1. وقال أيضاً:

    الطويل

    And he also said:

    The ṭawīl meter.

  2. رِماحُ الأَعادي عَن حِماكَ قِصارُ

    وَفي حَدِّها عَمّا تَرومُ عِثارُ

    The enemies' spears fall short of your protected domain,

    and their points stumble short of what they seek.

  3. وَكُلُّ اِمرِئٍ لَيسَت لَهُ مِنكَ ذِمَّةٌ

    يُضامُ عَلى رَغمٍ لَهُ وَيُضارُ

    And every man who has no pledge of protection from you

    is oppressed against his will and harmed.

  4. وَما عَزَّ مَن أَمسى سِواكَ مَعاذُهُ

    وَلَو عَصَمَتهُ يَعرُبٌ وَنِزارُ

    Nor has anyone gained might whose refuge is other than you,

    even if Yaʿrub and Nizār protected him.

  5. فَمَن مُبلِغٍ عَنّي عُقيلاً وَقَومَها

    وَإِن بَعُدَت دارٌ وَشَطَّ مَزارُ

    Who, then, will convey my message to ʿUqayl and its people,

    though their abode is distant and the place of visitation far away?

  6. رُوَيداً بَني كَعبٍ أَفيقُوا وَراجِعُوا

    حُلومَكُمُ مِن قَبلِ تُضرَمُ نارُ

    Gently, sons of Kaʿb! Come to your senses and recover

    your judgment before a fire is kindled,

  7. وَقَبلَ تَغَشّى الخافِقينِ لَهالِهاً

    لَها بِحُدودِ المُرهَفاتِ شَرارُ

    and before it engulfs the two horizons in blazing flames,

    with its sparks on the edges of sharpened swords.

  8. فَتُبدي عَوانُ الحَربِ عَن حَدِّ نابِها

    فَيَعلُو بِها غارٌ وَيَهبِطُ غارُ

    Then battle-seasoned war bares the edge of its fang,

    and through it one host rises while another falls.

  9. فَيَشَقى بِها قَومُ الضَلالِ وَرُبَّما

    تَغَطرَسَ قَومٌ في الضَلالِ فَبارُوا

    Then the people of error suffer through it; how often

    have people swaggered in error, only to perish!

  10. فَإِيّاكُمُ وَاللَيثَ لا يَبعَثَنَّهُ

    عَلَيكُم ثُؤاجٌ مِنكمُ وَيُعارُ

    So beware the lion; let him not be roused

    against you by sheep-bleats and goat-cries from among you.

  11. فَمَن هَيَّجَ الضِرغامَ ثارَ بِحَتفِهِ

    إِلَيهِ وَلَم يَمنَعهُ مِنهُ فَرارُ

    For whoever rouses the lion—it leaps bearing his doom

    toward him, and flight cannot shield him from it.

  12. وَأُقسِمُ إِن نَبَّهتُمُ الحَربَ ساعَةً

    وَضَمَّكُمُ نَحوَ الأَميرِ مَغارُ

    And I swear: if you awaken war for an hour

    and a raid gathers you toward the emir,

  13. لَتَصطبِحَن كَأساً عَلَيكُم مَريرَةً

    يَطولُ لَكُم سُكرٌ بِها وَخُمارُ

    you shall surely drink at dawn a cup bitter to you,

    whose drunkenness and hangover will long endure for you.

  14. بِها شَرِبَت مِن قَبلُ عَوفُ بنُ عامِرٍ

    غَداةَ دَعَتها نَزفَةٌ وَنِفارٌ

    From it ʿAwf ibn ʿĀmir drank before,

    on the morning rashness and aversion summoned them,

  15. بِكَفِّ أَبيهِ لا بِكَفِّ أَبيكُمُ

    فَراحَت وَفيها ذِلَّةٌ وَصَغارُ

    from his father's hand, not from your father's,

    so they departed in abasement and humiliation.

  16. أَغَرَّكُمُ بُقيا الأَميرِ عَلَيكُمُ

    وَصَفحٌ وَحِلمٌ عنكُمُ وَوَقارُ

    Has the emir's sparing you deceived you,

    with his pardon, forbearance toward you, and dignity?

  17. وَلَولا مُراعاةُ العُهودِ لَأَصبَحَت

    مَنازِلُ أَقوامٍ وَهُنَّ قِفارُ

    And but for the honoring of covenants, there would have been

    peoples' homes turned into deserted wastes.

  18. وَلَكِنَّ حِفظَ العَهدِ مِنهُ سَجِيَّةٌ

    إِلَيهِ بِها دونَ المُلوكِ يُشارُ

    Yet keeping the covenant is an innate trait of his,

    for which he is singled out, unlike other kings.

  19. فَخَلّوا العَمى وَالغَيَّ وَالطيخَ وَاِركَبُوا

    طَريقاً عَلَيها لِلرَّشادِ مَنارُ

    So abandon blindness, error, and arrogance, and take

    a road with a beacon of right guidance upon it.

  20. وَلا تَبعَثُوهُ بِالنَكالِ عَلَيكُمُ

    فَآجالُ مَن عادى عُلاهُ قِصارُ

    And do not provoke him to punish you,

    for the lives of those who oppose his eminence are short.

