منwho ذاthis one الذيwho عشقloved الخياimagination (first part)
من ذا الذي عشق الخيا
لimagination (last part) وهامand was enraptured فيin حبlove الورىhumankind
ل وهام في حب الورى
Who is it who loved imagination
Who is it that loved life
and was enraptured by love for humankind?
And dreamt of the love ofcreation
نصبlaid الزمانtime لهfor him الشراsnares (first part)
نصب الزمان له الشرا
كsnares (last part) فماso did not اشتكىcomplain وبهاand at them ازدرىscorned
ك فما اشتكى وبها ازدرى
Time laid snares for him,
Time has set up hardships for him
yet he did not complain, but scorned them.
Yet he never complained and held it in contempt
منwho ذاthis one الذيwho يمشيwalks علىupon
من ذا الذي يمشي على
قممsummits الجبالthe mountains مفكراpondering
قمم الجبال مفكرا
Who is it who walks upon
Who is it that walks atop
the mountain summits, pondering,
The mountains deep in thought
وينامand sleeps فيin غارa cave الوحوwild beasts (first part)
وينام في غار الوحو
شwild beasts (last part) ممدداًstretched out فوقupon الثرىthe earth
ش ممدداً فوق الثرى
and sleeps in the cave of wild beasts,
And sleeps inside caves filled with beasts
stretched out upon the earth,
Sprawled atop the ground
أوor فيin الفضاءthe open air وفيهand in it يفuses as bedding (first part)
أو في الفضاء وفيه يف
ترشuses as bedding (last part) النباتthe vegetation الاخضراgreen
ترش النبات الاخضرا
or out in the open, where he makes his bed
Or in the sky where vegetation grows green
on the green vegetation?
He did not fear the bitter cold
لمdid not يخشfear برداًcold قارصاًbiting
لم يخش برداً قارصاً
فيهin it ورعداًand thunder زمجراroared
فيه ورعداً زمجرا
He feared no biting cold
Nor thunder that bellowed
there, nor thunder that roared.
No, he did not fear thorns
كلاno indeed ولمand did not يخشfear الصواthunderbolts (first part)
كلا ولم يخش الصوا
عقthunderbolts (last part) والسحابand the clouds الممطراrain-bearing
عق والسحاب الممطرا
No, nor did he fear the thunderbolts
And the clouds that poured rain
and the rain-bearing clouds.
And the gift of poetry
ولغادةand for the maiden الشعرpoetry التيwho
ولغادة الشعر التي
وهبتهshe bestowed upon him ملكاa kingdom أكبراgreater
وهبته ملكا أكبرا
And for the maiden of poetry, who
That granted him greatrule
bestowed upon him a greater kingdom,
He sold existence and became ecstatic
باعhe sold الوجودexistence ومنand whoever بهin it
باع الوجود ومن به
ومنand from الوجودexistence تحبراhe took delight
ومن الوجود تحبرا
he sold existence and all who dwell in it,
And though sober, acted drunk
and drew delight from existence.
It embraced him and intoxicated him
قدindeed عانقتهshe embraced him فأسكرتـand so she intoxicated
قد عانقته فأسكرتـ
ـهhim وماand did not تناولtake مسكراan intoxicant
ـه وما تناول مسكرا
She had embraced him and intoxicated
Yet he drank no wine
him, though he had taken no intoxicant.
Who is it that does not accept
منwho ذاthis one الذيwho لاnot يرتضىconsents
من ذا الذي لا يرتضى
فيin الحبlove أنto يتغيراchange
في الحب أن يتغيرا
Who is it who will not consent
In love, that he change
to change in love,
And when he saw the humiliation of passion
واذاand when رأىhe saw ذلhumiliation الهوىpassion
واذا رأى ذل الهوى
رفضhe rejected الهوىpassion واستكبراand grew proud
رفض الهوى واستكبرا
and, when he sees the humiliation of passion,
He rejected passion and acted arrogant
rejects passion and stands proud?
He loved nature when
عشقhe loved الطبيعةnature يومthe day أنthat
عشق الطبيعة يوم أن
لبستshe wore لباساًa garment أخضراgreen
لبست لباساً أخضرا
He loved nature on the day when
It dressed in green
she donned a green garment,
And the sun kissed it
والشمسand the sun تلثمهاkisses her كماas
والشمس تلثمها كما
لثمkissed الكبيرthe elder الاصغراthe younger
لثم الكبير الاصغرا
while the sun kissed her, as
As an elder kisses a junior
the elder kisses the younger.
And when the beautiful night approached
واذاand when دناdrew near الليلthe night البهيـpitch-dark (first part)
واذا دنا الليل البهيـ
ـمpitch-dark (last part) وجاءand came يعثرstumbles بالكرىwith drowsiness
ـم وجاء يعثر بالكرى
And when the pitch-dark night draws near
And stumbled in the marshes
and comes stumbling with drowsiness,
He uses rock as his pillow
يتوسدuses as a pillow الصخرthe rock الاصـsolid (first part)
يتوسد الصخر الاصـ
ـمsolid (last part) مفكراًthinking متذكراremembering
ـم مفكراً متذكرا
he takes the solid rock for his pillow,
Deep in thought, reminiscent
thinking and remembering.
Who is it that was awe-struck
منwho ذاthis one الذيwho قدindeed هالهshook him
من ذا الذي قد هاله
دمعtears الفقيرthe poor man اذاwhen جرىflowed
دمع الفقير اذا جرى
Who is it who has been shaken
By the tears of the poor that flowed
by the poor man's tears when they flow?
Who is it that cries over the safety
منwho ذاthis one الذيwho يبكىweeps for الاماintegrity (first part)
من ذا الذي يبكى الاما
نةintegrity (last part) والوفاand faithfulness بينamong الورىhumankind
نة والوفا بين الورى
Who is it who weeps for integrity
And loyalty among people
and faithfulness among humankind?
This one whose soul
هذاthis one الذيwho ليستis not لهbelonging to him
هذا الذي ليست له
نفسa soul تباعis sold وتشترىand is bought
نفس تباع وتشترى
This is the one who has no
Cannot be bought or sold
soul that can be sold and bought.
Partial English translation: 37 of 38 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1