Sol 6.1

  1. حَيِّ وجهاً من الرياضِ وَسيما

    غابَ عن ناظري فأهْدَى النَّسيما

    Greet a handsome face from the gardens.

    He vanished from my sight, then sent the breeze as a gift.

  2. عاودَتْنا البَليلُ عنه بِلَيْلٍ

    فأَعادَتْ لنا الحديثَ القديما

    The cool, moist breeze returned to us from him by night,

    And brought back to us the old conversation.

  3. طَرَقَتْنَا زيارةُ الطَّيفِ حُلْماً

    فاسْتَخَفَّتْ منا اللبيبَ الحليما

    The phantom visited us by night, in a dream,

    And unsettled the wise and forbearing among us.

  4. وأَحالَتْ على الفؤادِ غراماً

    طالَ تردادُهُ فصارَ غريما

    It laid upon the heart a consuming passion,

    Whose long persistence turned it into a creditor.

  5. ذَكَّرتنا عهدَ المُقيم على العه

    دِ وإِن لم يكُنْ عليه مُقيما

    It recalled the days of one who kept his covenant,

    Though he was not dwelling there.

  6. والرسومَ التي أَقامَ التَّصابي

    في رُباها كما أَردْنا الرُّسوما

    And the traces where youthful dalliance dwelt

    Upon their hills, just as we wished those traces to be.

  7. لبسَتْ مَعْلَمَ الرّبيعِ وكم أَلْ

    بَسَهَا فيه المَعْلَمَ المَعْلُوما

    They donned spring's emblem; how often it

    Had clothed them then in that familiar emblem

  8. مِنْ مُدامٍ لا عُذْرَ للخالِعِ العُذْ

    رَ عليها أَنْ لا يكونَ مُديما

    Of wine: whoever casts excuses aside has no excuse

    For not drinking it continually.

  9. بعثَتْ نَفْحَةَ الجِنانِ من الكأْ

    سِ وشَبَّتْ في جانِبَيْهَا الجحيما

    It sent the fragrance of Paradise's gardens from the cup,

    And kindled hellfire along both its sides.

  10. أَتُراها إِذ أَدركَتْ عصرَ إِبرا

    هيمَ جاءَتْ بنارِ إِبراهيما

    Do you suppose that, having lived in Ibrahim's age,

    It brought Ibrahim's fire with it?

  11. فأَعِدْنِي لشُرْبِها أَو فَعِدْني

    أَو فَعُدْنِي كما تعودُ السَّقيما

    Return me to drinking it, or promise me,

    Or visit me as you visit the sick.

  12. وإِذا هَوَّمَتْ صروفُ الليالي

    فاطْرِحْ باعتناقِها التَّهويما

    And when the vicissitudes of night grow drowsy,

    Cast drowsiness away by embracing it.

  13. لا تَدَعْ ليلَكَ البهيمَ وقد فُزْ

    تَ بها غُرَّةٌ يَمُرُّ بَهيمها

    Do not let your pitch-black night—now you have won

    In the wine a blaze of light—pass by in darkness.

  14. وَأَدِرْها إِنْ شئتَ بالجامِ شمساً

    في دُجَاهُ أَو بالكؤوسِ نُجوما

    Pass it round, if you wish, a sun in the bowl,

    In the night's gloom, or stars in the cups.

  15. أَنا مالِي وللملاحَةِ فيها

    إِن أَطَعْتُ الملامَ كنت مُليِما

    What have I to do with beauty in it?

    If I obeyed reproach, I would be blameworthy.

  16. لو نَهَاني الإِمامُ مثْلُكَ عنها

    لَعَصَيْتُ الإِمامَ والمأَمونا

    Were an imam like you to forbid it to me,

    I would disobey the imam and al-Ma'mun.

  17. فادْعُنِي ثانيَ ابْنَ هانِي انْهِتاكاً

    وانْهِماكاً لا مَنْظَراً وشَمِيما

    Call me a second Ibn Hani in shamelessness

    And indulgence, not in looks or scent.

  18. وارتكابُ التحريمِ يسهُلُ فيها

    حينَ نرجو له الغَفورَ الرحيما

    And breaking the ban on it is easy,

    When we hope for pardon from the All-Forgiving, the Merciful.

  19. هاتِ بنت الكرومِ صِرْفاً ودَعْنِي

    في يَديْ ياسرٍ أَعيشُ كريما

    Bring the daughter of the vines, unmixed, and leave me

    In Yasir's hands to live in honor.

  20. زرتُ منه من لا يَمَلُّ مِنَ النَّع

    ماءِ بَذْلاً فهل أَمَلُّ النَّعيما

    In him I visited one who never tires

    Of lavishing blessings; shall I tire of bliss?

  21. ولكم حامَ حُسْنُ ظَنِّي عليهِ

    واقتناصُ البازِيِّ في أَن يحوما

    How often my hopeful trust circled over him!

    And the falcon wins its prey by circling.

  22. خَفَقَتْ بي إِليه قادِمَةُ الشَّو

    قِ وبُشْرَايَ إِذ رُزِقْتُ القُدوما

    Longing's foremost flight-feather bore me fluttering toward him,

    And joy was mine when I was granted arrival.

