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Let your specter wander far from me,

هبوا طيفكم أعدى على النأي مسراه

1. Let your specter wander far from me,
For who can soothe a longing heart?

١. هَبُوا طَيْفَكُمْ أَعْدى عَلَى النَّأْي مَسْراهُ
فَمَنْ لِمَشُوقٍ أَنْ يُهَوِّمَ جَفْناهُ

2. Can a phantom truly find its way
When sickness hides the path ahead?

٢. وَهَلْ يَهْتَدِي طَيْفُ الْخَيالِ لِناحِلٍ
إِذا السُّقْمُ عَنْ لَحْظٍ الْعَوائِدِ أَخْفاهُ

3. My dreams bring wealth I cannot grasp,
My days incur a debt unpaid.

٣. غِنىً فِي يَدِ الأَحْلامِ لا أَسْتَفِيدُهُ
وَدَيْنٌ عَلَى الأَيّامِ لا أَتَقاضاه

4. Not all whose rest is stolen find it again,
Nor those whose hearts are captive, free.

٤. وَما كُلُّ مَسْلُوبِ الرُّقادِ مُعادُهُ
وَلا كُلُّ مَأْسُورِ الْفُؤَادِ مَفاداهُ

5. Some applaud patience, come what may,
Yet not all patience merits praise.

٥. يَرى الصَّبْرَ مَحْمُودَ الْعَواقِبِ مَعْشَرٌ
وَما كُلُّ صَبْرٍ يَحْمَدُ الْمَرْءُ عُقْباهُ

6. My heart goes mad when love appears,
Like lightning in both my eyes revealed.

٦. لِيَ اللهُ مِنْ قَلْبٍ يُجَنُّ جُنُونُهُ
مَتى لاحَ بَرْقٌ بِالْقَرِينَيْنِ مَهْواهُ

7. When the morning breeze blows gently by,
I yearn, like a traveler nearing home.

٧. أَحِنُّ إِذا هَبَّتْ صَباً مُطْمَئِنَّةٌ
حَنِينَ رَذايا الرَّكْبِ أَوْشَكَ مُغْداهُ

8. I seek a pasture for my steed
Far from the thorns along the trail.

٨. خَوامِسَ حَلاّها عَنِ الْوِرْدِ مَطْلَبٌ
بَعِيدٌ عَلَى الْبُزْلِ الْمَصاعِيبِ مَرْماهُ

9. His goal is nowhere to be found,
No meadows graze, no water flows.

٩. هَوىً كَلَّما عادَتْ مِنَ الشَّرْقِ نَفْحَةٌ
أَعادَ لِيَ الشَّوْقَ الَّذِي كانَ أَبْداهُ

10. Like me, who finds in ruins of a home
Sweet solace, though the sands of time erased its trace.

١٠. وَما شَغَفِي بِالرِّيحِ إِلاّ لأَنَّها
تَمُرُّ بِحَيٍّ دُونَ رامَةَ مَثْواهُ

11. My friends, as gazelles who quenched their thirst
Then found in you what they had missed before.

١١. أُحِبُّ ثَرى الْوادِي الَّذِي بانَ أَهْلُهُ
وَأَصْبُو إِلى الرَّبْعِ الَّذِي مَحَّ مَغْناهُ

12. How fine were our tents and easy days,
When life was sipped from brimming bowls!

١٢. فَما وَجَد النِّضْوُ الطَّلِيحُ بَمِنْزِلٍ
رَأْى وِرْدَهُ فِي ساحَتَيْهِ وَمَرْعاهُ

13. Nights that poured their pearls on us,
Of which no drinking pools remain.

١٣. كَوَجْدِي بِأَطْلالِ الدِّيارِ وَإِنْ مَضى
عَلَى رَسْمِها كَرُّ الْعُصُورِ فَأَبْلاهُ

14. By Allah, every barren valley
Where the wind stirs up waves of sand!

١٤. دَوارِسَ عَفّاها النُّحُولُ كَاَنَّما
وَجَدْنَ بِكُمْ بعْدَ النَّوى ما وَجَدْناهُ

15. I call to the spirits of evenings past,
Every time the breeze blows from the east.

١٥. أَلا حَبَّذا عَهْدُ الْكَثِيبِ وَناعِمٌ
مِنَ الْعَيْشِ مَجْرُورُ الذُّيُولِ لَبِسْناهُ

