Sol 6.1

  1.  وداعاً أيها الملك الجليل

    دنا سفر ومهدت السبيل

    Farewell, O august king.

    A journey draws near, and the way is prepared.

  2. ستحملك النجائب نحو ملك

    كهذا الملك لكن لا يزول

    The noble mounts will carry you toward a realm

    Like this realm, but one that never passes away.

  3. وعرش ليس ترقاه المنايا

    وتاج فوق رأسك لا يميل

    And a throne that death cannot ascend,

    And a crown above your head that never tilts.

  4. أهذا الوجه يدركه أفول

    نعم والزهر يدركها أفول

    Can this face be overtaken by fading?

    Yes—and flowers, too, are overtaken by fading.

  5. ألا فلتبكه مقل الأعالي

    وإن كثير أدمعها قليل

    Ah, let the eyes of the heights weep for him;

    And even their plentiful tears are few.

  6. لقد عزفت له أمس المعالي

    وهذا اليوم نغمتها عويل

    Indeed, lofty honors played music for him yesterday,

    And today their melody is wailing.

  7. سمعت مدافع الأحزان تدوي

    فقلت لصحبتي نبأ جليل

    I heard the cannons of grief booming,

    So I said to my companions, 'Momentous news!'

  8. وأبصرت البنود منكسات

    تقاصر في الفضاء وتستطيل

    And I saw the banners lowered,

    Shrinking in the air and stretching out,

  9. خوافق كالضمائر في اساها

    كأن بها صواريها تشول

    Fluttering like consciences in their sorrow,

    As though their masts were lifting them aloft.

  10. واحست حمرها مسحت دموعاً

    على بعض الخدود غدت تسيل

    And I felt their red patches had wiped away tears

    That had begun to stream down some cheeks.

  11. رويداً إيها الركب المنائي

    لأمر ما تعجلك الرحيل

    Gently, O departing cortege;

    For some reason, departure has hurried you.

  12. تسير بمن تشيعه الأماني

    لمثواه وتتبعه العقول

    You journey with one whom hopes escort

    To his resting place, and whom minds follow.

  13. تنقل في قصور العزحتى

    يكون لقصره الأبقى وصول

    Pass through the palaces of glory until

    His most enduring palace is reached.

  14. وجل بالنعش في أرجاء ملك

    كما قد كان صاحبه يجول

    And roam with the bier through a realm's reaches,

    As its occupant once used to roam.

  15. فذاك تعلل لو كان يشفي

    غليل النفس لانطفأ الغليل

    For that is solace; if it could heal

    The soul's burning thirst, that thirst would be quenched.

  16. بكى التاميز صاحبه المفدى

    فجاوبه هنا هرم ونيل

    The Thames wept for its cherished master,

    And here a pyramid and the Nile answered it.

  17. وباب البحر جف به عباب

    وبات البر سلن به سهول

    And at the sea's gate, the surging waters dried up,

    And the land lay through the night, its plains streaming over it.

  18. هناك السابحات لها زفير

    وثم السابقات لها صهيل

    There, the swimming vessels sigh,

    And there, the racing horses neigh.

  19. تشابه لا عجات في الخوافي

    إذا اختلفت ظواهرها الشكول

    Burning griefs are alike in their hidden depths,

    Even when their outward forms differ.

  20. لقد هال الورى خطب دهاهم

    ولا عجب فذا خطب يهول

    Indeed, a calamity that befell mankind has appalled them,

    And no wonder, for this is an appalling calamity.

  21. قضى أدورد عن مجداثيل

    ويبقى بعده المجد الأثيل

    Edward died, leaving deep-rooted glory,

    And after him that deep-rooted glory remains.

  22. فإن ثكلته أمته لحين

    فإن لمثله الدنيا ثكول

    For if his nation is bereaved of him for a time,

    Then the world is indeed bereaved of one such as him.

  23. وإن يك ساءه عمر قصير

    فإنا ساءنا حزن طويل

    And if a short life saddened him,

    Then long sorrow has saddened us.

  24. وإن طال الحمام إلى علاه

    فثم الهضب تغمرها السيول

    And if death reached up to his heights,

    For there, the uplands are engulfed by torrents.

  25. فهل في المالكين له مثيل

    أما والله ليس له مثيل

    Then, is there an equal to him among rulers?

    Indeed, by God, he has no equal.

  26. سيذكره السلام إذا اضمحلت

    قواعده وكاد بها يميل

    Peace will remember him upon the crumbling

    Of its foundations, and when it nearly totters with them.

  27. وتنشده السياسة إن دجتها

    دياجي الشك وارتبك الدليل

    And statecraft will seek him if it is darkened

    By doubt's black nights, and the guide grows bewildered.

  28. وتطلبه العواصم لا تراه

    وعاصمة البقاء له مقيل

    And the capitals will seek him, but will not see him,

    And the capital of eternity is his place of repose.

  29. أبا الأحرار لا ينساك حر

    شبابهمو يجلك والكهول

    Father of the free, no free man forgets you;

    Their young men revere you, as do their mature men.

  30. رفعت بناءهم وجريت معهم

    كذاك الليث تتبعه الشبول

    You raised their edifice and ran with them;

    Thus the lion is followed by the cubs.

  31. تناديك الشعوب بكل أرض

    فليتك سامع ماذا تقول

    The peoples call to you in every land;

    If only you could hear what they say!

  32. تناجي منك حاميها المرجى

    وصولتها إذا قامت تصول

    They commune with their hoped-for protector in you,

    And their might when they rise to charge.

  33. وهذا اليوم قد خفضت رؤوساً

    كزهر الروض يخفضها الذبول

    And today they have lowered their heads,

    Like the garden's flowers, bowed by withering.

  34. سلام الله يا ادورد منا

    عليك وبعد فالصبر جميل

    God's peace, O Edward, from us

    Be upon you; and now, patience is beautiful.