Sol 6.1

  1. من لصبِّ متَيَّمٍ مستهام

    دَنِفٍ من صبابةٍ وغَرامِ

    Who will help a lover, enthralled and distraught,

    Wasted by longing and consuming love?

  2. لامَه اللاّئمون في الحبِّ جهلاً

    وهو في معزلٍ عن اللوَّام

    The reproachers blamed him for love, in ignorance,

    While he remained apart from those who blame.

  3. لا تلوما على الهوى دَنِفَ القل

    ب فما للهوى وما للملام

    Do not, you two, reproach for passion one whose heart

    Is sick with love: what has passion to do with reproach?

  4. كيف يصحو من سكرة الوجد صبٌّ

    تاه في سكره بغير ودام

    How can a lover awaken from passion's intoxication,

    Lost in his drunkenness, without a wine-straining cloth?

  5. وَرَمته فغادرته صريعاً

    يا لقومي لواحظُ الآرام

    They struck him and left him fallen—

    O my people!—the glances of white gazelles.

  6. جرَّدت أعينُ الظباء سيوفاً

    ورَمَتْنا ألحاظها بسهام

    The gazelles' eyes unsheathed swords,

    And their glances shot arrows at us.

  7. لستُ أنسى منازل اللَّهو كنتْ

    مشرقات بكلٍّ بدرٍ تمام

    I do not forget the abodes of pleasure, once

    Radiant with every perfect full moon.

  8. تنجلي أكؤس من الرَّاح فيها

    يضحك الرَّوض من بكاء الغمام

    Cups of wine shine forth within them;

    The garden laughs at the clouds' weeping.

  9. بين آسٍ ونرجسٍ وبهارٍ

    وهزارٍ وبُلبُلٍ ويمام

    Amid myrtle, narcissus, and oxeye daisies,

    And nightingales, bulbuls, and doves,

  10. ومليحٍ مهفهف القدّ ساجي الطَّر

    ف عذب الرّضاب لدن القوام

    And a handsome youth, slender of figure, languid of

    Gaze, with sweet saliva and a supple form.

  11. يمزج الرَّاح من لماه ويس

    قينا حلالاً يشوبه حرام

    He mingles wine with his dusky lips, and gives

    Us a lawful drink mingled with the forbidden.

  12. وبروحي ذاك الغرير المفدَّى

    فيه وجدي وصبوتي وهيامي

    And my soul be ransom for that guileless, cherished youth!

    In him lie my passion, my longing, and my lovesick madness.

  13. شَهِدَتْ واوُ صدغه مذْ تبدَّى

    أنَّ لامَ العذار أحسن لام

    The wāw of his temple-lock, when he appeared, testified

    That the lām of his cheek-down was the fairest lām.

  14. لو ترَشَّفْتَ من لماه رحيقاً

    لشفاني من علَّتي وسقامي

    Were you to sip nectar from his dusky lips,

    It would cure me of my malady and sickness.

  15. ربَّ ليلٍ أطَعْتُ فيه التَّصابي

    باختلاسي مسرَّة الأَيَّام

    Many a night I indulged in youthful dalliance,

    Snatching the delight of the days.

  16. بَرَزَتْ في الظَّلام شمس الحميَّا

    فمَحَتْ بالضّياء جُنْحَ الظَّلام

    The sun of potent wine emerged in the darkness,

    And with its radiance erased the gloom of darkness.

  17. فانتشقْنا نوافجَ المسك لمَّا

    فضَّ عنها السُّقاة مسك الختام

    So we inhaled the musk-pods' fragrance when

    The cupbearers broke their seal of musk.

  18. من معيدٌ عليَّ أيَّام لهوٍ

    أعقبَتْنا عن وصلها بانصرام

    Who will restore to me the days of pleasure

    That left us with severance instead of their companionship?

  19. وزمان مضى عيش تقضى

    ما أرى عَوْده ولو في المنام

    And a time gone by, a life now spent—

    I see no return for it, even in a dream.

  20. مرَّ والدَّهر فيه طلق المحيا

    كمرور الخيال في الأَحلام

    It passed while Time wore a cheerful face,

    As a phantom passes through dreams.

