من كُلّ ضافيةِ الغدير ترى لها

من كُلّ ضافيةِ الغدير ترى لها

طُرُقاً تصيرُ على المتُونِ غدائرا

طُرُقاً تصيرُ على المتُونِ غدائرا

Each one, with its brimming pool, shows you

From every overflowing stream you see

Paths that become braids across the backs.

Paths that become on the waves eddies

قد سُمِّيت أُمّ الزمانِ فَأرضعت

قد سُمِّيت أُمّ الزمانِ فَأرضعت

أولادها ثديَ الرّماحِ أصاغرا

أولادها ثديَ الرّماحِ أصاغرا

She has been named the Mother of Time, and so has suckled

She was called the mother of time and so suckled

Her children, still little, at the breast of spears.

Her young ones at the breast of spears still tender

فكأنّهم يتطافرون لريبةٍ

فكأنّهم يتطافرون لريبةٍ

أو رَوعةِ لو انّ فيهم طافراً

أو رَوعةِ لو انّ فيهم طافراً

So they seem to leap about in apprehension

So it is as if they flock together out of fright

Or fright—if any among them could leap.

Or of awe were there among them one startling

وكأنّهم مما تدانو والتقؤا

وكأنّهم مما تدانو والتقؤا

طيرٌ رأت في الجّو صقراً كاسرا

طيرٌ رأت في الجّو صقراً كاسرا

And, from how closely they have drawn together and met, they seem like

And as if they from what drew near and met

Birds that have seen a swooping falcon in the sky.

Were birds that in the air saw a fierce falcon