واقعٌa reality أروعُmore wondrous منthan نسجِthe weaving of الخيالimagination
واقعٌ أروعُ من نسجِ الخيال
ومنand among الأنباءthe tidings صدقٌtruth كالمُحالlike the impossible
ومن الأنباء صدقٌ كالمُحال
A reality more wondrous than imagination's weaving.
A reality more beautiful than the weaving of imagination
And among the tidings, a truth that seems impossible.
And news of truth like the impossible
ويقينٌand certainty أذهلstunned الشكّdoubt فلمso did not
ويقينٌ أذهل الشكّ فلم
يبقremain للشكّfor doubt علىon الأرضthe earth مجالroom
يبق للشكّ على الأرض مجال
And a certainty stunned doubt, so there was no
And certainty that stunned doubt so
Room left for doubt upon the earth.
Doubt had no more room on earth
وإذاand when ماfor emphasis استيقظawakened الحقّtruth فلاthen let not
وإذا ما استيقظ الحقّ فلا
عُدّbe counted فيamong الأحياءthe living عبّادthe worshippers of الضلالerror
عُدّ في الأحياء عبّاد الضلال
And when truth awakens, let not
And when truth awoke there was no
The worshippers of error be counted among the living.
Counting among the living the worshipers of misguidance
لعنةٌa curse خرقاءُsenseless فرعونيةٌpharaonic
لعنةٌ خرقاءُ فرعونيةٌ
تلكthat ياO هتلرُHitler أمor ريحthe wind of الزوالdownfall
تلك يا هتلرُ أم ريح الزوال
A senseless, pharaonic curse—
An old curse, Pharaonic
Is that it, O Hitler, or the wind of downfall?
That, O Hitler, is the wind of decline
وضحاياكand your victims الألىthose whom أرهَقتَهمyou wore them down
وضحاياك الألى أرهَقتَهم
شربواthey drank الوهمَdelusion علىat ذكرthe mention of الخيالfantasy
شربوا الوهمَ على ذكر الخيال
And your victims, whom you wore down,
And your victims that you exhausted
Drank delusion at the mention of fantasy.
Drank illusion in the mention of imagination
وترىand you see البيدthe deserts وقدand already روّيتهyou watered it
وترى البيد وقد روّيته
بالدمwith blood الدافقgushing منfrom صيدthe hunting of الرجالmen
بالدم الدافق من صيد الرجال
And you see the wastes, which you have watered
And you see the waste that you watered
With blood gushing from men taken as prey.
With the flowing blood of the hunting of men
والعذارىand the maidens أورَدتهنَbrought them to water الوَغىwar
والعذارى أورَدتهنَ الوَغى
مورِداًa watering place غطّتcovered حوافيهits edges الصلالvipers
مورِداً غطّت حوافيه الصلال
And the maidens—war led them
And the virgins whom strife brought
To a watering place whose edges vipers covered.
To a pasture whose edges were covered in sterility
واليتامىand the orphans بينbetween مفطومone weaned علىon
واليتامى بين مفطوم على
ذلّةthe humiliation of الجوعhunger وأنضاءand those wasted by اعتلالillness
ذلّة الجوع وأنضاء اعتلال
And the orphans—some weaned on
And the orphans between one weaned on
Hunger's humiliation, others wasted by illness.
The humiliation of hunger and nights of weakness
والثكالىand the bereaved mothers ذُقنthey tasted منfrom كفّthe palm of الردىdeath
والثكالى ذُقن من كفّ الردى
حمَمَburning coals of الثكلloss of a child فأبكينso they made ... weep الجبالthe mountains
حمَمَ الثكل فأبكين الجبال
And the bereaved mothers tasted from death's palm
And the bereaved women endured from the palm of misery
The burning coals of bereavement, and made the mountains weep.
The heat of bereavement so they made the mountains weep
أينwhere ياO جزّارbutcher ماwhat أرهَفتَهyou sharpened it
أين يا جزّار ما أرهَفتَه
لبنىfor the children of الإنسانِhumankind منof دامىbloodstained النصالblades
لبنى الإنسانِ من دامى النصال
Where, O butcher, is what you sharpened
Where, O butcher, is what you made delicate
For the children of man—those bloodstained blades?
For the children of man of the blood of swords
أينwhere صرحُthe edifice of المجدglory قدalready شيّدتَهyou erected it
أين صرحُ المجد قد شيّدتَه
فوقabove أشلاءِthe torn remains of الضحاياthe victims والرمالand the sands
فوق أشلاءِ الضحايا والرمال
Where is the edifice of glory you erected
Where is the edifice of glory you built
Above the victims' torn remains and the sands?
Over the limbs of victims and sands
مصرَعٌa place of death للخيرfor goodness لمdid not تحفِلyou care بهabout it
مصرَعٌ للخير لم تحفِل به
بعدafter أنthat صالَcharged بكthrough you الشرevil وجالand roamed
بعد أن صالَ بك الشر وجال
A killing ground for goodness, which you paid no heed to,
An end to good that you did not care for
After evil charged and roamed through you.
After evil befell you and wandered
أينwhere لاno أينwhere فقدfor indeed ضمّembraced الثرىthe soil
أين لا أين فقد ضمّ الثرى
رائدthe leader of البغيoppression فماso not يجديavails السؤالasking
رائد البغي فما يجدي السؤال
Where? No more 'where'—for the soil has embraced
Where, no where, as the earth embraced
The leader of oppression, so asking serves no purpose.
The leader of oppression so questioning is useless
منfrom ضِفافِthe banks of الرينthe Rhine طارتflew شُعلةa flame
من ضِفافِ الرين طارت شُعلة
شبّهاhe kindled it الفُهرَرُthe Führer حمراءُred الظلالthe shadows
شبّها الفُهرَرُ حمراءُ الظلال
From the banks of the Rhine a flame flew,
From the banks of the Rhine rose a flame
Kindled by the Führer, its shadows red.
Lit by volcanoes, red shadows
ضجّتِcried out الدنياthe world لهاat it جازِعَةًin anguish
ضجّتِ الدنيا لها جازِعَةً
ثمthen غنّتsang بعدafter أنthat ماتdied الذُبالthe wicks
ثم غنّت بعد أن مات الذُبال
The world cried out in anguish at it,
The world cried out to it terrified
Then sang after the wicks had died.
Then sang after the wolves died
فاكتبواso write بالنارwith fire فيin تاريخهاits history
فاكتبوا بالنار في تاريخها
صفحةًa page تبقىendures علىthrough مرّthe passing of الليالthe nights
صفحةً تبقى على مرّ الليال
So write with fire in its history
So write with fire in its history
A page that endures through the passing of nights:
A page that remains through the nights
أمّةٌa nation ماتتdied لتحياso that they might live أُمَمٌnations
أمّةٌ ماتت لتحيا أُمَمٌ
شربتthey drank منfrom كفّهاits palm كأسَthe cup of النكالexemplary punishment
شربت من كفّها كأسَ النكال
A nation died so that nations might live
A nation died so nations may live
That had drunk from its palm the cup of punishment.
Drinking from its palm the cup of agony
Sol 6.1