حكتtold النواظرthe eyes للنواظرto the eyes
حكت النواظر للنواظر
برحdeparted الخفاءconcealment عنfrom الضمائرthe inner hearts
برح الخفاء عن الضمائر
Eyes spoke to eyes;
The eyes told the eyes
secrecy departed from the hearts.
The secret left the consciences
ماno فيin الغرامpassionate love سريرةa secret
ما في الغرام سريرة
العاشقونthe lovers بلاwithout سرائرsecrets
العاشقون بلا سرائر
In passionate love there is no secret;
There are no secrets in love
lovers are without secrets.
The lovers have no secrets
حدّثtell بوجدكof your passion منwhomever ترىyou see
حدّث بوجدك من ترى
لاdo not تخفهhide it فالأمرfor the matter ظاهرplain
لا تخفه فالأمر ظاهر
Tell whoever you see of your passion;
Talk to the one you love
do not hide it, for the matter is plain.
Don't hide it, for it's evident
بانdeparted الرقيبthe watcher ورُفّعتand were raised
بان الرقيب ورُفّعت
عنfrom وجهthe face of منthe one whom أهوىI love الستائرthe veils
عن وجه من أهوى الستائر
The watcher departed, and the veils were lifted
The guardian is gone, the curtains
from the face of the one I love.
Of the one I love's face are lifted
وبدتand appeared محاسنهاher beauties التيwhich
وبدت محاسنها التي
توحيinspire الكلامspeech لكلto every شاعرpoet
توحي الكلام لكل شاعر
And her beauties appeared, those that
And her beauty appeared, which
inspire speech in every poet.
Inspires speech in every poet
ياO منyou whose لقيتُI suffered بهجرهاthrough her abandonment
يا من لقيتُ بهجرها
ماwhat لاnot يطيبis pleasant بقلبin the heart of هاجرone who abandons
ما لا يطيب بقلب هاجر
O you whose abandonment made me suffer
O you whom I met with her estrangement
what no forsaker's heart would find sweet!
Nothing pleases the heart of one who yearns like me
منwhoever كانwas يصبرendures فيin هواlove (continued)
من كان يصبر في هوا
كyour (completes 'your love') فماso not أناI فيهin it بصابرat all patient
ك فما أنا فيه بصابر
Whoever can endure in love
Who can be patient in love
for you—I cannot endure it.
As I am with what I'm in?
تُيّمتI was enthralled فيby هذيthese الخدوthe cheeks (continued)
تُيّمت في هذي الخدو
د(completes 'cheeks') وهمتand I lost myself فيin تلكthose الغدائرthe tresses
د وهمت في تلك الغدائر
I was enthralled by these cheeks,
I worried about those cheeks
and lost myself in those tresses.
And imagined in those braids
اللهGod فيكconcerning you وفيand concerning جماbeauty (continued)
الله فيك وفي جما
لكyour (completes 'your beauty') وأمريand my state هوit فيكconcerning you حائرbewildered
لك وأمري هو فيك حائر
God help me with you, and with that beauty
May God be with you and your beauty
of yours! My state is bewilderment over you.
And my matter is lost in you
ليI have منكfrom you ماwhat لاnot يستفاis poured forth (continued)
لي منك ما لا يستفا
ض(completes 'is poured forth') بمثلهwith its like فيضthe outpouring الخواطرof thoughts
ض بمثله فيض الخواطر
From you I have what cannot be matched
I have from you what cannot
by any such outpouring of thoughts.
Be matched, outpouring of thoughts
أناI منthe one whose عرفتyou have known وفاءهhis loyalty
أنا من عرفت وفاءه
إنif كانhad ساءكhurt you غدرthe betrayal of غادرa traitor
إن كان ساءك غدر غادر
I am the one whose loyalty you know,
I know his loyalty, so if
if a traitor's betrayal has hurt you.
A betrayer upset you
لمdid not ترضpermit عثمانيتيmy Ottoman identity
لم ترض عثمانيتي
ليfor me أنto أخاتلdeceive أوor أخاترact treacherously
لي أن أخاتل أو أخاتر
My Ottoman identity never permitted
My Ottoman love for you
me to deceive or act treacherously.
Will not trick or cheat
قوميmy people همُthey القومthe people الألىwho
قومي همُ القوم الألى
فاقواsurpassed الأوائلthe earlier ones والأواخرand the later ones
فاقوا الأوائل والأواخر
My people are the people who
My people are the noble folk
surpassed the first and the last.
