أحبكI love you أغنيةa song فيin الثغورthe lips
أحبك أغنية في الثغور
وحلمand a dream هناءbliss ورهجand a dust-cloud حبورjoy
وحلم هناء ورهج حبور
I love you as a song upon lips,
I love you, a song in the frontiers,
And a dream of bliss, and a dust-cloud of joy,
A dream of bliss and glow of embers,
وأمنيةand a wish تتعرىstand naked المنىthe wishes
وأمنية تتعرى المنى
لديهاbefore it صغاراًsmall كحلمlike a dream الصغيرthe little child
لديها صغاراً كحلم الصغير
And a wish—all wishes stand naked
A wish that strips off intention,
Before it, small as a little child's dream.
It has little ones like a child's dream,
وأهواكand I adore you أسطورةa legend تكتسينyou clothe yourself in
وأهواك أسطورة تكتسين
انتفاضthe shudder المدىthe expanse وجلالand the majesty العصورthe ages
انتفاض المدى وجلال العصور
And I adore you as a legend, clothing yourself in
And I adore you, a legend that dresses
The shudder of the expanse and the majesty of the ages.
The rebellion of space and glory of eras,
علىupon مفرقthe crown الدهرtime منكfrom you ائتلاقradiance
على مفرق الدهر منك ائتلاق
وفيand in مقلthe eyes الشهبthe shooting stars أفياءshadows نورlight
وفي مقل الشهب أفياء نور
Upon time's crown shines a radiance from you,
At the crossroads of time, your illumination,
And in the eyes of shooting stars, shadows of light.
And in the eyelid of meteors, bright light.
أكرI turn back علىto الزمنtime المنقضيgone by
أكر على الزمن المنقضي
فألقاكso I find you فيin كلevery أمرaffair خطيرmomentous
فألقاك في كل أمر خطير
I turn back to time gone by,
I am generous on the elapsed time,
And find you in every momentous affair.
So I met you in every perilous matter,
وأيّand what إلهgod سطاheld sway فيthrough العصورthe ages
وأيّ إله سطا في العصور
ولمand did not يكbe منكfrom you وأيّand what أميرprince
ولم يك منك وأيّ أمير
And what god held sway through the ages
And which god extended in the eras,
And was not of you—and what prince?
And was not from you, and which prince?
أرىI see منfrom خلالthe midst of الزمانtime البعيدdistant
أرى من خلال الزمان البعيد
قوافلcaravans تمتدstretch منfrom شطthe shore صورTyre
قوافل تمتد من شط صور
I see, through distant time,
I see through the distant time,
Caravans stretching from the shore of Tyre,
Caravans that extend from the shore of Tyre,
وتسريand journey by night علىto هينماتmurmurs الحداةthe camel-drivers
وتسري على هينمات الحداة
وتغدوand set out at dawn علىto زقزقاتchirping الطيورthe birds
وتغدو على زقزقات الطيور
And journeying by night to the camel-drivers' murmurs,
And flow on the dunes of the nomads,
And setting out at dawn to the chirping of birds.
And return at dawn to the chirping of birds.
فيرتقصthen dances الكونthe universe تيهاًproudly ويزهوand exults
فيرتقص الكون تيهاً ويزهو
ويرفلand trails its robes بالأرجوانin purple الوثيرsumptuous
ويرفل بالأرجوان الوثير
Then the universe dances in pride and exults,
So the universe dances confused and blooms,
And trails its robes of sumptuous purple.
And flourishes with plenty of purple,
وتغفوand slumber الكواكبthe stars فيon كلevery أفقhorizon
وتغفو الكواكب في كل أفق
بعيدfar-off نشاوىintoxicated بهمسby the whisper of العطورperfumes
بعيد نشاوى بهمس العطور
And the stars slumber on every horizon
And the planets sleep in every distant horizon,
Far-off, drunk on the whisper of perfumes.
Faraway, whispered by fragrances.
