تفاءل وانسَ همّكَ يا رفيقي

تفاءل وانسَ همّكَ يا رفيقي

ففي الآمالِ مُتّسعٌ لنبقى

ففي الآمالِ مُتّسعٌ لنبقى

Be optimistic, and forget your worry, my friend.

Be optimistic, my friend, and forget your worries

For in hope there is room for us to live on.

For in hope there is ample room for us to remain

خُلِقنا كي نرى الدّنيا جمالاً

خُلِقنا كي نرى الدّنيا جمالاً

ولم نُخلقْ لكي نأسى ونشقى

ولم نُخلقْ لكي نأسى ونشقى

We were created to see the world as beauty.

We were created to see the world’s beauty

And we were not created to grieve and suffer.

And we were not created to grieve and suffer

فربّكَ حينَ يأذنُ بالعطايا

فربّكَ حينَ يأذنُ بالعطايا

سيُرسِلها إليكَ تُساقُ سَوقا

سيُرسِلها إليكَ تُساقُ سَوقا

For when your Lord permits gifts to be given,

For when your Lord decrees gifts

He will send them to you, driven onward.

He will send them to you in droves

فكم مِن ظامئٍ عانى زماناً

فكم مِن ظامئٍ عانى زماناً

أتاهُ الغيثُ مِن ربي ليُسقى

أتاهُ الغيثُ مِن ربي ليُسقى

For many a thirsty one has suffered for a time,

How many a thirsty soul suffered for so long

Rain came to him from my Lord, that his thirst might be quenched.

Until the rain from my Lord came to quench him

وكم حجبَ الأسى أحلامَ قلبٍ

وكم حجبَ الأسى أحلامَ قلبٍ

فصارَت صورةُ الأحلامِ أنقى

فصارَت صورةُ الأحلامِ أنقى

And how often sorrow has veiled a heart's dreams,

And how much sorrow obscured the dreams of a heart

So the image of the dreams became purer.

Yet the image of dreams became even purer

لَئِن أفنَيْتَ عُمركَ في عناءٍ

لَئِن أفنَيْتَ عُمركَ في عناءٍ

فثِق أنّ الهناء بما تبقّى ️

فثِق أنّ الهناء بما تبقّى ️

If indeed you have spent your life in hardship,

If you spent your life in toil and hardship

Then trust that happiness lies in what remains.

Trust that happiness awaits in what remains