طائرa bird منfrom ظمأthirst قدhad جهداgrown exhausted
طائر من ظمأ قد جهدا
كدخانlike smoke نفساa breath قدhad صعداsent upward
كدخان نفسا قد صعدا
A bird had grown exhausted with thirst;
A bird, weakened by thirst
It sent up a breath like smoke.
Like smoke, its breath rose
قدhad رأىseen ألماسةa diamond مثلlike الندىdew
قد رأى ألماسة مثل الندى
صاغهاfashioned it ماءas water لعينيهto its eyes الصدىthirst
صاغها ماء لعينيه الصدى
It saw a diamond like dew;
It saw a diamond like dew
Thirst shaped it into water before its eyes.
Molded by water for its echoing eyes
خدعتهdeceived it شذرةa gem مثلlike الشررsparks
خدعته شذرة مثل الشرر
فرأىso it saw الجاهلthe ignorant one ماءwater فيin الصخرstone
فرأى الجاهل ماء في الصخر
A gem like sparks deceived it,
Deceived by a spark like embers
So the ignorant one saw water in stone.
The ignorant saw water in the rock
لمdid not يجدfind رياquenching بضربby striking with المنقرthe beak
لم يجد ريا بضرب المنقر
لمdid not يصبobtain ماءwater بنقرby pecking الجوهرthe gem
لم يصب ماء بنقر الجوهر
It found no quenching by striking with its beak;
Finding no water despite striking with its beak
It obtained no water by pecking the gem.
No water poured when tapping the gem
ذاتthe self of الشذرةthe gem جنبتyou have been denied الهدىguidance
ذات الشذرة جنبت الهدى
تضربyou strike المنقارthe beak فيagainst جسميmy body سدىin vain
تضرب المنقار في جسمي سدى
The gem's self: 'You have been denied guidance;
The spark itself avoided guidance
You strike your beak against my body in vain.
Striking my body with its beak in vain
لستI am not ماءwater لاnot ترانيyou see me ساقيهgiving drink
لست ماء لا تراني ساقيه
ماnot أناI منfor أجلthe sake of غيريothers than myself باقيهenduring
ما أنا من أجل غيري باقيه
I am not water; you will not find me giving drink.
I'm not water, don't see me as its pourer
I do not endure for the sake of others.
I'm not remaining for anyone but myself
جاهلan ignorant one يقصدseeks هضميto consume me ماnot اهتدىfound the way
جاهل يقصد هضمي ما اهتدى
لحياةto a life نورهاits light منهاfrom itself بداdawned
لحياة نورها منها بدا
The fool who seeks to consume me has not found the way
An ignorant one seeks to destroy me, not guided
To a life whose light has dawned from itself.
To a life whose light began from it
كلevery منقارbeak بمائيagainst my lustre ينكسرbreaks
كل منقار بمائي ينكسر
وترىand you see الإنسانhumankind منهby it ينبهرdazzled
وترى الإنسان منه ينبهر
Every beak breaks against my lustre,
Every beak breaks against my water
And you see humankind dazzled by it.'
And you see the human dazzled by it
ماnot رأىsaw الطائرthe bird فيهاin it أرباa use
ما رأى الطائر فيها أربا
فتولىso it turned away عنfrom سناهاits radiance لغباweary
فتولى عن سناها لغبا
The bird saw no use in it,
The bird saw no profit in it
So it turned wearily from its radiance.
So it turned away from its brilliance ignorantly
حسرةanguish فيin صدرهits breast تتقدblazes
حسرة في صدره تتقد
زفراتsighs لحنهits song يصعدrises
زفرات لحنه يصعد
Anguish blazed within its breast;
Regret burns in its chest
Its song rose in sighs.
Its song's tune rises in sighs
وأضاءتand shone مثلlike دمعthe tears of البلبلthe nightingale
وأضاءت مثل دمع البلبل
قطرةa drop فيon غصنa branch of وردroses خضلmoist
قطرة في غصن ورد خضل
And there shone, like the nightingale's tears,
And it shone like the nightingale's tear
A drop upon a moist rose branch.
