للحسانِfor beauties الدلالُcoyness والخيلاءُand pride
للحسانِ الدلالُ والخيلاءُ
ولكِand yours الأمرُthe choice بعدُafterward ياO حسناءُbeautiful woman
ولكِ الأمرُ بعدُ يا حسناءُ
To beauties belong coyness and pride.
For beauty, coquetry and charm,
And then the choice is yours, O beautiful one.
And command thereafter, O fair one.
فاطلعيso rise كيفَhowever شئتِyou wish بدراًas a full moon وشمساًand as a sun
فاطلعي كيفَ شئتِ بدراً وشمساً
وصباحاًand as a morning ماas long as دامَremains فيناamong us الضياءُthe light
وصباحاً ما دامَ فينا الضياءُ
So rise as you wish, a full moon and a sun,
Rise as you wish, sun or moon,
and a morning, so long as light remains among us.
And morning, as long as splendor remains in us.
كلُّevery بدرٍfull moon لهُit has سماءٌa sky ولاand no يعis known (first fragment)
كلُّ بدرٍ لهُ سماءٌ ولا يع
رفُis known (completion) للحسنِfor beauty كالبيوتِlike homes سماءُa sky
رفُ للحسنِ كالبيوتِ سماءُ
Every full moon has a sky, and no
Every full moon has a sky, but the sky
sky for beauty is known like the home.
Does not recognize beauty like houses do.
لاdo not تغرنْكِlet them beguile you منthose whom ترينَyou see منamong العجthe non-Arabs (first fragment)
لا تغرنْكِ من ترينَ من العج
مِnon-Arabs (completion) فماfor ... are not الشرقُthe East والشمالُand the North سواءُalike
مِ فما الشرقُ والشمالُ سواءُ
Do not be beguiled by those you see among
Do not be fooled by whoever you see
non-Arabs, for East and North are not alike.
Of the ignorant, for East and West are equal.
كلُّevery بيتٍhouse لهُit has قطينٌinhabitants وإنand even if كاwas (first fragment)
كلُّ بيتٍ لهُ قطينٌ وإن كا
نَwas (completion) تساوىwas alike فيin كلِّهنَّall of them البناءُthe construction
نَ تساوى في كلِّهنَّ البناءُ
Every house has its inhabitants, even if
Every house has a cat, even if
the construction is alike in them all.
Their construction is all the same.
هيshe فيamong قومهاher people وأنتِand you فيamong قوpeople (first fragment)
هي في قومها وأنتِ في قو
مكِyour people (completion) والنفسُand the soul بعدهاbeyond that أهواءُdesires
مكِ والنفسُ بعدها أهواءُ
She is among her people, and you among
She is among her people, and you among yours,
your people; beyond that, the soul is all desires.
And the soul thereafter has its passions.
إنindeed ظِرفَgrace اللسانِthe tongue فيin لغةِthe language of الأهone's people (first fragment)
إن ظِرفَ اللسانِ في لغةِ الأه
لِone's people (completion) وعنوانُand the emblem of قومهنَّtheir people النساءُthe women
لِ وعنوانُ قومهنَّ النساءُ
Indeed, the tongue's grace lies in the language of one's own
Eloquence of tongue in the language of people
people, and women are the emblem of their people.
And the title of their women, they are.
وإذاand when ماemphatic particle الأمهاتُthe mothers أحببنَlove شيئاًsomething
وإذا ما الأمهاتُ أحببنَ شيئاً
ورثتْinherit حبَّهاher love لهُfor it الأبناءُthe children
ورثتْ حبَّها لهُ الأبناءُ
And whenever mothers love something,
And when mothers love something
the children inherit their love for it.
Their love of it is inherited by the children.
وإذاand if الفتاةُthe girl شبّتْgrew up علىon اللهidle play (first fragment)
وإذا الفتاةُ شبّتْ على الله
وِidle play (completion) فباللهوِthen through idle play بعدَafter ذاكَthat تُساءُshe is harmed
وِ فباللهوِ بعدَ ذاكَ تُساءُ
And if a girl grows up on idle
And when a girl grows up with God
play, then through play she is harmed thereafter.
Then after that, alas, she is ill-mannered.
إنماonly البنتُthe girl زوجةٌa wife ثمَّthen أمٌّa mother
إنما البنتُ زوجةٌ ثمَّ أمٌّ
ثمَّthen يبقىcontinues الحديثُthe talk كيفَhowever تشاءُyou wish
ثمَّ يبقى الحديثُ كيفَ تشاءُ
A girl is but a wife, then a mother;
A girl is only a wife, then a mother,
then the talk goes on however you wish.
Then the conversation continues as you wish.
وهيand she كالماءِlike water كلماwhenever قطَّروهُthey distill it
وهي كالماءِ كلما قطَّروهُ
زادَincreased حسناًin beauty ورقَّand grew finer بعدُafterward الماءُthe water
زادَ حسناً ورقَّ بعدُ الماءُ
And she is like water: whenever they distill it,
She is like water - the more they drop it
the water grows lovelier and finer afterward.
The more beautiful and limpid it becomes.
لستُI am not أدريI know وليتنيand would that I كنتُI was أدريI know
لستُ أدري وليتني كنتُ أدري
نحنُwe بينَamong الأمواتِthe dead أمor أحياءُalive
نحنُ بينَ الأمواتِ أم أحياءُ
I do not know—and would that I knew—
I do not know, I wish I knew -
are we among the dead, or are we alive?
Are we among the dead or the living?
أيwhich of هذينthese two فيamong الرجالِthe men أهنَّare they (feminine)? الأthe mothers (first fragment)
أي هذين في الرجالِ أهنَّ الأ
مهاتُmothers (completion) النساthe women أمِor الآباءُthe fathers
مهاتُ النسا أمِ الآباءُ
Which of these two is found among men—are they the
Which of the two in men are the mothers
mothers—the women—or the fathers?
Of women or the fathers?
صورةُthe image of الغربِthe West والنفوسُand the souls منfrom الشرthe East (first fragment)
صورةُ الغربِ والنفوسُ من الشر
قِEast (completion) فهمْso they فيin ديارهمtheir homes غرباءُstrangers
قِ فهمْ في ديارهم غرباءُ
The image of the West, yet souls from the
An image of the West, yet souls from the East
East—so they are strangers in their own homes.
So they are strangers in their own lands.
أينَwhere حقُّthe due of البلادِthe country أينَwhere ذكاءُthe intelligence of القلthe heart (first fragment)
أينَ حقُّ البلادِ أينَ ذكاءُ القل
بِheart (completion) أينَwhere النفوسُthe souls أينَwhere الدماءُthe blood
بِ أينَ النفوسُ أينَ الدماءُ
Where is the country's due? Where is the intelligence of the
Where is the right of the country, where is the intellect of heart
heart? Where are the souls? Where is the blood?
Where are the souls, where are the bloods?
إنماonly ضيَّعَruined البلادَthe country وأهليand the people (first fragment)
إنما ضيَّعَ البلادَ وأهلي
هاits (possessive suffix) قديماًlong ago نساؤهاits women الضعفاءُthe weak
ها قديماً نساؤها الضعفاءُ
The country and its people were ruined
Only its weak women lost the country
long ago by its weak women alone.
And its people long ago.
Sol 6.1