Poems
- أخذوا قسيهم بأيمنهمThey took their bows in their right hands,
- أظاعنة ولا تودعنا هندIs Hind departing without bidding us farewell?
- أمست سمية صرمت حبليBy evening, Sumayya had severed my cord,
- بكرت سمية غدوة فتمتعSumayya set out at dawn—so take your fill;
- تركت رفيق رحلك قد تراهYou left your traveling companion, though you could see him,
- ذكرت اليوم دارا هيجتنيToday I recalled a dwelling that stirred me,
- سمح الخلائق مكراما ضريبتهGenerous in character, lavish in giving by nature,
- فقلت تزردها يزيد فإننيSo I said, “Swallow it down, Yazid, for I
- كأن عقيلا في الضحى حلقت بهAs though ʿUqayl, in the morning light, had been borne aloft
- كم للمنازل من شهر وأعوامHow many months and years the dwellings have seen,
- لحا الله زبان من شاعرMay God curse Zabbān as a poet,
- لعمرة بين الأخرمين طلولʿAmrah’s ruined dwellings lie between al-Akhramayn.
- لعمرك لا أهجو منولة كلهاBy your life, I do not revile all of Manwalah;
- ومنشق أعطاف القميص كأنهAnd one whose shirt-folds are torn, as though he were,
- ونحن منعنا من تميم وقد طغتAnd we defended against Tamim, though they had grown overbold,
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