أَفَرِيدُO Farid لاَdo not تَبْعَدْbe distant عَلَىthroughout الأَدْهَارِthe ages
أَفَرِيدُ لاَ تَبْعَدْ عَلَى الأَدْهَارِ
أَنْتَyou الشَّهيدُthe martyr الْخَالِدُimmortal التَّذْكَارِin remembrance
أَنْتَ الشَّهيدُ الْخَالِدُ التَّذْكَارِ
O Farid, may you never fade across the ages;
Afraid don't be far away for ages
You are the martyr whose memory lives forever.
You are the immortal martyr of remembrance
بِالأَهْلِwith family بِالدمِwith blood بِالرَّفَاهَةِwith comfort بِالغِنىwith wealth
بِالأَهْلِ بِالدمِ بِالرَّفَاهَةِ بِالغِنى
فَدَّيْتَyou ransomed مِصْرَEgypt وَفَدَّيْتَand you ransomed مِنْfrom دَارِa home
فَدَّيْتَ مِصْرَ وَفَدَّيْتَ مِنْ دَارِ
With family, blood, comfort, and wealth,
With family, with blood, with prosperity, with wealth
You ransomed Egypt, and ransomed [unclear: 'from a home'].
You ransomed Egypt and ransomed from home
حَرَّرْتَyou freed نَفْسَكَyourself دَائِبَtireless المَسْعَىthe endeavor إِلىtoward
حَرَّرْتَ نَفْسَكَ دَائِبَ المَسْعَى إِلى
تَحْرِيرِهَاher liberation لِتُعِزَّso you may exalt بَعْدَafter صَغَارِabasement
تَحْرِيرِهَا لِتُعِزَّ بَعْدَ صَغَارِ
You freed yourself, tireless in striving toward
You liberated yourself, constantly striving
Her liberation, to restore her honor after abasement.
To liberate it so it gains might after weakness
مُسْتَرْسِلاًat ease وَالدَّهْرُwhile time فِيin إِقْبَالِهِits approach
مُسْتَرْسِلاً وَالدَّهْرُ فِي إِقْبَالِهِ
مُسْتَبْسِلاًundaunted وَالدَّهْرُwhile time فِيin الإِدْبَارِretreat
مُسْتَبْسِلاً وَالدَّهْرُ فِي الإِدْبَارِ
At ease when time turned toward you,
Moving ahead while time is in its ascendance
Undaunted when time turned away;
Retreating while time is in its descent
ثَبْتاًsteadfast إِذَاwhen مَاever (emphatic) الرَّاسِخونَthe firmly rooted تَقَلْقَلُواthey wavered
ثَبْتاً إِذَا مَا الرَّاسِخونَ تَقَلْقَلُوا
مُتَوَافِقَconsistent in الإِعْلاَنِpublic declaration وَالإِسْرَارِand secrecy
مُتَوَافِقَ الإِعْلاَنِ وَالإِسْرَارِ
Steadfast when even the firmly rooted wavered,
Steadfast when the resolute faltered
The same in public and in secret.
Of public and secret in agreement
فَبَرَرْتَthus you remained true بِالْعَهْدِto the covenant الَّذِيwhich عَاهَدْتَهُyou pledged it
فَبَرَرْتَ بِالْعَهْدِ الَّذِي عَاهَدْتَهُ
وَوَفَيْتَand you kept faith فِيin الإِيسَارِprosperity وَالإِعْسَارِand poverty
وَوَفَيْتَ فِي الإِيسَارِ وَالإِعْسَارِ
Thus you honored the covenant you had pledged,
So you vindicated the covenant you pledged
And kept faith in prosperity and poverty.
And fulfilled in ease and unease
مَاnot كَانَwas ذَاكَthat الْعُمْرُlife إِلاَّexcept قُرْبَةan act of devotion
مَا كَانَ ذَاكَ الْعُمْرُ إِلاَّ قُرْبَة
مَوْصُولَةَjoined الآصَالِthe late afternoons بِالأَسْحَارِto the predawn hours
مَوْصُولَةَ الآصَالِ بِالأَسْحَارِ
That life was nothing but an act of devotion,
That life was but a gift
With late afternoons joined to the hours before dawn.
Connected in intimacy to the dawns
وَمِنَand among المُنَىaspirations مَاthat which لَيْسَis not يُوفَىfully rendered حَقُّهُits due
وَمِنَ المُنَى مَا لَيْسَ يُوفَى حَقُّهُ
حَتَّىuntil يَكُونَis الْجَودُgenerosity بِالأَعْمَارِwith lives
حَتَّى يَكُونَ الْجَودُ بِالأَعْمَارِ
And among aspirations are some whose due is not fulfilled
And from death what is not its right fulfilled
Until generosity consists in giving lives.
Until giving becomes with lives
Sol 6.1