Al-Khutba Al-Akhira (The Last Declamation) - Alif traduction en anglais

Al-Khutba Al-Akhira (The Last Declamation)

هُنالِكَ مَوْتى ينَامونَ في غُرَفٍ سَوْفَ تَبْنونَها،
هُنالِك مَوْتى يَزورونَ ماضيَهُمْ في المَكانِ الَّذي تَهْدِمون،
هُنالِك مَوْتى يَمُرُّونَ فَوقَ الجُسورِ الَّتي سَوْفَ تَبْنونَها،
هُنالِك مَوتى يُضيؤونَ لَيْلَ الفَراشاتِ، مَوْتى يَجيئونَ فَجْراً لكي يَشْرَبُوا شايَهُمْ مَعَكُم، هادئِين،
كما تَرَكَتْهُمْ بَنادِقُكُمْ، فاتْرُكوا يا ضُيوفَ المَكان،
مَقاعدَ خالِيَةً لِلْمُضيفينَ، كي يَقْرؤوا
عَليكُمْ شُروطَ السَّلامِ مَعَ المَيِّتين

The Last Declamation

There are the dead sleeping in the rooms you will build,
There are the dead visiting their past in the places you will tear down,
There are the dead walking over the bridges you will build,
There are the dead illuminating the nights of the moths, dead who come at dawn to drink their tea with you, quietly,
As your guns have left them, so leave, O guests of this place,
Empty chairs for the hosts, that they may read,
To you the terms of peace with the dead.