نغماتٌmusical strains منfrom العَلَمthe flag
نغماتٌ من العَلَم
بعثتْawakened كامنhidden الألمthe pain
بعثتْ كامن الألم
Strains from the flag
Melodies from the banner
awakened hidden pain.
Sent hidden sorrows forth
فإذاthen behold القلبthe heart ذاهلdazed
فإذا القلب ذاهل
وإذاand behold الوجْدlonging يضطرمblazes
وإذا الوجْد يضطرم
Then behold, the heart is dazed,
So the heart was bewildered
and behold, longing blazes,
And passion kindled in fervor
وإذاand behold موكبprocession الخيالimagination
وإذا موكب الخيال
يعيدbrings back الذيwhat ارتسمtook shape
يعيد الذي ارتسم
and behold, imagination's procession
And imagination’s procession
brings back what once took shape,
Repeated what was etched
قبلbefore أنthat يغربsets الصباyouth
قبل أن يغرب الصبا
قبلbefore أنthat نعرفwe know السأمweariness
قبل أن نعرف السأم
before youth's sun had set,
Before the morn departed
before we knew weariness.
Before we knew tedium
كلevery شيءthing بكونناin our universe
كل شيء بكوننا
نبعُهُits source السحبthe clouds والنغمand melody
نبعُهُ السحب والنغم
Everything in our universe
All things in our being
had clouds and melody as its source.
Their wellspring, mist and song
فجرناour dawn ضاحكsmiling السناradiance
فجرنا ضاحك السنا
ينشرspreads النورthe light فيin القممthe peaks
ينشر النور في القمم
Our dawn smiled with radiance,
Our laughing dawn broke forth
spreading light over the peaks.
Spreading light on the peaks
أينwhere? لاno أينwhere قدhas خباfaded
أين? لا أين قد خبا
كلevery شيءthing غداbecame عدمnothingness
كل شيء غدا عدم
Where? No—where? It has faded.
Where? Nowhere, it's faded
Everything has become nothingness.
All things to nothing turned
ذكرياتيmy memories تزاحمتcrowded together
ذكرياتي تزاحمت
كعنيفlike a fierce surge منfrom الخِضمthe deep sea
كعنيف من الخِضم
My memories crowded together,
My memories crowded
like a fierce surge from the deep sea.
Like a violent surge
ذكرياتيmy memories تباعديdraw away
ذكرياتي تباعدي
لاdo not تُعيديbring back الذيwhat انصرمhas passed
لا تُعيدي الذي انصرم
My memories, draw away;
My memories, keep your distance
do not bring back what has passed.
Do not restore what has passed
لاdo not تعيديbring back مواجعيmy pains
لا تعيدي مواجعي
إنindeed جرحيmy wound قدhas التأمhealed
إن جرحي قد التأم
Do not bring back my pains;
Do not restore my pains
my wound has indeed healed.
For my wound has mended
Sol 6.1