Sol 6.1

  1. أُخفي هَوىً لَكِ في الضُلوعِ وَأُظهِرُ

    وَأُلامُ في كَمَدٍ عَلَيكِ وَأُعذَرُ

    I hide my love for you within my ribs, and reveal it;

    and I am blamed for my anguish over you, and excused.

  2. وَأَراكِ خُنتِ عَلى النَوى مَن لَم يَخُن

    عَهدَ الهَوى وَهَجَرتِ مَن لا يَهجُرُ

    And I see you betrayed, in separation, one who never betrayed

    love's covenant, and abandoned one who does not abandon.

  3. وَطَلَبتُ مِنكِ مَوَدَّةً لَم أُعطَها

    إِنَّ المُعَنّى طالِبٌ لا يَظفَرُ

    And I sought from you affection that I was not granted;

    indeed, the tormented lover is a seeker who does not succeed.

  4. هَل دَينُ عَلوَةَ يُستَطاعُ فَيُقتَضى

    أَم ظُلمُ عَلوَةَ يَستَفيقُ فَيُقصِرُ

    Is ʿAlwa's debt within reach, to be collected,

    or will ʿAlwa's injustice come to its senses and desist?

  5. بَيضاءُ يُعطيكَ القَضيبُ قَوامَها

    وَيُريكَ عَينَيها الغَزالُ الأَحوَرُ

    She is fair-skinned; a slender branch shows you her stature,

    and the dark-eyed gazelle shows you her eyes.

  6. تَمشي فَتَحكُمُ في القُلوبِ بِدَلِّها

    وَتَميسُ في ظِلِّ الشَبابِ فَتَخطِرُ

    She walks, ruling hearts with her coquetry,

    and sways in youth's shade, stepping proudly.

  7. وَتَميلُ مِن لينِ الصِبا فَيُقيمُها

    قَدٌّ يُؤَنَّثُ تارَةً وَيُذَكَّرُ

    And she bends from youth's softness, then is straightened by

    a figure now called feminine, now masculine.

  8. إِنّي وَإِن جانَبتُ بَعضُ بَطالَتي

    وَتَوَهَّمَ الواشونَ أَنّي مُقصِرُ

    Indeed, though I have shunned some of my idle pleasures,

    and the slanderers imagine that I have desisted,

  9. لَيَشوقُني سِحرُ العُيونِ المُجتَلى

    وَيَروقُني وَردُ الخُدودِ الأَحمَرُ

    the unveiled enchantment of eyes still stirs my longing,

    and the red roses of cheeks delight me.

  10. اللَهُ مَكَّنَ لِلخَليفَةِ جَعفَرٍ

    مُلكاً يَحَسِّنُهُ الخَليفَةُ جَعفَرُ

    God has established for the caliph Jaʿfar

    a kingdom which the caliph Jaʿfar adorns:

  11. نُعمى مِنَ اللَهِ اِصطَفاهُ بِفَضلِها

    وَاللَهُ يَرزُقُ مَن يَشاءُ وَيَقدُرُ

    a blessing from God, who singled him out for its bounty;

    and God provides for whom He wills, and restricts provision.

  12. فَاِسلَم أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ وَلا تَزَل

    تُعطي الزِيادَةَ في البَقاءِ وَتُشكَرُ

    So remain safe, Commander of the Faithful, and may you ever

    be granted longer life and be thanked.

  13. عَمَّت فَواضِلُكَ البَرِيَّةَ فَاِلتَقى

    فيها المُقِلُّ عَلى الغِنى وَالمُكثِرُ

    Your bounties have embraced all creation, bringing together

    through them the poor and the rich in wealth.

  14. بِالبَرِّ صُمتَ وَأَنتَ أَفضَلُ صائِمٍ

    وَبِسُنَّةِ اللَهِ الرَضِيَّةِ تُفطِرُ

    With righteousness you fasted, the best of those who fast,

    and by God's well-pleasing ordinance you break your fast.

  15. فَاِنعَم بِيَومِ الفِطرِ عَيناً إِنَّهُ

    يَومٌ أَغَرُّ مِنَ الزَمانِ مُشَهَّرُ

    So let your eye rejoice in the day of breaking the fast, for it is

    a radiant, renowned day among the days of time.

  16. أَظهَرتَ عِزَّ المُلكِ فيهِ بِجَحفَلٍ

    لَجِبٍ يُحاطُ الدينُ فيهِ وَيُنصَرُ

    You displayed the glory of kingship on it with a great host,

    clamorous, in which the faith is guarded and defended.

  17. خِلنا الجِبالَ تَسيرُ فيهِ وَقَد غَدَت

    عُدَداً يَسيرُ بِها العَديدُ الأَكثَرُ

    We fancied mountains marching within it, having become

    armaments with which the most numerous host marches.

  18. فَالخَيلُ تَصهَلُ وَالفَوارِسُ تَدَّعي

    وَالبَيضُ تَلمَعُ وَالأَسِنَّةُ تَزهَرُ

    So the horses neigh, and the horsemen proclaim their names,

    and the swords gleam, and the spearheads shine.

