ياO رياحَwinds المغيبْthe sunset
يا رياحَ المغيبْ
ياO أغانيsongs الزمنْtime
يا أغاني الزمنْ
O winds of sunset,
O winds of the unseen
O songs of time!
O songs of time
أيُّwhat سِرٍّsecret رهيبْdreadful
أيُّ سِرٍّ رهيبْ
فيin حشاكِyour breast استَكَنّْlay hidden
في حشاكِ استَكَنّْ
What dreadful secret
What fearful secret
Has lain hidden in your breast
Resides in your bosom?
للشّقيِّfor the wretched one الغريبْthe stranger
للشّقيِّ الغريبْ
فوقَupon هذاthis الوطنْthe homeland
فوقَ هذا الوطنْ
For the wretched stranger
For the wretched stranger
Upon this homeland?
In this homeland
هلquestion marker سمعتِyou heard الجبالْthe mountains
هل سمعتِ الجبالْ
فيin سكونِthe stillness الظُلمْthe darkness
في سكونِ الظُلمْ
Have you heard the mountains,
Have you heard the mountains
In the stillness of darkness,
In the stillness of darkness
تشتكيthey complain للرمالْto the sands
تشتكي للرمالْ
سجنَهاtheir imprisonment منsince قِدَمancient times
سجنَها من قِدَم
Complaining to the sands
Complain to the sands
Of their age-old imprisonment?
Imprisoned since old
أمor سقاكِgave you to drink الخيالْimagination
أم سقاكِ الخيالْ
جرعةًa draught منof عدمْnothingness
جرعةً من عدمْ
Or has imagination given you
Or did fantasy give you
A draught of nothingness,
A draught of nothingness
فَعَبرتِso you crossed التِّلالْthe hills
فَعَبرتِ التِّلالْ
والرُّبىand the uplands والقِممْand the peaks
والرُّبى والقِممْ
So you crossed the hills
So you crossed the hills
And the uplands and peaks?
And spaces and peaks
غابةٌa forest منof زَوالْvanishing
غابةٌ من زَوالْ
أطلَقتْهاset it loose السُّدَمْthe mists
أطلَقتْها السُّدَمْ
A forest of evanescence,
A jungle of decline
Set loose by the mists.
Released by the dams
شابَgrew gray فَوْدُtemple hair الغيوبْthe unseen mysteries
شابَ فَوْدُ الغيوبْ
وهْيَand it ريَّاlush الفننْthe bough
وهْيَ ريَّا الفننْ
The temple-lock of the unseen has grayed,
The youth of the unknown bloomed
While its bough is lush.
And it flows, the art
إنif سَرتْit journeyed لاnot تؤوبْit returns
إن سَرتْ لا تؤوبْ
أوor بَكتْit wept لاnot تئِنّْit moans
أو بَكتْ لا تئِنّْ
If it journeys, it does not return,
If it walked, it won't return
Or, if it weeps, it does not moan.
Or wept, it won't moan
ياO رياحَwinds المغيبْthe sunset
يا رياحَ المغيبْ
ياO أغانيsongs الزمنْtime
يا أغاني الزمنْ
O winds of sunset,
O winds of the unseen
O songs of time!
O songs of time
Sol 6.1