سلام على دار رحنا وغودرت
خلاء من الأهلين موحشة قفرا
Peace be upon the house we left behind
Peace be upon an abode that we departed, left behind,
Empty of people, lonely and barren
Devoid of its people, desolate and barren.
تراها كأن لم تغن بالأمس بلقعاً
ولا عمرت من أهلها قبلنا دهرا
As if it never echoed with joy just yesterday
You see it as a wasteland, as though it had not flourished only yesterday,
Or was inhabited by people before us
Nor had been inhabited by its folk for an era before us.
فيا دار لم يقفرك منا اختيارنا
ولو أننا نتسطيع كنت لنا قبرا
O house, we did not abandon you by choice
O home, it was never our choice to leave you deserted,
If we could, you would be our grave
And had we possessed the power, you would have been our grave.
ولكن أقداراً من اللَه أنفذت
تدمرنا طوعاً لما حل أو قهرا
But it was the decree of Allah
Yet divine decrees were irrevocably carried out,
That demolished us, willingly or not
Subduing us, willingly or by force, to whatever befell.
ويا خير دارٍ قد تركت حميدةً
سقتك الغوادي ما أجل وما أمرا
O best house, you remained virtuous
O best of abodes, you were left behind praised and cherished;
The valleys quenched you, through good times and bad
May the morning rainclouds water you, however momentous and bitter our fate!
ويا مجتلي تلك البساتين حفها
رياض قوارير غدت بعدنا غبرا
O you who hosted those gardens, protect them
O beholder of those gardens that were once encircled
Gardens of ponds, now turned to dust after us
By crystalline meadows, which after us have turned to dust!
ويا دهر بلغ ساكنيها تحيتي
ولو سكنوا المروين أو جاوزوا النهرا
O fate, convey my greetings
O Time, convey my greetings to its former dwellers,
To those who live there, be they near or far
Even if they now abide in the two Marws or have crossed the River.
فصبراً لسطو الدهر فيهم وحكمه
وإن كان طعم الصبر مستثقلاً مرا
Have patience with the tyranny of fate over them
So patience in the face of Time's assault and its judgment upon them,
Though the taste of patience is bitter
Even if the taste of patience is burdensome and bitter.
لئن كان أظمانا فقد طال ما سقى
وإن ساءنا فيها فقد طال ما تيسرا
If our thirst was long, so was our drink
For if it has made us thirst, how long it once quenched our thirst,
And if our time there was bad, so was our joy
And if it grieved us there, how long it once made life easy.
وأيتها الدار الحبيبة لا يرم
ربوعك جون المرن يهمي بها القطرا
O beloved house, may the soft rain
And O beloved abode, may the dark, pouring raincloud
Not stop watering your open plains
Never depart from your grounds, showering them with rain!
كأنك لم يسكنك غيد أوانس
وصيد رجالٍ أشبهوا الأنجم الزهرا
As if no lovers ever lived in you
As though you were never inhabited by tender, charming maidens,
Or virtuous men who shone like bright stars
And noble, proud men who shone like radiant stars.
تفانوا وبادوا واستمرت نواهم
لمثلهم أسكبت مقلتي العبرى
They perished and vanished, yet their traces remain
They perished, passed away, and their distance became permanent;
For the like of them, my tears flow
For the likes of them, my tear-filled eyes have poured out their grief.
سنصبر بعد اليسر للعسر طاعةً
لعل جميل الصبر يعقبنا يسرا
We will endure hardship after ease with obedience
We shall patiently endure hardship after ease in humble submission,
Hoping ease will follow our patience
In hope that noble patience will be followed by ease.
وأني ولو عادت وعدنا لعهدها
فكيف بمن من أهلها سكن القبرا
If we returned to those days, how would it be
Yet even if that era returned and we returned to its embrace,
For those who inhabit the grave?
What of those among its people who now dwell in the grave?
ويا دهرنا فيها متى أنت عائد
فنحمد منك العود أن عدت والكرا
O our fate there, when will you return?
O bygone time we spent there, when will you ever return,
So we thank you whether you give or prevent
So that we might praise your homecoming and renewed embrace, if you return?
فيا رب يومٍ في دراها وليلةٍ
وصلنا هناك الشمس باللهو والبدرا
O Lord, grant us a day in it, or a night
For O, how many a day within its halls, and how many a night,
Reunited under the sun or moonlight
Where we joined the sun to the full moon with joyful revelry!
فواجسمي المضني وواقلبي المغري
ووانفسي الثكلىوواكبدي الحرى
Soothe my sorrow, tempt my desire
Alas for my exhausted body! Alas for my tormented heart!
Console my grief, relieve my burning inside
Alas for my bereaved soul! Alas for my burning spirit!
ويا هم ما أعدى ويا شجو ما أبرا
ويا وجد ما أشجى ويا بين ما أقرا
O anguish, how severe! O yearning, how sincere!
O grief, how contagious you are! O sorrow, how sharply you pierce!
O rapture, how intense! O separation, how cruel!
O longing, how painful you are! O separation, how cruel and cold!
ويا دهر لا تبعد ويا عهد لا تحل
ويا دمع لا تجمد ويا سقم لا تبرا
O fate, do not depart! O era, do not end!
O Time, do not estrange them further! O sacred bond, do not dissolve!
O tears, do not dry! O illness, do not heal!
O tears, do not freeze dry! O sickness of love, do not heal!
سأندب ذاك العهد ما قامت الخضرا
على الناس سقفاً واستقلت بنا الغبرا
I will lament that time as long as greens grow
I shall mourn that bygone era as long as the green sky stands
And roofs shelter people while dust covers me
As a ceiling over mankind, and the dusty earth bears us upon it.
