وروايةٍand a play نَسجwove النجيبNajib بُرودَهاits robes
وروايةٍ نَسج النجيب بُرودَها
منfrom بحرsea تلكthat الفكرةِthe thought المُتَدفقِsurging
من بحر تلك الفكرةِ المُتَدفقِ
And a play whose robes Najib wove
From the surging sea of that thought,
كمرآةِlike a mirror تُريكshows you النصرَvictory والand the
كمرآةِ تُريك النصرَ وال
فتحconquest المبينmanifest بَداappeared بأبهجin the loveliest رَونقٍِsplendor
فتح المبين بَدا بأبهج رَونقٍِ
Like a mirror showing you victory and the
Manifest conquest, appearing in the loveliest splendor.
فكأنَّماso it is as though زُرنَاwe visited بهاthrough it المَهدىَّthe Mahdi أوor
فكأنَّما زُرنَا بها المَهدىَّ أو
قدindeed جاءَناcame to us مَهديُّهاits Mahdi فيamid فيلَقِa host
قد جاءَنا مَهديُّها في فيلَقِ
So it is as though through it we visited the Mahdi, or
Its Mahdi had indeed come to us amid a host.
نَطَقَتspoke حوادثُهاits events بأَلسنthrough the tongues of غيرother than مَنthose who
نَطَقَت حوادثُها بأَلسن غير مَن
قامواthey took part بهاin them وكذَاكَand such is سحرthe magic المنطقِspeech
قاموا بها وكذَاكَ سحر المنطقِ
Its events spoke through the tongues of people other than those
Who took part in them—and such is the magic of speech.
Sol 6.1