Sol 6.1

  1. لا تَعذلاه فَما ذو الحبِّ مَعذولُ

    العَقلُ مُختَبِلٌ وَالقَلبُ مَتبولُ

    Do not reproach him, you two: the lover is not to be reproached.

    His reason is deranged, his heart wasted by love.

  2. هَزَّت لَهُ أَسمراً مِن خُوط قامَتِها

    فَما اِنثَنى الصَبُّ إِلا وَهوَ مَقتولُ

    She swayed for him a brown lance from the supple stem of her stature;

    the lovelorn man turned away only as one slain.

  3. جَميلةٌ فُصِّلَ الحسنُ البَديعُ لَها

    فَكَم لَها جُمَلٌ مِنهُ وَتَفصيلُ

    A beauty, for whom wondrous loveliness was tailored:

    how much she possesses of its whole and its details!

  4. فَالنَحرُ مَرمرةٌ وَالنَشرُ عَنبَرةٌ

    وَالثَغرُ جَوهَرةٌ وَالريقُ مَعسولُ

    Her upper chest is marble, her fragrance ambergris;

    her mouth a jewel, her saliva honeyed.

  5. وَالطَرفُ ذو غَنَجٍ وَالعَرفُ ذو أَرَجٍ

    وَالخَصرُ مختَطفٌ وَالمتنُ مَجدولُ

    Her glance is coquettish, her perfume redolent;

    her waist slender, her back firmly knit.

  6. هَيفاء يَنبس في الخَصر الوِشاح لَها

    دَرماء تخرسُ في الساق الخَلاخيلُ

    Slender-waisted, her sash whispers at her waist;

    full-limbed, her anklets fall silent upon her calves.

  7. مِن اللواتي غذاهُنَّ النَعيمُ فَما

    يَشقَينَ آباؤُها الصِيد البهاليلُ

    She is among those whom luxury has nourished, so they

    know no hardship; her fathers are proud, noble lords.

  8. نَزرُ الكَلامِ عيّياتُ الجَوابِ إِذا

    يَسألنَ رقد الضُحى حَصر مَكاسيلُ

    Sparing of speech, faltering in their answers when

    questioned, sleeping through the morning, reserved and languid.

  9. مِن حَلِّها وَسَناها مُؤنسٌ وَهدى

    فَلَيسَ يَلحَقُها ذُعرٌ وَتَضليلُ

    From her dwelling and her radiance come reassurance and guidance;

    neither fright nor bewilderment overtakes her.

  10. حَلَّت بِمنعقدِ الزوراءِ زائِرة

    شُوساً غيارى فَعقد الصَبرِ مَحلولُ

    She alighted at al-Zawra's meeting-place, visiting

    proud, jealous men; thus patience's knot is undone.

  11. حي لقاح إِذا ما يَلحقون وغى

    حيت وَنادم مَهزوزٌ وَمَسلولُ

    An independent tribe: whenever they join battle,

    it comes alive; a remorseful one is shaken and unsheathed [text unclear].

  12. لبانة لك من لبناك ما قضيت

    وَمَوعد لَكَ منها الدَّهرَ مَمطولُ

    Your longing for your Lubna has not been fulfilled;

    her promise to you is forever deferred.

  13. فَعَدِّ عَن ذِكرِ لُبنى إِنَّ ذِكرَكها

    عَلى التَنائي لتعذيبٌ وَتَعليلُ

    Turn aside from remembering Lubna: remembering her

    across such distance is torment and vain consolation.

  14. إِيّاكَ منكَ نَذير ما نَذرت بِهِ

    وَبادر التوبَ إِنَّ التَوبَ مَقبولُ

    Beware yourself: a warning of what you have learned to fear.

    Hasten to repentance, for repentance is accepted.

  15. وَأَمِّل العَفوَ وَاسلُك مَهمَهاً قَذفاً

    إِلى رضى الرَبِّ إِنَّ العَفو مَأمولُ

    Hope for pardon, and traverse a far-stretching, trackless desert

    toward the Lord's good pleasure, for pardon may be hoped for.

  16. إِن الجِهادَ وَحجَ البَيتِ مَختتماً

    بذمة المُصطفى للعفوِ تَأميلُ

    Indeed, striving in battle and pilgrimage to the House, concluded

    under the Chosen One's protection, offer hope of pardon.

