طوفان تسونامي — Adnan Alnahwi

زَلْزِلي يا " بِحَار " وابْتَلِعي الأرْ

ضَ وأَلْقي مِنْ جَوْفِكَ الأَهْوالا

Quake, O seas, and swallow the earth,

and cast horrors from your depths.

أطْلقي الموْجَ كالجبال تَدَافعْـ

ـنَ جِبالاً تَعْلُو وتَهْوي جِبالا

Unleash the waves like mountains, surging against one another—

mountains rising, then falling as mountains.

واعْصفي يا " بِحَارُ " بالموتِ هُبِّي

بالأعاصير تَسْحقُ الأجْْيالا

And rage, O seas; surge forth with death,

with hurricanes crushing generations.

هاهُنا أمْسِ كان خلْقٌ كثيرٌ

أينَ غابوا ؟! فكلّ شيءٍ زالا

Here yesterday were multitudes;

where have they vanished? Everything is gone.

فاجَأتْهُمْ عواصِفٌ فاسْتَداروا

لِنَجاةٍ فَمَا أَصَابُوا مَنَالا

Storms took them unawares, and they turned

toward deliverance, but attained no escape.

والتطامُ الأمْواج ! يَجْرُفُ دُنْيَا

هُمْ ! وعَصْفُ الآفاق هاجَ وجالا

The crashing waves sweep away their world,

and the storm across the horizons raged and roamed.

ودويٌّ تَراهُ يَزْحَفُ بالْمَوْ

تِ فَيُلْقِي الهلاكَ والأَوْجالا

And a roar—you see it advancing with death,

casting destruction and terrors.

أيّ زَحْفٍ تَرَاُه يَقْتَلِعُ البُنْيَـ

ــانَ والأهْلَ ! يَخْطَفُ الآجَالا

What an onrush you see uprooting buildings

and their inhabitants, snatching away lifespans!

يا لَهَوْلٍ تَرَاهُ يَجْتَاحُ أَقْطا

راً وَيَمْتدّ فِتْنَةً ونَكَالا

What horror you see sweeping through countries

and spreading as affliction and punishment!

مَلأَ الهَوْلُ كُلَّ دارٍ أَتَاها

أَنْدُنِسْيا والهِنْدَ والصُّومالا

Horror filled every home it reached:

Indonesia, India, and Somalia,

ورَوابِي سِرْلَنْك ! تيْلندَ ! تَبْكِي

كُلُّها الدَّارَ والرُّبَى والرِّجالا

and the hills of Sri Lanka, and Thailand, weep—

all of them—for homes, hills, and men.

فُجِّرَتْ تِلْكُمُ البِحارُ وجُنَّتْ

غَضَباً جَاوزَ الرُؤى والخَيالا

Those seas were made to erupt and went mad

with fury beyond visions and imagination.

ورَمَى جَوْفُها القذائِفَ أَمْوا

جاً تَوالَتْ وَ أَعْوَلَتْ إِعْوالا

Their depths hurled projectiles—waves

that followed one another and wailed aloud.

وَعَلَتْ في الفضاءِ أيّ عُلوٍّ

حَمَلتْ في عُلُوِّها الأحْمَالا

And rose into the air—how high!

carrying loads in their ascent.

وَهَوَتْ تَنْشُر البلاء بَلاءً

حيث تَهْوي وتَنْثُُرُ الأطْلالا

And fell, spreading calamity upon calamity

wherever they plunged, scattering ruins.

وتَراها كَأنَّها البَرْقُ مرَّت

تَخْطفُ الخَلْقَ والنُّفوسَ اغتيالا

And you see them pass as though they were lightning,

snatching creatures and souls, killing without warning.

تَنْزِعُ النَّاسَ للفضاءِ وترميْ

يا لَهْولٍ يُرَوِّعُ الأهْوالا

Tearing people into the air and flinging them—

what horror, terrifying even horrors!

مُزِّقِوا ثُمَّ غُيِّبِوا بين أَطْلا

لٍ يُنَاجُون تِلْكُمُ الأطلالا

They were torn apart, then hidden among ruins,

whispering to those ruins.

