Sol 6.1

  1. عَفَت الدِيارُ فَما بِها أَهلُ

    حِزَّانُها وَدِماثُها السَهلُ

    The dwellings are effaced; no people remain

    On their rugged uplands or their soft, level ground.

  2. تُذري الرَوامِسُ ما استَخَفَّ لَها

    وَجَرى بِتُربِ عِزازِها الوَبلُ

    The obliterating winds scatter whatever is light for them,

    And heavy rain has swept away their hard ground's soil.

  3. إِنّي وَما نَحَروا غَداةَ مِنىً

    عِندَ الجِمارِ يَؤُودُها العُقلُ

    I swear by what they slaughtered on Mina's morning,

    Beside the stoning sites, their hobbles weighing them down,

  4. والبُدنُ إِذ سيقَت لِمَنحَرِها

    أُدماً يُحَلِّلُ بِرَّهُ الحَلُّ

    And by the sacrificial camels, when driven to their slaughtering ground,

    White, their pious offering made lawful by release—

  5. لَو بُدِّلَت مَغنى ديارِهِم

    سُفلاً وَأَصبَحَ سُفلُها يَعلو

    Even if the site of their dwellings were turned

    Upside down, its underside rising above,

  6. لَعَرفتُ مَغناها بِما احتَمَلَت

    مِنّي الضُلوعُ لِأَهلِها قَبلُ

    I would surely know their site by what

    My ribs once harbored for their people,

  7. وَمَجالِساً لِلخَودِ قَد مَثَلَت

    وَمَعالِماً ما بَينها دَخلُ

    And the maiden's sitting places that stand revealed,

    And landmarks, with no confusion between them,

  8. وَأَوارياً لِلخَيلِ داثِرَةً

    مِثلَ الأَواخِ يُمِرُّها الفَتلُ

    And the horses' tethering places, worn away,

    Like tethering-loops made firm by twisting,

  9. وَرَواكِداً أُصلينَ مُنتَصِباً

    فَتَرى قَراينَ بَينها فَصلُ

    And fixed hearthstones, scorched as they stood upright:

    So you see them paired, with gaps between.

  10. فَيَكادُ يَعرِفُها الخَبيرُ بِها

    فَيردُّهُ الإِقواءُ وَالمَحلُ

    One who knows them well almost recognizes them,

    But desertion and drought turn him back.

  11. يا دارَ بِشرَةَ إِن دَرَستِ عَلى البِلى

    وَرَعاكِ بَعدَ خَرايدٍ إِجلُ

    O dwelling of Bishra, even if you have faded with decay,

    And a herd of wild cattle has grazed you after shy maidens,

  12. وَبِما رَأَيتُكِ وَالجَديدُ إِلى بِلى

    مَعمورَةً إِذ بَينَنا الوَصلُ

    Yet how often I saw you—everything new comes to decay—

    Inhabited, when union bound us,

  13. أَيّامَ نَعصي مَن وَشا بِكِ كاذِباً

    أَو صادِقاً وَيُحَلَّلُ الحَبلُ

    In days when we defied whoever carried tales of you, falsely

    Or truthfully, and the cord was loosened;

  14. أَيّامَ بِشرَةُ كالمَهاةِ أَضَلَّها

    رَشأٌ رَخيمٌ صَوتُهُ طِفلُ

    In days when Bishra was like an oryx cow, led astray

    By a young calf, soft of voice.