Sol 6.1

  1. قصرٌ بمَدْرَجِه النسيمُ تحدثْت

    فيه بسرِّ رياضِها المستورِ

    A palace—along its walks the breeze has spoken

    Within it of its gardens' hidden secret.

  2. خفضَ الخورنقَ والسديرَ سموُّهُ

    وثنى قصورَ الروم ذاتَ قُصورِ

    Its loftiness humbled al-Khawarnaq and al-Sadir,

    And made the Romans' palaces fall short.

  3. لاثَ الغمامُ عِمامةٌ مِسكيةٌ

    فأقامَ في أرضٍ من الكافورِ

    The clouds wound around it, a turban of musk,

    And so it stood on ground of camphor.

  4. غرّى البديعُ به فجانسَ وصفَهُ

    فافترّ عن نَوْرٍ يروقُ ونورِ

    Rhetoric, enamored of it, made its description a play on words:

    Then it smiled, revealing lovely blossoms and light.

  5. فالدوحُ يسحَبُ حُلّةً من سُنْدسٍ

    تُزْهى بلؤلؤِ طلِّها المنثور

    So the great trees trail a robe of fine silk,

    Resplendent with the scattered pearls of its dew.

  6. والنخْلُ كالغِيدِ الكواعبِ قُرِّطَتْ

    بسبائكِ المنظومِ والمنثورِ

    And the palms, like graceful, budding-breasted maidens, wear earrings

    Of ingots, strung and scattered.

  7. والرّمْلُ في حبَكِ النسيمِ كأنّما

    أبدى غصونَ سوالفِ المَذْعورِ

    And the sand, in ripples woven by the breeze, seems

    To reveal branching lines on the sides of a frightened man's neck.

  8. والبحرُ يُرْعِدُ مَتْنَه فكأنّه

    درعٌ يسرُّ بمِعطَفَيْ مَقْرورِ

    And the sea makes its back tremble, so it seems to be

    A coat of mail whispering against a shivering man's flanks.

  9. وكأنّنا والقصرُ يجمعُ شملَنا

    في الأفْقِ بين كواكبٍ وبُدورِ

    And we seem, as the palace gathers us together,

    To be on the horizon among stars and full moons.

  10. وكذاكَ دهرُ بني خليفٍ لم يزَلْ

    يَثْني المعاطفَ في حَبيرِ حُبورِ

    And likewise the age of Banu Khalif has never ceased

    To sway its flanks in the brocade of joy.