الجود يحكم في ارتياحك والغيث — Al Staley

الجُودُ يحْكم في ارْتياحكْ

والغَيْثُ يُعجَبُ من سَمَاحِكْ

Generosity governs your gladness,

and rain marvels at your liberality.

والرّزْقُ مبْسُوطاً لنا

يا ذُهل من باب امْتنْاحكْ

And provision is spread out for us,

O Dhuhl, through seeking your bounty.

وتَجُود عَفْواً بالنُّضا

رِوباللّجينِ وأنتَ ضاحِكْ

And you freely give gold

and silver, while you smile.

ودَمُ الأعادي يُمْترَىَ

بشَبَا سيوفكَ أو رماحِكْ

And the blood of enemies is drawn

by the sharp edges of your swords or spears.

والمَجدُ يغْدوا أو يَرو

حُ على غُدُوِّكَ أو رواحكْ

And glory goes forth or returns

in step with your morning departures or evening returns,

لعُلوِّ فضْلكَ وانتِطا

قك بالفضائلِ واتّشاحِكْ

because of your lofty excellence and your girding

yourself with virtues and wearing them as a sash.

ومنَ السَعادةِ عنْدَنا

أنَّا بُعثنا لاْمتداحِكْ

And among our blessings

is that we were sent to praise you.

فاسْلَم أبا حسَنٍ عزّي

زاً في مسائِكَ أو صباحكْ

So remain safe, Abu Hasan, mighty

in your evening or your morning.

وبكَتِ الحَمائُم واشتَكَت انْزاحَها

فالتاعَ قَلْبي إذْ سَمْعتُ مناحَها

The doves wept and lamented their separation,

and my heart burned with grief when I heard their lament.

سَفّحْتُ من ماءِ المآقي عْبرَةً

بعْدَ الأحّبةِ لم أزَل سَفَّاحَها

I poured a tear from the water of my eye-corners;

with my loved ones gone, I have never ceased shedding it.

بُرَحآءُ شَوْقٍ قد أَلحّ بِمهجَتي

ولو كان عجَّل موتَها لأراحا

The torment of longing has pressed hard upon my heart's core;

had it hastened its death, it would have brought relief.

والنّاسُ في أَسرِ الهُموم رهينةٌ

لم تَلْقَ من أَسْرِ الهُموم سِراحَها

People are held hostage in the captivity of cares,

never finding release from that captivity.

ولقَد زَجْرتُ من البَوارِح مرَّةً

قبلَ التّفرُّق مَرَّها وصياحها

Once I read the omens of ill-boding birds,

before our parting, from their flight and cries.

وإِذا ذّكَرت الأصْفياءِ كأنَّ في

قلْبي ما تضُمُّ جناحَها

And when I remember my true friends, it is as though within

my heart ... something never folds its wing.

لله أيَّامُ الشّبابِ فإِنَّها

القَتْ عليَّ من الصّبا أفرَاحَها

God bless the days of youth, for they

bestowed upon me the joys of youthful days.

ولَبسْتُ بهْجَتها وذُقتُ نعيمُها

وشرْبتُ قهوتَها وزرْتُ مِلاحها

I wore their splendor and tasted their bliss,

drank their wine and visited their beauties.

ورُتعْت بيْنَ الغانيات مقَبِّلاً

وردَ الخدودُ مُعَضْعِضاً تُفَّاحَها

And I reveled among beautiful women, kissing

the roses of cheeks and nibbling their apples.

وإِذا السّهام من العيون جرحَنَني

داويتُ من ريقَ الثُّغور جراحَها

And when arrows from eyes wounded me,

I healed their wounds with the moisture of lips.

وعزيزَةٍ ملء السّوار كأنَّها

لبست على الغُصنِ الرّطبِ وشاحَها

And a cherished beauty, her arm filling her bracelet, seemed

to have draped her sash upon a supple branch.

سامرتُها ليلَ التّمام تَبُثُّ لي

مَثْوى الهوى وعتابَها ومُزَاحَها

I kept her company through the full-moon night, as she confided to me

love's dwelling, her reproaches, and her banter.

