1. نامي جياعَ الشَّعْبِ نامي

    حَرَسَتْكِ آلِهة ُالطَّعامِ

    Sleep, you hungry people, sleep.

    May the gods of food guard you.

  2. نامي فإنْ لم تشبَعِي

    مِنْ يَقْظةٍ فمِنَ المنامِ

    Sleep; if you have not had your fill

    From waking, then have it from dreams.

  3. نامي على زُبَدِ الوعود

    يُدَافُ في عَسَل ِ الكلامِ

    Sleep upon the butter of promises,

    Dissolved in the honey of words.

  4. نامي تَزُرْكِ عرائسُ الأحلامِ

    في جُنْحِ الظلامِ

    Sleep; the brides of dreams will visit you

    In the cover of darkness.

  5. تَتَنَوَّري قُرْصَ الرغيفِ

    كَدَوْرةِ البدرِ التمامِ

    You will behold the round loaf

    Like the full moon's perfect circle,

  6. وَتَرَيْ زرائِبَكِ الفِساحَ

    مُبَلَّطَاتٍ بالرُّخَامِ

    And see your spacious pens

    Paved with marble.

  7. نامي تَصِحّي نِعْمَ نَوْمُ

    المرءِ في الكُرَبِ الجِسَامِ

    Sleep and grow well; how fine is sleep

    For someone in grievous distress.

  8. نامي على حُمَةِ القَنَا

    نامي على حَدِّ الحُسَام

    Sleep upon the spears' points;

    Sleep upon the sword's edge.

  9. نامي إلى يَوْمِ النشورِ

    ويومَ يُؤْذََنُ بالقِيَامِ

    Sleep until the day of resurrection

    And the day the call to rise is given.

  10. نامي على المستنقعاتِ

    تَمُوجُ باللُّجَج ِ الطَّوامِي

    Sleep upon the swamps,

    Surging with overflowing depths,

  11. زَخَّارة ً بشذا الأقَاحِ

    يَمدُّهُ نَفْحُ الخُزَامِ

    Brimming with the scent of daisies,

    Fed by wafts of lavender.

  12. نامي على نَغَمِ البَعُوضِ

    كأنَّهُ سَجْعُ الحَمَامِ

    Sleep to the mosquitoes' music,

    As though it were the cooing of doves.

  13. نامي على هذي الطبيعةِِ

    لم تُحَلَّ به “ميامي “

    Sleep upon this nature,

    With which Miami was never adorned.

  14. نامي فقد أضفى “العَرَاءُ”

    عليكِ أثوابَ الغرامِ

    Sleep; the bare outdoors has draped

    You in the robes of love.

  15. نامي على حُلُمِ الحواصدِ

    عارياتٍ للحِزَامِ

    Sleep upon the dream of women reaping,

    Bare to the waist,

  16. متراقِصَاتٍ والسِّيَاط ُ

    تَجِدُّ عَزْفَاً ﺑﭑرْتِزَامِ

    Dancing, while the whips

    Persist in playing with resounding beats.

  17. وتغازلي والنَّاعِمَات

    الزاحفاتِ من الهوامِ

    And exchange flirtations with the soft

    Creeping vermin.

  18. نامي على مَهْدِ الأذى

    وتوسَّدِي خَدَّ الرَّغَامِ

    Sleep upon the cradle of harm,

    And pillow your head on dust's cheek.

  19. وﭐستفرِشِي صُمَّ الحَصَى

    وَتَلَحَّفي ظُلَلَ الغَمَامِ

    And bed yourself on solid pebbles,

    And wrap yourself in canopies of cloud.

  20. نامي فقد أنهى ” مُجِيعُ

    الشَّعْبِ ” أيَّامَ الصِّيَامِ

    Sleep; the one who starves

    The people has ended the days of fasting.

  21. نامي فقد غنَّى ” إلهُ

    الحَرْبِ” ألْحَانَ السَّلامِ

    Sleep; the god

    Of war has sung the melodies of peace.

  22. نامي جِيَاعَ الشَّعْبِ نامي

    الفَجْرُ آذَنَ ﺑﭑنْصِرامِ

    Sleep, you hungry people, sleep.

    Dawn has announced its passing.

  23. والشمسُ لنْ تُؤذيكِ بَعْدُ

    بما تَوَهَّج من ضِرَامِ

    And the sun will no longer hurt you

    With its glowing blaze of fire.

  24. والنورُ لَنْ “يُعْمِي” جُفوناً

    قد جُبِلْنَ على الظلامِ

    And light will not blind eyelids

    That have been molded to darkness.

  25. نامي كعهدِكِ بالكَرَى

    وبلُطْفِهِ من عَهْدِ “حَامِ”

    Sleep, as is your custom with slumber

    And its gentleness since the time of Ham.

