عصفورتان في الحجاز Two little birds in Hijaz,
أحمد شوقي
Ahmed Shawqi
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النص العربي
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عُصفورَتانِ في الحِجازِ
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حَلَّتا عَلى فَنَن
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في خامِلٍ مِنَ الرِياضِ
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لا نَدٍ وَلا حَسَن
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بَيناهُما تَنتَجِيانِ
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سَحَراً عَلى الغُصُن
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مَرَّ عَلى أَيكِهِما
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ريحٌ سَرى مِنَ اليَمَن
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حَيّا وَقالَ دُرَّتانِ
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في وِعاءٍ مُمتَهَن
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لَقَد رَأَيتُ حَولَ صَنعاءَ
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وَفي ظِلِّ عَدَن
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خَمائِلاً كَأَنَّها
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بَقِيَّةٌ مِن ذي يَزَن
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الحَبُّ فيها سُكَّرٌ
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وَالماءُ شُهدٌ وَلَبَن
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لَم يَرَها الطَيرُ
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وَلَم يسمع بِها إِلّا اِفتَتَن
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هَيّا اِركَباني نَأتِها
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في ساعَةٍ مِنَ الزَمَن
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قالَت لَهُ إِحداهُما
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وَالطَيرُ مِنهُنَّ الفَطِن
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يا ريحُ أَنتَ اِبنُ السَبيلِ
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ما عَرَفتَ ما السَكَن
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هَب جَنَّةَ الخُلدِ اليَمَن
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لا شَيءَ يَعدِلُ الوَطَن
English Translation
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Two little birds in Hijaz,
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settled upon a branch.
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In a quiet, peaceful garden,
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with no dew and no beauty.
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While they were whispering together,
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at dawn, upon the branch,
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a breeze passed through their grove,
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a wind traveling from Yemen.
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It greeted them and said: “Two pearls
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in a vessel unworthy of them!”
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“I have seen around Sana’a,
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and in the shade of Aden,
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gardens as if they were
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remnants of the kingdom of Dhi Yazan.
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The grain there is like sugar,
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and the water is honey and milk.
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No bird has seen it,
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nor heard of it without being enchanted.
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Come, ride with me, let us reach it,
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in just an hour’s time.”
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One of them said to him,
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and some birds are wise,
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“O wind, you are a son of the road,
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you have never known what home means.
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Suppose Yemen were Heaven itself,
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nothing equals one’s homeland.”
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عُصفورَتانِ في الحِجازِ
Two little birds in Hijaz,
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حَلَّتا عَلى فَنَن
settled upon a branch.
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في خامِلٍ مِنَ الرِياضِ
In a quiet, peaceful garden,
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لا نَدٍ وَلا حَسَن
with no dew and no beauty.
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بَيناهُما تَنتَجِيانِ
While they were whispering together,
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سَحَراً عَلى الغُصُن
at dawn, upon the branch,
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مَرَّ عَلى أَيكِهِما
a breeze passed through their grove,
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ريحٌ سَرى مِنَ اليَمَن
a wind traveling from Yemen.
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حَيّا وَقالَ دُرَّتانِ
It greeted them and said: “Two pearls
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في وِعاءٍ مُمتَهَن
in a vessel unworthy of them!”
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لَقَد رَأَيتُ حَولَ صَنعاءَ
“I have seen around Sana’a,
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وَفي ظِلِّ عَدَن
and in the shade of Aden,
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خَمائِلاً كَأَنَّها
gardens as if they were
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بَقِيَّةٌ مِن ذي يَزَن
remnants of the kingdom of Dhi Yazan.
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الحَبُّ فيها سُكَّرٌ
The grain there is like sugar,
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وَالماءُ شُهدٌ وَلَبَن
and the water is honey and milk.
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لَم يَرَها الطَيرُ
No bird has seen it,
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وَلَم يسمع بِها إِلّا اِفتَتَن
nor heard of it without being enchanted.
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هَيّا اِركَباني نَأتِها
Come, ride with me, let us reach it,
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في ساعَةٍ مِنَ الزَمَن
in just an hour’s time.”
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قالَت لَهُ إِحداهُما
One of them said to him,
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وَالطَيرُ مِنهُنَّ الفَطِن
and some birds are wise,
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يا ريحُ أَنتَ اِبنُ السَبيلِ
“O wind, you are a son of the road,
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ما عَرَفتَ ما السَكَن
you have never known what home means.
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هَب جَنَّةَ الخُلدِ اليَمَن
Suppose Yemen were Heaven itself,
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لا شَيءَ يَعدِلُ الوَطَن
nothing equals one’s homeland.”
