هذي المعاهد من سعاد فسلم — Albohtry

هَذي المَعاهِدُ مِن سُعادَ فَسَلِّمِ

وَاسأَل وَإِن وَجِمَت فَلَم تَتَكَلَّمِ

These are Su'ad's familiar haunts, so offer greetings.

And question them, though they stand mute and do not speak.

آياتُ رَبعٍ قَد تَأَبَّدَ مُنجِدٍ

وَحُدوجُ حَيٍّ قَد تَحَمَّلَ مُتهِمِ

Traces of a dwelling, now desolate, in Najd,

And the howdahs of a tribe departed for Tihama.

لُؤمٌ بِنارِ الشَوقِ إِن لَم تَحتَدِم

وَخَساسَةٌ بِالدَمعِ إِن لَم يَسجُمِ

There is baseness in longing's fire if it does not blaze,

And meanness in tears if they do not pour.

وَبِمَسقِطِ العَلَمَينِ ناعِمَةُ الصِبا

حَيرى الشَبابِ تَبينُ إِن لَم تَصرِمِ

And at the foot of the two landmark hills is a maiden tender in youth,

Dazed with youth, she departs, even if she does not sever ties.

بَيضاءُ تَكتُمُها الفِجاجُ وَخَلفَها

نَفَسٌ يُصَعِّدُهُ هَوىً لَم يُكتَمِ

Fair-skinned, the mountain passes hide her; behind her

A sigh is raised by love that has not been concealed.

هَل رَكبُ مَكَّةَ حامِلونَ تَحِيَّةً

تُهدى إِلَيها مِن مُعَنّىً مُغرَمِ

Will Mecca's riders carry a greeting

Sent to her from a tormented, enamored man?

رَدَّ الجُفونَ عَلى كَرىً مُتَبَدِّدٍ

وَحَنى الضُلوعَ عَلى جَوىً مُتَضَرِّمِ

He has closed his eyelids over scattered sleep,

And bent his ribs around a blazing heartache.

إِن لَم يُبَلِّغكَ الحَجيجُ فَلا رَمَوا

بِالجَمرَتَينِ وَلاسُقوا مِن زَمزَمِ

If the pilgrims do not bring it to you, may they not cast stones

At the two Jamras, nor be given drink from Zamzam.

وَمُنوا بِرائِعَةِ الفِراقِ فَإِنَّهُ

سِلمُ السُهادِ وَحَربُ نَومِ النُوَّمِ

And may they suffer separation's terror, for it is

An ally of sleeplessness and a foe to sleepers' sleep.

أَلوى بِأَربَدَ عَن لَبيدٍ وَاِهتَدى

لِابنَي نُوَيرَةَ مالِكٍ وَمُتَمِّمِ

It snatched Arbad away from Labid and found its way

To Nuwayra's two sons, Malik and Mutammim.

وَاِغتَرَّ أَهلُ البَذِّ في شُرَفاتِهِم

حَتّى أَصابَهُمُ بِسَيفِ الهَيثَمِ

And the people of al-Badhdh grew complacent in their battlements,

Until it struck them with al-Haytham's sword,

في وَقعَةٍ وَلِيَت غَنِيٌّ حَدَّها

بِأَجَشَّ مِن زَجَلِ الحَديدِ مُلَملِمِ

In a battle whose brunt Ghani undertook,

With a massed host, hoarse from the clang of iron.

نَزَلوا وَقَد كُرِهَ النِزالُ وَضارَبوا

جَنَباتِ أَروَعَ بِاللِواءِ مُعَمَّمِ

They dismounted when close combat was dreaded, and fought

Around a dauntless man, turbaned with the banner.

نَقَلَ الرِجالَ إِلى الجِبالِ فَلَم يَدَع

في هَضبِ أَرشَقَ عِصمَةً لِلأَعصَمِ

He moved his men into the mountains, leaving

On Arshaq's crags no refuge for the white-footed ibex.

وَأَزارَ أَرضَ الرومِ أَطرافَ الظُبا

حَتّى أَقامَ مُلوكَها في المَقسَمِ

And made the sword-points visit the land of the Romans,

Until he put its kings among the spoils to be divided.

وَثَنى إِلى عُلوِ الجَزيرَةِ خَيلَهُ

مُتَمَطِّراتٍ في العَجاجِ الأَقتَمِ

And turned his horses toward upper al-Jazira,

Galloping through the dark dust-cloud,

غَلِقاً عَلى الشَرِّ الَّذي لَم يَندَفِع

عَجِلاً إِلى الداءِ الَّذي لَم يُحسَمِ

Chafing at the evil not yet repelled,

Hastening toward the malady not yet eradicated.

غَشِيَت قَناةُ النِمرِ حَتّى أَوجَفوا

عَنَقاً عَلى عُنُقِ الطَريقِ الأَقوَمِ

Al-Nimr's spear was overrun, until they hastened

At a swift trot along the neck of the straightest road.

وَنَفى الأَراقِمَ أُفعُوانُ مَضِلَّةٍ

يَفري بِنابَيهِ قَميصَ الأَرقَمِ

And a great serpent of a trackless waste drove out al-Araqim, the spotted serpents,

Rending the spotted serpent's shirt with his two fangs.

