ياO قَوْمُpeople عَيْنَيّmy eyes شامَتْglimpsed
يا قَوْمُ عَيْنَيّ شامَتْ
للجَهْلِof ignorance فيin الجوِّthe sky ناراa fire
للجَهْلِ في الجوِّ نارا
O people, my eyes have glimpsed
Oh my people, my eyes have rejoiced
O my people, my eyes have descried
A fire of ignorance in the sky.
At the ignorance flaming in the air
The fire of ignorance blazing in the sky,
تَتْلوit follows سَحاباًclouds رُكاماًheaped up
تَتْلو سَحاباً رُكاماً
يَتْلوit follows قَتاماًa dark dust-haze مُثاراstirred up
يَتْلو قَتاماً مُثارا
It follows clouds heaped high,
It follows clouds of accumulation
Following billows of heaped-up clouds,
Which follow a stirred-up dark haze,
Followed by darkness stirred up
Trailing a stirred-up, darkling gloom.
يُثيرُit raises فيupon الأرضِthe earth ريحاًa wind
يُثيرُ في الأرضِ ريحاً
يُهيجُit whips up فيهاin it غُباراdust
يُهيجُ فيها غُبارا
That raises a wind upon the earth
It stirs up wind on earth
It whips the earth into a gale,
And whips up dust there.
It excites dust in it
And stirs the dust to a blinding rage.
تُلْفيit finds الشَّديدَthe strong man صَريعاًstruck down
تُلْفي الشَّديدَ صَريعاً
تُبْقيit leaves الأديبَthe man of letters حِماراan ass
تُبْقي الأديبَ حِمارا
It finds the strong man struck down;
It leaves the strong lying dead
It leaves the mighty struck down low,
It leaves the man of letters an ass.
It leaves the gentle asses
And renders the scholar a senseless beast.
مِنهاbecause of it الفَضاءُthe open sky ظَلامٌdarkness
مِنها الفَضاءُ ظَلامٌ
والنَّاسُand the people منْهاbecause of it سُكارىdrunk
والنَّاسُ منْها سُكارى
Because of it, the open sky is darkness,
From it is the darkness of space
Through it, the vast expanse is night,
And because of it, the people are drunk.
And people made drunk by it
And by it, the people reel like drunks.
قَدْindeed أوْرَثَتْهُمْit bequeathed to them دُواراًdizziness
قَدْ أوْرَثَتْهُمْ دُواراً
وأعْقَبَتْهُمْand it left them with خُماراa hangover
وأعْقَبَتْهُمْ خُمارا
It has indeed bequeathed them dizziness
It has left them dizzy
It has bequeathed them a spinning vertigo,
And left them with a hangover.
And followed them with ruin
And left them with a stupor’s heavy wake.
لاnot يَعْرِفُknows المَرْءُa person مِنهاbecause of it
لا يَعْرِفُ المَرْءُ مِنها
لَيْلاًnight رأىhe saw أمْor نَهاراday
لَيْلاً رأى أمْ نَهارا
Because of it, a person cannot tell
A person cannot tell from it
A man knows not, amidst its haze,
Whether he has seen night or day.
If it was night he saw or day
Whether he looks upon the night or day.
يَخالُhe imagines كُلَّevery خَيالٍshadowy figure
يَخالُ كُلَّ خَيالٍ
سَرَىpassed by night تَسَرْبَلَclothed itself فاراa mouse
سَرَى تَسَرْبَلَ فارا
He takes every shadowy figure
Every mirage seems
He deems every passing phantom
That passes robed by night for a mouse.
To have worn splendid attire
A fleeing specter cloaked in fear.
ياO قَوْمُpeople سِرتُمْyou traveled حَثيثاًswiftly
يا قَوْمُ سِرتُمْ حَثيثاً
خُطًىstrides وَرَاءًbackward كِباراgreat
خُطًى وَرَاءً كِبارا
O people, you have hurried along,
Oh my people, you have walked hurriedly
O people, you have marched in haste,
With great strides backward.
In the footsteps of elders
Taking great strides—yet treading backward.
نَبَذْتُمُyou cast away العِلْمَknowledge نَبْذَcasting away الthe
نَبَذْتُمُ العِلْمَ نَبْذَ ال
نَّوىdate pits قِلًىhatred وصَغاراand contempt
نَّوى قِلًى وصَغارا
You cast away knowledge as one casts away the
You have discarded knowledge like
You cast knowledge aside, as one discards
Date pits, in hatred and contempt.
