علقت مفترس الصراغم فارسا — أبو الحسن السلامي

علقت مفترس الصراغم فارساً

رحب المدى والصدر والميدان

I fell in love with a devourer of lions, a horseman,

Broad in reach, in chest, and in the field.

قمرٌ من الأتراك تشهد أنّه ال

خود الحصان على أقبّ حصان

A moon among the Turks—you would swear he is the

Chaste maiden upon a lean-flanked stallion.

ييرمي بلحظيه القلوب وسهمه

فعجبت كيف تشابه السهمان

He shoots at hearts with his twin glances and his arrow;

So I marveled at how alike the two arrows were.

البدر في ظل الغمامة والنقا

في سرجه والغصن في الخفتان

The full moon in a cloud's shade, and the sand dune

In his saddle, and the branch within his caftan.

ألفت طرته وغرته وما

كان الدجى والصبح يأتلفان

I grew fond of his forelock and radiant brow, though

Night's darkness and dawn had never been in harmony.

ورمى بلحظيه القلوب وسهمه

فعجبت كيف تشابه السهمان

And he shot at hearts with his twin glances and his arrow;

So I marveled at how alike the two arrows were.

بطل حمائله كعارضة وحا

جبه الأرج كقوسه المرنان

A hero, his sword-belts like a crossbeam, and his

Fragrant eyebrow like his resonant bow.

حييته فدنا وأمطر راحتي

قبلا فليت فمي مكان بناني

I greeted him; he drew near and showered my palm

With kisses—if only my mouth were in place of my fingertips!

وخدعته بالكأس حتى ارتاض لي

ودرأت عني الحد بالكتمان

And I beguiled him with the cup until he yielded to me,

And warded off the prescribed punishment from myself through secrecy.

والمرء ما شغلته فرصة لذة

ناسى العواقب آمن الحدثان

And a man, while a chance for pleasure engrosses him,

Forgets the consequences and feels safe from fortune's blows.