هزك للشعر حنات وأشواق

هزك للشعر حنات وأشواق

وعاودتك حساسات وأذواق

وعاودتك حساسات وأذواق

Yearnings and longings have stirred you to poetry,

Your love for poetry endowed passions and yearnings

Nostalgia and longings have stirred you toward verse,

And feelings and sensibilities have returned to you.

And reawakened in you sensitivities and tastes

And delicate sentiments and tastes have visited you once more.

اليوم صدرك للأفراح منشرح

اليوم صدرك للأفراح منشرح

فما عليه من الأتراح أغلاق

فما عليه من الأتراح أغلاق

Today your breast is open to joys,

Today your chest is open for joys

Today your heart is wide open to joys,

So no locks of sorrow lie upon it.

With no distress to close it

And no locks of sorrow bar its way.

أقم هنيئا فما في القلب موجدة

أقم هنيئا فما في القلب موجدة

ونم قريرا فما بالعين إراق

ونم قريرا فما بالعين إراق

Stay at ease, for no resentment lives in your heart,

Stay happy as there is nothing troubling the heart

Dwell happily, for the heart holds no grievance,

And sleep content, for your eyes shed no tears.

And sleep calmly as no tears wet the eyes

And sleep soundly, for the eye sheds no tears.

حيتك في البدو كل الكائنات به

حيتك في البدو كل الكائنات به

الريح عازفة والروض صفاق

الريح عازفة والروض صفاق

All beings in the countryside have greeted you there:

Nature celebrates your arrival in this abode

In the wild lands, every creature has greeted you;

The wind plays music, and the meadow applauds.

The wind makes music and the meadow frolics

The wind plays its tune, and the garden claps along.

والحقل محتفل الأشجارمن طرب

والحقل محتفل الأشجارمن طرب

تشدو وتهفو به ورق وأوراق

تشدو وتهفو به ورق وأوراق

The field is festive, its trees full of delight;

The farm dances joyously, the trees

The field is festive, its trees dancing with joy,

Doves and leaves sing and flutter there.

Sing and sway, leaves and branches

Where doves sing and leaves flutter in delight.

والنهر في جنبات السفح منبسط

والنهر في جنبات السفح منبسط

والماء في جنبات النهررقراق

والماء في جنبات النهررقراق

The river stretches along the sides of the slope,

The river meanders down the valley's flank

The river spreads wide along the mountain slopes,

And the water shimmers along the river's banks.

Water babbles over the river rocks

And the water shimmers gently between its banks.

وفي الكروم عناقيد تحف بها

وفي الكروم عناقيد تحف بها

كأنها في نحورالغيد أطواق

كأنها في نحورالغيد أطواق

And in the vineyards, grape clusters wreathe the vines,

In the vineyards hang clusters, adorned

In the vineyards hang heavy clusters of grapes,

As though they were necklaces on the necks of graceful women.

Like necklaces round the throats of maids

Like necklaces adorning the throats of fair maidens.

وفي المزارع قطعان منوعة

وفي المزارع قطعان منوعة

ضأن ومعز وأبقار وأنياق

ضأن ومعز وأبقار وأنياق

And on the farms are herds of many kinds:

In the fields, flocks of goats and sheep

In the pastures roam herds of various kinds:

Sheep and goats, cattle and she-camels.

Cows and camels, shepherds lead them singing

Sheep, goats, cattle, and she-camels.

تشدو الرعاة بسوق للغناء بها

تشدو الرعاة بسوق للغناء بها

وللغناء كما للشعر أسواق

وللغناء كما للشعر أسواق

There the shepherds sing in a marketplace of song,

For song, like poetry, has its markets

The shepherds sing while driving their flocks,

And song, like poetry, has its marketplaces.

Their flutes trill loud tunes

For song, like poetry, has its own bustling markets.

لهم مزامير بالألحان صادحة

لهم مزامير بالألحان صادحة

كأنها في صدى الوديان أبواق

كأنها في صدى الوديان أبواق

They have flutes resounding with melodies,

Echoing through the valleys like horns

They possess flutes that ring out with melody,

As though they were trumpets in the valleys' echoes.

The beasts prance freely in the woods

Resounding like trumpets through the valleys' echo.

والوحش سلوان في الغابات منطلق

والوحش سلوان في الغابات منطلق

والطير جذلان في الأوكار زقزاق

والطير جذلان في الأوكار زقزاق

And wild beasts roam carefree in the forests,

Birds chirp merrily in their nests

The wild beast roams content and free in the forests,

And birds twitter joyfully in their nests.

The sun beams each moment

And the bird chirps joyfully within its nest.

والشمس زاهرة في كل آونة

والشمس زاهرة في كل آونة

كأن إمساءها في العين إشراق

كأن إمساءها في العين إشراق

And the sun is radiant at all times,

As if her rising etched rays on the eye

The sun is radiant at every passing moment;

As though its evening were sunrise to the eye.

The moon floats pious and devout at night

Even its setting appears to the eye like a sunrise.

