نادِ المَنايا، وقُل لِلرِّيحِ: يا رِيحُ

نادِ المَنايا، وقُل لِلرِّيحِ: يا رِيحُ

النَّاسُ في الحَربِ قَتْلَى أَو مَجَارِيحُ

النَّاسُ في الحَربِ قَتْلَى أَو مَجَارِيحُ

Call out to death, and say to the wind: O wind!

Summon the fates, and say to the wind: "O Wind!"

In war, people are dead or wounded.

The people in war are but the slain or the wounded.

يُسَارِعُونَ إِليها دُونَما سَبَبٍ

يُسَارِعُونَ إِليها دُونَما سَبَبٍ

كَأنّهم حَطَبٌ لِلنَّارِ مَطروحُ

كَأنّهم حَطَبٌ لِلنَّارِ مَطروحُ

They rush to it without a reason,

They rush toward it without cause or reason,

as though they were firewood cast down for the fire.

As though they are firewood cast into the flames.

أَجسادُهُم فَوقَ صَدرِ الأَرضِ عاريةٌ

أَجسادُهُم فَوقَ صَدرِ الأَرضِ عاريةٌ

فَإِنْ تَجِدْ كَفَناً فَالأَثْلُ والشِّيحُ

فَإِنْ تَجِدْ كَفَناً فَالأَثْلُ والشِّيحُ

Their bodies lie naked upon the earth's breast;

Their bodies lie naked upon the earth's breast,

and if you find a shroud, it is tamarisk and wormwood.

And should they find a shroud, it is but tamarisk and wormwood.

إِلى متى يَتَخَلَّى الشَّعبُ عَن دَمِهِ

إِلى متى يَتَخَلَّى الشَّعبُ عَن دَمِهِ

وليسَ يُسعِفُهُ (عِيسَى) ولا (نُوحُ)؟

وليسَ يُسعِفُهُ (عِيسَى) ولا (نُوحُ)؟

How long will the people forsake their own blood,

How long will the people forsake their own blood,

with neither Jesus nor Noah coming to their aid?

When neither Jesus nor Noah brings them aid?

لا العتْبُ يُوقِظُهُ.. لا السَّوطُ يُلهِبُهُ

لا العتْبُ يُوقِظُهُ.. لا السَّوطُ يُلهِبُهُ

ولا يُحَرِّكُهُ هَجْوٌ وتَجرِيحُ

ولا يُحَرِّكُهُ هَجْوٌ وتَجرِيحُ

Neither reproach awakens them, nor the whip inflames them,

No reproach awakens them, no whip inflames their spirit,

nor do invective and disparagement stir them.

Nor does scorn or cutting insult stir them.

تَجَمَّدَت كَلِماتُ اللهِ في فَمِهِ

تَجَمَّدَت كَلِماتُ اللهِ في فَمِهِ

وغَامَ في صَدرِهِ ذِكرٌ وتَسبيحُ

وغَامَ في صَدرِهِ ذِكرٌ وتَسبيحُ

God's words have frozen in their mouths,

The words of God have frozen within their mouths,

and remembrance and praise have clouded over in their breasts.

And in their chests, prayer and praise have turned to mist.

مَسَاجِدُ اللهِ في الأَسحارِ صامِتةٌ

مَسَاجِدُ اللهِ في الأَسحارِ صامِتةٌ

تَجَمَّدَت في المَحَارِيبِ التَّراويحُ

تَجَمَّدَت في المَحَارِيبِ التَّراويحُ

God's mosques are silent in the hours before dawn;

The mosques of God stand silent in the dawns,

the Tarawih prayers have frozen in the prayer niches.

And in the prayer niches, the night vigils stand frozen.

القَلبُ مُنفَطِرٌ حُزناً ومُنكسِرٌ

القَلبُ مُنفَطِرٌ حُزناً ومُنكسِرٌ

والعَينُ دامِعةٌ, والرُّوحُ مَجرُوحُ

والعَينُ دامِعةٌ, والرُّوحُ مَجرُوحُ

The heart is rent with grief and broken,

The heart is cloven with grief and utterly broken,

and the eye is tearful, and the soul wounded.

The eye sheds tears, and the soul lies wounded.

الضَّالِعُونَ الضَّحَايا بِئسَ ما اقتَرَفُوا

الضَّالِعُونَ الضَّحَايا بِئسَ ما اقتَرَفُوا

هُمُ الزَّنازِنُ فيها والمَفَاتِيحُ

هُمُ الزَّنازِنُ فيها والمَفَاتِيحُ

The complicit victims—how vile the deeds they have committed!

The complicit victims—wretched is what they have wrought;

They are the prison cells within it, and the keys.

They are, at once, the dungeon cells and the keys.

ماذا تَبَقَّى لَهُم مِنهُم؟! ولَيسَ لَهم

ماذا تَبَقَّى لَهُم مِنهُم؟! ولَيسَ لَهم

في عالَمِ اليَومِ لا نَبضٌ ولا رُوحُ

في عالَمِ اليَومِ لا نَبضٌ ولا رُوحُ

What remains to them of themselves?! And they have

What remains for them of their own selves? For they have,

in today's world neither pulse nor soul.

In this modern world, neither pulse nor soul.

تَكَاثَرَت في زَمَانِ الرُّعبِ آلِهَةُ الــ

تَكَاثَرَت في زَمَانِ الرُّعبِ آلِهَةُ الــ

ـفَوضَى جُزَافاً.. فقُل لِلرِّيحِ: يا رِيحُ

ـفَوضَى جُزَافاً.. فقُل لِلرِّيحِ: يا رِيحُ

In the age of terror, there have multiplied the gods of

In the age of terror, the gods have multiplied—

chaos, at random... so say to the wind: O wind!

Gods of random chaos... so say to the wind: "O Wind!"