  26. نامي.. غَدٌ يسقيكِ من

    عَسَلٍ وخَمْرٍ ألْفَ جَامِ

    Sleep; tomorrow will pour you

    A thousand cups of honey and wine,

  27. أجرَ الذليلِ وبردَ أفئدةٍ

    إلى العليا ظَوَامِي

    The abased one's reward, and coolness for hearts

    Thirsting for the heights.

  28. نامي وسيري في منامِكِ

    ما استطعتِ إلى الأمامِ

    Sleep, and walk in your dreams

    As far forward as you can.

  29. نامي على تلك العِظَاتِ

    الغُرِّ من ذاك الإمامِ

    Sleep upon those admonitions,

    Those radiant ones from that imam.

  30. يُوصِيكِ أن لا تطعمي

    من مالِ رَبِّكِ في حُطَامِ

    He counsels you not to taste

    Of your Lord's wealth in earthly trifles.

  31. يُوصِيكِ أنْ تَدَعي المباهِجَ

    واللذائذَ لِلئامِ

    He counsels you to leave pleasures

    And delights to the base.

  32. وتُعَوِّضِي عن كلِّ ذلكَ

    بالسجودِ وبالقيامِ

    And to make up for all that

    With prostration and standing in prayer.

  33. نامي على الخُطَبِ الطِّوَالِ

    من الغطارفةِ العِظَامِ

    Sleep upon the lengthy speeches

    Of the mighty grandees.

  34. نامي يُسَاقَطْ رِزْقُكِ الموع

    ودُ فوقَكِ ﺑﭑنتظامِ

    Sleep; let your promised sustenance fall

    Steadily upon you.

  35. نامي على تلكَ المباهجِ

    لم تَدَعْ سَهْمَاً لِرَامِي

    Sleep amid those pleasures

    That left no arrow for an archer.

  36. لم تُبْقِ من “نُقلٍ” يسرُّكِ

    لم تَجِئْهُ .. ومن إدَامِ

    They left no delightful sweetmeat

    You had not tasted, nor any relish.

  37. بَنَتِ البيوتَ وَفَجَّرَتْ

    جُرْدَ الصحارى والموامي

    They built houses and made springs gush

    From barren deserts and wastelands.

  38. نامي تَطُفْ حُورُ الجِنَانِ

    عليكِ منها بالمُدَامِ

    Sleep; the houris of Paradise will circle

    Around you with wine from those gardens.

  39. نامي على البَرَصِ المُبَيَّضِ

    من سوادِكِ والجُذَامِ

    Sleep upon vitiligo, whitened

    From your blackness, and upon leprosy.

  40. نامي فكَفُّ اللهِ تغسلُ

    عنكِ أدرانَ السَّقَامِ

    Sleep; God's hand washes

    The stains of sickness from you.

  41. نامي فحِرْزُ المؤمنينَ

    يَذُبُّ عنكِ على الدَّوَامِ

    Sleep; the believers' protective charm

    Defends you forever.

  42. نامي فما الدُّنيا سوى “جس

    رٍ” على نَكَدٍ مُقَامِ

    Sleep; the world is only a bridge

    Raised over misery.

  43. نامي ولا تتجادلي

    القولُ ما قالتْ “حَذَامِ”

    Sleep, and do not argue.

    The word is what Hadham has said.

  44. نامي على المجدِ القديمِ

    وفوقَ كومٍ من عِظَامِ‏

    Sleep upon ancient glory

    And above a heap of bones.

  45. تيهي بأشباهِ العصامِيّينَ

    منكِ على “عِصَامِ”

    Exult in the likenesses of self-made men

    Among you, above Isam,

  46. الرافعينَ الهَامَ من جُثَثٍ

    فََرَشْتِ لَهُمْ وهَامِ

    Who raise their heads from corpses

    And skulls you have spread for them.

  47. والواحمينَ ومن دمائِكِ

    يرتوي شَرَهُ الوِحَامِ

    And those beset by cravings; from your blood

    Their ravenous cravings drink their fill.

  48. نامي فنومُكِ خَيْرُ ما

    حَمَلَ المُؤَرِّخُ من وِسَامِ

    Sleep; your sleep is the finest

    Medal the historian has borne.

  49. نامي جياعَ الشعبِ نامي

    بُرِّئْتِ من عَيْبٍ وذَامِ

    Sleep, you hungry people, sleep.

    You are absolved of flaw and reproach.

  50. نامي فإنَّ الوحدةَ العصماءَ

    تطلُبُ أنْ تنامي

    Sleep; inviolable unity

    Demands that you sleep.

  51. نامي جِيَاعَ الشَّعْبِ نامي

    النومُ مِن نِعَمِ السلام

    Sleep, you hungry people, sleep.

    Sleep is among the blessings of peace.

