ياأيُّهاO you الجيلُthe generation الجديدُthe new سلامُpeace
ياأيُّها الجيلُ الجديدُ سلامُ
ألقتcast إليكto you بِثْقلِهاwith their weight الأعوامُthe years
ألقت إليك بِثْقلِها الأعوامُ
Peace to you, O new generation!
O new generation, greetings
The years have cast their weight upon you.
The years have burdened you with their weight
ورمْتand hurled بكلكلِهاwith their chests عليكupon you فوادحٌcalamities
ورمْت بكلكلِها عليك فوادحٌ
مماfrom what تجنّىcommitted wrongs " السادرونthe heedless " ، جسامimmense
مما تجنّى " السادرون " ، جسام
And calamities hurled their chests upon you,
And disasters have assaulted you with their calamities
Immense, born of the wrongs the heedless wrought.
That the tyrants have harvested, their bodies
ألْقْتcast إليكto you وأنتَand you are أشرفُnoblest ناهضٍone who rises
ألْقْت إليك وأنتَ أشرفُ ناهضٍ
ثقلَيهمْاtheir two burdens الآمالthe hopes والآلامand the pains
ثقلَيهمْا الآمال والآلام
Upon you—the noblest to rise—were cast
They have burdened you, though you are the noblest pioneer
The twin burdens of hopes and pains.
With the weight of their hopes and sorrows
فرمىso cast لكَto you الماضيthe past الأليمthe painful بِوزْرِهِwith its burden
فرمى لكَ الماضي الأليم بِوزْرِهِ
ورناand gazed لكَtoward you المستَقبلُthe future البسامthe smiling
ورنا لكَ المستَقبلُ البسام
So the painful past hurled its burden upon you,
So the painful past has burdened you with its burden
And the smiling future gazed toward you.
And the promising future has chanted poems to you
والحاضرُand the present المرتجّthe trembling بينهماbetween them both شجاًin sorrow
والحاضرُ المرتجّ بينهما شجاً
وتطُّلعاًand yearning تهفوflutter بهwith it الأحلامthe dreams
وتطُّلعاً تهفو به الأحلام
And the present, trembling between them in sorrow
And the troubled present wandering between them
And yearning that sets dreams aflutter.
Yearning and dreaming floats upon it
ألقىcast إليكto you" الخائنونthe traitors" نَتاجَthe yield ماwhat
ألقى إليك" الخائنون" نَتاجَ ما
سدرواthey wandered heedlessly وشطواand they strayed far وارتَعَوْاand they grazed وأسامواand they put others to pasture
سدروا وشطوا وارتَعَوْا وأساموا
The traitors cast upon you the yield of their
The traitors have burdened you with the yield of
Heedless wandering, straying far, grazing, and pasturing others.
What they conspired, corrupted, tampered with and poisoned
والمخلصونand the loyal ، رجاؤهمtheir hope أنthat تنجلىbe dispelled
والمخلصون ، رجاؤهم أن تنجلى
كُرَبٌafflictions وأنand that يِلدgive birth to الصباحَthe morning ظلامdarkness
كُرَبٌ وأن يِلد الصباحَ ظلام
And the loyal hope for the dispelling of
And the loyalists, their hope is that
Afflictions, and for darkness to give birth to morning.
Distress will clear and the dawn will give birth to darkness
ياأيُّهاO you الجيلُthe generation الجديدُthe new وطالماand how often
ياأيُّها الجيلُ الجديدُ وطالما
لصقتclung بغيرto other than ذواتِهاtheir rightful bearers الأعلامthe labels
لصقت بغير ذواتِها الأعلام
O new generation, how often
O new generation, for so long
Have labels clung to those they do not belong to!
Flags have been wrongly attached
ولطالماand how often اشتطّwent too far الطغاةُthe tyrants وأرجفواand they spread rumors
ولطالما اشتطّ الطغاةُ وأرجفوا
للمصلحينagainst reformers وأقعدواand they made others sit وأقامواand they made others rise
للمصلحين وأقعدوا وأقاموا
And how often tyrants have gone too far and spread rumors
For so long tyrants have raged
Against reformers, raising an uproar.
Silencing reformers, sitting, standing
سَمَّوكَthey called you " هدّاماًa destroyer " لأنكَbecause you تَجْتَويyou loathe
سَمَّوكَ " هدّاماً " لأنكَ تَجْتَوي
ماwhat البغيُoppression سَنَّordained وماand what جنىwrought الإِجرامcrime
ما البغيُ سَنَّ وما جنى الإِجرام
They called you a "destroyer" because you loathe
They called you "destroyer" because you reject
What oppression ordained and what crime wrought.
What injustice cultivated and corruption reaped
ولانكand because you استمتyou demanded العدالةَjustice خطةًas a policy
ولانك استمت العدالةَ خطةً
منthe one who فيin يديهhis two hands النقضُannulment والإِبرامand ratification
من في يديه النقضُ والإِبرام
And because you demanded justice as a policy
And because you made justice your approach
From him in whose hands lie annulment and ratification.
From those whose role is abolishing and building
وغضِبتand you grew angry أنthat تجدَyou find الرعاياthe subjects مَغْنَماًbooty
وغضِبت أن تجدَ الرعايا مَغْنَماً
بيدِin the hand of الرُّعاةthe shepherds كأنهمas though they were أنعامlivestock
بيدِ الرُّعاة كأنهم أنعام
And you were angered to find the subjects treated as booty
And you were angry to find the subjects as livestock
In the shepherds' hands, as though they were livestock.
In the hands of the shepherds as if they were cattle
وشجبتand you denounced أنّthat الحكمrule فيin قاموسِهِمْtheir lexicon
وشجبت أنّ الحكم في قاموسِهِمْ
سوطٌa whip يشدُّis drawn taut وشهوةand lust وعُرامand ferocity
سوطٌ يشدُّ وشهوة وعُرام
And you condemned the fact that rule, in their lexicon,
And you denounced that in their dictionary
Is a whip drawn taut, lust, and ferocity.
Rule is a whip, desire, and nudity
هوّنْlighten it عليكَfor yourself فكلُّfor all ذلكَthat فِريةُُa fabrication
هوّنْ عليكَ فكلُّ ذلكَ فِريةُُ
تَفْنىperishes . ويَبْقىand remains السعيstriving والإِقْدامand bold action
تَفْنى . ويَبْقى السعي والإِقْدام
Be at ease, for all of that is slander
Be patient, all of that is nonsense
That perishes; striving and bold action endure.
That will vanish, and effort and determination will remain
وكذاكand so كلُّevery " مخرّبٍdestroyer " لرذيلةof a vice
وكذاك كلُّ " مخرّبٍ " لرذيلة
بانٍa builder ، وكلُّand every " مُعَمِّرٍone who builds up " هدّامa destroyer
بانٍ ، وكلُّ " مُعَمِّرٍ " هدّام
And so every "destroyer" of a vice
And so is every "destroyer" of vice
Is a builder, and every "builder" of it a destroyer.
A builder, and every "immortalizer" a destroyer
Sol 6.1