Poems
- أطلق لها السيف لاخوف ولا وجلUnleash the sword for her, without fear or dread.
- الموجعةWaste—his whole life is waste:
- أنت الذي ملء الضميرThis is your splendor, not mine,
- بعد ثلاث سنواتI stood by the Euphrates river in your land
- سلام على بغداد مرة أخرىYes, they changed their faith before me; I too shall change mine.
- سلاماً أيها الوطنُ الجريحُWhen will you find rest from your long bleeding?
- شدوا اليك نياط القلب والعصباThey extended to you the nerves and fibers of the heart
- عَثرَة ُ العُمرYou are above approval, and above questioning.
- على سناك سلام اللهI could almost swear, my lord: were you to stand
- في رحاب الحسينI have come—pardon my coming—
- في رحاب النجف الأشرفAn honor beyond which there is no honor:
- قدمت وعفوك عن مقدميA wasteland it is: we fold it away, and it folds us away.
- لزوم ما لا يلزم من الوجعFearing for your heart, pierced by my pain,
- هبها دعاءكGrant her your prayer, for she cannot remember,
- وحدك الصوتEvery utterance without your approval is hypocrisy.
- يا خال عوفA desert waste it is: we fold it up, and it folds us.
- يا شاديَ الأيكI deemed your dwelling too noble to wither like ours,
- يا صاحب العيدينO life of poems, you never slumber in my blood;
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