  21. لَئِن صَبَّحَتكُم يَومَ نَحسٍ جِيادُهُ

    رِعالاً وَرَيعانُ العَجاجِ مُثارُ

    If his noble steeds strike you at dawn on an ill-fated day,

    in successive troops, while the first surge of dust is raised,

  22. لَتَدرُنَّ أَن البَغيَ لِلمَرءِ مَصرَعٌ

    وَأَنَّ الَّذي يَجني الأَميرُ جُبارُ

    you shall surely know that aggression is a man's downfall,

    and that the harm the emir inflicts goes uncompensated,

  23. وَأَنَّ أَبا الجَرّاحِ فيكُم وَقومَهُ

    كَما كانَ في حَيَّي ثَمودَ قُذارُ

    and that Abū al-Jarrāḥ and his people among you

    are as Qudhār was among the two clans of Thamūd,

  24. غَداةَ تَعاطى السَيفَ وَاِنصاعَ عاقِراً

    فَحَلَّ بِهِ مِمّا جَناهُ بَوارُ

    on the morning he took up the sword and went forth to hamstring,

    and ruin befell him because of what he had done,

  25. وَأَنَّ سَبيلَ الظالِمينَ سَبيلُكُم

    وَلِلدَّهرِ كاسٌ بِالحُتوفِ تُدارُ

    and that the wrongdoers' path is your path,

    and Time has a cup passed round with death.

  26. فَلا تَحسبُوا سَيفَ الأَميرِ الَّذي بِهِ

    عَزَزتُم وَطُلتُم فُلَّ مِنهُ غِرارُ

    So do not think the emir's sword, through which

    you gained might and preeminence, has had its edge blunted,

  27. وَلا أَنَّكُم إِن رُمتُمُ بَعدَ حَربِهِ

    مَطاراً يُنَجّى مِن يَدَيهِ مُطارُ

    nor that, if after war with him you seek

    a place to flee, a fugitive can be saved from his hands.

  28. فَما الرَأيُ إِلّا أَن تَذِلّوا لِحُكمِهِ

    فَلَيسَ عَلَيكُم في المَذَلَّةِ عارُ

    The only wise course is to bow to his judgment,

    for there is no shame for you in abasement,

  29. وَتُمسُوا كَما كُنتُم جَميعاً رِعاءَهُ

    عَسى أَن تَنالُوا نُصفَةً وَتُجارُوا

    and to become, as you all once were, his shepherds,

    perhaps receiving fair treatment and being granted protection.

  30. فَمَن مِثلُهُ يَرمي عِداكُم وَيَتَّقي

    أَذاكُم وَيَحمي دُونَكُم وَيَغارُ

    Who like him strikes at your enemies and guards against

    your harm, defends you, and keeps jealous watch?

  31. وَيُرعيكُمُ المَرعى وَلَو أَنَّ دُونَهُ

    عَثيرُ دِماءٍ بِالسُيوفِ تُمارُ

    And he gives you pasture, even though before it lies

    a dust-cloud of blood, churned up by swords.

  32. وَيُعطيكُمُ الجُردَ الجِيادَ تَحُفُّها ال

    موالي وَكُومٌ لا تُذَمُّ عِشارُ

    And he gives you sleek, noble steeds, surrounded by the

    retainers, and high-humped, faultless she-camels ten months pregnant.

  33. وَيَعفو عَن الجاني وَلَو شاءَ هُلكَهُ

    لَما عَصَمَتهُ من قَناهُ ظَفارُ

    And he pardons the offender; had he wished his destruction,

    Ẓafār would not have shielded him from his spears.

  34. فَعِش في عَظيمِ المُلكِ ما لاحَ كَوكَبٌ

    وَأَظلَمَ لَيلٌ أَو أَضاءَ نَهارُ

    So live in mighty kingship as long as a star shines,

    and night darkens or day gives light,

  35. وَمِن حَولِكَ الغُرُّ الكِرامُ ذَوُو النُهى

    بَنوكَ الأَلى طالُوا عُلىً فَأَنارُوا

    and around you are radiant, noble men of wisdom—

    your sons, who rose high in eminence and shone.

  36. فَما مِنهُمُ إِلّا فَتى السِنِّ ماجِدٌ

    لَهُ حِلمُ كَهلٍ لا أَراهُ يُطارُ

    Every one of them is young in years and noble,

    with a mature man's composure that I never see shaken.

  37. وَكُلُّهُمُ آسادُ غِيلٍ إِذا دُعِي

    نَزالِ وَأَمّا في النَدى فَبِحارُ

    All of them are lions of the thicket when the cry goes up:

    'To combat!' But in generosity they are seas.

  38. عَلَيكُم سَلامٌ كُلَّ يَومٍ وَلَيلَةٍ

    يَروحُ وَيَغدو ما أَقامَ يَعارُ

    Peace be upon you every day and night,

    coming evening and morning as long as Yaʿār stands:

  39. سَلامُ فَتىً يَرضى رِضاكُم وَلا يَرى

    سِوى مَدحِكُم مُذ شُدَّ مَنهُ إِزارُ

    a youth's greeting, who delights in your pleasure and thinks of nothing

    but praising you, since a waistcloth was tied about him.

  40. تُقَرِّبُهُ رَحمٌ عَطوفٌ إِليكُمُ

    وَأَرحامُ قَومٍ إِذ تُعَدَّ ظِئارُ

    Tender kinship draws him close to you,

    while some people's kinships, when reckoned, are foster-nursing ties.