ونافستنيand begrudged me صروفvicissitudes دهريmy lifetime فيin الthe
ونافستني صروف دهري في ال
فوزattainment ببرof filial devotion to الآباءthe parents فيin الرجمthe graves
فوز ببر الآباء في الرجم
And the turns of my fate begrudged me the
The turns of fate competed with me
privilege of honoring parents in their graves.
To reach the graves of my fathers by foot
لوif كنتI were أستطيعable أنto أزورهماvisit them both
لو كنت أستطيع أن أزورهما
مشياwalking علىon الرأسthe head لاnot علىon القدمthe foot
مشيا على الرأس لا على القدم
If I could visit them both,
If I could visit them
walking on my head, not on my feet,
Walking on my head not my feet
بادرتI would hasten أمشيI walk علىupon ثرىthe dust of جدثيthe two graves of
بادرت أمشي على ثرى جدثي
أعزthe dearest of أهليmy family عليto me كالقلمlike a pen
أعز أهلي علي كالقلم
I would hasten to walk upon the dust of the two graves
I would hasten to walk on the soil of their graves
of my kin most dear to me, like a pen.
My dear family is most precious to me
لكنbut بمصرin Egypt قبرa grave وفيand in شيزرShayzar
لكن بمصر قبر وفي شيزر
قبرa grave وداريand my home بمنتأىin the remote region of العجمthe non-Arabs
قبر وداري بمنتأى العجم
But one grave is in Egypt, and in Shayzar
But in Egypt there is a grave and in Shizir
another grave, while my home is far away among non-Arabs.
A grave and my home is far in the foreign lands
والظلمand injustice فيon الأرضthe earth مانعيbarring me كلall ماthat which
والظلم في الأرض مانعي كل ما
أبغيهI seek it حتىeven زيارةa visit to الرممthe decayed remains
أبغيه حتى زيارة الرمم
And injustice on earth denies me all that
And injustice in the earth prevents me from
I seek—even a visit to the decayed remains.
All I desire even visiting their tombs
وماand not ظننتI thought الذيthat which لقيتI suffered منfrom الدbeginning of 'the world'
وما ظننت الذي لقيت من الد
نياcompletion of 'the world' تراهsee it عينايmy two eyes فيin الحلمa dream
نيا تراه عيناي في الحلم
And I never thought that what I suffered in this
And I never thought what I experienced in life
world was something my eyes would see even in a dream.
My eyes would see again even in a dream
Sol 6.1