  19. وَالأَرضُ خاشِعَةٌ تَميدُ بِثِقلِها

    وَالجَوُّ مُعتَكِرُ الجَوانِبِ أَغبَرُ

    And the earth, humbled, sways beneath their weight,

    and the air is murky on all sides, gray with dust.

  20. وَالشَمسُ ماتِعَةٌ تَوَقَّدُ في الضُحى

    طَوراً وَيُطفِؤُها العَجاجُ الأَكدَرُ

    And the sun, risen high, blazes in the forenoon

    at times, while the murky dust-cloud quenches it,

  21. حَتّى طَلَعتَ بِضَوءِ وَجهِكَ فَاِنجَلى

    ذاكَ الدُجى وَاِنجابَ ذاكَ العِثيَرُ

    until you appeared with your face's radiance; then vanished

    that darkness, and that dust-cloud dispersed.

  22. وَاِفتَنَّ فيكَ الناظِرونَ فَإِصبَعٌ

    يوما إِلَيكَ بِها وَعَينٌ تَنظُرُ

    And the onlookers responded to you in varied ways: a finger

    with which they point toward you, and an eye that gazes.

  23. يَجِدونَ رُؤيَتَكَ الَّتي فازوا بِها

    مِن أَنعُمِ اللَهِ الَّتي لا تُكفَرُ

    They count the sight of you, which they have attained,

    among God's blessings that are not denied.

  24. ذَكَروا بِطَلعَتِكَ النَبِيَّ فَهَلَّلوا

    لَمّا طَلَعتَ مِنَ الصُفوفِ وَكَبَّروا

    Your appearance recalled the Prophet to them, and they cried, 'There is no god but God,'

    when you emerged from the ranks, and cried, 'God is greatest.'

  25. حَتّى اِنتَهَيتَ إِلى المُصَلّى لابِساً

    نورَ الهُدى يَبدو عَلَيكَ وَيَظهَرُ

    Until you reached the prayer-ground, wearing

    the light of guidance, appearing upon you and shining forth.

  26. وَمَشَيتَ مِشيَةَ خاشِعٍ مُتَواضِعٍ

    لِلَّهِ لا يُزهى وَلا يَتَكَبَّرُ

    And you walked with the gait of one reverent and humble

    before God, neither conceited nor arrogant.

  27. فَلَوَ اَنَّ مُشتاقاً تَكَلَّفَ غَيرَ ما

    في وُسعِهِ لَمَشى إِلَيكَ المِنبَرُ

    So if one who yearns could undertake more than

    lies within his power, the pulpit would have walked to you.

  28. أُيِّدتَ مِن فَصلِ الخِطابِ بِخُطبَةٍ

    تُنبي عَنِ الحَقِّ المُبينِ وَتُخبِرُ

    You were strengthened by a sermon of decisive eloquence,

    declaring the manifest truth and making it known.

  29. وَوَقَفتَ في بُردِ النَبِيِّ مُذَكِّراً

    بِاللَهِ تُنذِرُ تارَةً وَتُبَشِّرُ

    And you stood in the Prophet's mantle, reminding them

    of God, now warning and now bringing glad tidings,

  30. وَمَواعِظٍ شَفَتِ الصُدورَ مِنَ الَّذي

    يَعتادُها وَشِفاؤُها مُتَعَذِّرُ

    and with admonitions that healed the hearts of what

    habitually afflicts them, though their cure is beyond reach,

  31. حَتّى لَقَد عَلِمَ الجَهولُ وَأَخلَصَت

    نَفسُ المُرَوّي وَاِهتَدى المُتَحَيِّرُ

    until the ignorant truly learned, and sincere became

    the reflective man's soul, and the bewildered found guidance.

  32. صَلّوا وَراءَكَ آخِذينَ بِعِصمَةٍ

    مِن رَبِّهِم وَبِذِمَّةٍ لا تُخفَرُ

    They prayed behind you, holding fast to protection

    from their Lord, and to a covenant never breached.

  33. فَاِسعَد بِمَغفِرَةِ الإِلَهِ فَلَم يَزَل

    يَهَبُ الذُنوبَ لِمَن يَشاءُ وَيَغفِرُ

    So rejoice in God's forgiveness, for He has never ceased

    to remit sins for whomever He wills, and to forgive.

  34. اللَهُ أَعطاكَ المَحَبَّةَ في الوَرى

    وَحَباكَ بِالفَضلِ الَّذي لا يُنكَرُ

    God has given you love among mankind,

    and graced you with excellence that cannot be denied.

  35. وَلَأَنتَ أَملَأُ لِلعُيونِ لَدَيهِمِ

    وَأَجَلُّ قَدراً في الصُدورِ وَأَكبَرُ

    And surely you fill their eyes more fully,

    and are more exalted in rank within their hearts, and greater.