustice, wished

The cheerful beautiful faces to touch dust

The faces of lovely, swaying beauties to touch the dust,

And the valleys to descend at night out of fear

وأن تهبِطَ الوديانَ ليلاً لريبةٍ

وأن تهبِطَ الوديانَ ليلاً لريبةٍ

وأن ترتقي صُبحاً على عَجَلٍ هُضْبا

وأن ترتقي صُبحاً على عَجَلٍ هُضْبا

To descend into valleys at night on some dubious errand,

And to ascend at dawn hastily leaping

And climb hills hurriedly in the morning,

And to witness body parts fluttering around them

وأن تَشْهَدَ الأشلاء تنقضُّ حولَها

وأن تَشْهَدَ الأشلاء تنقضُّ حولَها

وفي دَمِها الفرسانُ مخضوبةً خَضْبا

وفي دَمِها الفرسانُ مخضوبةً خَضْبا

To witness limbs tumbling around them,

And in their blood the horsemen stained with blood

And horsemen deeply stained with their blood.

And they did not commit a sin except that they are dummies

ولم ترتِكبْ إثماً سوى أنَّها دُمًى

ولم ترتِكبْ إثماً سوى أنَّها دُمًى

ولم تأتِ – إلَّا أنَّها عورة – ذَنْبا

ولم تأتِ – إلَّا أنَّها عورة – ذَنْبا

They committed no sin except that they were dolls,

And they did not - except that they are a defect - a flaw

And did no wrong—except that they were vulnerable flesh.

So had you witnessed the day of the ordeal their matter

فلو كنتَ يومَ النَّقْعِ شاهِدَ أمرِها

فلو كنتَ يومَ النَّقْعِ شاهِدَ أمرِها

وقد خَبَّأتْ تِرْبٌ بأثوابها تِرْبا

وقد خَبَّأتْ تِرْبٌ بأثوابها تِرْبا

Had you witnessed their plight on the day of battle-dust,

And they had hidden dust in their clothes dust

When one maiden had hidden her peer within her robes,

And they plugged the holes in the ground taking refuge in it

وسدَّتْ ثقوبَ الأرضِ مُحجرةً بها

وسدَّتْ ثقوبَ الأرضِ مُحجرةً بها

فما غادرَتْ مأوىً لضبٍ ولا ثقبا

فما غادرَتْ مأوىً لضبٍ ولا ثقبا

And they plugged the earth's holes, burrowing into them,

They did not leave a burrow for a wolf or a hole

Leaving neither a lizard's refuge nor a hole unoccupied,

You would have invoked upon whoever tore their veil from them

دعوتَ على مَنْ شَقَّ عنها حجابَها

دعوتَ على مَنْ شَقَّ عنها حجابَها

وأقحَمَها ما ليسَ من شأنِها غْصبا

وأقحَمَها ما ليسَ من شأنِها غْصبا

You would have cursed whoever tore away their veil

And thrust them into what is not their business by force

And forced them into what was none of their affair.

You would have asked God great conquest for their West

إذن لسألتَ اللهَ فَّلاً لغَربِه

إذن لسألتَ اللهَ فَّلاً لغَربِه

جزاءً على ما فلَّ من سترِها غَرْبا

جزاءً على ما فلَّ من سترِها غَرْبا

Then you would have asked God to blunt his blade,

A reward for what was exposed of their veil West

In requital for the edge he had broken from their veil.

So gently with the likes of fragile bottles cracked

فرِفْقاً باشباهِ القواريرِ صُدِّعَتْ

فرِفْقاً باشباهِ القواريرِ صُدِّعَتْ

وما اسْطعتمُ فاسَتدركوا صدعها رأبا

وما اسْطعتمُ فاسَتدركوا صدعها رأبا

So be gentle with these glasslike vessels, cracked;

And you have not been able to, so make up its crack mending

As far as you can, make good their fractures, mending them.

So what great and noble a good tiding is yours

فيالكِ بُشرى ما أرقَّ وما أصفَى

فيالكِ بُشرى ما أرقَّ وما أصفَى

أغاثَتْ نفوساً ما أحنَّ وما أصبي

أغاثَتْ نفوساً ما أحنَّ وما أصبي

O glad tidings, how tender and how pure!

What soothed souls so tired and broken

You succored souls—how yearning, how lovestruck!

And O allies of today and yesterday, we

ويا حُلفاءَ اليومِ والأمسِ إنَّنا

ويا حُلفاءَ اليومِ والأمسِ إنَّنا

لكُمْ – ما اردتُم – في مودَتِنا قُرْبى

لكُمْ – ما اردتُم – في مودَتِنا قُرْبى

And O allies of today and yesterday, we

To you - what you wanted - in our affection kinship

Are your kin in affection, so long as you wish it.

Wish us good and we promise you the like

أريدوا بنا خيراً نَعِدْكُمْ بمثِلهِ

أريدوا بنا خيراً نَعِدْكُمْ بمثِلهِ

وكونوا لنا حِزْباً ، نَكُنْ لكُمُ حِزبا

وكونوا لنا حِزْباً ، نَكُنْ لكُمُ حِزبا

Wish us well, and we promise you the same;

And be for us a party, and we will for you be a party

Be our supporters, and we shall be yours.

And think good of us, for in us are latent

وظَنُّوا بنا خَيراً فَفينا كَوامِنٌ

وظَنُّوا بنا خَيراً فَفينا كَوامِنٌ

من الخير إنْ تُبعث تَزدْكمْ بنا عُجْبا

من الخير إنْ تُبعث تَزدْكمْ بنا عُجْبا

Think well of us, for within us lie hidden reserves

Good, if awakened, increases your admiration of us

Of goodness which, awakened, will deepen your wonder at us.

And do not mention reproach, for solidifying

ولا تذكروا عَتْباً فانَّ مُوطّداً

ولا تذكروا عَتْباً فانَّ مُوطّداً

من الودِ زِدْنا فيه ما يرفعُ العتبا

من الودِ زِدْنا فيه ما يرفعُ العتبا

Mention no reproach, for in firmly established

Love we have increased in it what lifts reproach

Affection we have added what removes reproach.

Or else measure it as reproach in like manner

وإلا فكيلوه عتاباً بمثله

وإلا فكيلوه عتاباً بمثله

لنا . وكلانا مُعْتِبٌ بَعْدُ من أرْبى

لنا . وكلانا مُعْتِبٌ بَعْدُ من أرْبى

Otherwise, measure out an equal measure of reproach

To us. And both of us reproaching afterward vexed

Against us; afterward, whichever of us goes too far must make amends.

And do not mix a disturbance hated

ولا تَخْلِطوا شَغباً عليكم مُبغَّضا

ولا تَخْلِطوا شَغباً عليكم مُبغَّضا

إلينا وحقاً لا نريدُ به شغْبا

إلينا وحقاً لا نريدُ به شغْبا

Do not confuse agitation against you, hateful

To us and truth we do not want disturbance

To us, with a right for which we seek no agitation.

And make a people brothers, and brotherhood is disdained

وآخوا بنا شعباً وهانَتْ أُخوَّةٌ

وآخوا بنا شعباً وهانَتْ أُخوَّةٌ

إذا كنتَ تَلقى عندها الفردَ لا الشَعبا

إذا كنتَ تَلقى عندها الفردَ لا الشَعبا

Befriend in us a people; worthless is a brotherhood

If you there find the individual, not the people

In which you meet the individual, not the people.