Poems
- أبديع الحسن والحسنO marvel of beauty and the beautiful,
- أبغداد أين السعد والعز والهناO Baghdad, where are happiness, glory, and bliss,
- أخ طه مات وصهره ركن الأممTaha's brother has died—his son-in-law, the pillar of nations,
- أخنت عليها الليالي إذا لها غيلThe nights laid her waste when they harbored treachery.
- إن قيل من أهل المفاخر قيل همIf asked who are the people of glory, the answer is: they;
- أيموت هادي العالمين إلى الهدىCan the guide of all worlds to right guidance die,
- بالخمر تجري والعسلWith wine and honey flow
- بنت الكروم الناديهDaughter of the dewy vineyards,
- به الدنيا متيمةThe world is besotted with him.
- رب الورى حقا عفوThe Lord of creation is truly forgiving.
- رسوم عواف مداها ذهبEffaced traces, their span has passed.
- رياض تم زبرجهاGardens, their adornment complete.
- سارحات ما رحاتRoaming, frolicking maidens,
- سرور عم كل الحاضريناJoy has embraced all those present,
- شربت من شرب مؤتنسShe drank from a convivial companion’s draught.
- عشا يا غدت راحت كذاك بكور[Opening syntax unclear:] At evening—O ...—she went out at dawn and at dusk; likewise, early rising.
- على الوجنة الصفراء عين لنا تجريOver the yellowed cheek, a spring of ours flows,
- فتى طبن خشاش ضرب مرءA shrewd, spirited youth, a rare kind of man,
- في جنة الدنيا جذلIn the world's paradise is joy.
- كأس ألاق كواكبهاA cup whose stars shine brilliantly;
- كرهت منك العذلاI loathe your reproaches.
- لا بد للإنسان منFor a human being, there must come
- لربيع جنات زهتFor spring, gardens have bloomed;
- لسان الحال نادى بالتهانيThe tongue of circumstance called out congratulations,
- لقد عجزت عن نعت مثلي المقاولThe speakers have indeed failed to describe one like me.
- لقد نلت شأو القصد بالصبر والجدI have indeed reached my goal through patience and diligence,
- لم ذا هل كل ذا شغفWhy this? Is all this ardent love
- ليال ما بها والله بأسNights in which, by God, there is no hardship;
- ما للصدود أسال عيني بالبكاWhy has estrangement made my eye flow with tears?
- ما له دوما ينوحWhat ails him, that he always laments?
- نصرت ربا نصرت المصطفى نصرتYou aided the Lord, you aided the Chosen One; aided were
- هل بالطلول الباليهIs there among the worn-out ruins
- والورق في أسحارهاAnd the gray doves in their predawn hours—
- يا موجدا لوجود جل من عدمO You who brought sublime existence into being from nothing.
- يا نفس هل من توبةO soul, is there any repentance
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