بَلبَلَ النُّطقُ قَلبَ مَن لم يَكُونُوا

بَينَهُم في شُورَى المُلُوكِ حُضُورا

The speech of those not present at the council of kings perplexed the heart

Their gathering astonished as though waves stirred heavily in a sea

عَجَّ بِالجَمعِ مُنتَداهُم كَما في ال

بَحرِ تُبدِي الأَموَاجُ عَجاًّ كَبيرا

When the north and south winds

Blew the clouds of Zafs violently

إِذ بإِيقارَةٍ صَباً وَجَنُوبٌ

بهِما غَيمُ زَفسَ عُنفاً أُثيرا

Or as locusts raise up the harvest of ripened grain as prepared tables

Thus were they confused and scattered

او كما تَرفَعُ الدَّبُورُ بِأَرضٍ

سُنبُلَ الزَّرعِ مَائِداً مَوتُورا

Between a fate that flows changing

With the power of his voice he cries out

هكذَا بُلبِلُوا وراحُوا شَتَاتاً

بَينَ ماضٍ للفُلكِ يجرِي مُغِيرا

And the clouds of dust raised by him

And the joyous keen of those yearning for the lute

بِقُوَى صَوتِهِ يَصِيحُ وَتَعلُو

هُ غُيُومُ الغُبَارِ منهُ نُشُورا

Rent the air with delight and eagerness

They hasten the cleaning of the celestial sphere’s basin

وَصَدِيدُ الذِينَ للعَودِ تاقوا

خَرَقَ الجوِّ بَهجَةً وَحُبُورا

And the flowing of its poles past it

Then were it not for Hira they would have returned though

يَعجَلُونَ التَّنظِيفَ في تُرَعِ ال

فُلكِ وجَرِّ الأركَانِ عَنها عُبُورا

Destiny had decreed their victory

ثُمَّ لَولا هِيرَا لَعَادُوا وإِن خُطَّ

قَضاءٌ بِفَوزِهِم مَسطُورا