  17. فَشُقَّ حَيزومَ هَذا اللَيل مُمتطياً

    أَخا حزامٍ بِهِ قَد تُبلَغُ السُولُ

    Cleave the breast of this night, riding

    a girth-girded steed upon which desires may be attained.

  18. أَقَبّ أَقوَد يَعزى للوجيه لَهُ

    وَجهٌ أَغَر وَفي الرجلين تَحجيلُ

    Lean-bellied, long-necked, traced to al-Wajih; he has

    a blazed face, and white markings on his hind legs.

  19. جَفرٌ حَوافِرُه مُعرٌ قَوائِمُه

    ضُمرٌ أَياطله وَالذَيلُ عَثكولُ

    His hooves are broad, his legs bare of hair;

    his flanks lean, his tail a cluster of palm fruit.

  20. إِذا توجَّسَ أَصغى وَهوَ مُلتهبٌ

    أَساعراً عُتقاً فيهن تَأليلُ

    When he senses something, he inclines, afire,

    his fine, noble ears, their tips sharply pointed.

  21. وَإِن تُعارِض بِهِ هَوجاءُ هاج لَهُ

    جَريٌ يُرى البَرق فيها وَهوَ مَخذولُ

    If a fierce wind confronts him, there awakens in him

    a gallop in which lightning itself appears outdone.

  22. تَحمي بِهِ حَوزَةَ الإِسلامِ مُلتقباً

    لبابياً غَصَّ مِنها العَرض وَالطولُ

    Upon him you defend Islam's domain, [unclear word],

    [unclear word], filling all its breadth and length,

  23. لبايباً قَد عَموا عَن كُلِّ واضِحَةٍ

    مِن الكِتابِ وَغَرَّتهم أَباطيلُ

    [unclear word]—men blind to every clear sign

    of the Book, beguiled by falsehoods.

  24. في مَأقطٍ ضرب المَوت الزؤام بِهِ

    سرادِقاً فعلتهم مِنهُ بحليلُ

    On a battlefield where deadly Death has pitched

    a pavilion, and from it [unclear word] rose over them.

  25. هَيجاء يُشرق فيها المشرفيُّ عَلى

    هامِ العدا وَلسُحبِ النَقع تظليلُ

    A battle in which the Mashrafi sword gleams upon

    the enemies' skulls, while clouds of dust spread shade.

  26. تديرُ كَأسَ شَعُوبٍ مِن شُعوبهم

    فكلهم مَنهَلٌ بِالمَوتِ مَعلولُ

    You pass the cup of Sha'ub, Death, among their tribes;

    each receives death's first draught, and then another.

  27. فَبَينهم هَوَّمت عُرجٌ مَغَرَّثةٌ

    وَفَوقَهُم دوَّمت فتخ شَماليلُ

    Among them drowsed lame, famished beasts;

    above them circled broad-winged birds, lean and swift.

  28. تَخطو قشام عَلى أَشلائهم وَلَها

    تَبَسُّمٌ وَلوَجهِ السيدِ تَهليلُ

    Qasham strides over their severed limbs, with

    a smile, while the wolf's face beams.

  29. وَإِذ قَضَيت غزاةً فَأتَنِف عَمَلاً

    للحَج فَالحَج للإسلامِ تَكميلُ

    When you have completed a campaign, begin fresh work

    for pilgrimage, for pilgrimage completes Islam.

  30. واصِل سُراك بسيرٍ يا ابنَ أندلسٍ

    وَالطَرف أَدهمُ بِالأَشطان مَغلولُ

    Continue your night journey with onward travel, O son of al-Andalus,

    while the jet-black steed is bound with ropes.

  31. يُلاطم الريحَ مِنهُ أَبيضٌ يَقِقٌ

    لَهُ مِن السُحبِ المربَدِّ إِكليلُ

    Its dazzling white expanse buffets the wind;

    it wears a crown of dark-grey clouds.

  32. تَعلو خضارة مِنهُ شامخٌ جللٌ

    سامٍ طفا وَهوَ بِالنَكباء مَحمولُ

    A mighty, towering shape of it rises above Khudara,

    lofty and afloat, borne by the slanting wind.

