Sol 6.1

  1. لقد هاجني طيفٌ لداوودَ بعدَما

    دَنَتْ فَاسْتَقَلّتْ تالياتُ الكواكب

    Indeed, a vision of Dawud stirred me, after

    The last stars had drawn near, then risen aloft.

  2. وما في ذُهول اليأسِ عن غير سَلوةٍ

    رَواحٌ من السُّقم الذي هو غالبي

    And despair’s stupor, without solace, brings no

    Relief from the sickness that overpowers me.

  3. وعندَكَ لو يحيا صَداكَ فنَلْتقي

    شِفاءٌ لمن غادَرْت يومَ التناضب

    And with you—if your shade could live and we could meet—

    Lies healing for the one you left on the day of al-Tanadib.

  4. فهل لك طِبّ نافعي من عَلاقة

    تُهَيّمُني بين الحَشاء والترائب

    Have you, then, a remedy to help me with a love

    That maddens me between my entrails and my breastbones?

  5. ولولا يَقيني إنما الموتُ عزمةٌ

    من الله حتّى يُبعثوا للمحسب

    And were I not certain that death is but a decree

    From God, until they are raised for the reckoning,

  6. لقلت له فيما ألِمّ برمْسِهِ

    هَلَ أنتَ غداً معي فمصاحبي

    I would say to him, as I visit his grave,

    "Will you be with me tomorrow, and be my companion?"

  7. سألتُ مليكي إذ بَلاني بفَقْدِه

    وفاةً بأيدي الروم بين المقانب

    I asked my King, when He tried me with his loss,

    For death at the Romans’ hands amid the cavalry squadrons.

  8. ثَنَوْني وقد قدّمتُ ثأري بَطَعْنة

    تَجيشُ بِمَوّارٍ من الموت ناعب

    They turned me back, though I had already taken my vengeance in advance with a thrust

    Seething with a surging torrent, croaking of death.

  9. وقد خِفتُ أن ألقى المنايا وإنّني

    لَتابِعُ من وافى حِمامَ الجوالب

    And I have feared meeting death—though I

    Will surely follow those who met the doom that calamities bring—

  10. ولمّا أطاعنْ في العَدُوِّ تَنَفُّلاً

    إلى الله أبغي فضلّه وأضارب

    Before I have fought the enemy with spears, in voluntary devotion

    To God, seeking His bounty, and exchanged sword-blows.