ولما تداعت للغروب شموسهم — أبو الحسن الجرجاني

ولما تداعَت للغروب شُمُوسُهُم

وَقُمنَا لتَوديعِ الفريقِ الُمغَربِ

And when their suns called one another to set,

And we rose to bid the westward-bound company farewell,

تلقَّينَ أطرافَ السُّجُوفِ بمشرقٍ

لُهنَّ وأَعطافَ الخدور بمغربِ

They greeted the curtain-edges with a sunrise

Of their own, and the sides of the curtained chambers with a sunset.

فما سرنَ إلا بين دَمعٍ مُصَبَّغٍ

ولا قُمنَ إلا فوق قَلب معذَّب

So they traveled only amid stained tears,

Nor did they stand except upon a tormented heart.

كأن فؤادي قرنُ قابوسَ رَاعَهُ

تَلاعُبُهُ بالفَيلَقِ الُمتأَشِب

It was as though my heart were Qabus’s adversary, terrified

By his toying with the densely massed army.