أو ما رأيتَ إلى شئونه

أو ما رأيتَ إلى شئونه

كالدم تهطل من عيونه

كالدم تهطل من عيونه

Have you not looked upon his tears,

Have you not seen his affairs

falling like blood from his eyes?

Like blood dripping from his eyes

لم يعرهُ جبنٌ ول

لم يعرهُ جبنٌ ول

كن روحه ضاقت بهونه

كن روحه ضاقت بهونه

No cowardice assailed him, but

Fear has not touched him

his soul chafed at his humiliation.

Yet his soul is weary of its sorrows

والحر ان يبصر رني

والحر ان يبصر رني

ن القيد ثار على رنينه

ن القيد ثار على رنينه

And if a free man perceives the ringing

And the free cannot bear seeing

of the chain, he rises against its clang.

The shackles revolt against his wrists

أو ما رأيت الليث مع

أو ما رأيت الليث مع

تقلا يحن إلى عرينه

تقلا يحن إلى عرينه

Have you not seen the lion,

Have you not seen the lion with

held captive, longing for his den?

A small cub yearning for its den

القيد يرهق جسمه

القيد يرهق جسمه

والدهر يسخر من شؤونه

والدهر يسخر من شؤونه

The chain wears down his body,

The shackles exhaust his body

and time scoffs at his affairs.

And time mocks his troubles

يا للزمان على الكري

يا للزمان على الكري

م ويا لقسوته ولينه

م ويا لقسوته ولينه

Alas for time's dealings with the noble man,

Oh what time does to the generous

and alas for its harshness and its gentleness!

And its cruelty and tenderness

انظر اليه وقد تبد

انظر اليه وقد تبد

ى النور يسطع من جبينه

ى النور يسطع من جبينه

Look at him: there has appeared

Look at him, the light shining

the light, shining from his brow.

From his forehead has appeared

وأصخ الى زفراته

وأصخ الى زفراته

حرى واصغ إلى انينه

حرى واصغ إلى انينه

And listen closely to his sighs—

And listen closely to his sighs

burning hot—and heed his moaning.

Full of heat, and to his moaning

وانظر إلى دمه يسيل

وانظر إلى دمه يسيل

من الجراح ومن جفونه

من الجراح ومن جفونه

And look at his blood flowing

See his blood flowing

from his wounds and from his eyelids.

From the wounds and his eyelids

في لونه شفق الاصي

في لونه شفق الاصي

ل وفيه سحر من فتونه

ل وفيه سحر من فتونه

In its color is the sunset glow of late afternoon,

With the twilight's glow in its color

and in it, magic drawn from its enchantment.

And in it magic of its charm

حيران لا يدري أتس

حيران لا يدري أتس

لمه الجراح إلى منونه

لمه الجراح إلى منونه

Bewildered, he knows not whether

Perplexed, not knowing whether

his wounds will deliver him to his death,

The wounds will lead him to his demise

ام تستبد به فيح

ام تستبد به فيح

يا في جحيم من ظنونه

يا في جحيم من ظنونه

or hold sway over him, so that he lives

Or if it will take him, so he lives

in a hell of his misgivings.

In a hell of suspicions

أسوان ينشد قلبه

أسوان ينشد قلبه

وكأنه يحيا بدونه

وكأنه يحيا بدونه

Sorrowful, he seeks his heart,

Asswan, his heart recites poetry

as though he were living without it.

As if he lives without it

يرنو إلى غده وليل ال

يرنو إلى غده وليل ال

شك يظلم في يقينه

شك يظلم في يقينه

He gazes toward his tomorrow, and the night of

He aspires to tomorrow while the night of

doubt grows dark within his certainty.

Doubt darkens his certainty

والشك مجنون وقلب ال

والشك مجنون وقلب ال

حر من صرعى جنونه

حر من صرعى جنونه

And doubt is mad, and the heart of the

Doubt is insane and the heart of the

free man is among those struck down by its madness.

Free is epileptic in its madness

والهم يختصر الفتى

والهم يختصر الفتى

يقضي عليه قبل حينه

يقضي عليه قبل حينه

And worry cuts the young man's life short,

And worry shortens the youth

killing him before his time.

Finishing him before his time

يا عائديه وانتمُ

يا عائديه وانتمُ

طير ترف على غصونه

طير ترف على غصونه

O you who visit him—you are

Oh you who return while you are

birds fluttering over his branches.

Birds fluttering on his branches

هاتوا اكاليل الازا

هاتوا اكاليل الازا

هر وانثروها عن يمينه

هر وانثروها عن يمينه

Bring garlands of blossoms,

Bring the garlands of flowers

and scatter them to his right,

And scatter them on his right side

من نرجس الروح ومن

من نرجس الروح ومن

ورد الفؤاد وياسمينه

ورد الفؤاد وياسمينه

of the soul's narcissus, and of

Of the soul's narcissus, the heart's

the heart's roses and its jasmine.

Rose and jasmine

وهبوه من غالي الوجو

وهبوه من غالي الوجو

د ما يشاء ومن ثمينه

د ما يشاء ومن ثمينه

And give him of what is dear in existence,

And grant him from the most precious

whatever he wishes, and of what is precious in it.

Of existence what he wishes and from its gems

أو لم يهب دمه العزي

أو لم يهب دمه العزي

ز فداء موطنه ودينه

ز فداء موطنه ودينه

Did he not give his precious blood

Has he not given his noble blood

as a sacrifice for his homeland and his faith?

In sacrifice for his nation and religion?

يا أيها الأسد الجري

يا أيها الأسد الجري

ح غداً يحن إلى عرينه

ح غداً يحن إلى عرينه

O wounded lion,

Oh you noble lion tomorrow

who tomorrow will yearn for his den:

You will yearn for your den

لك في الخلود صحيفة

لك في الخلود صحيفة

بيضاء تشرق في جبينه

بيضاء تشرق في جبينه

Yours in immortality is a page,

You have in immortality a white page

white, shining upon immortality's brow.

Shining on your forehead

روحي فداك وحق رو

روحي فداك وحق رو

حك في شجاه وفي حنينه

حك في شجاه وفي حنينه

My soul is your ransom—by the sanctity of your soul,

My soul is sacrificed for you and for the right of your

in its sorrow and in its yearning!

Soul in its wounds and its yearning