حاشَيتُI spared غَيريothers than myself وَنَفسيand my soul ماnot أُحاشيهاI spare it
حاشَيتُ غَيري وَنَفسي ما أُحاشيها
خَشيَّتُهاI feared it وَحَليفُand an ally اللُبِّreason خاشيهاone who fears it
خَشيَّتُها وَحَليفُ اللُبِّ خاشيها
I have spared others, but I do not spare my own soul.
I have feared it; whoever is allied with reason fears it.
وَاِستَجهَلَتنيand deemed me ignorant رِجالٌmen لَمnot تَزَلcease جُهلاًignorant
وَاِستَجهَلَتني رِجالٌ لَم تَزَل جُهلاً
إِنَّindeed الأَوابِيَthe reluctant camels هاجَتهاroused them عَواشيهاtheir evening grazers
إِنَّ الأَوابِيَ هاجَتها عَواشيها
And men who have always been ignorant deemed me ignorant.
For reluctant camels were roused by their companions grazing at dusk.
أَماas for العِراقُIraq فَعَمَّتso swept throughout أَرضَهُits land فِتَنٌupheavals
أَما العِراقُ فَعَمَّت أَرضَهُ فِتَنٌ
مِثلُlike القِيامَةِthe Resurrection غَشَتهاengulfed it غَواشيهاits enveloping terrors
مِثلُ القِيامَةِ غَشَتها غَواشيها
As for Iraq, upheavals have swept throughout its land,
like the Resurrection—its enveloping terrors have engulfed it.
وَالشامُand al-Sham أَصلَحُbetter off إِلّاexcept أَنَّthat هامَتَهُits head
وَالشامُ أَصلَحُ إِلّا أَنَّ هامَتَهُ
فُضَّتwas shattered وَأَسرىand traveled by night عَلىtoward النيرانِthe fires عاشيهاthe seeker of their light
فُضَّت وَأَسرى عَلى النيرانِ عاشيها
And al-Sham fares better, except that its head
has been shattered, and the fires' seeker has approached them by night.
وَالقَومُand the people يَردونَclothe مَنwhomever لاقَواthey met بِأَردِيَةٍin mantles
وَالقَومُ يَردونَ مَن لاقَوا بِأَردِيَةٍ
أَعلامُهاtheir stripes الدَمُblood لَمnot تُكفَفwere hemmed حَواشيهاtheir edges
أَعلامُها الدَمُ لَم تُكفَف حَواشيها
And the people clothe those they meet in mantles
whose stripes are blood and whose edges are unhemmed.
ذَواتُpossessing قَرٍّchill يَظُنّواthey suppose دارِجاتِvanished قِرىًvillages
ذَواتُ قَرٍّ يَظُنّوا دارِجاتِ قِرىً
مَضَتpassed عَلَيهاacross them وَلَمand did not تَقفُلreturn مَواشيهاtheir livestock
مَضَت عَلَيها وَلَم تَقفُل مَواشيها
Cold mantles, which they take for vanished villages,
whose herds have passed across them and never returned.
أَنَسَتكَmade you forget هِنداًHind سُيوفُswords الهِندِIndia ماحِيَةًerasing
أَنَسَتكَ هِنداً سُيوفُ الهِندِ ماحِيَةً
ماwhat قالَsaid عاذِلُهاher reprover أَوor قالَsaid واشيهاher slanderer
ما قالَ عاذِلُها أَو قالَ واشيها
The swords of India made you forget Hind, erasing
what her reprover said or her slanderer said.
وَلِلزَمانِand Time has عَلىover أَبنائِهِits children أَبَداًforever
وَلِلزَمانِ عَلى أَبنائِهِ أَبَداً
حُكومَةٌjurisdiction لاnot يَرُدُّoverturn الحُكمَthe verdict راشيهاone who bribes it
حُكومَةٌ لا يَرُدُّ الحُكمَ راشيها
And Time forever holds over its children
a jurisdiction whose verdict no briber can overturn.
Translation model: Sol 6.1