ولزَمْتُها تَحْتَ الشّعار مُعانقاً

رَيّا الرَّوادِف والعِظام رَداحَها

And I clung to her beneath the coverlet, embracing

her full hips and the bones of her ample frame.

وإِذا الرّياضُ من الغَمامِ ترَشَّفت

أنْدآءَها واسْتَنْشَقَت أَرْواحَها

And when the gardens sipped from the clouds

their dews and breathed in their breezes,

يَمّمْتُها فحَلَتْها بصَحابتي

سَحَراً يُبادر بالصّبوحِ صَباحَها

I made for them and graced them with my companions,

at daybreak, hastening to greet their dawn with morning wine,

بدنان خمرٍ قد أصابَ تجارُها

من حبّنا لشرابها ارْباحَها

with jars of wine whose merchants had earned

their profits from our love of drinking it.

ولقد بكر نا نستبي أَبكارها

عَلَلاً ورُحنا نستقي أَرْواحَها

Indeed, we went early to capture its virgin draughts,

drinking again and again, and at evening drew its spirits

من كفِّ ناعمَة البنان كأَنَّما

مَزَجت لنا بموَدّةٍ أَقداحَها

from the hand of a delicate-fingered woman, as though

she had mixed her cups for us with affection.

ظلّنا هناك نُبَين سرّ سرُورَنا

أَنَّا نُراحُ إذا شَربّنا رَاحَها

We stayed there, revealing the secret of our joy:

we find ease whenever we drink her wine.

وعصابةٍ شَكتِ الزَّمانَ فأقبلت

تُزْجي على أَنضائها أَشباحَها

And a band that complained of time came forth,

urging their bodies onward upon their exhausted mounts.

سرَت الدّجى ليلاً فانصَبها السُّرى

واصابها لفحُ الهَجير فلاحَها

They traveled through darkness by night, and the night journey wearied them;

the blast of midday heat struck and scorched them.

من انَّهَا سَمعت بذكر مُحمّدٍ

جَعلت إِليه غدوَّها وَرَوحَها

Because they had heard Muhammad mentioned,

they directed their morning and evening journeys toward him,

حتَّى أَناخَت في مرابع سَيّدٍ

من آل نبهان المُلوكِ اباحَها

until they made their camels kneel in the meadows of a lord

of the royal house of Nabhan, who opened those grounds to them.

القَت هناكَ عِصيَّها بحَوائجٍ

لأبي أبي عبد الإلهِ نجّاحَها

There they laid down their staffs, bringing needs

for the father of Abu Abd al-Ilah, their fulfiller.

ورعَت ذَرَاهُ تحت صَيّب راحةٍ

عرَف الوفوُد نوالها وسَماحَها

And they grazed his heights beneath the downpour of a palm

whose bounty and liberality the delegations knew.

بَسَطت على أَهل البسيطة برِّها

وكفتْ بإِدراك الغنِى مْمتاحَها

It spread its goodness over all who dwell on earth,

and sufficed those drawing from it by bringing them wealth.

كم حاجةٍ صعبت على طُلاّبها

والله قدَّرها بها فأتاحَها

How many a need proved difficult for its seekers,

yet God ordained it through that palm and made it attainable!

وكمِ اسْتُجير به لشَكْوى قِلَّة

فاقَلَّها أَو علَّةٍ فأزاحَها

How often he was sought for refuge against a complaint of poverty,

and he relieved it—or against illness, and he removed it.

وضَحَت خلالَ رباعهِ سُبُل الغِنى

مسلوكةً والىَ النّدى إيضاحَها

The paths to wealth shone clear amid his dwellings,

well-trodden, with generosity continually lighting them.

من عُصَبةٍ عتَكيةِ أَزديةٍ

قَدَر المُهْيمنُ فَضْلهَا وصَلاحَها

From an Ataki, Azdi clan,

whose merit and righteousness the Guardian ordained.

وهَي التَّي في كل يوم كريهَةٍ

عَرَف الكُماةُ نزالهَا وكفاحَها

It is the clan that, on every day of battle,

armored warriors have known for its fighting and combat.

أُسدٌ أعدَّت للقاء دُروعها

وجِيادَها وسُيوفها ورمَاحها

Lions that readied their armor for the encounter,

their steeds, their swords, and their spears.