16. Did it rouse the sands or visit a land
Where that blessed group once lodged?

١٦. لَيالِيَ عاطَتْنا الصَّبابَةُ دَرَّها
فَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْها مَنْهَلٌ ما وَرَدْناهُ

17. My longing blows wildly through me,
Seeking visitation to soothe its keen.

١٧. وَللهِ وادٍ دُونَ مَيْثاءِ حاجِرٍ
تَصِحُّ إِذا اعْتَلَّ النَّسِيمُ خُزاماهُ

18. O my friends, though fervent love binds us,
Your company no comfort brings me now.

١٨. أُناشِدُ أَرْواحَ الْعَشِيّاتِ كُلَّما
نَسَبْنَ إِلى رَيّا الأَحْبَّةِ رَيّاهُ

19. Is it not disgraceful that you forsake
A youthful lover when desire calls?

١٩. أَناشَتْ عَرارَ الرَّمْلِ أَمْ صافَحَتْ ثَرىً
أَغَذَّ بِهِ ذاكَ الْفَرِيقُ مَطاياهُ

20. It grieves me more than any suffering,
To feel such passion yet keep silent.

٢٠. خَلِيَليَّ قَدْ هَبَّ اشْتِياقِي هُبُوبُها
حُسُوماً فَهَلْ مِنْ زَوْرَةٍ تَتَلافاهُ

21. He sold his heart cheap to sickness and love,
And was made worthless by passion’s heat.

٢١. أَعِينا عَلَى وَجْدِي فَليْسَ بِنافِعٍ
إِخاؤُكُما خِلاًّ إِذا لَمْ تُعِيناهُ

22. Yet I still live, and whenever I forget them,
My love revives my heart then kills it again.

٢٢. أَما سُبَّةٌ أَنْ تَخْذُلا ذا صَبابَةٍ
دَعا وَجْدَهُ الشَّوْقُ الْقَدِيمُ فَلَبّاهُ

23. I wish to see them at the two hillocks,
And their home in the valley of Ghada.

٢٣. وَأَكَمَدْ مَحْزُونٍ وَأَوْجَعُ مُمْرَضٍ
مِنَ الْوَجْدِ شاكٍ لَيْسَ تُسْمَعُ شَكْواهُ

24. The rains have watered their highland camp,
With winds blowing as they please.

٢٤. شَرى لُبَّهُ خَبْلُ السَّقامِ وَباعَهُ
وَأَرْخَصَهُ سَوْمُ الْغَرامِ وَأَغْلاهُ

25. And every cloud that moves
Across the vacant hills trails its skirt.

٢٥. وَبِالْجِزْعِ حَيٌّ كلِّما عَنَّ ذِكْرُهُمْ
أَماتَ الْهَوى مِنِّي فُؤاداً وَأَحْياهُ

26. If not for my tears of blood,
I would carry clouds the news of their neglect.

٢٦. تَمَنَّيْتُهُمْ بِالرَّقْمَتَيْنِ وَدارُهُمْ
بِوادِي الْغَضا يا بُعْد ما أَتَمَنّاهُ

27. Shame that the King of Kings should guarantee
Abundance, while drops cannot reach their heights!

٢٧. سَقى الْوابِلُ الرّبْعِيُّ ماحِلَ رَبْعِكُمْ
وَراوحَهُ ما شاءَ رَوْحٌ وَغاداهُ

28. I saw the she-camels kneeling down to rest,
And thought their knees were like the clouds.

٢٨. وَجَرَّ عَلَيْهِ ذَيْلَهُ كُلُّ ماطِرٍ
إِذا ما مَشى فِي عاطِلِ الْتُّرْبِ حَلاّهُ

29.
The steadfast one no shock dismays,

٢٩. وَما كنْتُ لُوْلا أَنَّ دَمْعِيَ منْ دَمٍ
لأَحْمِلَ مَنّاً لِلسَّحابِ بِسُقْياهُ

30. The resolute will face each test.
The tireless soul pursues lofty goals,

٣٠. غَلى أَنَّ فَخْرَ الْمُلْكِ لِلأَرْضِ كافِلٌ
بِفَيْض نَدىً لا يَبْلُغُ الْقَطْرُ شَرْواهُ