وابصرand I behold أشرعةsails جارياتgliding
وابصر أشرعة جاريات
علىon اليمthe sea لماعةgleaming فيin الأثيرthe ether
على اليم لماعة في الأثير
And I behold gliding sails,
And I see sails of ships
On the sea, gleaming in the ether,
On the sea flickering in the ether,
كسربlike a flock منof الحورthe houris يعبثنthey play
كسرب من الحور يعبثن
بالزمردwith emerald مسترسلاتflowing freely الشعورthe hair
بالزمرد مسترسلات الشعور
Like a flock of houris playing
Like a flock of nymphs playing
With emerald, their hair flowing free.
With emeralds, hair flowing.
تميلthey sway بماwith what حملتهthey have carried it وتمضيand sail on
تميل بما حملته وتمضي
خفافاًlightly علىon بركاتthe blessings of القديرthe Almighty
خفافاً على بركات القدير
They sway with what they carry and sail on,
They tilt with what they carried and leave
Lightly, on the blessings of the Almighty.
Lightly on the blessings of the Capable,
وتمتدand stretch أفياؤهاtheir shadows فإذاand behold الشطوطthe shores
وتمتد أفياؤها فإذا الشطوط
هياكلtemples قدسsanctity وفيرabundant
هياكل قدس وفير
And their shadows stretch, and behold, the shores
And their glow extends, and there the shores
Are temples of abundant sanctity.
Are frames of sanctity and embers.
بلاديmy country فديتكI would give my life for you وزّعتyou distributed فيamong
بلادي فديتك وزّعت في
البراياall creation فرادكyour uniqueness نجوىa whisper بخورincense
البرايا فرادك نجوى بخور
My country, I would die for you; you shared with
My country, I ransom you, you have scattered in
All creation your uniqueness, a whisper of incense.
The deserts your individuals, scent of incense,
شرعتyou ordained السخاءgenerosity وكوفيتand you were repaid عنهfor it
شرعت السخاء وكوفيت عنه
منby المجتدينthose seeking gifts بعقwith ingratitude وزورand falsehood
من المجتدين بعق وزور
You ordained generosity, and for it were repaid
You have set out generosity and sufficed from
By those who sought your gifts, with ingratitude and falsehood.
The transgressors with mind and falsehood.
مضىwent forth فيin العصورthe ages الطوالعdawning منfrom
مضى في العصور الطوالع من
سمائكyour sky طيرa bird ولاand not كالطيورlike the birds
سمائك طير ولا كالطيور
In the dawning ages, there went forth from
There has passed in the long eras from
Your sky a bird unlike other birds.
Your skies a bird that is not like birds,
تخطىcrossed beyond السحابthe clouds ومرّغand rubbed بالشموسagainst the suns
تخطى السحاب ومرّغ بالشموس
جناحيهits two wings دونunlike النسورthe eagles
جناحيه دون النسور
It crossed the clouds and rubbed against the suns
It crossed the clouds and rubbed with suns
Its two wings, as no eagle did.
Its wings without eagles.
وألوىand turned كثيرabundant in الحنانtenderness إلىtoward الفضاءthe open sky
وألوى كثير الحنان إلى الفضاء
وماتand died طعامfood for السعيرthe blazing fire
ومات طعام السعير
And, full of tenderness, it turned toward the open sky,
And it coiled a lot of affection into space,
And died, food for the blazing fire.
And the food of the fiery perished,
ولكنهbut it نفضتshook off نفسهits soul
ولكنه نفضت نفسه
رمادthe ashes of الردىdeath قبلbefore يومthe day of النشورresurrection
رماد الردى قبل يوم النشور
Yet its soul shook off
But it shook off itself
The ashes of death before the Day of Resurrection.
The ashes of misery before the day of resurrection.
ألاtake heed فانفضيso shake off الذلhumiliation عنكfrom yourself وقوميand rise
ألا فانفضي الذل عنك وقومي
بلاديmy country علىto زغرداتthe trills of النفيرthe call to arms
بلادي على زغردات النفير
Take heed! Shake humiliation off yourself and rise,
Rise, my country, on the warbling of mobilization,
My country, to the trills of the call to arms.
Shake off disgrace from you and stand
Sol 6.1