وإذا السّنون تَتَايعَت لَزَباتها

نَحَرَت لإطعام الضّيوف لقَاحها

And when the years bring hardships in succession,

they slaughter their milch camels to feed their guests.

فهُمُ الكرامُ لهُم بِكلّ مكَانةٍ

حمدٌ إذا ذَمّ الوُفودُ شحاحَها

They are the noble; in every place theirs is

praise, when delegations condemn the misers there.

وتَرى أَبا عبد الإله هُمامهَا

مقدامَها قَمْقَامَها جَحجاحَها

And you see Abu Abd al-Ilah, their resolute champion,

their bold warrior, their mighty lord, their eminent chief.

نَطَقَت بفضْلِ الأزْد أَلسنَةُ الورى

وقضى الإله بشكرها إفصاحَها

The tongues of humankind have proclaimed the excellence of the Azd,

and God ordained that those tongues openly voice their gratitude to them.

وانقادَتِ الأَقْدامُ والأيدي لَهَمْ

واسْتَيْقَنوا في الطَّاعةِ اسْتصلاََحها

Feet and hands have submitted to them,

and people knew for certain that obedience would bring them well-being.

إنّ المُلوكَ تعدّ وجهكَ يا أَبا

عبد الإله إلى الهدى مِصْباحَها

Kings regard your face, O Abu

Abd al-Ilah, as their lamp toward guidance.

ولأنت سابُقها غداةَ رِهانها

ولك المُعلّى اذ تُجيلُ قداحَها

You are indeed their frontrunner on the morning of their race,

and yours is the highest-winning arrow when they cast their lots.

وإِذا هُمُ ورَدوا المياهَ فصادفوا

كدراً وَردَتَ صفاءَها وقَراحَها

And when they reach the waters and find

them turbid, you reach their clear, pure water.

ولقَد ورَثت من العُلى جُمْهورها

وصَميمها ولُبابَها وصُراحَها

Indeed, you inherited the greater part of high honor,

its very core, its essence, and its purest part.

أَنت الذي فَتَّحت أبوابَ العُلى

للسائلينَ ولم تزَل فَتَّاحَها

You are the one who opened the gates of high honor

to petitioners, and have never ceased to open them.

وافدتَ نائلك العُفاةَ مُعجَّلاً

ببشاشةٍ لا تشتَكي اْلحاحَها

And you bestowed your bounty on petitioners without delay,

with cheerfulness, never complaining of their insistence.

وصَرفت من غِير السنين قُحولها

وَرَدتَ من نوب الزَمان جِماَحها

And you turned away the droughts of the years' reversals,

and confronted the wild onrush of time's calamities.

وتَركت ذكراً يا محّمُد شائعاً

عَبقَ المحامِد في الوَرَى نَفَّاحَها

And you left a far-spread remembrance, O Muhammad,

fragrant with praises, wafting their scent among humankind.

وبقيت عزّاً للْوليّ ورحمةً

وعلى العدى نَزلَ الرَّدّى فاجتاَحها

And may you remain a source of honor and mercy to your ally,

while death descends upon your enemies and sweeps them away.

وتوالتِ الأعيادُ عندكَ بالغاً

بَهَجاِتها وسرُورَها وفلاحَها

And may festivals keep returning to you, as you attain

their delights, their joy, and their prosperity.

وانعمْ بدُنياك السَعيدة آمناً

ابداً مُوقىً عارَها وجُناحَها

Enjoy your fortunate worldly life in safety,

forever protected from its shame and its wrongdoing.

وابِن المعالي يا محمّدُ بالنّدى

والمكرمُاتِ مُبهْياً أوْ ضَاحَها

And build high honors, O Muhammad, through generosity

and noble deeds, making their bright ornaments shine.

واستبق شاعرَها بنظم حُليِّها

وصّافَها بقَريضِه مدّاحَها

And retain their poet, who strings their jewels in verse,

their describer and, through his poetry, their praiser.

فمن المعالي قَد حباكَ دقاقَها

ومن القَوافي قد حَلاك صحاحَها

For he has bestowed upon you the subtleties of high honors,

and adorned you with the soundest of rhymes.