Sol 6.1

  1. يا حُنَّ إِنّي لِما حَدَّثتَني أُصُلاً

    مُرَنَّحٌ مِن ضَميرِ الوَجدِ مَعمودُ

    O Hunn, because of what you told me at dusk, I am

    reeling, stricken by grief deep within.

  2. تَخافُ نَزعَ اِمرِىءٍ كُنّا نَعيشُ بِهِ

    مَعروفُهُ إِن طَلَبنا العُرفَ مَوجودُ

    You fear the loss of a man who sustained us,

    whose bounty is there if we seek a favor.

  3. وَاِعلَم بِأَنّي لِمَن عادَيتَ مُضطَغِنٌ

    ضَبّاً وَأَنّي عَلَيكَ اليَومَ مَحسودُ

    And know that against whomever you oppose I harbor

    rancor, and that today I am envied on your account.

  4. فَإِنَّ شُكرَكَ عِندي لا اِنقِضاءَ لَهُ

    ما دامَ بِالجِزعِ مِن لُبنانَ مُجَلمودُ

    For my gratitude to you has no end,

    as long as a great boulder remains in Lebanon's valley bend.

  5. أَنتَ المُمَدَّحُ وَالمُغلى بِها ثَمَناً

    إِذ لا يُعاتَبُ صُمُّ الجَندَلِ الشودُ

    You are the much-praised one, whose worth is raised by it,

    for the hard, [perhaps black] stones are not reproached.

  6. إِن تُمسِ في مَنقَلَي مُخلانَ مَرتَحِلاً

    يَبِن مِنَ اليَمَنِ المَعروفُ وَالجودُ

    If at evening you are departing through Mukhlan's two passes,

    kindness and generosity will depart from Yemen.

  7. وَلَم تَزَل في اِصطِناعِ الحَمدِ تَبذُلُهُ

    لَمّا اِعتَرى الناسَ لَأواءُ وَمَجهودُ

    And you have never ceased to lavish it in earning praise,

    when hardship and exhaustion beset the people,

  8. حَتّى الَّذي بَينَ عُسفانٍ إِلى عَدَنٍ

    لَحبٌ لِمَن يَطلُبُ المَعروفَ أُخدودُ

    so that even the stretch from Usfan to Aden

    is a broad road, a deep furrow for whoever seeks bounty.