Sol 6.1

  1. تَمَهَّلْ أَبَيْتَ اللَّعْنَ جُرْتَ عَنِ القَصْدِ

    فَلَيْسَ لِمِثْلِي أَنْ تُقَابَلَ بِالصَّدِّ

    Slow down—may you be free of curses—you have strayed from the right course.

    For one like me should not be met with rejection.

  2. بِلاَدُكَ إِنْ تَرْشُدْ بِلاَدِي وَإِنَّهَا

    عَشِيرِي وَأَحْبَابِي وَأَنْفَسُ مَا عِنْدِي

    Your land, if you follow the right path, is my land, and indeed she is

    My kin, my loved ones, and the most precious thing I have.

  3. هَوَايَ بِهَا ، مَا حِدْتُ عَنْ عَهْدِ حُبِّهَا

    وَحَاشَا لِمِثْلِي أَنْ تَحِيدَ عَنِ العَهْدِ

    My love is for her; I have not strayed from my pledge to love her.

    And far be it from one like me to stray from the pledge.

  4. وَكَيْفَ وَقَدْ مَلَّكْتُهَا كُلَّ مُهْجَتِي؟

    وَإنِّي لأُخْفِي في الهَوَى فَوْقَ مَا أُبْدِي

    And how could I, when I have made her mistress of my whole soul?

    And indeed, in love I conceal more than I reveal.

  5. هَوَايَ بِهَا ، إنِّي نَذَرْتُ جَوَانِحِي

    إِلَى كُلِّ شِبْرٍ في العُرُوبَةِ مُمْتدِّ

    My love is for her; indeed, I have pledged my heart

    To every span of land stretching across the Arab world.

  6. إِلَيْكُمْ ، إِلَى الصَّحْرِاءِ ، لِلرَّمْلِ ، لِلرُّبَى

    لِمَوْجِ الخَلِيجِ الثَّرِّ ، لِلرَّوْحِ مِنْ نَجْدِ

    To you all, to the desert, to the sand, to the hills,

    To the Gulf's abundant waves, to the breeze from Najd,

  7. لِمَكَّةَ ، لِلْبَطْحَاءِ ، لِلْخيفِ مِنْ مِنَىً

    لِسَيْنَاءَ ، لِلجَوْلاَنِ ، لِلْقُدسِ ، لِلْخُلْدِ

    To Mecca, to al-Batha, to al-Khayf of Mina,

    To Sinai, to the Golan, to Jerusalem, to eternity,

  8. إِلَى كُلِّ عِرْقٍ في العُرُوبَةِ نَابِضٍ

    وَكُلِّ فُؤَادٍ يَذْكُرُ اللهَ بِالحَمْدِ

    To every vein pulsing within the Arab world,

    And every heart that remembers God with praise.

  9. إِلَى تُونِسٍ ، أَوْ لِلجَزَائِرِ ، لِلْهَوَى

    بِمَغْرِبِنَا الأَقْصَى القَرِيبِ عَلَى البُعْدِ

    To Tunisia, or to Algeria, to love

    For our far-off Morocco, near despite the distance.

  10. يَمِينَاً لَقَدْ أَحْبَبْتُكُمْ حُبَّ زَاهِدٍ

    وَأَعْنَفُ أَهْوَاءِ المُحِبِّينَ في الزَّهْدِ

    I swear, I have loved you with an ascetic's love,

    And lovers' fiercest passions lie in renunciation.

  11. وَمْنْ أَجْلِكُمْ أَرْجُو الشَّهَادَةَ في الهَوَى

    فَلِلّهِ مَا يَلْقَى الأَخِلاّءُ في الوُدِّ !

    And for your sake I hope for martyrdom in love,

    So to God belongs what dear friends endure in affection!

  12. لِئَنْ كَانَ في بَغْدَادَ مَهْدِي فَإِنَّنِي

    أَرَى أَهْلَكُمْ أَهْلِي وَمَهْدَكُمُ مَهْدِي

    Though my cradle was in Baghdad, I indeed

    See your people as my people, and your cradle as mine.

  13. "وَهَلْ أَنَا إلاّ مِنْ غَزِيَّةَ إِنْ غَوَتْ

    غَوَيْتُ وَإِنْ تَرْشُدْ فَفِي رُشْدِهَا رُشْدِي"

    “And am I anything but one of Ghaziyya? If she strays,

    I stray; and if she follows the right path, my right path lies in hers.”

  14. يَمِينَاً لَقَدْ أَحْبَبْتُكُمْ حُبَّ وَالِهٍ

    يُفَدِّيكُمُ بِالنَّفْسِ وَالمَالِ وَالوِلْدِ

    I swear, I have loved you with the love of one crazed with longing,

    Who ransoms you with life, wealth, and children.

  15. وَهَلْ بَعْدَ بَذْلِ النَّفْسِ في الحُبِّ غَايَةٌ

    وَهَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ في الحُبِّ بَعْضُ الذِي عِنْدِي؟

    And is there any goal in love beyond giving one's life?

    And do you have, in love, any part of what I have?

  16. يَمِينَاً لَقَدْ أَحْبَبْتُكُمْ حُبَّ رَاهِبٍ

    يَرَى غَيْرَ حُبِّ اللهِ في اللهِ لاَ يُجْدِي

    I swear, I have loved you with a monk's love,

    Who believes that no love but love of God for God's sake avails.

  17. وَهَلْ بَعْدَ هَذا الحُبِّ في الحُبِّ غَايَةٌ

    وَهَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ بِاللهِ بَعْضُ الذِي عِنْدِي؟

    And is there any goal in love beyond this love?

    And do you have, by God, any part of what I have?