  21. لو تبلُّ الدُّموع غلَّة صبٍّ

    بلَّ دمعي يوم الغميم أُوامي

    If tears could quench a lover's burning thirst,

    My tears on the day at al-Ghamim would have quenched mine.

  22. يوم حانَ النَّوى فسالت دموع

    لم أخَلْها إلاَّ انسجام ركام

    The day separation came, and tears poured down,

    I took them for nothing but a downpour from massed clouds.

  23. وتلظَّت حشاشة أوقدوها

    آل ميٍّ من بينهم بضرام

    And my last remnant of life blazed, kindled by

    Mayy's kin with the fire of their departure.

  24. كلَّما نسّمت رياح صباها

    قلتُ يا ريح بلِّغيها سلامي

    Whenever her east-wind breezes blew softly,

    I said, 'O wind, convey my greeting to her.'

  25. سُقيت دارهم أحبَّة قلبي

    من دموعي بمثل صَوب الغَمام

    May the home of my heart's beloved ones be watered

    With my tears, like the rain pouring from clouds.

  26. إنَّ أيَّامنا على القرب منهم

    صُدِعَتْ بالفراق بعد التئام

    Indeed, our days of nearness to them

    Were shattered by separation after union.

  27. ذمَّةٌ قد وفيت فيها لديهم

    وعلى الحرِّ أن يفي بالذّمام

    A pledge in which I have kept faith with them;

    A noble man is bound to honor his pledges.

  28. لو تراني من بعدهم وادّكاري

    ماضيات العصور والأَعوام

    If you could see me after their departure, as I recall

    The ages and years gone by,

  29. أتلهَّى تعلُّلاً بالأَماني

    بنثارٍ أقول أو بنظام

    Distracting myself, seeking solace in hopes,

    With prose I utter, or with verse.

  30. فإذا قلتُ في الكرام قصيداً

    ذقّتُ فيها حلاوةَ الانسجام

    Whenever I compose a poem about the noble,

    I taste in it the sweetness of harmony.

  31. زانَ شعري وزانَ نظمي ونثري

    صدق مدحي للسَّادة الأَعلام

    My poetry, my verse, and my prose were adorned

    By my sincere praise of the illustrious masters.

  32. وإذا رمت في الرِّجال كريماً

    كانَ عيد الرحمن أقصى مرامي

    And when I seek a noble man among men,

    Eid al-Rahman is my utmost aim.

  33. إنَّما أعرف المكارم منه

    من كريمِ الأَخلاق نجل الكرام

    From him alone I know noble qualities,

    From that noble-natured scion of noble men.

  34. قسم الفضل في الرِّجال فأضحى

    حظُّه منه وافر الأَقسام

    Excellence was apportioned among men, and thus

    His share of it became richly abundant.

  35. لو تغنَّى الحمام بالمدح فيه

    أرقصَ البان في غناء الحمَام

    If the doves sang his praise,

    Their song would set the ban trees dancing.

  36. طاهر لا يشوبه دنس الآ

    ثام فما لاث قطُّ بالآثام

    Pure, untainted by the stain of

    Sins; never has he been entangled in sins.

  37. لو تأمَّلتَ في علوم حواها

    قلت هاتيك منحةَ الإِلهام

    If you pondered the branches of learning he has mastered,

    You would say, 'That is a gift of inspiration.'

  38. أُوتي الفضل والكمال غلاماً

    يا له الله سيِّداً من غلام

    He was granted excellence and perfection as a boy;

    God, what a master he was even as a boy!

  39. ناشئ مذ كانَ في طاعة الله

    صلاةً موصولةً بصيام

    Raised from his earliest days in obedience to God,

    With prayer joined continually to fasting.

  40. ثابت الجأش لا يراع لأمرٍ

    ثابت عند زلَّة الأَقدام

    Steadfast of heart, never frightened by any affair,

    Firm when feet falter.

