Sol 6.1

  1. هَل هائِمٌ دَنِفٌ كَما أنا هائِمُ

    فأقِيمَهُ لكَ لائِماً يا لائِمُ

    Is there an ailing lover as love-distraught as I,

    so I might set him to reproach you, O reproacher?

  2. أم كلُّ قَلبٍ غيرَ قَلبي في الهَوى

    ممَّا يُجِنُّ من الصَّبابَةِ هائِمُ

    Or is every heart but mine, in love,

    distraught with the ardent longing it conceals?

  3. يا قلبُ أنتَ سَلكتَ بي طُرقَ الهَوى

    فاكتُم مَعي يا طرفُ ما أنا كاتِمُ

    O heart, you led me down the paths of love;

    so hide with me, O eye, what I am hiding.

  4. ما في السَّواجِم مِن دمُوعكَ راحةٌ

    سُحبُ المَلام بِها عَليَّ سَواجِمُ

    Your streaming tears bring no relief;

    because of them, clouds of reproach rain down on me.

  5. ومُهَفهفٍ لجفُونِه أبَداً علَى

    أقسَى القُلوبِ إِذا عَصاهُ عَزائِمُ

    And a slender beloved, whose eyelids forever wield

    spells over the hardest heart whenever it defies him:

  6. فارَقتُه حتَّى كأنَّ فِراقَهُ

    يا لائِمي كهَواهُ حَتمٌ لازِمُ

    I parted from him, until it seemed that parting from him,

    O my reproacher, was, like loving him, an inescapable decree.

  7. لمَّا عزَمتُ عَليهِ أعلَمني الهَوى

    أنِّي عَلى خَوضِ المَنيَّةِ عازِمُ

    When I resolved upon it, love told me

    that I was resolved to plunge into death.

  8. وظَلمتُ فيه البَينَ لمَّا قُلتُه

    قَلبي هُو المَظلومُ وهو الظَّالِمُ

    And in this I wronged separation when I said:

    "My heart is the wronged one, and it is the wrongdoer."

  9. هدَمَ الهَوى ما كانَ يَعمُر مرَّةً

    يا دارُ مِنكِ وكلُّ بانٍ هادِمُ

    Love has demolished what it once made flourish

    within you, O dwelling; every builder is a destroyer.

  10. قد كنتِ أعلامَ السُّرُورِ فَمُذ عَدا

    صَرفُ الزَّمانِ عَليكِ أنتِ مَعالِمُ

    Once you were banners of joy; but since

    time's vicissitudes assailed you, you are mere traces.

  11. لو كانَ يَلتَذُّ الدُّجَى طَعمَ الكَرى

    نامَ الدُّجَى عنِّي وما أنا نائِمُ

    If night savored the taste of slumber,

    night would sleep apart from me, while I remained awake.

  12. أو كانَ يَعلمُ طولَ وَجدي في الهوى

    ما طالَ وهوَ بطُولِ وَجدي عالِمُ

    Or if it knew how long my anguish in love endured,

    it would not linger—yet it knows my anguish's length.

  13. مَن همُّه طلب العُلى لم يَثنِه

    عَنه السُّهادُ ولا الرُّقادُ الدائِمُ

    Whoever makes seeking eminence his concern is not turned

    from it by sleeplessness or endless sleep.

  14. أنَّى ينمُّ عَلى امرِئٍ سِحر الهَوَى

    وعلَيهِ من قَصد الأميرِ تَمائِمُ

    How can love's sorcery betray a man

    when he wears talismans from seeking the emir?

  15. حاكِم إلى بَكجُورَ كلَّ مُلِمَّةٍ

    فَحُسامُه لكَ في المُلمَّةِ حاكِمُ

    Submit every calamity to Bakjur for judgment,

    for his keen sword is your judge in calamity.

  16. يا مَن يَردُّ سَوابِحاً بِسَوابِحٍ

    والحربُ بَحرٌ موجُهُ متلاطِمُ

    O you who repel swimming steeds with swimming steeds,

    while war is a sea whose waves crash together.

  17. إن أبرقَ السَّيفيُّ سَيفاً مُرعِداً

    بالضَّربِ جاءَ الغَيثُ وهو جَماجِمُ

    If al-Sayfi flashes a sword that thunders

    with blows, the rain comes—and it is skulls.

  18. حَوتِ الصَّوارِمَ والمكارِمَ كفُّهُ

    فهيَ السَّماءُ صَواعِقٌ وغَمائِمُ

    His palm holds keen swords and noble deeds;

    so it is the sky: thunderbolts and clouds.

  19. إن كانَ سَيفُ الدِّينِ عاجَلَه الرَّدى

    فأبو الفَوارسِ حَدُّهُ والقائِمُ

    If death has suddenly overtaken Sayf al-Din,

    then Abu al-Fawaris is his edge and hilt.

  20. تُنبيكَ شِدَّةُ بأسِهِ ومِراسِهِ

    أنَّ الفُحولَ من الرِّجالِ أعاجِمُ

    His fierce might and battle prowess tell you

    that the stalwarts among men are non-Arabs.

  21. حتفُ الفَوارسِ أن دُعيتَ أباً لهَا

    وأبو الفَوارسِ للفَوارسِ راحِمُ

    It is the horsemen's doom that you are called their father,

    yet Abu al-Fawaris is merciful to horsemen.

  22. كم وَقفَةٍ لكَ باسِماً في مَوقفٍ

    كثُر العُبوسُ بهِ وقَلَّ الباسِمُ

    How often you stood smiling in a place

    where frowning abounded and those who smiled were few.

  23. هَربَت أُسودُ الوَحشِ عنه فلَن تَرى

    فيهِ سِوى أسَدٍ أبُوهُ آدَمُ

    The wild lions fled from it, so you will never see

    in it any but a lion whose father is Adam.

  24. أركبتَ قَوماً لا يَمَلُّون السُّرَى

    خَيلاً عِتاقاً ما لَهنَّ قَوائِمُ

    You mounted men who never tire of night journeys

    on thoroughbred horses that have no legs.

  25. فكأنَّهم رامُوا عِناقاً بَينَهُم

    فَلهُم أكفٌّ فُرِّقَت وَمَعاصِمُ

    So it is as though they sought an embrace among themselves,

    for their hands and wrists are spread apart.

  26. عجَباً لقَومٍ أجرَمُوا فَسَمَت بهم

    وبذِكرِهِم بعدَ الخُمولِ جَرائِمُ

    How strange—a people committed crimes, and were raised high,

    along with their renown, after obscurity, by those crimes.

  27. رُفِعُوا فكانُوا الأسفَلِين فعُظِّمُوا

    وذُنوبُهم عندَ الأنام عَظائِمُ

    They were lifted up, yet were the lowest; then they were made great,

    while their sins were enormities in mankind's eyes.

  28. يا مَن يُغيرُ عَلى الثَّناءِ بهمَّةٍ

    أبداً لَها حُسنُ الثَّناءِ عَزائِمُ

    O you who raid praise with an ambition

    for which fair praise forever serves as incantations,

  29. لا زِلتَ مَنظُومَ العُلى وبِمثلِها

    يَعلُو ويَكتَسِبُ الفَخَارَ النَّاظِمُ

    may you ever have your glories woven into verse; through their like

    the poet rises high and earns glory.