Beyond the first and the last
كسرواthey broke القيودthe chains وأطلقواand freed
كسروا القيود وأطلقوا
أسراهمtheir captives منfrom كلevery آسرcaptor
أسراهم من كل آسر
They broke the chains and freed
They broke the shackles and freed
their captives from every captor.
Their prisoners from every captor
اهتزتshook الدنياthe world بهمbecause of them
اهتزت الدنيا بهم
واليومand today تهتزshake المنابرthe pulpits
واليوم تهتز المنابر
The world shook because of them,
The world shook with them
and today the pulpits shake.
And today platforms shake
بالأمسyesterday كناwe were معشراًa people
بالأمس كنا معشراً
تبكيweep لحالتناat our condition المعاشرthe peoples
تبكي لحالتنا المعاشر
Yesterday we were a people
Yesterday we were a group
whose plight made other peoples weep.
That wept for our condition
تقتادناlead us away الأيديthe hands الأثيمةsinful
تقتادنا الأيدي الأثيمة
للسجونto the prisons أوor المقابرthe graves
للسجون أو المقابر
Sinful hands would lead us away
The sinful hands led us
to prisons or to graves.
To prisons or graves
ويصولand assail أنصارthe supporters of المليـthe king (continued)
ويصول أنصار المليـ
ـك(completes 'the king') علىagainst الأكابرthe great والأصاغرand the small
ـك على الأكابر والأصاغر
And the king's supporters would charge
The king's supporters raged
against the great and the small.
Against the great and the small
تمشيwalk الأيامىthe widows واليتاand the orphans (continued)
تمشي الأيامى واليتا
مى(completes 'orphans') والمدامعand tears فيin المحاجرthe eye sockets
مى والمدامع في المحاجر
The widows and the orphans walk,
The orphans and the widows walked
with tears in their eye sockets.
With tears in the tear ducts
كمhow many بالمعاقلin the strongholds منof فتىa youth
كم بالمعاقل من فتى
متوقدablaze الأحشاءthe inward parts زافرsighing
متوقد الأحشاء زافر
How many a youth within the strongholds,
How many in the fortresses are youths
his inward parts aflame, heaving sighs!
With burning entrails, snarling
لمdid not يجنcommit ذنباًan offense إنماit was only
لم يجن ذنباً إنما
سارتwent بهwith him القسمthe allotted fates السوائرever-moving
سارت به القسم السوائر
He committed no offense; it was only
Who did no wrong, but
the ever-moving fates that bore him along.
Destiny led him away
لمdid not يبقremain قصرa palace عامراًflourishing
لم يبق قصر عامراً
لكنbut قصرthe palace of الظلمoppression عامرflourishing
لكن قصر الظلم عامر
No palace remained flourishing,
No palace remained inhabited
yet the palace of oppression flourished.
Except the palace of injustice, inhabited
بتناwe spent the night ننوحmourning علىover الأحبْـthe loved ones (continued)
بتنا ننوح على الأحبْـ
ـة(completes 'loved ones') فيin منازلهاtheir dwellings الدوائرruined
ـة في منازلها الدوائر
We spent the night mourning our loved ones
We lamented our loved ones
in their ruined dwellings.
In their homes
أفروقAfrouq حسنكِyour beauty ساحرenchanting
أفروق حسنكِ ساحر
وأناand I أهيمam enamored بكلof every ساحرenchanter
وأنا أهيم بكل ساحر
Afrouq, your beauty is enchanting,
Shall I leave your magic charm
and I am enamored of every enchanter.
As I rave at every magician?
ماnot أنتِyou إلاexcept فتنةan enchantment of الـthe (continued)
ما أنتِ إلا فتنة الـ
أبصارeyes موعظةan admonition to البصائرinner sight
أبصار موعظة البصائر
You are nothing but an enchantment for
You are but the lust of sights
the eyes, an admonition to inner sight.
And the advice of insights
أنتyou التيwhose أودىbrought ruin غراlove (continued)
أنت التي أودى غرا
مكyour (completes 'your love') بالأكاسرto the Chosroes والقياصرand the Caesars
مك بالأكاسر والقياصر
You are the one whose love brought ruin
You who doomed the love
to the Chosroes and the Caesars.
