بعينك لوعة القلب الرهين — Albohtry

بِعَينِكَ لَوعَةُ القَلبِ الرَهينِ

وَفَرطُ تَتابُعِ الدَمعِ الهَتونِ

Before your eyes is the anguish of the captive heart,

And the profuse flow of tears that keep streaming.

وَقَد أَصغَيتِ لِلواشينَ حَتّى

رَكَنتِ إِلَيهِمُ بَعضَ الرُكونِ

And you have listened to the slanderers until

You have leaned toward them somewhat.

وَلَو جازَيتِ صَبّاً عَن هَواهُ

لَكانَ العَدلُ أَلّا تَهجُريني

And had you repaid a lover for his love,

It would have been just not to forsake me.

نَظَرتُ وَكَم نَظَرتُ فَأَقصَدَتني

فُجاءاتُ البُدورِ عَلى الغُصونِ

I looked—and how often I looked!—and was struck down

By full moons suddenly appearing upon boughs.

وَرُبَّةَ نَظرَةٍ أَقلَعتُ عَنها

بِسُكرٍ في التَصابي أَو جُنونِ

And many a glance I turned away from

In the intoxication of youthful dalliance, or in madness.

فَيا لِلَّهِ ما تَلقى القُلوبُ ال

هَوائِمُ مِن جِناياتِ العُيونِ

O God, what the hearts endure—

Bewildered by love—from the crimes of eyes!

وَقَد يَإِسَ العَواذِلُ مِن فُؤادٍ

لَجوجٍ في غَوايَتِهِ حَرونِ

And the reproachers have despaired of a heart

Obstinate in its waywardness, unyielding.

فَمَن يَذهَل أَحِبَّتَهُ فَإِنّي

كَفَيتُ مِنَ الصَبابَةِ ما يَليني

Others may forget their loved ones, but I

Have done my part in love's longing.

وَلي بَينَ القُصورِ إِلى قُوَيقٍ

أَليفٌ أَصطَفيهِ وَيَصطَفيني

And among the palaces, toward Quwayq, I have

A dear companion I favor, who favors me.

يُعارِضُ ذِكرُهُ في كُلِّ وَقتٍ

وَيَطرُقُ طَيفُهُ في كُلِّ حينِ

His memory comes before me at every moment,

And his phantom visits me at every hour.

لَقَد حَمَلَ الخِلافَةَ مُستَقِلٌّ

بِها وَبِحَقِّهِ فيها المُبينِ

Indeed, one has shouldered the caliphate, fully able

To bear it, with his manifest right to it.

يَسوسُ الدينَ وَالدُنيا بِرَأيٍ

رِضىً لِلَّهِ في دُنيا وَدينِ

He governs religion and the world with judgment

Pleasing to God in worldly life and faith.

تَناوَلَ جودُهُ أَقصى الأَماني

وَصَدَّقَ فِعلُهُ حُسنَ الظُنونِ

His generosity has reached the farthest wishes,

And his deeds have confirmed good expectations.

فَما بِالدَهرِ مِن بَهجٍ وَحُسنٍ

وَما بِالعَيشِ مِن خَفضٍ وَلينِ

So there is no joy or beauty in time,

Nor any ease or gentleness in life.

وَلَم تُخلَق يَدُ المُعتَزِّ إِلّا

لِحَوزِ الحَمدِ بِالخَطَرِ الثَمينِ

And al-Mu'tazz's hand was created only

To win praise with a precious stake.

تَروعُ المالَ ضِحكَتُهُ إِذا ما

غَدا مُتَهَلِّلاً طَلقَ الجَبينِ

His laughter frightens wealth whenever

He rises radiant, with an open brow.

أَمينَ اللَهِ وَالمُعطى تُراثَ ال

أَمينِ وَصاحِبُ البَلَدِ الأَمينِ

O God's trustee, granted the inheritance of

Al-Amin, and master of the secure city!

تَتابَعَتِ الفُتوحُ وَهُنَّ شَتّى ال

أَماكِنِ في العِدى شَتّى الفُنونِ

Conquests have followed one another, in diverse

Places among the foes, and of diverse kinds.

فَما تَنفَكُّ بُشرى عَن تَرَدّي

عَدُوٍّ خاضِعٍ لَكَ مُستَكينِ

So glad tidings never cease to tell of the downfall

Of an enemy submitting to you, humbled.

