Sol 6.1

  1. مُحَمَّدُ ما آمالُنا بِكَواذِبِ

    لَدَيكَ وَلا أَيّامُنا بِشَواحِبِ

    Muhammad, our hopes are not false

    with you, nor are our days wan.

  2. دَعَوناكَ مَدعُواً إِلى كُلِّ نَوبَةٍ

    مُجيباً إِلى تَوهينِ كَيدِ النَوائِبِ

    We called upon you, one summoned to every crisis,

    responding to weaken the schemes of calamities,

  3. بِعَزمِ عُمومٍ مِن مَصابيحِ أَشعَرٍ

    وَحَزمِ خُؤولٍ مِن لُؤَيِّ بنِ غالِبِ

    with the resolve of paternal uncles among Ash'ar's luminaries,

    and the prudence of maternal uncles from Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib.

  4. لَغِبتَ مَغيبَ البَدرِ عَنّا وَمَن يَبِت

    بِلا قَمَرٍ يَذمُم سَوادَ الغَياهِبِ

    Indeed, you vanished from us as the full moon vanishes; whoever spends the night

    without a moon decries the blackness of deep gloom.

  5. فَكَم مِن حَنينٍ لي إِلى الشَرقِ مُصعَدٍ

    وَإِن كانَ أَحبابي بِأَرضِ المَيارِبِ

    How many a yearning of mine is borne aloft toward the East,

    even though my loved ones are in the land of al-Mayarib.

  6. وَما اِلتَقَتِ الأَحشاءُ يَومَ صَبابَةٍ

    عَلى بُرَحاءٍ مِثلَ بُعدِ الأَقارِبِ

    And never, on a day of longing, have hearts clenched

    with anguish like that of separation from kin.

  7. وَلا اِنسَكَبَت بيضُ الدُموعِ وَحُمرُها

    بِحَقٍّ عَلى مِثلِ الغُيوثِ السَواكِبِ

    Nor have tears, both white and red, ever flowed

    so rightly as for the likes of pouring rains.

  8. رَحَلتَ فَلَم آنَس بِمَشهَدِ شاهِدٍ

    وَأُبتَ فَلَم أَحفِل بِغَيبَةِ غائِبِ

    You departed, so I found no comfort in anyone's presence;

    and you returned, so I cared nothing for anyone's absence.

  9. قَدِمتَ فَأَقدَمتَ النَدى يَحمِلُ الرِضا

    إِلى كُلِّ غَضبانٍ عَلى الدَهرِ عاتِبِ

    You arrived, and brought bounty bearing contentment

    to all who are angry at Time and reproach it.

  10. وَجِئتَ كَما جاءَ الرَبيعُ مُحَرِّكاً

    يَدَيكَ بِأَخلاقٍ تَفي بِالسَحائِبِ

    And you came as spring comes, moving

    your two hands with virtues that match the rainclouds.

  11. فَعادَت بِكَ الأَيامُ زُهراً كَأَنَّما

    جَلا الدَهرُ مِنها عَن خُدودِ الكَواعِبِ

    So through you the days became radiant again, as though

    Time had unveiled in them the cheeks of young maidens.

  12. أَبا جَعفَرٍ مارِفدُ رِفدٍ بِمُسلِمي

    إِلى مَذهَبٍ عَنكُم وَلا سَيبُ سائِبِ

    O Abu Ja'far, no giver's gift can send me

    down a path away from you, nor any donor's bounty.

  13. فَمَن شاءَ فَليَبخَل وَمَن شاءَ فَليَجُد

    كَفاني نَداكُم مِن جَميعِ المَطالِبِ

    So let whoever wishes be miserly, and whoever wishes be generous;

    your bounty has met all my needs.

  14. وَما أَنسَ لا أَنسَ اِجتِذابَكَ هِمَّتي

    إِلَيكَ وَتَرتيبي أَخَصَّ المَراتِبِ

    Whatever I forget, I shall not forget your drawing my ambition

    toward you, and placing me in the most privileged rank.

  15. صَفِيُّكَ مِن أَهلِ القَوافي بِرَغمِهِم

    وَأَنتَ صَفِيّي دونَ أَهلِ المَواهِبِ

    I am your chosen friend among the men of rhyme, against their wishes;

    and you are my chosen friend above all givers of bounty.

  16. جَعَلناهُ حِلفاً بَينَنا فَتَجَدَّدَت

    مَناسِبُ أُخرى بَعدَ تِلكَ المَناسِبِ

    We made it a pact between us, and so there arose

    other bonds of kinship after those earlier bonds.

  17. فَيا خَيرَ مَصحوبٍ إِذا أَنا لَم أَقُل

    بِشُكرِكَ فَاِعلَم أَنَّني شَرُّ صاحِبِ

    So, best of companions, if I do not voice

    my thanks to you—then know that I am the worst of companions—

  18. بِمَنظومَةٍ نَظمَ اللَآلي يَخالُها

    عَلَيكَ سَراةُ القَومِ عِقدَ كَواكِبِ

    in a poem strung like pearls, which seems

    upon you, to the people's nobles, a necklace of stars.