أناI فيin موئلsanctuary النبوةprophethood ياO دنياworld
أنا في موئل النبوة يا دنيا
أؤديI perform فرائضprescribed duties الأيمانfaith
أؤدي فرائض الأيمان
Here I am in the abode of Prophethood, O world,
I am in the sanctuary of prophethood, O world,
fulfilling the sacred duties of faith.
performing the prescribed duties of faith.
أسألI ask النفسthe soul خاشعاhumbly أترىdo you think
أسأل النفس خاشعا أترى
طهرتI have cleansed برديmy mantle منof لوثةstain الأدرانimpurities
طهرت بردي من لوثة الأدران
I ask myself in reverence: Could it be
Humbly I ask my soul: do you think
that I have cleansed my cloak of every stain?
I have cleansed my mantle of the stain of defilement?
كمhow many صلاةprayer صليتI prayed لمdid not يتجاوزpass beyond
كم صلاة صليت لم يتجاوز
قدسholiness آياتهاits verses حدودbounds لسانيmy tongue!
قدس آياتها حدود لساني!
How many a prayer have I prayed, yet never did
How many prayers I have prayed, yet never did
the holiness of its verses pass beyond the bounds of my tongue!
the holiness of their verses pass beyond the bounds of my tongue!
كمhow many صيامfasts عانيتI endured جوعيmy hunger فيهduring it
كم صيام عانيت جوعي فيه
ونسيتand I forgot الجياعthe hungry منamong إخوانيmy brothers!
ونسيت الجياع من إخواني!
How many a fast have I spent enduring hunger,
How many fasts in which I endured my hunger,
while forgetting the hungry among my brothers!
and forgot the hungry among my brothers!
كمhow often رجمتI stoned الشيطانSatan والقلبwhile the heart منيof mine
كم رجمت الشيطان والقلب مني
مرهقexhausted فيin حبائلsnares الشيطانSatan!
مرهق في حبائل الشيطان!
How often I stoned Satan, while this heart of mine
How often I stoned Satan, while the heart within me
lay weary in Satan’s snares!
lay exhausted in Satan's snares!
ربLord عفواpardon إنif عشتI lived دينيmy faith ألفاظاas words
رب عفوا إن عشت ديني ألفاظا
عجافاgaunt ولمand did not أعشهI live it معانيas meanings
عجافا ولم أعشه معاني
Lord, forgive me if I have lived my faith as words—
Lord, pardon me if I have lived my faith as words,
barren words—and never lived it as meaning.
gaunt, and have not lived it as meaning.
أناI منof أمةa nation تجوسprowls through حماهاits sanctuary
أنا من أمة تجوس حماها
جاهلياتهاits ways of ignorance بلاwithout استئذانasking permission
جاهلياتها بلا استئذان
I am of a nation whose guarded realm is overrun
I am of a nation through whose sanctuary prowl
by its own ages of ignorance, without so much as leave.
its own ways of ignorance, without asking leave.
مزقتtore apart شملناour unity شعائرrites شتىdisparate
مزقت شملنا شعائر شتى
وقياداتand leaders طغمةa clique عبدانslaves
وقيادات طغمة عبدان
Disparate creeds have torn our unity apart,
Our unity was torn apart by disparate rites
and leaders—a clique of slaves.
and leaders—a clique of slaves.
مرنتناtrained us علىin الهزيمةdefeat والجبنand cowardice
مرنتنا على الهزيمة والجبن
وبعضand part of الحياةlife بعضa measure of مرانtraining
وبعض الحياة بعض مران
They conditioned us to defeat and cowardice,
They trained us in defeat and cowardice,
and life, in part, is nothing but conditioning.
and part of life is a measure of training.
فاستكناso we submitted لاnot باركbless اللهGod فيin
فاستكنا لا بارك الله في
صبرpatience ذليلservile ولاnor بكاءweeping جبانcowardly
صبر ذليل ولا بكاء جبان
So we acquiesced. May God never bless
So we submitted—may God put no blessing in
servile endurance or a coward’s tears.
servile patience, nor cowardly weeping.
ياO بنson of عبدAbd (servant of) العزيزal-Aziz (the Mighty) وانتفضand sprang up العزglory
يا بن عبد العزيز وانتفض العز
وأصغىand listened وقالand said :منwho نادانيcalled me؟
وأصغى وقال :من ناداني؟
“O son of Abdulaziz!”—and glory rose in defiance.
O son of Abd al-Aziz! And Glory sprang up,
He listened and said, “Who called me?”
and listened, and said: "Who called me?"
قلتI said: ذاكthat الجريحthe wounded one فيin القدسJerusalem
قلت: ذاك الجريح في القدس
فيin سيناءSinai فيon الضفتينthe two banks فيin الجولانthe Golan
في سيناء في الضفتين في الجولان
I said, “That wounded one in Jerusalem—
I said: "That wounded one in Jerusalem,
in Sinai, on both banks of the Jordan, on the Golan.”
in Sinai, on both banks, in the Golan."