  33. كَأنَّما هُوَ في طخياء لجَّتِه

    أَيم يفري أَديم الماء شمليلُ

    It is as though, in the darkness of its deep waters,

    a swift, slender serpent cleaves the water's skin.

  34. مازالَت المَوج تُعليه وَتخفضه

    حَتّى بَدا مِن مَنارِ الثَغرِ قنديلُ

    The waves kept raising it and lowering it

    until a lamp appeared from the harbor's beacon.

  35. فَكَبَّرَ الناسُ إِعظاماً لربهم

    وَكُلُّهم طرفه بِالسُهدِ مَكحولُ

    The people magnified God in reverence for their Lord,

    each one's eyes darkened with the kohl of sleeplessness.

  36. وَصافَحوا البيدَ بَعد اليَمِّ وَاِبتَدَأوا

    سُبلاً لَها لجنابِ اللَهِ تَوصيلُ

    They shook hands with the deserts after the sea, and began

    paths that lead to God's presence.

  37. عَلى نَجائب تَتلوها جَنائبها

    جيداً بِها الخَيرُ مَعقودٌ وَمَعقولُ

    Upon choice mounts, followed by their spare mounts,

    long-necked, with good fortune bound and tethered to them.

  38. في مَوكبٍ تَزحفُ الأَرضُ الفَضاءُ بِهِ

    أَضحَت وَمُوحِشُها بالناسِ مَأهولُ

    In a procession with which the wide-open earth seems to creep,

    its desolate stretches have become peopled.

  39. تُطاردُ الوَحشَ مِنهُ فَيلَقٌ لجبٌ

    حَتى لَقَد ذعرت في بيدها الغولُ

    A clamorous host from it chases the wild beasts,

    until even the ghoul is terrified in its deserts.

  40. يَسُوقهم طربٌ نَحوَ الحِجازِ فَهُم

    ذوو اِرتياحٍ عَلى أَكوارِها مِيلُ

    Rapture drives them toward the Hijaz, and they

    are joyful, leaning upon their saddles.

  41. شُعثٌ رُؤوسُهم يُبسٌ شِفاهُهُم

    حُوصٌ عُيونُهُم غُرثٌ مَهازيلُ

    Their heads disheveled, their lips parched,

    their eyes narrowed, hungry and gaunt.

  42. حَتّى إِذا لاحَ مِن بَيت الإِله لَهُم

    نور إِذا هُم عَلى الغَبرا أَراحيلُ

    Until, when there shone upon them from God's House

    a light, suddenly they were wayfarers upon the dusty earth.

  43. يعفرون وَجوهاً طالَما سَهَمت

    حَتّى كَأنَّ أَديم الأَرض مَبلولُ

    They rub in dust faces long grown wan,

    until the earth's surface seems wet.

  44. حفوا بِكَعبةِ مَولاهم فَكعبُهم

    عالٍ بِها فَلَهُم طوفٌ وَتَقبيلُ

    They surrounded their Lord's Kaaba, and their standing

    is exalted through it; theirs is circling and kissing.

  45. وَبِالصَفا وَقتهم صافٍ بِسَعيهم

    وَفي مُنى لِمناهم كانَ تَنويلُ

    At al-Safa their time is serene through their ritual pacing;

    in Mina their wishes found fulfillment.

  46. تَعرفوا عَرفاتٍ واقفين بِها

    لَهُم إِلى اللَهِ تَكبيرٌ وَتَهليلُ

    They came to know Arafat, standing upon it,

    magnifying God and proclaiming His oneness.

  47. لَما قَضَينا مِن الغَرّاء منسكنا

    ثرنا وَكُلّ بِنار الشَوقِ مَشمولُ

    When we completed our pilgrimage rites in the radiant sanctuary,

    we rose, each enveloped in longing's fire.

  48. ثرنا إلى الشَدقميات الَّتي سَهِكَت

    أَبدانهن وَأَعياهُنَّ تَنعيلُ

    We rose toward the broad-mouthed she-camels whose

    bodies had become worn, and whom shoeing had wearied.

  49. إِلى الرَسولِ نُزَجّي كُلَّ يعملة

    أَجل مِن نَحوه تُزجى المَراسيلُ

    Toward the Messenger we urge every hardy she-camel,

    the most exalted one toward whom envoys are dispatched.