فِرارُ الكَوكَبِيِّ وَخَيلُ موسى

تُثيرُ عَجاجَةَ الحَربِ الزَبونِ

Al-Kawkabi's flight, while Musa's horses

Stir up the dust of raging war.

وَفي أَرضِ الدَيالِمِ هامُ قَتلى

نِظامُ السَهلِ مِنها وَالحُزونِ

And in the land of the Daylamites, heads of the slain

Form a necklace across its plains and rugged ground.

وَقَد صَدَمَت عَظيمَ الرومِ عُظمى

مِنَ الأَحداثِ قاطِعَةُ الوَتينِ

And the Romans' great ruler has been struck by a grievous

Calamity, severing the life-vein.

بِنُعمى اللَهِ عِندَكَ غَيرَ شَكٍّ

وَريحِكَ أَقصَدَتهُ يَدُ المَنونِ

Through God's grace upon you, without a doubt,

And through your wind, the hand of death struck him down.

نُصِرتَ عَلى الأَعادي بِالأَعادي

غَداةَ الرومِ تَحتَ رَحىً طَحونِ

You were granted victory over foes through foes,

On the morning the Romans lay beneath a grinding millstone.

يُقَتِّلُ بَعضُها بَعضاً بِضَربٍ

مُبينٍ لِلسَواعِدِ وَالشُؤونِ

Some of them slaughter others with blows

That sever forearms and split the seams of skulls,

إِذِ الأَبدانُ ثَمَّ بِلا رُؤوسٍ

تَهاوى وَالسُيوفُ بِلا جُفونِ

As bodies there, without heads,

Come tumbling down, and swords have no sheaths.

فَدُمتَ وَدامَ عَبدُ اللَهُ بَدرُ ال

دُجى في ضَوإِهِ وَحَيا الدُجونِ

So may you endure, and Abd Allah endure, the full moon of

Darkness in his radiance, and life-giving rain from clouded skies.

تُطيفُ بِهِ المَوالي حينَ يَبدو

إِطافَتَها بِمَعقِلِها الحَصينِ

The retainers surround him when he appears,

As they surround their fortified stronghold.

تَرى الأَبصارَ تُغضي عَن مَهيبٍ

وَقورٍ في مَهابَتِهِ رَكينِ

You see eyes lowered before an awe-inspiring man,

Dignified, steadfast in his majesty.

جَوادٌ غَلَّسَت نُعماهُ فينا

وَلَم يُظهِر بِها مَطلَ الضَنينِ

A generous man whose bounty reached us before dawn,

And who showed none of the miser's delay in giving it.

ظَنَنتُ بِهِ الَّتي سَرَّت صَديقي

فَكانَ الظَنُّ قُدّامَ اليَقينِ

I expected of him what delighted my friend,

So expectation came before certainty.

وَكُنتَ إِلَيهِ في وَعدٍ شَفيعي

فَصِرتَ عَلَيهِ في نُجحٍ ضَميني

And you were my intercessor with him for a promise,

Then became my guarantor of its fulfillment by him.

وَما وَلِيَ المَكارِمَ مِثلُ خِرقٍ

أَغَرَّ يَرى المَواعِدَ كَالدُيونِ

And no one has tended noble deeds like a resourceful man,

Illustrious, who regards promises as debts.

وَصَلتَ بِيونُسَ بنِ بُغاءَ حَبلي

فَرُحتُ أَمُتُّ بِالسَبَبِ المَتينِ

You joined my cord to Yunus ibn Bugha,

So I came to claim connection through a sturdy bond.

فَقَد بَوَّأتَني أَعلى مَحَلٍّ

شَريفٍ في المَكانِ بِكَ المَكينِ

For you have placed me in the highest station,

Honorable, in a position made secure through you.

وَما أَخشى تَعَذُّرَ ما أُعاني

مِنَ الحاجاتِ إِذ أَمسى مُعيني

And I do not fear that what I pursue will prove unattainable,

Among my needs, since he has become my helper.

وَإِنَّ يَدي وَقَد أَسنَدتَ أَمري

إِلَيهِ اليَومَ في يَدِكَ اليَمينِ

And indeed my hand, since you have entrusted my affairs

To him, is today in your right hand.