31. Undeterred by those who would dissuade.
With you, the days smiled on me,

٣١. بَصُرْتُ بِأُمّاتِ الْحَيا فَظَنَنْتُها
أَنامِلَهُ إِنَّ السَّحائِبَ أَشْباهُ

32. As if your might was their wrath towards me.
I came to you now aged and weary,

٣٢. أَخُو الْحَزْمِ ما فاجاهُ خَطْبٌ فَكادَهُ
وَذُو الْعَزْمِ ما عاناهُ أَمْرٌ فَعَنّاهُ

33. Yet my words still aspire to greater heights.
No excuse have I, if time betrays me after

٣٣. وَساعٍ إلى غاياتِ كُلِّ خَفِيَّةٍ
مِنَ الْمَجْدِ ما جاراهُ خَلْقٌ فَباراهُ

34. I placed my trust in you, best of all I know.
With men determined to lift the veil of gloom,

٣٤. بِهِ رُدَّ نَحْوِي فائِتُ الْحَظِّ راغِماً
وَأَسْخَطَ فِيَّ الدَّهْرُ مَنْ كانَ أَرْضاهُ

35. The farthest goal and nearest are the same.
With them I crossed the wilderness, and often

٣٥. تَحامَتْنِيَ الأَيّامُ عِنْدَ لِقائِهِ
كَأَنِّيَ فِيها بَأْسُهُ وَهْيَ أَعْداهُ

36. My will would slay that desolate expanse.
Our pace was like lightning through the dark,

٣٦. إِلَيْكَ رَحَلْتُ الْعِيسَ تَنْقُلُ وَقْرَها
ثَناءً وَلِلأَعْلى يُجَهَّزُ أَعْلاهُ

37. Our quest to shed the night’s domain.
To the gracious King of flowing hair,

٣٧. وَلا عُذْرَ لِي إِنْ رابَنِي الدَّهْرُ بَعْدَما
تَوَخَّتْكَ بِي يا خَيْرَ مَنْ تَتَوَخّاهُ

38. The fortunate, handsome moon when he appears.
To the land of Ammar son of Ammar

٣٨. وَرَكْبٍ أَمَاطُوا الْهَمَّ عَنْهُمْ بِهِمَّةٍ
سَواءٌ بِها أَقْصى الْمَرامِ وأَدْناهُ

39. Who provides for the meek from his bounty.

٣٩. قَطَعْتُ بِهِمْ عَرْضَ الْفَلاةِ وَطالَما
رَمى مَقْتَلَ الْبَيْداءِ عَزْمِي فَأَصْماهُ

40. When we reached him, we reached our goal,
And gained from his gifts all we could wish.

٤٠. وَسَيْرٍ كَإِيماضِ الْبُرُوقِ وَمَطْلَبٍ
لَبِسْنا الدُّجى مِنْ دُونِهِ وَخَلَعْناهُ

41. A youth whose kindness we never tired of,
Despite the changing tides of fate.

٤١. إِلى الْمَلِكِ الْجَعْدِ الْجَزِيلِ عَطاؤُهُ
إِلى الْقَمَرِ السَّعِدْ الْجَمِيلِ مُحَيّاهُ

42. Among them, the neighbor was protected,
Life with them was sweetest and best,

٤٢. إِلى رَبْعِ عَمّارِ بْنِ عَمّارِ الَّذِي
تَكَفَّلَ أَرْزاقَ الْعُفاةِ بِجَدْواهُ

43. The most carefree life was theirs,
The coolest shade from their palms thrown.

٤٣. وَلَمّا بَلَغْناهُ بَلَغْنا بِهِ الْمُنى
وَشِيكاً وَأَعْطَيْنا الْغِنى مِن عَطَاياهُ

44. Dazzling white face and forehead were his,
As if his qualities themselves on show.

٤٤. فَتىً لَمْ نَمِلْ يَوْماً بِرُكْنِ سَماحِهِ
عَلَى حَدثانِ الدَّهْرِ إِلاّ هَدَمْناهُ

