مَاذَا يُريدُ مِنَ الحقِيقَةِ مُسْقِطٌ

مَاذَا يُريدُ مِنَ الحقِيقَةِ مُسْقِطٌ

تَكْلِيفَهَا عَنْ نَفْسِهِ بِتَوَهُّمِ

تَكْلِيفَهَا عَنْ نَفْسِهِ بِتَوَهُّمِ

What does one seek of truth who casts off

What does he who casts reality from himself desire, only imagining?

its demands on him through delusion?

What does the sleeper desire of sublimities, while the star shines for other than sleep?

مّاذَا يُريدُ مِنَ المَعَالِي نَائِمٌ

مّاذَا يُريدُ مِنَ المَعَالِي نَائِمٌ

وَالنَّجْمُ مُزْدَهِرٌ لِغَيْرِ النَّوْمِ

وَالنَّجْمُ مُزْدَهِرٌ لِغَيْرِ النَّوْمِ

What does a sleeper seek of lofty heights,

Let us live the life of our time and seize the opportunities for success, we race for it or submit.

while the star shines for those not asleep?

Classical Arabic will not return to what it was in ancient times,

لِنَعِشْ مَعَاشَ زَمَانِنَا وَلنَنْتَهِزْ

لِنَعِشْ مَعَاشَ زَمَانِنَا وَلنَنْتَهِزْ

فُرَصَ النَّجَاحِ نَفُزْ بِهِ أَوْ نَسْلَمُ

فُرَصَ النَّجَاحِ نَفُزْ بِهِ أَوْ نَسْلَمُ

Let us live the life of our age, and seize

Unless that time and its people return, and the custom and morals, even their blindness.

opportunities for success: we may attain it or remain safe.

The tongue of the ignorant is eloquent, and who can deny the eloquence of seasoned Arabic?

لَنْ تَرْجِعَ العَرَبِيَّةُ الفُصْحَى إِلَى

لَنْ تَرْجِعَ العَرَبِيَّةُ الفُصْحَى إِلَى

مَا كَانَ مِنْهَا فِي الزَّمَانِ الأَقْدَمِ

مَا كَانَ مِنْهَا فِي الزَّمَانِ الأَقْدَمِ

Classical Arabic will not return to

Verily, renewal is the life of language, and who can revive it but the progressive?

what it was in the earliest age,

In our age, the Đ has a brilliant opening, it has increased pride, is there any sin?

مَا لَمْ يَعُدْ ذَاكَ الزَّمَانُ وَأَهْلُهُ

مَا لَمْ يَعُدْ ذَاكَ الزَّمَانُ وَأَهْلُهُ

وَالعَادُ وَالأَخْلاقُ حَتَّى جُرْهُمِ

وَالعَادُ وَالأَخْلاقُ حَتَّى جُرْهُمِ

unless that age and its people return,

Who separated the two brothers competing through paths to uplift it, is he not a criminal?

and its customs and morals—even Jurhum.

لِلْجَاهِلِيِّ لِسَانُهُ وَمَنِ الَّذِي

لِلْجَاهِلِيِّ لِسَانُهُ وَمَنِ الَّذِي

يَنْفِي مِنَ الفُصْحَى لِسانَ مُخَضْرَمِ

يَنْفِي مِنَ الفُصْحَى لِسانَ مُخَضْرَمِ

The pre-Islamic speaker has his tongue; and who

would exclude from Classical Arabic the tongue of one spanning pre-Islamic and Islamic times?

إِنَّ التَّجَدُّدَ لِلِّسَانِ حَياتُهُ

إِنَّ التَّجَدُّدَ لِلِّسَانِ حَياتُهُ

وَمَنِ الَّذِي يُحْيِيهِ غَيْرُ المُقْدَمِ

وَمَنِ الَّذِي يُحْيِيهِ غَيْرُ المُقْدَمِ

Indeed, renewal is the life of a language;

and who revives it but the bold?

فِي عَصْرِنَا لِلضَّادِ فَتْحٌ بَاهِرٌ

فِي عَصْرِنَا لِلضَّادِ فَتْحٌ بَاهِرٌ

زَيدَتْ بِهِ فَخْراً فَهَلْ مِنْ مَأْثَمِ

زَيدَتْ بِهِ فَخْراً فَهَلْ مِنْ مَأْثَمِ

In our age, the tongue of ḍād has a brilliant triumph;

its pride has grown thereby—is there any sin in that?

مَنْ فَرَّقَ الأَخَوَيْنِ يَسْتَبِقَانِ مِنْ

مَنْ فَرَّقَ الأَخَوَيْنِ يَسْتَبِقَانِ مِنْ

طُرُقٍ لِرِفْعَتِهَا أَلَيْسَ بِمُجْرِمِ

طُرُقٍ لِرِفْعَتِهَا أَلَيْسَ بِمُجْرِمِ

Whoever separates the two brothers as they race along

paths toward its elevation—is he not a criminal?