مد سلطانه فعز عليهم
أن يروه منازعاً جبارا
He extended his dominion, and they could not bear
He extended his sway, and it galled them
to see him as a formidable rival.
to see him a mighty rival.
وأبى أن يزحزحوه عن المل
ك فقالوا على الحكومة ثارا
He refused to let them dislodge him from the king—
He refused to let them dislodge him from power,
so they said: “He has rebelled against the government.”
so they said, “He rebelled against the government.”
فزعت منه دولةٌ تملأ الدن
يا جنوداً وتملك الأقطارا
A state that fills the world
A state took fright at him, though it fills the world
with troops and rules whole lands took fright at him.
with soldiers and rules the lands.
وهو من قومه وأعدائه مت
تهم الجاه أين سار ودارا
Among his own people and his enemies, his standing was held
And both his people and his enemies mistrust
suspect wherever he went or sojourned.
his influence, wherever he goes and turns.
كيف يقوى الشهيد من بعد ما كا
بد من كل جانب تيارا
How could the persecuted man hold firm after he had struggled
How can the martyr find strength after struggling
against currents assailing him from every side?
against a torrent from every side?
واشتفى في أخ تعثَّر في اللي
لِ رجال لا يأمنون النهارا
Men who fear the daylight took their revenge upon a brother
And vengeance was taken on a brother who stumbled at night
who stumbled in the night.
by men who feel no safety in the daytime.
ما جنى غير أنه كاد للبا
غي عليهم وأدرك الأسرارا
His only offense was that he plotted against the oppressor
He did no wrong save plotting against one who oppressed
who tyrannized over them, and uncovered the secrets.
them, and uncovering the secrets.
وتحدى الغريم فيما نواه
فتقاضى الغريم منه الثارا
He challenged his adversary in what the latter intended,
And he challenged his adversary over his designs,
so the adversary exacted vengeance from him.
so the adversary exacted vengeance from him.
كلما هدَّ من بنى مصر فرداً
هدَّ مما بنته مصر جدارا
Whenever he struck down one son of Egypt,
Whenever he strikes down one of Egypt's sons,
he demolished a wall that Egypt had built.
he knocks down a wall of what Egypt has built.
أيها الشامتون في فدية اليو
م أأنتم ملكتمُ الأقدارا
O you who gloat over today’s victim—
O you who gloat over the one offered as today's ransom,
do you imagine that you command the decrees of fate?
is it you who have mastered the fates?
لم أزل خائفاً عليكم وإن حا
سنتموه المخادع الغدارا
I have never ceased to fear for you, even if you seek to appease
I have always feared for you, even if you have befriended
that treacherous deceiver.
him, that deceitful betrayer.
وأرى يومكم قريباً لدى من
جعل السخط والرضا أدوارا
I see your day drawing near in the eyes of one
And I see your day drawing near with one
who makes wrath and favor take their turns.
who makes wrath and favor come by turns.
والذي من أذاه لاقى أخوكم
سترون الأشدَّ منه مرارا
Whatever harm your brother suffered at his hands,
And the harm your brother suffered at his hands—
you will repeatedly suffer worse from him.
you will see worse than that, time and again.
والذي كان أمس يُخفي يديه
بينكم جاءكم عياناً جهارا
The one who yesterday kept his hands hidden
And he who yesterday concealed his hands
among you has now confronted you plainly and openly.
among you has come to you in plain sight, openly.
ما الذي يلزم المحكَّم وهو ال
مستجاب المطاع أن يتوارى
Why should the absolute arbiter, whose will
What compels the one vested with authority, who is
is answered and obeyed, ever hide himself?
heeded and obeyed, to hide himself?
هنتمُ كلكم عليه فلا غُي
يابكم يتقي ولا الحُضَّارا
You have all become contemptible to him; neither those ab—
You all count for nothing to him; he fears neither
sent nor those present inspire him with fear.
your absent ones nor those present.
فإذا شاء عدكم من موالي
ه وإن شاء عدكم أحرارا
Whenever he wishes, he counts you among his depend—
So if he wishes, he counts you among his dependents;
ents; whenever he wishes, he counts you free.
and if he wishes, he counts you free men.
خطبكم في الطريد أهون عندي
من عذاب الجرحى وذل الأسارى
Your plight concerning the exile matters less to me
Your affair concerning the exile is less grave to me
than the wounded men’s torment and the captives’ humiliation.
than the torment of the wounded and the captives' humiliation.
أخرجوه من الديار إذا كا
ن بها مكثُه يضر الديارا
Drive him out of the land, if his remaining
Expel him from the land, if
there brings harm upon the land.
his staying there harms the land.
وخذوه قربانكم عند قهّا
ركمُ إن بلغتم القهارا
And offer him as your sacrifice before your all-powerful
And take him as your offering before your subduer,
tyrant—if you can ever reach that tyrant.
if you reach the subduer.
فعسى من ضحية اليوم أن لا
تدعوا بعدها له أعذارا
Perhaps today’s victim will ensure that you
So perhaps, through today's sacrifice, you will not
leave him no excuses thereafter.
leave him any excuses afterward.
أي شيء سيرضيه عنكم
ويقيكم حديده والنارا
What could ever make him content with you
What will make him pleased with you
and shield you from his steel and fire?
and shield you from his iron and the fire?
لا نجاة إلا بجمعكم الشم
لَ قوياً وبالنفوس كبارا
There is no salvation except by gathering your scattered
There is no salvation except by drawing yourselves together
ranks into strength, and being great in spirit.
in a strong union, with greatness of soul.
Sol 6.1