  50. مَن أُنزِلَت فيهِ آياتٌ مُطهرة

    وَأوريت فيهِ تَوراةٌ وَإنجيلُ

    He concerning whom purified verses were revealed,

    and concerning whom Torah and Gospel were kindled.

  51. وَسُطِّرَت في علاه كُلُّ خالِدةٍ

    لَها مِن الذكر تَجويدٌ وَتَرتيلُ

    Every imperishable verse was inscribed in his exalted praise,

    with careful recitation and measured chanting from the Scripture.

  52. وَعطرت مِن شَذاه كُل ناحيةٍ

    كَأنَّما المسكُ في الأَرجاءِ مَحلولُ

    Every region was perfumed with his fragrance,

    as though musk were dissolved throughout the lands.

  53. سِرٌّ مِن العالم العُلويِّ ضمِّنَه

    جسمٌ مِن الجَوهر الأَرضيِّ مَجبولُ

    A mystery from the world on high, enclosed

    by a body molded from earthly substance.

  54. نورٌ تَمَثَّلَ في أَبصارِنا بَشَراً

    عَلى المَلائكِ مِن مسماه تَمثيلُ

    A light that took human form before our eyes;

    the angels bear a likeness drawn from the being his name denotes.

  55. لَقَد تَسامى وَجبريل مَصاحبُه

    إِلى مَقامٍ تَراخى عَنهُ جبريلُ

    He indeed ascended, with Gabriel accompanying him,

    to a station from which Gabriel hung back.

  56. أَوحى إِلَيهِ الَّذي أَوحاه مِن كُتبٍ

    فَالقَلبُ واعٍ بسرِّ اللَهِ مَشغولُ

    He revealed to him what He revealed of scriptures;

    his heart retains them, occupied with God's mystery.

  57. يَتلو كِتاباً مِن الرَحمن جاءَ بِهِ

    مطهراً ظاهِرٌ مِنهُ وَتَأويلُ

    He recites a Book that he brought from the All-Merciful,

    purified in its outward meaning and interpretation.

  58. جارٍ عَلى مَنهجِ الأَعرابِ أَعجزهم

    باقٍ مَدى الدَهر لا يَأتيه تَبديلُ

    Following the Arabs' manner, it defied their powers;

    enduring throughout time, no alteration comes to it.

  59. بَلاغة عِندَها كعَّ البَليغ فَلم

    يَنطِق وَفي هَديهِ طاحَت أَضاليلُ

    An eloquence before which the eloquent man shrank and did not

    speak; beneath its guidance falsehoods fell.

  60. وَطُولبوا أَن يَجيئوا حينَ رابهم

    بِسورةٍ مثلهِ فاستعجز القيلُ

    When it made them doubt, they were challenged to produce

    a surah like it, but speech proved powerless.

  61. لاذوا بذبَّل خَطّيٍ وَبُتر ظبىً

    يَوم الوَغى واعتراهم مِنهُ تَنكيلُ

    They sought refuge in slender Khatti spears and cutting blades

    on battle's day, and exemplary punishment from him befell them.

  62. فموثق في جبال الوهد مُنجَدلٌ

    وموثق في جبالِ القَدِّ مَكبولُ

    One lies bound and fallen among the lowland hills;

    another is bound and shackled in rawhide cords.

  63. مازالَ كَالعضب هَتّاكاً سَوابغَهم

    حَتّى انثنى العضب مِنهم وَهوَ مَفلولُ

    Like a sharp sword, he kept rending their full coats of mail,

    until the sharp sword turned back from them notched.

  64. وَقَد تخطَّم في نحر العدا قَصداً

    صم الوشيح وخانتها العَواميلُ

    Already, in the enemies' throats, there had shattered to pieces

    the solid spear-shafts, their points having failed them.

  65. مَن لا يُعدِّلُهُ القُرآن كانَ لَهُ

    مِن الصعاد وَبيض البتر تعديلُ

    Whoever the Quran does not set straight receives

    correction from spears and gleaming, cutting swords.

  66. وَكَم لَهُ معجزاً غَير القُرآن أَتى

    فيهِ تَظافَر مَنقولٌ وَمَعقولُ

    How many miracles besides the Quran came through him,

    in which transmitted testimony and reason converged!