  41. إنَّ فيه والحمْد لله ما ير

    فع قدر العلوم بين الأَنام

    In him, praise be to God, is that which

    Raises the stature of learning among humankind:

  42. فطنة تدرك الغوامض علماً

    حُجِبَتْ عن مدارك الأَفهام

    An acumen that grasps obscure matters with understanding,

    Veiled from the faculties of comprehension.

  43. أدبٌ رائعٌ وعلمٌ غزيرٌ

    أينَ منه الأزهار في الأَكمام

    Splendid refinement and abundant learning—

    What are flowers in their calyxes beside him?

  44. فإذا ما سمعت منه كلاماً

    كانَ ذاك الكلام حرّ الكلام

    Whenever you hear him speak,

    That speech is the choicest of speech.

  45. يا شفاءَ الصُّدور من عِلَلِ

    الجهلِ ويا برءها من الآلام

    O cure for hearts afflicted with the ailments

    Of ignorance, O their relief from pain!

  46. يا رفيع العماد يا ابن عليٍّ

    يا ابن عالي الذّرا عليّ المقام

    O lofty-pillared one, O son of Ali,

    O son of one lofty of summit, exalted of station!

  47. أَنْتَ غيثٌ على العُفاة هطول

    أَنْتَ بحرٌ من المكارم طامي

    You are rain pouring upon those who seek bounty;

    You are an overflowing sea of generosity.

  48. آل بيت النبيّ لا زال فيكم

    ثقتي في ولائكم واعتصامي

    O household of the Prophet, may there ever abide in you

    My trust in your loyal friendship, and my refuge.

  49. قد سرت منكم بنا نفحاتٌ

    سريان الأَرواح في الأَجسام

    Fragrant breaths from you have coursed through us,

    As souls course through bodies.

  50. قد أَعدُّوا لكلِّ أمر عظيم

    واستعدُّوا للنقض والإِبرام

    They have made ready for every great affair,

    And readied themselves to undo and firmly bind.

  51. دامَ مجدٌ لهم وللناس مجد

    ما سواهم وما له من دوام

    Their glory endures; the glory of people

    Other than them has no permanence.

  52. شيَّدوها مبانياً للمعالي

    ما بناها مشيّد الأَهرام

    They raised them as edifices of eminence,

    Such as the builder of the pyramids never built.

  53. طهَّر الله ذاتكم واصطفاكم

    حجَّة للإسلام في الإِسلام

    God purified your essence and chose you

    As a proof for Islam within Islam.

  54. عَلقَتْ فيكم المطالب منَّا

    منذ كنتم وما علقتم بذام

    Our aspirations have clung to you

    Since you came to be; no reproach has ever clung to you.

  55. كلُّ فرد منكم إمامٌ لعصر

    ما فَقَدنا منكم به من إمام

    Each one of you is an imam for an age;

    In him, we have lost none of your imams.

  56. أَرْضَعَتْه أُمُّ العُلى بلبان

    قد عهدناه قبل عهد الفطام

    The mother of loftiness suckled him with milk;

    We knew him before the time of weaning.

  57. فلئنْ سار فيكم ذكر شعري

    آخذاً بالإِنجاد والإِتهام

    So if the renown of my poetry about you travels,

    Taking its course through Najd and Tihama,

  58. فبكم عِصْمتي وفيكم فخاري

    وبلوغ المنى ونيل الحطام

    Through you is my protection, and in you my pride,

    The attainment of hopes and the gaining of worldly goods.

  59. إنْ كتمت الثناء حيناً عليكم

    ضاق صدري به عن الاكتتام

    If I conceal my praise of you for a while,

    My breast grows too cramped to keep it concealed.

  60. فابق في نعمةٍ عَلَينا من الل

    ه مفيضاً سوابغ الإِنعام

    So abide in a blessing upon us from

    God, pouring forth abundant favors.

  61. واهنأ يا سيِّدي بعيدٍ سعيدٍ

    عائد بالسُّرور في كلّ عام

    And rejoice, my master, in a joyous Eid,

    Returning with gladness every year.

  62. أَترجَّى الفتوح في المدح فيكم

    بافتتاحي بمدحكم واختتامي

    I hope for bounties in praising you,

    Beginning with your praise and ending with it.