Sol 6.1

  1. في كل وادٍ هائمٌ يتردّدُ

    عافَ الحياة فما له يومًا غَدُ

    In every valley a wanderer roams to and fro.

    He has spurned life; no day holds a tomorrow for him.

  2. متوثّبُ الخطوات لا يشكو طوىً

    ظمآنُ يخدعه السراب ويُبعد

    His steps are bounding; he does not complain of hunger.

    He is thirsty; the mirage deceives him and recedes.

  3. وكأنه طيرٌ تلاحقه السّها

    مُ، وفي الفضاء جوارحٌ تتصيّد

    And he is like a bird pursued by arrows,

    while in the sky birds of prey hunt.

  4. قد ضمَّ قلبًا طاهرًا في حُبّهِ

    وكأن آسره الحبيبُ الأغيد

    He holds within him a heart pure in its love,

    as though its captor were the graceful beloved.

  5. لكنّهُ قلبٌ يجدّده الهوى

    من أجل حُرٍّ بات وهْو مقيّد

    But it is a heart that love renews

    for the sake of a free man who has become bound.

  6. هو من يسامي الشّمس في عليائها

    قَدْرًا وعند الله طاب المرقد

    He is the one who rivals the sun in its heights,

    in stature; and with God his resting place is sweet.

  7. هو من تراه إذا الخطوبُ تجهَّمَتْ

    جيشًا تخرُّ له جبابرة العدو

    He is the one you see, when calamities scowl,

    as an army before which the enemy's tyrants fall.

  8. يقظانُ والدنيا نيامٌ حوله

    في قلبه الثأر الذي لا يخمد

    Wide awake, while the world sleeps around him,

    in his heart is vengeance that never dies down.

  9. إنْ ماد ما في الخافقين وزُلزلت

    صمُّ الصلاد تراه لا يتهدَّد

    If all between the two horizons swayed, and

    the hardest rocks were shaken, you would see him undaunted.

  10. هو ثابتٌ كالطَّود ليس يروعه

    طيفُ المنايا فهْو باقٍ يخلد

    He is steadfast as a mountain, unfrightened

    by the specter of death, for he endures and lives forever.

  11. هذا فدائيٌّ أحاط به العدا

    فاستلهم الإيمان وهْو يسدِّد

    This is a self-sacrificing fighter, surrounded by foes;

    so he drew inspiration from faith as he took aim.

  12. هو سيّدٌ في قومه وبلائه

    يستعبدُ الدنيا ولا يُسْتعبد

    He is a leader among his people and in his valor;

    he enslaves the world, and is not enslaved.

  13. يختال في التاريخ أروع صفحةٍ

    تسمو على عمر الزمان وتمجد

    He strides proudly through history as its most splendid page,

    rising above the span of time and gaining glory.

  14. قابلتُه ويداه فوق زناده

    متأهِّبًا سلمتْ له تلك اليد

    I met him, his two hands above his trigger,

    at the ready—may that hand remain safe for him!

  15. حقّاً يداك تحقّق الأمنَ الذي

    نادى به أهلُ السلام وردَّدوا

    Truly, your hands achieve the security that

    the people of peace called for and proclaimed again.

  16. وسلاحك البتّار أمضى مذهبٍ

    يدعو إليه الراكعون السُّجَّد

    And your cleaving weapon is the keenest doctrine,

    preached by those who bow and prostrate.

  17. وعذلتُه أين المصيرُ وجمعهم

    من كل أفّاقٍ زنيمٍ يحشد

    And I reproached him: “What fate awaits, when their host

    is mustered from every lying, baseborn rogue?”

  18. فأجابني الإيمان فرجةُ مؤمنٍ

    اللهُ ناصره ليومٍ يشهد

    So he answered me: “Faith is a believer's relief;

    God is his helper for a day he will witness.

  19. لا خوفَ إلا للذي فطر الدنا

    بَلْهَ المصير ونصرنا والسؤدد

    There is no fear save of Him who fashioned the worlds;

    leave aside fate, our victory, and supremacy.

  20. اللهُ أكبر لا إلهًا غيره

    هو ناصر المظلوم مهما جنَّدوا

    God is greatest; there is no god besides Him.

    He helps the oppressed, however many troops they muster.

  21. هو أولٌ هو آخرٌ هو قاهرٌ

    وله الملائكة الشداد الحُشّد

    He is the First, He is the Last, He is all-conquering;

    and His are the mighty angels, massed in hosts.”