  52. تتوحَّدُ الأحزابُ فيه

    ويُتَّقَى خَطَرُ الصِدامِ

    The parties unite in it,

    And the danger of collision is avoided.

  53. تَهْدَا الجموعُ بهِ وتَستغني

    الصُّفوفُ عَنِ ﭐنقسامِ

    Through it the crowds grow calm, and

    The ranks have no need of division.

  54. إنَّ الحماقةَ أنْ تَشُقِّي

    بالنُهوضِ عصا الوئامِ

    It is folly for you to split

    The staff of harmony by rising.

  55. والطَّيْشُ أن لا تَلْجَئِي

    مِن حاكِمِيكِ إلى احتكامِ

    And recklessness is not to seek refuge

    From your rulers in arbitration.

  56. النفسُ كالفَرَسِ الجَمُوحِ

    وعَقْلُها مثلُ اللجامِ

    The soul is like an unruly horse,

    And its reason like a bridle.

  57. نامي فإنَّ صلاحَ أمرٍ

    فاسدٍ في أن تنامي

    Sleep; the remedy for a matter

    Gone bad is that you sleep.

  58. والعُرْوَةُ الوثقى إذا استيقَظْ

    تِ تُؤذِنُ بانفصام

    And the firmest bond, if you awake,

    Portends its own rupture.

  59. نامي وإلا فالصُّفوفُ

    تَؤُول منكِ إلى ﭐنقِسامِ

    Sleep; otherwise the ranks

    Will be driven by you into division.

  60. نامي فنومُكِ فِتْنَة ٌ

    إيقاظُها شرُّ الأثامِ

    Sleep; your sleep is a sedition;

    Awakening it is the worst of sins.

  61. هل غيرُ أنْ تَتَيَقَّظِي

    فتُعَاوِدِي كَرَّ الخِصامِ

    Would you do anything but awaken

    And renew the charge of strife?

  62. نامي جياعَ الشعبِ نامي

    لا تقطعي رِزْقَ الأنامِ

    Sleep, you hungry people, sleep.

    Do not cut off humanity's livelihood.

  63. لا تقطعي رزقَ المُتَاجِرِ ،

    والمُهَنْدِسِ ، والمُحَامِي

    Do not cut off the trader's livelihood,

    Nor the engineer's, nor the lawyer's.

  64. نامي تُرِيحِي الحاكمينَ

    من ﭐشتباكٍ والتحَامِ

    Sleep, and relieve the rulers

    Of struggle and close combat.

  65. نامي تُوَقَّ بكِ الصَّحَافَةُ

    من شُكُوكٍ واتِّهَامِ

    Sleep; through you the press is shielded

    From doubts and accusation.

  66. يَحْمَدْ لكِ القانونُ صُنْعَ

    مُطَاوِعٍ سَلِسِ الخُطَامِ

    The law will praise you for the conduct

    Of one compliant, tractable at the halter.

  67. خَلِّ “الهُمَامَ” بنومِكِ

    يَتَّقِي شَرَّ الهُمَامِ

    Let the valiant man, through your sleep,

    Avoid the valiant man's harm.

  68. وتَجَنَّبِي الشُّبُهَاتِ في

    وَعْيٍ سَيُوصَمُ ﺑﭑجْتِرَامِ

    And shun the suspicions surrounding

    Awareness that will be branded criminal.

  69. نامي فجِلْدُكِ لا يُطِيقُ

    إذا صَحَا وَقْعَ السِّهَامِ

    Sleep; your skin cannot endure,

    When it wakes, the impact of arrows.

  70. نامي وخَلِّي الناهضينَ

    لوحدِهِمْ هَدَفَ الرَّوَامِي

    Sleep, and leave those who rise

    Alone as targets for the archers.

  71. نامي وخَلِّي اللائمينَ

    فما يُضِيرُكِ أن تُلامِي

    Sleep, and leave the blamers;

    What harm is it to you to be blamed?

  72. نامي فجدرانُ السُّجُونِ

    تَعِجُّ بالموتِ الزُّؤَامِ

    Sleep; the prison walls

    Resound with sudden death.

  73. ولأنتِ أحوجُ بعدَ أتعابِ

    الرُّضُوخِ إلى جِمَامِ

    And you have greater need, after the labors

    Of submission, for repose.

  74. نامي يُرَحْ بمنامِكِ “الزُّعَمَ

    اءُ” من داءِ عُقَام

    Sleep; your slumber relieves the leaders

    Of an incurable disease.

  75. نامي فحقُّكِ لن يَضِيعَ

    ولستِ غُفْلاً كالسَّوَامِ

    Sleep; your right will not be lost,

    And you are not unmarked like grazing stock.

  76. إن “الرُّعَاةَ” الساهرينَ

    سيمنعونَكِ أنْ تُضَامِ

    Indeed, the watchful shepherds

    Will keep you from being wronged.

