Sol 6.1

  1. لا يُبعِدِ اللَهُ عَبدَ اللَهِ لَيسَ لَهُ

    عِندي مُزايَلَةٌ ما هَبَّت الريحُ

    May God not send Abd Allah far away; he shall never

    be parted from me as long as the wind blows.

  2. أُزهَرُ مِن ساكِنِ البَطحاءِ أَلحَقَهُ

    بِالمَجدِ وَالسودَدِ البيضُ المَساميحُ

    Radiant, of al-Batha’s people, he was raised

    to glory and lordship by the fair-faced and generous.

  3. عِدٌّ إِذا وَرَدَ الساقونَ جَمَّتَهُ

    لَم يَقُلِ الآخِرُ الساقي لَهُم ميحوا

    An inexhaustible well: when water-drawers reach its pool,

    the last drawer never tells them, "Scoop from the bottom!"

  4. مُنتَطِقٌ حينَ أُرغي غَيرَ مُكتَتِمٍ

    كَاللَيثِ لَم يُخفِهِ القَيصومُ وَالشيحُ

    Outspoken when roused to roar, never hiding himself,

    like a lion whom yarrow and wormwood do not conceal.

  5. حُلوُ الشَمائِلِ لا تُقلى خَلائِقُهُ

    لَهُ إِلى غَمَراتِ المَوتِ تَجليحُ

    Sweet in disposition, his character is never loathed;

    he charges boldly into the engulfing depths of death.

  6. أَينَ الَّذي يَنعَشُ المَولى وَيَحتَمِلُ ال

    جُلّى وَمَن جارُهُ بِالخَيرِ مَنفوحُ

    Where is he who sustains his dependent and bears the

    gravest calamity, and whose neighbor is showered with bounty?

  7. كَأَنَّني حينَ جازَ النَحلَّ مِن رِمَعٍ

    نَشوانُ أَعرَفَةُ الساقونَ مَصبوحُ

    When he passed al-Nahl from Rimaʿ, I seemed

    a drunkard, plied by cupbearers with morning wine.

  8. حَتّى دُفِعنا إِلى ذي مَيعَةٍ تَئِقٍ

    كَالذِنبِ فارَقَهُ السُلطانُ وَالروحُ

    Until we were thrust upon an impetuous, quick-tempered man,

    like a tail from which power and spirit had departed.

  9. وَواجَهَتنا مِنَ الأَنقورِ مَشيَخَةٌ

    كَأَنَّهُم حينَ لاقَونا الرَبابيحُ

    And a band of elders from al-Anqur confronted us,

    as though they were monkeys when they met us.