1. خيالُ الحقلِ إنسانٌ

    نقيّ الدين والمذهبْ

    The field's scarecrow is a human being,

    pure in faith and creed,

  2. كريمُ النفسِ والمنبتْ

    بسيطُ الوجهِ لا يقْطِبْ

    noble of soul and origin,

    plain of face—he does not scowl.

  3. وليس يشدّه جاهٌ

    ولا مالٌ ولا منصبْ

    And prestige does not draw him,

    nor wealth nor office.

  4. خيالُ الحقلِ حرٌّ في

    محيطٍ خيرهُ يُنهبْ

    The field's scarecrow is free in

    surroundings whose bounty is plundered.

  5. نجيبُ الأرضِ والكدِّ

    فما شرّقَ أو غرّبْ

    A noble son of the earth and toil,

    so he has gone neither east nor west.

  6. مدادُ العمرِ صوّامٌ

    فلا يأكلُ أو يشربْ

    Life's ink, a perpetual faster,

    so he neither eats nor drinks.

  7. خيالُ الحقلِ يحمينا

    و لا يُعيي ولا يتعبْ

    The field's scarecrow protects us

    and neither grows weary nor tires.

  8. ويحمي زرعنا من كلْ

    لِ ما يُتلف أو يُعطبْ

    And he protects our crops from all

    that destroys or damages them.

  9. فهل نحتاجُ حرّاساً

    ينامون عن المطلبْ؟!

    So do we need guards

    who sleep, neglecting their duty?!

  10. خيالُ الحقلِ سلطانٌ

    إذا غالبَ لا يُغلبْ

    The field's scarecrow is a sovereign;

    when he contends, he is not defeated.

  11. إذا ما جيّش النجمَ

    فما للّيل من مَهْربْ

    If he musters the stars,

    then the night has no escape.

  12. وإنْ هوْ أوقف الأرضَ

    فما للشّمسِ من مغربْ

    And if he stops the earth,

    then the sun has nowhere to set.

  13. فخيرُ الخصم أنْ يُسحبْ

    وخيرُ الواهِ أنْ يُحْجَبْ

    So it is best for the foe to be withdrawn,

    and best for the weakling to be kept out of sight.

  14. فهل نحتاجُ من ليسَ

    له نابٌ ولا مخلبْ؟!

    So do we need someone who has

    neither fang nor claw?!

  15. فتمسي أرضُنا في عهْ

    دهِ فرجاً لمن يرغبْ

    So our land becomes, under his

    rule, a vulva for whoever desires it.

  16. كأنّه فوقنا نسرٌ

    وعند الجارِ كالأرنبْ

    As though he were an eagle above us,

    and, with the neighbor, like a rabbit.

  17. خيالُ الحقلِ شيخٌ يُبْ

    رزُ الحقَّ ولا يُرهِبْ

    The field's scarecrow is a sheikh who

    reveals the truth and does not intimidate.

  18. فلا يُوردنا النارَ

    ولمْ نهفُ ولمْ نُذنبْ

    So he does not lead us into the fire

    while we have neither erred nor sinned.

  19. ولا يسْطو على الأعما

    رِ والأنفاسُ لم تنضِبْ

    Nor does he prey upon

    lives while breaths have not run dry.

  20. أيُجزَى الناسُ باسم الل

    هِ والميزان لم يُنصب؟!

    Are people requited in the name of

    God while the scales have not been set up?!

  21. فهل نحتاج من يُفتي

    وفتواهُ بنا تذهبْ؟!

    So do we need someone who issues fatwas,

    and whose fatwa does away with us?!

  22. خيالُ الحقلِ يَقضي بي

    ننا بالحقّ إنْ نطلبْ

    The field's scarecrow judges among

    us with justice, if we ask.

  23. يرى الحقَّ بعينيهِ

    وليس بأعينِ المَكسَبْ

    He sees the truth with his own eyes,

    and not through the eyes of gain.

  24. فهل نأتي بشيطانٍ

    لينجو كلُّ منْ أذنبْ؟!

    So shall we bring in a devil

    so that everyone who has sinned escapes?!

  25. خيالُ الحقلِ أستاذٌ

    اذا غنّى له نطرَبْ

    The field's scarecrow is a master;

    when he sings, we are enraptured by him.

  26. فهلْ نأتي بأصوات

    كما الغربان إذ تنعَبْ؟!

    So shall we bring in voices

    like crows when they caw?!

  27. وإنْ صاحبْتهُ العمر

    فلن تشقى ولن تتعبْ

    And if you keep him company for a lifetime,

    you will neither suffer nor tire.

  28. أنصحبُ من اذا استغنى

    سيلدُغنا كما العقربْ؟!

    Shall we befriend one who, when he grows rich,

    will sting us like a scorpion?!

  29. خيالُ الحقلِ ما خانَ

    وإنْ قالَ فلا يكذبْ

    The field's scarecrow has never been treacherous,

    and if he speaks, he does not lie.

  30. ومؤتمنٌ على تاري

    خِنا الأبعدِ والأقربْ

    And he is entrusted with our

    history, both distant and recent.

  31. ولولا أنّه يكتبْ

    فما يُبقيك يا يعربْ

    And were it not that he writes,

    what would preserve you, O Ya'rub?

  32. خيالُ الحقلِ يكفينا

    فنمتازُ ولا نرسبْ

    The field's scarecrow is enough for us,

    so we excel and do not fail.

  33. فلا يدعو إلى بيتٍ

    وفي الدّرس كمنْ يلعبْ

    So he does not invite us to a house

    while acting like someone at play in class.

  34. خيالُ الحقلِ بالعلمِ

    يداوينا ولا ينصَبْ

    The field's scarecrow, through knowledge,

    heals us and does not grow weary.

  35. خيالُ الحقلِ بالروحِ

    يُفدّينا فلا تعجبْ

    The field's scarecrow, with his soul,

    ransoms us, so do not be surprised.

  36. وكلّ خيالِ حقلٍ وال

    قلوبُ لربّها أقربْ

    And every field's scarecrow, and the

    hearts, are nearer to their Lord.