وأَمَانٍ تَنَاثَرَتْ وتَنَاءَتْ

وهي تَبْكي دِيَارها والآلا

And hopes were scattered and grew far apart,

while they wept for their homes and families.

وطُلُولٍ مَن المنازِل ألْقَتْ

بَيْنها ما حَوتْه والأثْقَالا

And ruins of dwellings cast

among themselves what they had held, and heavy loads,

وبَقاياالأجسام! واخْتَلط الشـ

ـيء مع الشيء ! لا ترى أَشْكالا

and remnants of bodies; one thing mingled

with another—you see no recognizable shapes.

وزوايا مِن الأثاث ، وأحْْجَا

رٌ ، وشيء تَظَنُّه أَسْمالا

And corners of furniture, and stones,

and something you take for rags.

مِنْظر يَخْطَفُ النُّفوس ويُلْقي

بين أحَنَائها أسىً وابْتهالا

A sight that seizes souls and casts

into their depths sorrow and supplication,

وخُشَوعاً وخَشْيةً يَرْجفُ القلـ

ـبُ لديْها وعَبْرةً تَتَوالى

and humility and fear, before which the heart

trembles, and tears that follow one another.

لَهفَ نفسي ! على المناظِرِ تَطْوي

شَبَحَ الموتِ رَهْبَةً وجَلالا

How my soul grieves over scenes that enfold

the specter of death in dread and majesty!

هَا هُنا كَانت الدُّروب ضَجيجاً

بيْنَها النَّاس يَلْهثُون عِجالا

Here the streets once rang with clamor,

with people panting through them in haste.

ويحَ نفسي كَأنَّهمْ في سباقٍ

أَطْلقوا فيه للهوى الآمالا

Alas for my soul! As though in a race,

they gave their hopes free rein there, in pursuit of desire.

ها هنا كانت العمائر تَعْلُو

ناطحاتٍ تَتِيهُ فيه اختيالا

Here buildings once rose high,

skyscrapers strutting there in pride.

جَهِلوا أنَّ في الحياة غيوباً

تفجأُ النَّاسَ رهْبَةً ووَبَالا

They did not know that life holds unseen things

that surprise people with dread and ruin.

كلُّ أَمْرٍ يدورُ في الكَوْن يَمْضي

قَدراً غَالِباً وأوفى منَالا

Every affair unfolding in the universe proceeds

as prevailing destiny, fulfilled to the utmost.

ها هُنا كانتِ الحياةُ رِغَاباً

هَائِجَاتٍ وشَهْوَةً تَتَوالى

Here life once consisted of desires,

raging, and craving without end.

مُتَعٌ في الحياةِ هَيَّجْنَها أشـ

ـعَلْنَ فيها أَشواقَها إشعالا

Pleasures in life stirred it up, setting

its yearnings within it ablaze.

أسْكَرتْهُمْ مَعَ الهَوى شَهَواتٌ

وَرَمَتْهمْ في تِيِهها جُهَّالا

Passions, together with desire, intoxicated them,

and cast them, ignorant, into their maze.

فَنَسُوا غايةَ الحياة وضجُّوا

بَيْنَ سَاحاتِ لَهْوِهمْ أَرْتَالا

So they forgot life's purpose and clamored

in throngs amid the arenas of their amusement.

فإذا حُمَّ في الدِّيارِ قَضاءٌ

أَخذَ الصَّالحين والضُّلالا

Then, when a decree was ordained in the lands,

it took the righteous and the misguided.

أخذَ الصَّالحين لمَّا تغَافَوْا

عن وَفاءٍ وَأَغْفَلُوا إِغْفَالا

It took the righteous when they grew heedless

of faithfulness and lapsed into utter neglect.

أَقْبلَ المَوْجُ بالهلاك وضَجّتْ

مِنهُ سَاحٌ وزُلْزِلَتْ زِلْزالا

The wave came with destruction, and open ground clamored

because of it, and was violently shaken.

