يا ثَقيلاً عَلى القُلوبِ إِذا عَن
نَ لَها أَيقَنَت بِطولِ الجِهادِ
O you who weigh upon hearts: when you appear
O you who are heavy upon hearts when they despair of you
before them, they know the struggle will be long.
They are certain of the length of struggle
يا قَذىً في العُيونِ يا غُلَّةَ بَي
نَ التَراقي حَزّارَةً في الفُؤادِ
O mote in the eyes, O burning thirst between
O speck in the eyes, O covering between
the collarbones, a gnawing ache in the heart;
Souls whose affections are daggers in the heart
يا طُلوعَ العَدُوِّ ما بَينَ إِلفٍ
يا غَريماً أَتى عَلى ميعادِ
O an enemy's appearance among dear companions;
O enemy risings between intimacy
O a creditor arriving at the appointed time;
O creditor who came at the appointed time
يا رُكوداً في يَومِ غَيمٍ وَصَيفٍ
يا وُجوهَ التِجارِ يَومَ الكَسادِ
O dead calm on a cloudy summer day;
O stagnation on a day of clouds and summer
O merchants' faces on a day of slack trade;
O faces of merchants on a day of recession
خَلِّ عَنّا فَإِنَّما أَنتَ فينا
واوُ عَمرٍو أَو كَالحَديثِ المُعادِ
Leave us alone, for among us you are only
Leave us be, for you are only death in us
the wāw in ʿAmr, or like a tale retold.
Or a life like renewed talk
إِمضِ في غَيرِ صُحبَةِ اللَهِ ما عِش
تَ مُلَقّىً في كُلِّ فَجٍّ وَوادِ
Go without God's companionship, as long as you live,
Live without God’s company what you have lived
cast into every mountain pass and valley.
Cast in every rugged valley
يَتَخَطّى بِكَ المَهامَةِ وَالبي
دِ دَليلٌ أَعمى كَثيرُ الرُقادِ
You are led across the wastes and deserts
With you the guide travels the highlands and desert
by a blind guide much given to sleep.
A blind guide who sleeps a lot
خَلفَكَ الثائِرُ المُصَمِّمِ بِالسَي
فِ وَرِجلاكَ فَوقَ شَوكِ القَتادِ
Behind you is the resolute avenger with the sword,
Behind you the one determined with the sword
and your feet are upon the thorns of the qatād.
And your feet above the thorns of battle
Sol 6.1