ياO منyou who تفتَّحblossomed كالربيعlike spring لناظريto my gaze
يا من تفتَّح كالربيع لناظري
فلمحتُand I glimpsed فيهwithin it شقائقاًanemones وبهاراand oxeye flowers
فلمحتُ فيه شقائقاً وبهارا
O you who blossomed like spring before my eyes,
O you who bloom like spring to my eyes
And in you I glimpsed anemones and oxeye flowers,
I glimpsed in it daisies and spring flowers
والفُلَّand Arabian jasmine يشرقُshines بالضياءِwith light وبالشَّذاand with fragrance
والفُلَّ يشرقُ بالضياءِ وبالشَّذا
والنرجسَand narcissus النعسانdrowsy والنُّوَّاراand blossoms
والنرجسَ النعسان والنُّوَّارا
And Arabian jasmine shining with light and fragrance,
The jasmine shines with light and fragrance
And drowsy narcissus and blossoms,
The drowsy narcissus and the wild roses
والوردَand the rose مخموراًdrunken يتمتمmurmurs: ويحكمwoe to you all
والوردَ مخموراً يتمتم: ويحكم
هياcome اغنمواseize مُتعpleasures الحياةِof life قصاراshort-lived
هيا اغنموا مُتع الحياةِ قصارا
And the drunken rose, murmuring: “Woe to you!
The intoxicated rose murmurs: Alas
Come, seize life's pleasures, brief as they are!”
Seize the fleeting pleasures of life
متباينvaried الألوانِthe colors ألَّفَharmonized بينهاamong them
متباين الألوانِ ألَّفَ بينها
ذوقtaste يبلبلُbewilders سرُّهits secret الأفكاراthoughts
ذوق يبلبلُ سرُّه الأفكارا
Your varied colors were brought into harmony
Of varied hues it composed between them
By a taste whose secret bewilders thought.
A taste whose secret dazzles thoughts
تلكthose المفاتنُcharms ينتهينlead لغايةٍto a goal
تلك المفاتنُ ينتهين لغايةٍ
ولقدand indeed يريبكpuzzles you أنهاthat they تتبارىcompete
ولقد يريبك أنها تتبارى
Those charms all lead toward a goal,
Those charms lead to an end
Yet it may well puzzle you that they compete.
And it may confuse you that they compete
أمثولةُthe ideal الحسنِof beauty البديعِwondrous مرامُهاtheir aim
أمثولةُ الحسنِ البديعِ مرامُها
تطوىtraverse لهاfor it المضمارَthe racecourse فالمضماراthen the racecourse
تطوى لها المضمارَ فالمضمارا
The ideal of wondrous beauty is their aim;
The paragon of beauty its purpose
For it they traverse racecourse after racecourse.
The race course is folded for it, and the race course
فكأنَّهاso they are like أحزابُparties شعبٍof a people راشدٍdiscerning
فكأنَّها أحزابُ شعبٍ راشدٍ
كلٌّeach يجمِّعgathers حولهaround it الأنصاراthe supporters
كلٌّ يجمِّع حوله الأنصارا
Thus they are like parties of a discerning people:
As if they are factions of a righteous people
Each gathers supporters around it.
Each gathering its supporters around it
يتنافسونthey compete، وإنَّماyet only مرماهمtheir aim
يتنافسون، وإنَّما مرماهم
تحقيقfulfilling آمالhopes البلادِof the country كباراgreat
تحقيق آمال البلادِ كبارا
They compete, yet their sole aim
They compete, but their goal
Is to fulfill the country's great hopes.
Is to achieve the great hopes of the country
ماwhat للجمالِwith beauty وللسياسةand with politics؟ إنَّهindeed, it is
ما للجمالِ وللسياسة؟ إنَّه
هدىguidance إلىtoward قصدthe straight course of السبيلِthe path مناراa beacon
هدى إلى قصد السبيلِ منارا
What has beauty to do with politics? It is indeed
What is beauty and politics? It is
A beacon of guidance toward the straight path.
Guidance to the purpose of the way, a beacon
هوit عالمa world ننسابwe glide فيin أطيافهits visions
هو عالم ننساب في أطيافه
ونعانقand we embrace الأنداءthe dew والأنواراand the lights
ونعانق الأنداء والأنوارا
It is a world through whose visions we glide,
It is a world we flow in its spectra
And embrace the dew and the radiance.
And we embrace the breezes and the lights
منwhoever ضلَّlost his way فيin ساحاتهits expanses كمنlike one who اهتدىfound the way
من ضلَّ في ساحاته كمن اهتدى
وكمنand like one who صحاsobered up منone who لاdoes not يفيقrecover خُماراdrunken stupor
وكمن صحا من لا يفيق خُمارا
Whoever strays in its expanses is like one who finds the way,
Whoever gets lost in its squares is like one guided
And one who never shakes off his drunken stupor is like one who has sobered.
And like one sober from an unawakened drunk