لَمْ يَدَعْ دونَه على الأرض شيئاً

خَلَّفَ الأرضَ كَوْمةً وَتِلالا

It left nothing on earth in its path;

it left the earth a heap and mounds.

ودَنَا زَحْفُهُ هُنالكَ حَتَّى

بَان لله مِسْجدٌ يَتَعالى

Its advance drew near there, until

a mosque devoted to God appeared, rising high.

مِسْجدٌ مُشْرِقٌ على الأرض آيٌ

يَنْشُر النُّور والهُدى والجَمالا

A radiant mosque upon the earth, bearing signs,

spreading light, guidance, and beauty.

كُلُّ شَيءٍ سِواه أَضْحَى يَبَاباً

وهُو بالحقِّ نُورُه يتَلالا

Everything but it became a wasteland,

while its light sparkled with truth.

هَدَأتْ دونه الأعاصيرُ والمَوْ

جُ وأَهْوَتْ أَمَاَمَه إجْلالا

Before it, the hurricanes and waves grew still,

and bowed down before it in reverence.

وتنحَّتْ عَنْه هُنَاك وَ غَابَتْ

ثُمَّ رَاحَتْ تُحدِّثُ الأَجْيالا

They withdrew from it there and vanished,

then went on to tell the generations:

إنَّها آيةٌ من الله حقَّاً

صَدقَتْ عِبْرَةً وصَحَّتْ مقالا

It is truly a sign from God,

proved true as a lesson and sound as an account.

حَدَِّثي " إتشُ " ما دهاكِ فَأْلقى

فيك شرَّاً يَسْتفْحِل استفحالا

Tell us, Aceh, what befell you and cast

within you an evil growing ever more severe.

أَينَ أبْناؤكِ الذين تَولَّوا

ثُمَّ غَابُوا واسْتُؤْصِلوا اسْتِئْصالا

Where are your children who departed,

then vanished and were utterly uprooted?

أَمِئاتُ الألوف غَابُوا مَعَ الموْ

جِ شُيوخاً ونِسْوةً ورجالا

Did hundreds of thousands vanish with the waves—

elders, women, and men,

وشَباباً ! والموت يَبْتلعُ النَّا

سَ ويُرْدِي الشَّباب والأطْفَالا

and youths? Death swallows the people

and strikes down the young and the children.

كَمْ يتيمٍ يتيهُ في الأرض يَلْقَى

دونَهُ يُتَّماً قَضَوْا وثكالى

How many an orphan wanders the earth, meeting

before him orphans who perished, and bereaved mothers!

وَرَضيعٌ مَضى تَقاذَفَهُ الموْ

جُ ! وأُمُّ تُصَارِعُ الأَهْوالا

And an infant went on, tossed about by the waves,

while a mother struggled against the horrors.

حَمَلَتْه الأَمْواجُ حتَّى رَمَتْه

فوقَ لوحٍ فَظلََّ آمَنَ حالا

The waves carried him until they cast him

onto a plank, and he remained in a safer state.

ثُمَّ أَلْقَتْهُ للشَّواطئ ! لا يَدْ

ري أَيَلْقى أُمَومةً أو آلا

Then they cast him onto the shores; he does not know

whether he will find motherly care or kin.

قد رَعَتْهُ عِنايةُ الله ! تَرْعَى

كُلُّ شيءٍ إذا غَفَا أو جَالا

God's providence has watched over him; it watches over

everything, whether it slumbers or roams.

إنَّها آيةٌ من الله تُلْقِي

نُذُرَاً لِلْوَرَى وتُوقِظُ بالا

It is a sign from God, casting

warnings to mankind and awakening the mind.

لو تَرى الطَّفلَ كَيْف يَقْذِفُه الموْ

جُ فَيَلْقى من الحياة مَجالا

If only you could see the child, how the waves toss him,

and he finds a chance at life!

حَمَلتْهُ عِنايةُ الله حَتَّى

أَسْكَنَتْهُ بينَ الغُصونِ ظِلالا

God's providence bore him until

it settled him in shade among the branches.

آيةٌ بعدَ آيةٍ في السَّموا

تِ وفي الأرض لم تَزَلْ تَتَوالى

Sign after sign in the heavens

and on earth has never ceased to come in succession.

