عامٌ أَهابَ به الزّمانُ فأقبلا
يُزجِي المواكبَ بالأهِلَّةِ حُفّلا
A year that Time summoned, and it came forward,
driving processions adorned with new moons.
مَلَكَ الحوادثَ فهي من أجنادهِ
تأتي وتَذهبُ في الممالكِ جُوّلا
It commands events, and they are among its troops,
coming and going, roaming through kingdoms.
آناً يَهُدُّ بها الشُّعوبَ وتارةً
يبني لها المُلكَ الأشمَّ الأطولا
At times it brings peoples down with them, and at times
it builds for them a lofty, enduring realm.
يا أيّها العامُ الجديدُ أما ترى
أمَمَ الكتابِ حِيالَ مَهدِكَ مُثّلا
O new year, do you not see
the peoples of the Book gathered before your cradle?
فَزِعَتْ إليكَ تقصُّ من أنبائها
ما رَاعَ راويةَ الدُّهورِ فأجفلا
They have fled to you, telling of their affairs
that startled the narrator of ages and made him recoil.
وتَسوقُ بين يديك من آمالها
ما أَخلفَ الزّمنُ العَسوفُ وعطّلا
They bring before you, among their hopes,
what harsh time has frustrated and brought to a halt.
عبثت بها الأعوامُ قبلك فانجلت
عن لاعجٍ صَدَعَ القُلوبَ وما انجلى
The years before you toyed with them, then passed away,
leaving a burning pain that split hearts and did not fade.
صُنْها عنِ اليأسِ المُميتِ وكن لها
عامَ الحياةِ تَنَلْ مراتِبَها العُلى
Guard them from deadly despair, and be for them
a year of life; you will attain their highest ranks.
رَفعتْ على آيِ الكتابِ بِناءَها
زمناً فهدَّ الهادمين وزَلْزَلا
For a time they raised their structure upon the Book’s verses,
and it struck down the destroyers and shook them.
أَرِنا كِتابَكَ أو فَدَعْه مُحجَّباً
إنّا نَراهُ على المغيبِ مُؤمَّلا
Show us your book, or leave it veiled;
we see it in the unseen future, full of hope.
لسنا بني الخُلفاءِ إن لم نَبْنِه
مجداً على هامِ النُّجوم مُؤثَّلا
We are no children of the caliphs if we do not build it
as an established glory above the heads of the stars.
الله علّمنا الحياةَ رشيدةً
وأبى علينا أن نَضِلَّ ونجهلا
God taught us to live wisely
and would not have us stray or remain ignorant.
قُلْ للأُلىَ جَهِلوا اذْهبوا بكتابكم
إنّا لَنَتَّبِعُ الكتابَ المُنزلا
Say to those who are ignorant: Take your book away;
we shall follow the revealed Book.
الحقُّ عِصمتُنا نَصونُ سِياجَهُ
بالعلمِ يَمنعُ أن نُضامَ ونُخْذَلا
Truth is our safeguard; we protect its bounds
with knowledge, which keeps us from oppression and abandonment.
والعدلُ قُوّتُنا التي نرمِي بها
أَعْدَى العِدَى فَنُصيبُ منه المقتلا
And justice is our strength, with which we strike
the fiercest foe and hit his vital spot.
يا باعثَ الحربِ العَوانِ تَشوقُه
فيشُبُّها مِلءَ الممالكِ مُوغِلا
O instigator of raging war, drawn to it,
you kindle it until it spreads through the kingdoms.
أَعِدِ المناصِلَ في الغُمودِ بريئةً
فالحقُّ إن حاربتَ أقطعُ مُنْصَلا
Return the blades to their sheaths, unstained:
if you fight, truth is a sharper blade.
وَدَعِ المعاقلَ والحُصونَ فلن ترى
كالعلمِ حصناً للشُّعوبِ ومعقِلا
Leave strongholds and fortresses; you will find
no fortress or refuge for peoples like knowledge.
المجدُ للبطلِ المصونِ لِواؤُه
عن أن يُعَلِّ من الدّماءِ ويُنهَلا
Glory belongs to the hero whose banner is kept
from being raised on blood and drenched in it.
يا طلعةَ العامِ الجديدِ تهلَّلي
فالعهدُ بالأعوامِ أن تتهلّلا
O dawn of the new year, shine brightly;
years are known to arrive with a bright face.
طَلعتْ على الإسلامِ في إقبالِه
نُوراً من الأُفُقِِ المُحبَّب مُقبلا
They rose upon Islam in its flourishing days
as light coming from the beloved horizon.
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