يا خفي الغايات والأغراضِ
هات ما كان باقياً في الوفاضِ
O you whose ends and purposes lie hidden,
O you whose ends and aims are hidden,
bring forth whatever remains in the quiver.
Bring what was left in the pouches.
عدت من بعد ما انتهى معول الهد
م فأطلق يديك في الأنقاضِ
You have returned after demolition’s pickaxe was spent;
You returned after the pickaxe of demolition had ceased;
now loose both your hands among the ruins.
So give your hands free rein among the ruins.
وَأَعِدْ ذاهباً وأنشئ جديداً
واقض في الحالتين ما أنت قاضي
Restore what has gone, and fashion something new;
And restore what has gone, and create something new,
in either case, decree whatever you will.
And in both cases, decree what you will.
والذي أنت غير آخذه بال
عنف خذه برقة المرتاضِ
What you cannot take by
And what you do not take by
force, take with the practiced one’s gentleness.
Force, take with a self-disciplined man's gentleness.
قد عرضنا عليك ما نتمنى
ورضينا بما به أنت راضي
We have laid before you what we desire,
We have offered you what we wish for,
and accepted that with which you are content.
And accepted what you are content with.
وأردنا كما أردت سلاماً
بعد طول الإباء والإعراضِ
Like you, we have desired peace,
And we wanted peace, as you wanted it,
after long refusal and estrangement.
After long defiance and turning away.
ورأت عينك الحمية تجري
في الحمى جريَ نيله الفياض
Your eyes saw patriotic ardor coursing
And your eye saw fervor flow
through the homeland like its bountiful Nile.
Through the homeland as its overflowing Nile flows.
وسمعت الهُتاف في الجو يدوي
من قصور منيفة ورياض
You heard the cry resound in the air,
And you heard cheering resound in the air,
from lofty palaces and gardens.
From lofty palaces and gardens.
ذهب الدهر بين أخذ ورد
واجتماع لمغرمٍ وانفضاض
An age passed in give-and-take,
Time passed amid give-and-take,
in union for the ardent lover, and separation.
And gathering for a levy, and dispersing.
وبلونا من ذلك الثمر المر
رِ وعفنا شراب تلك الحياض
We tasted that bitter fruit
And we tasted some of that bitter fruit,
and recoiled from the drink of those pools.
And spurned the drink from those pools.
ومشت بيننا الخصومة في الدس
تور حتى طغت على الأعراض
Discord over the constitution moved among us
Strife over the constitution crept among us,
until it encroached upon people’s honor.
Until it encroached on people's honor.
لم يدم في جديده الضيِّق الحك
م ولا في قديمه الفضفاض
Rule endured neither in its narrow new form
Rule did not endure under its narrow new form,
nor in its spacious old one.
Nor under its ample old one.
ولكل نصيبه من نقيضي
ن ارتفاعٍ كما ترى وانخفاض
Each had a share in the two opposites:
And each has its share of two opposites:
ascent, as you see, and decline.
A rise, as you see, and a fall.
والفريقان بين يوم انبساطٍ
في مداريهما ويوم انقباض
The two parties alternate between a day of expansion
And both sides move between a day of expansion
in their twin orbits and a day of contraction.
In their two orbits, and a day of contraction.
آن أن نعرف الحقيقة من بع
د احتمال أطلته وافتراض
It is time we knew the truth, after
It is time we knew the truth, after
endurance that you prolonged, and supposition.
Conjecture you prolonged, and supposition.
والأراجيف رائحات غواد
في ميادينها الطوال العراض
Rumors circulate by evening and morning,
And rumors go forth at evening and at dawn,
across their arenas, long and broad.
Across their long, broad arenas.
قد عرفت الهوى فلا تلتمسه
بعد هذا من النواحي البغاض
You have learned what desire is; seek it no longer
You have known affection; so do not seek it
after this among the hostile quarters.
After this, from hostile quarters.
ليس يبقى على الأعاصير عهد
تبتنيه من القلوب المراض
No compact can withstand the hurricanes
No covenant can withstand the whirlwinds
when you build it out of diseased hearts.
If you build it from diseased hearts.
يطلب الشعب حقه وهو حتم
غير مستبدل ولا معتاض
The people demand their right, and it is an imperative
The people demand their right; it is an imperative,
neither to be exchanged nor bartered away.
Not to be exchanged or replaced by compensation.
ويرى الصلح بالفريقين أولى
وهو ماضٍ به كما أنت ماضي
They deem reconciliation better for both parties,
And they deem reconciliation more fitting for both sides,
and pursue it, just as you do.
And they press ahead with it, just as you do.
Sol 6.1