صورة فذة (لأحمد شوقي)

صورة فذة (لأحمد شوقي)

تتجلى مظاهر الشعر فيها

تتجلى مظاهر الشعر فيها

A unique portrait (of Ahmad Shawqi),

A Brilliant Image (by Ahmed Shawqi)

A singular portrait of Ahmed Shawqi,

In which the manifestations of poetry shine forth.

The facets of poetry are revealed in it

In which the manifestations of poetry are revealed.

فتأمل تجد دماغا كبيرا

فتأمل تجد دماغا كبيرا

زاخرا بالمنى ووجها وجيها

زاخرا بالمنى ووجها وجيها

So contemplate it: you will find a great brain,

So observe, you will find a great mind

Contemplate it, and you shall find a mighty mind,

Brimming with hopes, and a distinguished face.

Abundant with purpose and an eminent face

Teeming with aspirations, and a dignified countenance.

وتأمل تجد شعورا عميقا

وتأمل تجد شعورا عميقا

وحجى راجحا وفكرا نبيها

وحجى راجحا وفكرا نبيها

And contemplate it: you will find deep feeling,

And observe, you will find profound feelings

And contemplate, and you shall find profound sentiment,

And sound reason, and discerning thought.

And sound rhetoric and ingenious thought

A preponderant intellect, and an astute thought.

ما له واضعا على الكف راسا

ما له واضعا على الكف راسا

يا ترى أي نوبة يشتكيها

يا ترى أي نوبة يشتكيها

Why is he resting his head upon his palm?

Why has he placed his head on his palm?

What ails him, resting his head upon his palm?

What fit, I wonder, does he complain of?

I wonder which torment afflicts him

I wonder, of what calamity does he complain?

ما له ناظرا بطرف كليل

ما له ناظرا بطرف كليل

يا ترى أي لوحة يجتليها

يا ترى أي لوحة يجتليها

Why is he gazing with a weary eye?

Why does he look with a sleepy eye?

What ails him, gazing with a weary eye?

What picture, I wonder, does he behold?

I wonder which scene it surveys

I wonder, what vision is he scrutinizing?

عله في الحياة ضل طريقا

عله في الحياة ضل طريقا

وبصحرائها تحير تيها

وبصحرائها تحير تيها

Perhaps he has lost his way in life,

Perhaps in life he lost his way

Perhaps he has lost his way in life,

And wandered bewildered in its desert.

And wandered confused in its desert

And in its wilderness, he wanders bewildered.

هكذا تفعل القوافي، فويح

هكذا تفعل القوافي، فويح

للقوافي وللذي يقتفيها

للقوافي وللذي يقتفيها

This is what rhymes do—so woe

Thus does rhyme act, alas

This is what rhymes do—so woe

To rhymes, and to the one who follows them.

For rhyme and those who pursue it

To the rhymes, and to him who pursues them.