Sol 6.1

  1. جَفن عَلى شَوكِ القَتادَةِ يُطبَقُ

    وجوىً إلى حيثُ اللبانَةِ يَسبِقُ

    An eyelid is shut upon the thorns of the qatad bush,

    And burning sorrow races ahead to where desire lies.

  2. ويكونُ كالظنِّ البَعيدِ لعائِدي

    كَمدي فَما يَنفكُّ أو يَتحقَّقُ

    And to my visitor, like a far-fetched conjecture

    Is my anguish; it remains so until confirmed.

  3. أيُطيقُ كتمانَ الصَّبابةِ من له

    في كلِّ جارِحةٍ لِسانٌ يَنطِقُ

    Can one conceal his ardent longing, who has

    In every limb a tongue that speaks?

  4. وكأنَّما دَمُ قَلبِه من جَفنِه

    نارٌ يَطير لَها شَرارٌ مُحرقُ

    And as though his heart's blood, from his eyelid,

    Were a fire from which scorching sparks fly.

  5. وكأنَّ وجنَتَهُ حَنيَّةُ عاكِفٍ

    والدَّمعُ قِنديلٌ علَيهِ مُعلَّقُ

    And as though his cheek were a devotee's arched niche,

    And the tears a lamp suspended upon it.

  6. وكأنَّ مَدمَعَه الهَتون وجسمُهُ

    باكٍ عَلى بالٍ جَزوعٌ مُشفِقُ

    And as though his streaming tear-duct and his body

    Were a weeper over one wasted away, distraught and full of pity.

  7. إلحَق سَرائركَ التي أركَبتها

    نُجُب الدُّموع فإنَّها لا تُلحَقُ

    Overtake your secrets, which you set astride

    The swift camels of tears—for they cannot be overtaken.

  8. لا تَعجبنَّ لِناظِري إِذا هُما

    سَفَحا وفي يَدكَ الفُؤادُ الأشوقُ

    Do not marvel at my two eyes when they

    Shed tears, while the deeply yearning heart is in your hand.

  9. فالشَّاهِدانِ الشَّاهِدان عَلى الهَوى

    سَألاكَ ما فَعلَ الأَسيرُ المُطلَقُ

    For the two witnesses, the two witnesses to love,

    Have asked you what the freed captive has done.

  10. أنا لِلنَّوى إن لَم أشُدَّ مع النَّوى

    عَزمي إِلى حيثُ التَّفرقُ يفرقُ

    I am separation's prey if, at parting, I do not steel

    My resolve for where dispersal strikes terror.

  11. حيثُ الصَّوارِمُ والجَماجِمُ صُحبَةٌ

    والبِيضُ بِالبيضِ الرِّقاق تُفلَّقُ

    Where keen swords and skulls keep company,

    And helmets are split by slender white blades.

  12. وبحيثُ عهدُ المَشرَفيَّةِ لِلطُّلى

    مِن عَهدِنا لكَ بالمودَّة أوثقُ

    And where the Mashrafi swords' pledge to throats

    Is firmer than our pledge of affection to you.

  13. ظُلماتُ ذي القَرنَينِ كُنَّ مَسالِكي

    فَانشقَّ لي مِنها صَباحٌ مُشرِقُ

    The darknesses of Dhu al-Qarnayn were my paths;

    Then a radiant morning broke forth for me from them.

  14. ورَأيتُ نُوراً في نِزارٍ كلَّما

    ألقاهُ من وَصَبٍ وتلقى الأينقُ

    And in Nizar I saw as light all

    The hardship I meet, and that the she-camels meet.

  15. وبحيثُ مصرٌ للغيوثِ كفايةٌ

    بِغُيوثِ راحَتِه الَّتي تَتَدفَّقُ

    And where Egypt has no need of rain,

    Thanks to the rains of his palm, which pour forth.

  16. يلقاكَ نورُ الحقِّ قبلَ لِقائِه

    فيها وبَينَكُما دُرُوبٌ تُغلَقُ

    The light of truth meets you before you meet him

    There, though gates are shut between you both.

  17. آلُ النبِّي هُم النبيُّ وإنَّما

    بالوَحي فرِّق بَينَهم فتَفرَّقوا

    The Prophet's family are the Prophet; only

    By revelation were they distinguished, and so set apart.

  18. أبَتِ الإمامَةُ أن تَليقَ بِغَيرِهم

    أهلُ الرِّسالةِ بِالإمامَةِ أليَقُ

    The imamate refused to befit any but them;

    The people of the Message are fitter for the imamate.

  19. فتَرى الأكارمَ إنَّما اكتَسَبوا النَّدى

    مِن فَضلِ ما جادوا بِه وتَصَدَّقوا

    Thus you see that the noblest acquired generosity only

    From the surplus of what they gave freely and bestowed in charity.

  20. وكأنَّما خلقُ العَزيزِ نشا لَهُم

    من قَبل خِلقَةِ جِسمِه فتَخلَّقوا

    And as though al-Aziz's character had arisen for them

    Before his body's creation, and so they adopted it.

  21. أمطلِّق الدُّنيا ثَلاثاً بِالنَّدى

    زهداً فَلَيسَت بِالثَّلاثِ تُطلَّقُ

    O you who divorce the world thrice through generosity,

    Out of renunciation—yet three divorces cannot put it away.

  22. كَم مَوردٍ مازلتَ تَشرَع مَصدري

    عَنه وراياتُ العُلى لي تَخفِقُ

    At how many a watering place you have kept opening the way for my departure

    From it, while banners of glory flutter for me!

  23. فأَسيرُ والحَدَثانُ لي مُستَيقِظٌ

    وأعودُ وهوَ من المهابَةِ مُطرِقُ

    So I set out, while fate lies awake for me,

    And return while it bows its head in awe.

  24. سبَقَت لعبدِ المُحسِن الحُسنى بكُم

    وبحبِّكم فَطَريقُهُ تُستَطرَقُ

    Good fortune has already come to Abd al-Muhsin through you,

    And through love for you; so his path is trodden.

  25. ولقَد تبيَّن عَجزُهُ عَن مَدحِكُم

    كلَّ التبيُّنِ وهو غالٍ مُغرِقُ

    And his inability to praise you has indeed become clear,

    Utterly clear, though he goes to extremes and exaggerates.