  67. فَللرَسولِ اِنشقاق البدر نَشهده

    كَما لموسى اِنفلاق البحر مَنقولُ

    The Messenger's splitting of the full moon we witness,

    just as Moses' parting of the sea is transmitted.

  68. وَنَبع ماء فراتٍ مِن أَنامله

    كَالعينِ ثَرَّت فَما التهتان ما النيلُ

    And sweet water gushed from his fingertips,

    like a flowing spring—what then are torrential rain or the Nile?

  69. أَروى الخَميس وَهُم زهاءَ سَبعِماءٍ

    مِن الركابِ فَمشروب وَمَحمولُ

    He quenched the army, numbering about seven hundred

    mounted men: water was drunk and carried away.

  70. وَرد عَيناً بِكفٍ جاءَ يَحملها

    قتالة وَلَهُ شَكوى وَتَعليلُ

    He restored an eye brought in a palm, carried

    by Qatala [name as written], who complained and needed soothing.

  71. وَكانَت أَحسَنَ عَينيه وَلا عَجَبٌ

    مَسَّت أَنامل فيها اليُمنُ مَجعولُ

    It became the better of his two eyes, and no wonder:

    fingers endowed with blessing had touched it.

  72. وَالجدع حَنَّ إِلَيهِ حينَ فارقه

    حَنين وَلَهى لَها للروم مَثكولُ

    The trunk yearned for him when he left it,

    like a distraught woman bereaved of a child among the Romans.

  73. وَأَشبع الكُثرَ من قُلّ الطَعام وَلَم

    يَكن لِيعروَه بِالكبر تَقليلُ

    He fed the many with little food, nor

    would diminution overtake it as time passed.

  74. وَفي جرابِ أَبي هرٍ عَجائب كَم

    يَمتار مِنهُ فَمأكولٌ وَمَبذولُ

    In Abu Hirr's provision-bag were wonders: how often

    he drew provisions from it, some eaten and some given away!

  75. وَفي اِرتوائي إِلى ذر بزمزم ما

    يلفى لبدن مِنهُ وَهوَ مَهزولُ

    And in my drinking my fill of Zamzam—“to Dharr” [text unclear]—is what

    may be found in it for a body, though emaciated.

  76. وَالعَنكبوت بِباب الغارِ قَد نسجت

    حَتّى كَأنَّ رِداءً مِنهُ مَسدولُ

    The spider had woven at the cave's entrance

    until it seemed a mantle was draped from it.

  77. وَفَرَّخت في رَجاه الوِرقُ ساجِعة

    تَبكي وَما دَمعها في الخَد مَطلولُ

    The grey doves hatched young at its sides, cooing,

    weeping, yet no tears fell upon their cheeks.

  78. هَذا وَكَم مُعجِزاتٍ للرَسولِ أَتَت

    لَها مِن اللَهِ إِمدادٌ وَتَأصيلُ

    These—and how many miracles came through the Messenger,

    supported and firmly grounded by God!

  79. غَدَت مِن الكُثر أَعداد النُجوم فَما

    يُحصي لَها عَدداً كُتبٌ وَلا قيلُ

    In abundance they became as numerous as the stars;

    neither books nor speech can count their number.

  80. قَد اِنقضَت مُعجزاتُ الرُسلِ مُنذُ قَضوا

    نَحباً وَأفحم مِنها ذَلِكَ الجيلُ

    The messengers' miracles ended when they fulfilled

    their terms of life, having silenced that generation.

  81. وَمُعجزاتُ رَسولِ اللَهِ باقيةٌ

    مَحفوظَةٌ ما لَها في الدَهرِ تَحويلُ

    But the miracles of God's Messenger remain,

    preserved, admitting no alteration throughout time.

  82. تَكفل اللَهُ هَذا الذكر يَحفظه

    وَهَل يَضيع الَّذي بِاللَه مَكفولُ

    God undertook to preserve this Reminder;

    can what God guarantees ever be lost?

  83. هَذي المَفاخر لا تَحظى المُلوكُ بِها

    الملكُ مُنقَطِعٌ وَالوَحيُ مَوصولُ

    These are glories that kings do not attain:

    kingship ends, while revelation endures.