A drop on a blossoming rose branch
لضياءto the radiance of الشمسthe sun فيهاin it منةa favor
لضياء الشمس فيها منة
ولخوفand from fear of الشمسthe sun فيهاin it رعدةa tremor
ولخوف الشمس فيها رعدة
It owed a debt to the sun's radiance,
It has the sun's radiance as a blessing
And trembled in fear of the sun.
And the sun's fear in it as thunder
كوكبa star يرعدtrembles منfrom نسلthe offspring of السماءthe sky
كوكب يرعد من نسل السماء
شاقهaroused its longing الجلوةself-display فيin هذاthis الفضاءopen expanse
شاقه الجلوة في هذا الفضاء
A trembling star, an offspring of the sky,
A planet thundering from the lineage of the sky
Self-display in this expanse had lured it.
Dazzled by its beauty in this space
غرهbeguiled it الأكمامthe buds والزهرand the flowers الخصيبlush
غره الأكمام والزهر الخصيب
لمnot يزودbe supplied منof حياةlife بنصيبwith a share
لم يزود من حياة بنصيب
The buds and lush flowers had beguiled it;
Deceived by sleeves and fertile flowers
It had been given no share of life.
Not given a share of life
قطرةa drop منfrom دمعthe tears of صبa yearning lover تبهرdazzles
قطرة من دمع صب تبهر
زانتadorned الهدبthe eyelashes وكادتand almost تقطرdripped
زانت الهدب وكادت تقطر
A drop of a yearning lover's tears dazzled;
A tear drop pours bedazzling
It adorned the lashes and almost dripped.
Adorning the cheeks, almost dripping
فمضىso it went الطائرthe bird فيهاfor it راغباeager
فمضى الطائر فيها راغبا
بلmoistened بالقطرةwith the drop حلقاa throat لاهباburning
بل بالقطرة حلقا لاهبا
So the bird approached it eagerly;
The bird passed by desiring it
It moistened its burning throat with the drop.
Nay, hovering passionately around the drop
أيهاO you الباغيwho seek عدواan enemy تقهرto subdue
أيها الباغي عدوا تقهر
قطرةa drop أنتyou ترىdo you think أمor جوهرa gem
قطرة أنت ترى أم جوهر
O you who seek an enemy to subdue,
O you transgressor, subduing enemy
Are you a drop or a gem, do you think?
Are you a drop I see or a gem?
حينماwhen الطائرthe bird أضناهwore it out صداهits thirst
حينما الطائر أضناه صداه
حيrevived نفساa soul بحياةwith the life of منone سواهother than itself
حي نفسا بحياة من سواه
When thirst had worn the bird out,
When the echo weakened the bird
It revived its soul with another's life.
It came alive with the life of another
كانتwas الشذرةthe gem عضباa keen sword يرهبto be feared
كانت الشذرة عضبا يرهب
لمnot يكنwas قطرةa drop of طلdew يشربto be drunk
لم يكن قطرة طل يشرب
The gem was a keen sword to be feared;
The spark was anger that horrifies
It was no drop of dew to be drunk.
It was no dewdrop to drink
قوةthe strength of الذاتthe self احفظنهاsurely preserve it أبداforever
قوة الذات احفظنها أبدا
وكنand be الألماسdiamond لاnot قطرdrops of الندىdew
وكن الألماس لا قطر الندى
Preserve the strength of the self forever,
Always preserve the strength of the self
And be diamond, not drops of dew.
And be the diamond not a drop of dew
أنضحripen القطرةthe drop كالطودlike a mountain ترىyou will see
أنضح القطرة كالطود ترى
حاملاbearing غيماclouds مفيضاpouring forth أنهراrivers
حاملا غيما مفيضا أنهرا
Ripen the drop; you will see it like a mountain,
You see the drop spill like a torrent
Bearing clouds, pouring forth rivers.
Bearing pouring rainclouds and rivers
أثبتestablish firmly الذاتthe self وفيهاand within it حققattain fulfillment
أثبت الذات وفيها حقق
فضةsilver كنbe بالتئامthrough the coalescence of الزئبقmercury
فضة كن بالتئام الزئبق
Establish the self, and find fulfillment within it;
Affirm the self and within it, realize
Be silver through mercury's coalescence.
Be like silver in the flowing of mercury
Sol 6.1