  77. نامي على جَوْرٍ كما

    حُمِلَ الرَّضِيعُ على الفِطَامِ

    Sleep upon injustice, just as

    The infant was forced into weaning.

  78. وَقَعي على البلوى كما

    وَقَعَ “الحُسامُ” على الحُسامِ

    And fall upon affliction, as

    The sword fell upon the sword.

  79. نامي على جَيْشٍ مِنَ

    الآلامِ محتشدٍ لُهَامِ

    Sleep upon an army of

    Pains, massed and immense.

  80. أعطي القيادةَ للقضاءِ

    وحَكِّمِيهِ في الزِّمَامِ

    Give command to fate,

    And make it arbiter over the reins.

  81. واستسلمي للحادثاتِ

    المشفقاتِ على النِّيَامِ

    And surrender to events,

    Compassionate toward sleepers.

  82. إنَّ التيقظَ لو علمتِ

    طليعةُ الموتِ الزؤامِ

    Indeed, wakefulness, if you knew,

    Is the vanguard of sudden death.

  83. والوَعْيُ سَيْفٌ يُبْتَلَى

    يومَ التَّقَارُعِ ﺑﭑنْثِلامِ

    And awareness is a sword afflicted

    With notches on the day of clashing.

  84. نامي شَذَاةَ الطُّهْرِ نامي

    يا دُرَّةً بينَ الرُّكَامِ

    Sleep, fragrance of purity, sleep,

    O pearl amid the rubble,

  85. يا نبتةَ البلوى ويا

    ورداً ترعرعَ في ﭐهتضامِ

    O plant of affliction, and O

    Rose that grew amid oppression,

  86. يا حُرَّةً لم تَدْرِ ما

    معنى ﭐضطغانٍ وانتقامِ

    O free woman who never knew

    The meaning of rancor and revenge,

  87. يا شُعْلَةَ النُّورِ التي

    تُعْشِي العُيُونَ بلا اضطرامِ

    O flame of light that

    Dazzles eyes without blazing.

  88. سُبحانَ رَبِّكِ صُورةً

    تزهو على الصُّوَرِ الوِسَامِ

    Glory to your Lord—an image

    That outshines the beautiful images,

  89. إذْ تَخْتَفِينَ بلا اهتمامٍ

    أو تُسْفِرينَ بلا لِثَامِ

    When you hide without concern

    Or unveil yourself without a veil,

  90. إذْ تَحْمِلِينَ الشرَّ صابرةً

    مِنَ الهُوجِ الطَّغامِ

    When you patiently bear evil

    From the reckless rabble.

  91. بُوركْتِ من “شَفْعٍ ” فإنْ

    نزلَ البلاءُ فمن “تُؤَامِ”

    Blessed are you by a pair; and if

    Affliction descends, then by twins.

  92. كم تصمُدِينَ على العِتَابِ

    وتَسْخَرينَ من الملامِ

    How steadfastly you withstand rebuke,

    And scoff at blame!

  93. سُبحانَ ربِّكِ صورةً

    هي والخطوبُ على انسجامِ

    Glory to your Lord—an image

    At one with calamities.

  94. نامي جياعَ الشعبِ نامي

    النومُ أَرْعَى للذِّمَامِ

    Sleep, you hungry people, sleep.

    Sleep better honors obligations.

  95. والنومُ أَدْعَى للنُزُولِ

    على السَّكِينَةِ والنِّظَامِ

    And sleep is more conducive to submission

    To tranquility and order.

  96. نامي فإنَّكِ في الشَّدائدِ

    تَخْلُصِينَ من الزِّحَامِ

    Sleep; amid hardships you

    Escape the crowding.

  97. نامي جياعَ الشَّعْبِ لا

    تُعْنَيْ بِسَقْطٍ من كلامي

    Sleep, you hungry people; do not

    Mind the trifles in my words.

  98. نامي فما كانَ القَصِيدُ

    سوى خُرَيْزٍ في نظامِ

    Sleep; the poem was nothing

    But tiny beads upon a string.

  99. نامي فقد حُبَّ العَمَاءُ

    عَنِ المساوىء والتَّعَامِي

    Sleep; now beloved are blindness

    To faults and the pretense of not seeing.

  100. نامي فبئسَ مَطَامِعُ الواعِي

    نَ من سَيْفٍ كَهَامِ

    Sleep; wretched are the hopes of the aware

    In a blunted sword.

  101. نامي: إليكِ تحيّتِي

    وعليكِ، نائمةً سلامي

    Sleep; to you my greeting,

    And upon you, asleep, my peace.

  102. نامي جياعَ الشَّعْبِ نامي

    حَرَسَتْكِ آلهةُ الطعامِ

    Sleep, you hungry people, sleep.

    May the gods of food guard you.