والبدر في الليل يبدوا زاهدا ورعا

والبدر في الليل يبدوا زاهدا ورعا

له إلى الله إخبات وإطراق

له إلى الله إخبات وإطراق

And the full moon at night appears a pious ascetic,

Whispering prayers and submission to God

The full moon at night appears like a pious ascetic,

Humbly submitting to God, with its head bowed;

Or a lovelorn watcher, awake and alone

Bowing his head in humble submission to God,

أو عاشقا ساهرا في الحي منفردا

أو عاشقا ساهرا في الحي منفردا

وقد غفت من رعاة الحي أحداق

وقد غفت من رعاة الحي أحداق

Or a lover, wakeful and alone in the settlement,

While shepherd eyes in the abode slumber

Or like a sleepless lover, solitary in the camp,

While the eyes of the settlement's shepherds have fallen asleep.

O wakeful witness of the night, sight has not failed you

While the eyes of the tribe's shepherds have drifted to sleep.

يا ساهر الليل لا خانتك باصرة

يا ساهر الليل لا خانتك باصرة

ولا عداك على الغافين إشفاق

ولا عداك على الغافين إشفاق

O watcher of the night, may your sight never betray you,

Nor compassion for those sunk in negligence

O night watcher, may your vision never fail you,

And may compassion for the sleepers never pass you by.

Descend and join us a little while

Nor may you lack compassion for those who slumber.

إنزل إلينا قليلا نصحب زمنا

إنزل إلينا قليلا نصحب زمنا

فكلنا لجمال البدو عشاق

فكلنا لجمال البدو عشاق

Come down to us awhile; let us keep company for a time,

For we all love the desert's beauty

Descend to us for a while, that we may be companions,

For we are all lovers of the countryside's beauty.

The hut looks nicer than the planets' spheres

For we are all lovers of the desert's beauty.

الكوخ أبهى من الأفلاك نيرة

الكوخ أبهى من الأفلاك نيرة

والقصر يعلو طاق فوقه طاق

والقصر يعلو طاق فوقه طاق

The hut is lovelier than the radiant celestial spheres,

The palace with its tiered ceilings vain and false

The humble hut is more splendid than the shining spheres,

And the palace rises, arch above arch.

Tell those who crave for city comforts

Or the palace that towers, story upon story.

فقل لمن هو في نشدان راحته

فقل لمن هو في نشدان راحته

إلى الحواضر بالجدان منساق

إلى الحواضر بالجدان منساق

So tell whoever, in his quest for rest,

Dragged by yearning to the metropolis

So say to the one who seeks his own comfort,

Is drawn toward the cities by feeling [reading uncertain]:

Leave the cities, let not their glamour tempt you

Who is driven toward the cities by ambition:

دع الحواضر لا يغررك زخرفها

دع الحواضر لا يغررك زخرفها

فجوها قاتم كالغاز خناق

فجوها قاتم كالغاز خناق

Leave the cities; do not be deceived by their glitter,

Their air is gloomy as a choking trap

Leave the cities; be not deceived by their glitter,

For their air is murky, suffocating like gas.

Seek the wilderness, find joy in its expanse

For their air is gloomy, stifling and choking.

واغش البوادي تنعم في مرابعها

واغش البوادي تنعم في مرابعها

عيشا ويخطئك إعسار وإملاق

عيشا ويخطئك إعسار وإملاق

And visit the countryside; in its meadows you will enjoy

With carefree living, safe from want and toil

Seek the open lands and enjoy their pastures,

Life, while hardship and destitution pass you by.

The nomad life is matchless in its riches

A life where hardship and poverty will pass you by.

عيش البوادي نضير لا نظير له

عيش البوادي نضير لا نظير له

وجوها لعضال الداء ترياق

وجوها لعضال الداء ترياق

Life in the countryside is flourishing, without equal,

Its climate cure for all of illness' ills

Life in the wilds is verdant, with no equal;

And its air is an antidote to intractable illness.

The desert valleys are valleys like no other

Its air is a cure for the most stubborn of ills.

فما كأودية البادين أودية

فما كأودية البادين أودية

ولا كآفاقهم في الأرض آفاق

ولا كآفاقهم في الأرض آفاق

For no valleys are like the valleys of country folk,

Its horizons have no earthly parallel

For there are no valleys like those of the nomads,

Nor any horizons on earth like their horizons.

Look- amid the huts, a table spreads

Nor any horizons on earth quite like theirs.

أنظر تجد خلل الأكواخ مائدة

أنظر تجد خلل الأكواخ مائدة

تميد من فوقها بالرزق أطباق

تميد من فوقها بالرزق أطباق

Look: among the huts you will find a table,

Set with dishes filled with sustenance

Look, and you will find amidst the huts a banquet,

Dishes sway upon it, laden with food,

Laid out free for all humanity

Groaning under the weight of plates laden with bounty,

مبسوطة لبني الإنسان مطلقة

مبسوطة لبني الإنسان مطلقة

على يد كلها بسط وإطلاق

على يد كلها بسط وإطلاق

Laid out for humankind, without restriction,

By a hand that is giving and releasing

Spread out for all mankind, offered without restraint,

By a hand that is all generosity and free giving.

My Lord, I thank you - gratitude is Your right

By a hand that is nothing but generous and free.

يا رب شكرك حق لست أجحده

يا رب شكرك حق لست أجحده

فما سواك لهذا الخير خلاق

فما سواك لهذا الخير خلاق

O Lord, thanking You is a duty I do not deny,

None but You can create such good

O Lord, gratitude to You is a duty I do not deny,

For none but You is the creator of this bounty.

For none but You could create such bounty.