قَدَرٌ غالبٌ وحكمةُ خَلا

قٍ وعدْلٌ يُقَدِّرُ الأحْوالا

An irresistible decree, a Creator's wisdom,

and justice that ordains all conditions.

سُنَّةُ اللهِ في الحياة تراها

كَمْ تسوقُ الآياتِ والأمثالا

God's established way in life—you see it:

how many signs and examples it brings forth.

ذِكْرياتُ الطُّوفان غابتْ كأنْ لَمْ

يَذُقِ النَّاسُ عِنْدَها الأنْكالا

Memories of the deluge vanished, as though

people had never tasted torments then.

خَدَرٌ في العُروقِ يُنْسِي ولَهْوٌ

يَطْرَحُ النَّاسَ نُوَّماً وكُسَالى

Numbness in the veins brings forgetfulness, and diversion

casts people down, sleeping and idle.

يَنْزِعُ العَزْمَ مِنْ نُفوسٍ ويُبْقي

بَيْنَ أَحْنائِها الهَوانَ وَبَالا

It strips resolve from souls and leaves

within their depths humiliation as a scourge.

أيُّ شيءٍ أشَدُّ هَوْلاً أَطُوْفا

نٌ يَبُثُّ الدَّمارَ والأطلالا ؟!

Which is more terrible: a deluge

spreading destruction and ruins,

أمْ تُراه الطُّوفانُ يَنْشُر في الأرْ

ضِ فَسَاداً وفِتْنَةً وضَلالا ؟!

or, do you think, the deluge spreading through the earth

corruption, temptation, and error?

فِتْنَةُ النَّاسِ عن هُدى اللهِ تُلْقي

فيهِمُ فِتْنَةً أشدَّ نَكَالا

Seducing people away from God's guidance inflicts

upon them a trial more severe in punishment.

مَنْ تُرَاهُ يَهُبُّ للنَّاس يُلْقي

فَيْضَ أَحْنَائِهِ يَداً ونَوالا

Who, do you think, will rise for the people, pouring out

the overflow of his heart as a helping hand and gifts?

مَنْ يُغيثُ الملْهُوفَ في خَشْيَةٍ للّـ

ـهِ يَرْجُو إلى النَّجَاةِ مَآلا

Who will aid the distressed in reverence for God,

hoping for an outcome of deliverance?

مَنْ تُراهُ يَردُّ دَمْعةَ طِفْلٍ

أوْ يَتيمٍ مُشَرَّدٍ قَدْ عَالا

Who, do you think, will hold back a child's tear,

or that of a displaced orphan who has become destitute?

مَنْ تُراهُ يَسُدُّ جوع فَقيرٍ

أَوْ يُدَواي القلُوبَ والأحْوالا

Who, do you think, will satisfy a poor person's hunger,

or heal hearts and mend circumstances?

ليسَ كالمؤمن التقيِّ مُغيثاً

لِعيال الرَّحْمَنِ يُصْلِحُ بَالا

There is no helper like the pious believer

for the Most Merciful's dependents, setting their affairs right.

إِنَّما الخَلْقُ كُلُّهُمْ أَيُّها النَّا

سُ عِيالٌ للهِ فَارْعَوْا عِيالا

All creatures, O people, are but

God's dependents; so care for His dependents.

كَيْفَ تدعو للهِ تُغْدِقُ بالْوَعْـ

ـظِ ولا تُوهِبُ النُّفوسَ وِصَالا

How can you call people to God, lavishing admonition,

yet not grant souls a bond of fellowship?

كَيْفَ لا تكْسب القلوبَ بِمَعْرُو

فٍ وإِحْسَانٍ يَفْتَحُ الأقْفَالا

How can you fail to win hearts through kindness

and beneficence that opens locks?

أَيُّها المؤمنونَ أَنْتُمْ أَحَقُّ النْـ

ـاسِ أوفُوا العُهودَ والآمالا

O believers, you are the most deserving among people;

fulfill the covenants and the hopes.