45. God reward you for your spirit of giving!
It brings joy to fulfill all you desire.

٤٥. مِنَ الْقُوْمِ ياما أَمْنَعَ الْجارُ بَيْنَهُمْ
وَأَحْلَى مَذاقَ الْعَيْشِ فِيهِمْ وَأَمْراهُ

46. When we called the sleeping fortunes in your name,
They rose as if woken from tethered slumber.

٤٦. وَأَصْفى حَياةً عِنْدُهمْ وَأَرَقَّها
وَأَبْرَدَ ظِلاًّ فِي ذَراهُمْ وَأَنْداهُ

47. You brought gifts, and we praised you doubly,
For it was a promised recompense you granted.

٤٧. اَغَرُّ صَبِيحٌ عِرْضُهُ وَجَبِينُهُ
كَأَنَّهُما أفْعالُهُ وَسَجاياهُ

48. Your noble deeds have taught time itself virtue,
Making it refrain from the wrongs it brought before.

٤٨. لَكَ اللهُ ما أَغْراك بِالْجُودِ هِمَّةً
سُرُوراً بِما تَحْبُو كَأَنَّكَ تُحْباهُ

49. Oh days that time has stolen my praise from me
And diminished the sunshine I knew!

٤٩. دَعَوْنا رَقُودَ الْحَظِّ بِاسْمِكَ دَعْوَةً
فَهَبَّ كَأَنّا منْ عَقالٍ نَشَطْناهُ

50. It taught me to seek from its goodness,
When I knew not what seeking could bring.

٥٠. وَجُدْتَ فَأَثْنَيْنا بِحَمْدِكَ إِنَّهُ
ذِمامٌ بِحُكْمِ الْمَكْرُماتِ قَضَيْناهُ

51. You enriched me and protected me
On nights when I had no money or standing.

٥١. مَكارِمُ أَدَّبْنَ الزَّمان فَقَدْ غَدا
بِها مُقْلِعاً عَمّا جَنى وَتَجَنّاهُ

52. You granted me the fate I always sought
And secured from fears that plagued me.

٥٢. أَيامَنْ أَذاك الدَّهْرُ حَمْدِي فَصانَهُ
وَقَلَّصَ ظِلَّ الْعَيْشِ عنِّي فَأَضفْاهُ

53. You quelled the bitterness on my tongue, after
I lived and sharpened it equally.

٥٣. وَعَلَّمَنِي كَيْفَ الْمَطالِبُ جُودُهُ
وَما كنْتُ أَدْرِي ما الْمَطالِبُ لَوْلاهُ

54. You clothed me in righteousness, till I was seen
As equal by time, though once shunned.

٥٤. لأَنْتَ الذِي أَغْنَيْتَنِي وَحَمَيْتَنِي
لَيالِيَ لا مالٌ لَدَيَّ وَلا جاهُ

55. You are the one who enriched me and sheltered me,
On nights when I had no money or stature.

٥٥. أَنَلتَنِيَ الْقَدْرَ الَّذِي كنْتُ أَرْتَجِي
وَأَمَّنتَنِي الْخطْبَ الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَخْشاهُ

56. You brought me the destiny I always desired,
And safeguarded me from the fears I dreaded.

٥٦. وَأَمْضَيْتَ عَضْباً مِنْ لِسانِيَ بَعدَما
عَمِرْتُ وَحَدّاهُ سَواءُ وَصَفْحاهُ

57. You extinguished the bitterness on my tongue, after
I honed its edge, be it friend or foe.

٥٧. وَسَرْبَلَتْنِي بِالْبِرِّ حتّى تَرَكْتَنِي
بِحَيْثُ يَرانِي الدَّهْرُ كُفْؤاً وَإِيّاهُ

58. You adorned me in virtue until Time itself saw me
As its equal, though once I was spurned.

٥٨. فَدُوْنَك ذا الْحَمْدَ الَّذِي جَلَّ لَفْظُهُ
وَدَقَّ عَلَى الإفْهامِ فِي الْفَضْلِ مَعْناهُ

59. Yours is this praise—profuse, yet profound—
Whose meaning overwhelms all minds.

٥٩. فَلا طُلَّ إلاّ منْ حبائِكَ رَوْضُهُ
وَلا باتَ إلاّ فِي فِنائِكَ مَأْواهُ