Of conquerors and Caesars
يدعوsummons الخليجthe gulf قلوبهمtheir hearts
يدعو الخليج قلوبهم
فتسيرso they travel فيهthrough it كالمعابرlike ferryboats
فتسير فيه كالمعابر
The gulf summons their hearts,
The Gulf calls their hearts
so they sail through it like ferryboats.
So you walk in it like crossings
للهto God, in admiration قصرa palace شامخtowering
لله قصر شامخ
مدّthe reach of النواظرthe eyes عنهُof it قاصرfalls short
مدّ النواظر عنهُ قاصر
God be praised for a towering palace;
To God is an imposing palace
the reach of the eyes falls short of it.
Sights fell short of it
قصرa palace بهِin it يعلواrises above التساequality (continued)
قصر بهِ يعلوا التسا
وي(completes 'equality') رأسthe head of مأمورone commanded وآمرand one commanding
وي رأس مأمور وآمر
A palace where equality rises above
A palace in which equality is high
the heads of both the commanded and the commander.
Above the head of ruler and commanded
هوit جحفلa mighty host أوor محفلan assembly
هو جحفل أو محفل
فيهwithin it المنازلthe dwellings والمناظرand the vistas
فيه المنازل والمناظر
It is a mighty host, or an assembly;
It is a regiment or council
within it are dwellings and vistas.
In it views and sights
ضاعتwere lost مفاتيحkeys لهُbelonging to it
ضاعت مفاتيح لهُ
واليومand today تفتحهُopen it السماهرthe lances
واليوم تفتحهُ السماهر
Its keys were lost,
Its keys were lost
and today the lances open it.
And today daggers open it
جمعتwere gathered مدارهspokesmen فيهِwithin it عنon behalf of
جمعت مداره فيهِ عن
كلall القبائلthe tribes والعشائرand the clans
كل القبائل والعشائر
Spokesmen were gathered within it on behalf of
It gathered its scope in it
all the tribes and clans.
From all tribes and clans
يتشاورونthey consult one another بأمرهمabout their affairs
يتشاورون بأمرهم
واللهand God فيin عونthe aid of المشاورthe one consulting
والله في عون المشاور
They consult one another about their affairs,
They consult about their matter
and God aids the one who consults.
And God helps advisors
الآنnow لماnow that صارcame to pass ماwhat
الآن لما صار ما
خلناهwe thought it دهراًfor an age غيرnot صائرcoming to pass
خلناه دهراً غير صائر
Now that there has come to pass
Now that what we left
what we long thought would never happen,
For ages not happening, happened
واسترجعand reclaimed النائيthe distant one الحمىthe homeland
واسترجع النائي الحمى
قولthe saying of السعادةhappiness ويكcome now, you! بادرhasten!
قول السعادة ويك بادر
and the distant one has reclaimed the homeland,
And the exiled regained the protected land
happiness says: 'Come now, hasten!'
Say, happiness, speak up
وسعىand hastened الكريمthe noble one إلىto الكريمthe noble one
وسعى الكريم إلى الكريم
مؤازراًgiving support نعمexcellent is المؤازرthe supporter
مؤازراً نعم المؤازر
And the noble hastened to the noble,
The generous strove towards the generous
lending support—what a fine supporter!
Supporting, what great support!
كادتalmost بلادthe lands of اللهGod ترdance (continued)
كادت بلاد الله تر
قص(completes 'dance') حينwhen أقبلتarrived البشائرthe glad tidings
قص حين أقبلت البشائر
The lands of God almost
God's countries almost
danced when the glad tidings arrived.
Sank when the good news came
ياO دهرTime شكركthanking you واجبa duty
يا دهر شكرك واجب
ياO دهرTime ماno فيamong الناسthe people كافرan ingrate
يا دهر ما في الناس كافر
O Time, thanking you is a duty;
O fate, thanking you is a duty
O Time, no one among the people is ungrateful.
O fate, none of the people disbelieve
لمdid not يبقremain ظلمoppression يُتقىto be feared
لم يبق ظلم يُتقى
دارتturned علىagainst الظلمoppression الدوائرthe turns of fate
دارت على الظلم الدوائر
No oppression remains to be feared;
No more injustice to fear
the turns of fate have turned against oppression.
Destiny turned against injustice
Sol 6.1