  23. ملِكٌ شاعِرُ السّماحَةِ يأْبَى

    أَنْ يَمَلَّ التَّسْهِيم والتَّقْسِيما

    A king, generosity's poet, who refuses

    To tire of allotting and apportioning.

  24. وخطيبُ الحُسام أَفْصَحُ ما كا

    نَ كلاماً إِذا أَثارَ الكُلوما

    And an orator of the sword, most eloquent

    In speech when he opens wounds.

  25. أَخذَ الدَّهْرُ ذِمَّةً من يَدَيْهِ

    مَنَعَتْهُ من أَنْ يكونَ ذميما

    Time took a pledge of protection from his hands,

    Which kept it from being blameworthy.

  26. واستجارَتْ به الليالي فأَلْقَتْ

    لِعُلاَهُ الإِقرارَ والتَّسْلِيما

    The nights sought his protection and offered

    Acknowledgment and submission to his eminence.

  27. شَرَّدَ الظُّلْمَ والظَّلامَ فقالتْ

    خَيْلُهُ في مَغَارِها والظَّليما

    He routed oppression and darkness; then said

    His horses in their charge: "And the ostrich too!"

  28. هِمَّةٌ تنشئُ الحَسُودَ وتُنْشِى

    أَبداً بَيْنَ جانبَيْهِ الهُموما

    A lofty resolve that breeds the envious man, and breeds

    Unceasing worries between his ribs.

  29. أَريحيٌّ بنى له الجودُ بيتاً

    قد أَطافَ الورى به تعظيما

    A generous soul for whom bounty built a house,

    Which made mankind circle it in reverence.

  30. ووسيمُ الجبينِ يظهر فيه

    من بلالٍ أَبيهِ أَوْضَحَ سِيما

    Handsome-browed, there appears in him

    The clearest mark of his father Bilal.

  31. شرفٌ زاحَمَ النجومَ بفودَيْ

    هِ ومجدٌ رَسَا فَشَقَّ النُّجوما

    Nobility whose two temples jostled the stars,

    And firmly rooted glory that cleft the stars.

  32. وندًى دولةُ الأَميرَيْن منه

    حَرَمٌ لا تَرَى به محروما

    His bounty makes the realm of the two emirs

    A sanctuary where you see no one deprived.

  33. جَرَّدا منه صارماً شفْرَتَاهُ

    تركَتْ عُمْرَ قِرْنِهِ مَصْرُوما

    They drew from him a keen sword whose two edges

    Left his rival's life cut short.

  34. وأَقاماهُ للوزارةِ كهفاً

    مانعاً كلَّ ناهضٍ أَن يقوما

    They made him a refuge for the vizierate,

    Barring every challenger from rising.

  35. فامتطى عابراً لها صهوةَ الإِقْ

    دامِ حتى أَنالَها التَّقْدِيما

    Crossing onward for it, he mounted courage's saddle,

    Until he granted it preeminence.

  36. وشديدٌ على بناِت مِخاضٍ

    أَنْ تُجارِي إِلى مَدَاها القُروما

    It is hard for yearling she-camels

    To match great camel stallions over their full course.

  37. أَيّها القاطعُ الفلاةَ إِكاماً

    يمتطيها دون الرِّفاق وَكُوما

    O crosser of the wilderness, whose hills

    You ride as high-humped mounts, apart from companions:

  38. لا تَظُنَّ الظلامَ يخلع عنه

    رُدُنَيْهِ ولا الزَّمانَ الظَّلوما

    Do not think darkness will cast off

    Its two sleeves, or tyrannous Time its own.

  39. قم فطالعِ من نَيِّرَيْ آل عِمْرا

    نَ بدوراً قد تُمِّمَتْ تتميما

    Rise, and behold in the two lights of Imran's house

    Full moons brought to perfect fullness.

  40. تَلْقَ هارونَ والكلامُ شُجونٌ

    حين تلقاهما وموسى الكَلِيما

    You meet Harun—and speech has many branches—

    And Musa, who spoke with God, when you meet the pair.

  41. واعتمِدْ ياسراً خصوصاً تجِدْهُ

    فوق ما أًنت ترتجيه عُموما

    Rely on Yasir in particular; you will find him

    Above all that you hope for in general.

  42. وخُذِ الدُّرَّ من أَياديه منثور

    راً يَعُدْ بعضُهُ له منظوما

    And take the pearls from his hands, scattered;

    Some will return to him strung together.

  43. ولو أَنَّ القريضَ وفَّاهُ حقّاً

    لم يَدَعْ ذا الرَّوِيَّ والبَحْرَ مِيما

    Were poetry truly to pay him his due,

    It would leave neither this rhyme-letter nor the sea a single mīm.

  44. فهنيئاً بالعام أَلْبَسَكَ اللّ

    هُ به النائلَ الجزيلَ العميما

    So joy to you in this year! God has clothed you

    In it with abundant, all-embracing bounty.

  45. نِعَمُ اللِّه فيكَ لا نسأَلُ اللّ

    هَ إِليها نُعْمَى سِوَى أَن تدوما

    God's blessings are in you; we ask God

    For no added blessing except that they endure.

  46. ولو أَنِّي فعلتُ كنتُ كمن يس

    أَلُهُ وَهْوَ قائمٌ أَن يقوما

    Were I to do so, I would be like someone asking him,

    While he is already standing, to stand up.