One who intended to burn the few and small
A dry date-stone, with loathing and contempt.
لَبِسْتُمyou wore الجَهْلَignorance ثَوْباًa robe
لَبِسْتُم الجَهْلَ ثَوْباً
تَخَذْتُموهُyou adopted it شِعاراan inner garment
تَخَذْتُموهُ شِعارا
You wore ignorance as a robe;
You have worn the garment of ignorance
You have donned ignorance as a robe,
You made it your inner garment.
You have taken it as your banner
And taken it for your heraldry.
ياO قَوْمُpeople مَاwhat ليwith me أراكُمْI see you
يا قَوْمُ مَا لي أراكُمْ
قَطَنْتُمُyou settled in الجَهْلَignorance داراa home
قَطَنْتُمُ الجَهْلَ دارا
O people, why do I see you
Oh my people, why do I see you
O people, why do I see you thus,
Settled in ignorance as your home?
Having settled into the home of ignorance
Making of ignorance your dwelling place?
أضَعْتُمُyou squandered مَجْدَthe glory of قَوْمٍa people
أضَعْتُمُ مَجْدَ قَوْمٍ
شادواthey raised up الحَياةَlife فَخاراglory
شادوا الحَياةَ فَخارا
You squandered the glory of a people
You have wasted the glory of a people
You wasted the glory of a folk
Who raised life to glory.
Who built the magnificent life
Who built life high with prideful deeds.
أبْقواthey kept سَماءَthe sky of المَعاليnoble achievements
أبْقوا سَماءَ المَعالي
بِماthrough what أضاءواthey shed light مَناراa beacon
بِما أضاءوا مَنارا
They kept the sky of noble achievement
Leave the sky of glory
They kept the sky of eminence
A beacon through the light they shed.
With what they illuminated as beacons
Ablaze with the beacons they had lit.
حاكواthey wove لَكُمْfor you ثَوْبَa robe of عِزٍّhonor
حاكوا لَكُمْ ثَوْبَ عِزٍّ
خَلَعْتُموهُyou took it off احتِقاراin contempt
خَلَعْتُموهُ احتِقارا
They wove for you a robe of honor,
They tailored for you a garment of pride
They wove for you a cloak of might;
Which you took off in contempt.
You have cast it off disdainfully
You stripped it off with utter scorn,
ثمَّthen ارتديتمyou put on
ثمَّ ارتديتم
لَبوسَa garment of خِزيٍdisgrace وعاراand shame
لَبوسَ خِزيٍ وعارا
Then you put on
Then dressed yourselves
And then, instead, you chose to wear
A garment of disgrace and shame.
In the clothing of disgrace and shame
The raiment of disgrace and shame.
ياoh لَيْتَif only قَوْميmy people أصاخواlistened attentively
يا لَيْتَ قَوْمي أصاخوا
لِماto what أقولُI say جِهاراaloud
لِما أقولُ جِهارا
Oh, if only my people would listen
Oh, would that my people listen
Would that my people lent an ear
To what I say aloud!
To what I say loudly
To what I proclaim openly to all.
ياO شِعْرُpoetry أسْمَعْتَyou made yourself heard لكِنْbut
يا شِعْرُ أسْمَعْتَ لكِنْ
قَوْميmy people أراهُمْI see them سُكارىdrunk
قَوْمي أراهُمْ سُكارى
O poetry, you have made yourself heard, but
Oh poetry, you have heard but
O Verse, you have called out, yet
My people—I see them drunk.
My people seem drunk to me
I see my people lost in intoxication.
فلاso do not تُبالِcare إِذاif مَاemphatic particle
فلا تُبالِ إِذا مَا
أعْطواthey gave نِداكَyour call ازْوِراراaversion
أعْطوا نِداكَ ازْوِرارا
So do not mind if
So do not care if they
So do not care if they respond
They turn away from your call.
Give your call enmity
To your call with turned backs and rejection.
واصبِرْand be patient علىwith مَاwhat تُلاقيyou encounter
واصبِرْ على مَا تُلاقي
واصْدَعْand speak out وُقيتَmay you be spared العِثاراstumbling
واصْدَعْ وُقيتَ العِثارا
And be patient with what you face,
And be patient with what you encounter
Be patient with what you must face,
And speak out—may you be spared stumbling!
Break through when you stumble
And speak the truth—may you be saved from stumbling.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model. Gemini 3.5 Flash is a user-supplied attribution. The original record does not identify its model.