قاري سِباعٍ قَد لَغَبنَ حَوائِمٍ

في نَقعِهِ وَمُضيفُ طَيرٍ حُوَّمِ

A host to wild beasts grown weary circling

In his dust-cloud, and a host to circling birds.

يُدني يَداً بَيضاءَ يَختَلِطُ النَدى

فيها إِذا لَقِيَ الفَوارِسَ بِالدَمِ

He offers a white hand; generosity mingles

In it with blood when he meets the horsemen.

وَيَعِزُّ جانِبُهُ فَيَظلِمُ نَفسَهُ

لِعُفاتِهِ بِالجودِ إِن لَم يُظلَمِ

And his side is unassailable, so he wrongs himself

Through bounty to his petitioners, if no one wrongs him.

تَنميهِ مِن سَلَفَي غَنِيٍّ أُسرَةٌ

بيضُ الوُجوهِ إِلى المَكارِمِ تَنتَمي

A clan from Ghani's two ancestral lines gives him his lineage,

Bright-faced, it traces its descent to noble deeds.

أَهلُ الحُبى اللاتي كَأَنَّ بُرودَها

مِن حِلمِهِم ضَمَّت هِضابَ يَلَملَمِ

Men of the knee-binding wraps, whose cloaks seem

Through their forbearance, to enfold the hills of Yalamlam.

وَمُوَرِّثوا النارِ العَتيقَةِ لِلقِرى

وَمُشَيِّدو البَيتِ الرَفيعِ الأَقدَمِ

And those who bequeath the age-old fire of hospitality,

And builders of the lofty, most ancient house.

جُدُدٍ مَكارِمُهُم كَما بُدِئَت وَهُم

أَعلى وَأَكبَرُ مِن ضُبَيعَةِ أَضجَمِ

Their noble deeds are fresh as when they began, and they are

Higher and greater than Dubay'a of Adjam.

صَحِبوا الزَمانَ الفَرطَ إِلّا أَنَّهُ

هَرِمَ الزَمانُ وَعِزُّهُم لَم يَهرَمِ

They have kept company with time from ages past, except that

Time has grown old, while their glory has not aged.

شَغَلوا عَلى غَطَفانَ شَأساً في الوَغى

وَبَنو جَذيمَةَ شاهِدوهُ وَحِذيَمِ

They engaged Sha's in battle, to Ghatafan's cost,

And the sons of Jadhima and Hidhyam are its witnesses.

لَو كُنتَ جارَ بُيوتِهِم لَم تُهتَضَم

أَو كُنتَ طالِبَ رِفدِهِم لَم تَعدَمِ

Were you a neighbor of their houses, you would not be wronged,

Or if you sought their bounty, you would not go without.

مِن كُلِّ أَغلَبَ وَدُّهُ أَنَّ ابنَهُ

يَومَ الحِفاظِ يَموتُ إِن لَم يَكرُمِ

From every lion-like man whose wish is that his son

Should die when honor is at stake, unless he proves noble.

لايَقتُلِ الحُسّادُ أَنفُسَهُم فَقَد

هَتَكَ الصَباحُ دُجى الهَزيعِ المُظلِمِ

Let the envious not kill themselves, for

Dawn has torn apart the gloom of the dark night-watch.

غَنِيَت غَنِيٌّ بِالذُرى مِن مَجدِها

وَقَبائِلٌ بَينَ الحَصى وَالمَنسِمِ

Ghani dwells upon the summits of its glory,

While tribes lie between the pebbles and the camel's footpad.

فَقَعوا عَلى أَحسابِكُم وَهُبوطِها

وَدَعوا العُلُوَّ فَإِنَّهُ لِلأَنجُمِ

So settle upon your pedigrees and their lowliness,

And leave loftiness alone, for it belongs to the stars.

كَرُمَ ابنُ عُثمانٍ فَما يَنفَكُّ مِن

مالٍ مُهانٍ عِندَ زَورٍ مُكرَمِ

Ibn 'Uthman is generous, so he is never without

Wealth held cheap before honored guests.

إِنّا بَعَثنا اليَعمَلاتِ قَواصِداً

لِفِنائِكَ المَأنوسِ قَصدَ الأَسهُمِ

We have sent the hardy she-camels, heading

For your welcoming forecourt, straight as arrows,

ميلَ الحَواجِبِ وَالنُجومُ كَأَنَّها

خَلَلَ الحَنادِسِ شُعلَةٌ في أَدهَمِ

Drooping-browed, while the stars are like

A white blaze on a black horse amid the deep darkness.

لِتَجودَ عَن فَهمِ يَداكَ وَلَم يَجُد

وَإِنِ استَهَلَّ نَداهُ مَن لَم يَفهَمِ

So that your hands may give knowingly; no one has truly given

Who lacks understanding, even if his bounty pours.

فَاِسلَم عَلى عَودِ الخُطوبِ وَبَدئِها

وَإِنِ اغتَدَيتَ بِتالِدٍ لَم يَسلَمِ

So remain safe through calamities' return and first onset,

Though you begin the day with an ancestral legacy that has not been spared.

وَلَقَد جَرَيتَ إِلى المَعالي سابِقاً

فَأَخَذتَ حَظَّ الأَوَّلِ المُتَقَدِّمِ

You have indeed raced toward the heights of honor, in the lead,

So you took the share of the first, the foremost.

وَكَبا عَدُوُّكَ حينَ رامَ بِكَ الَّتي

تُخشى فَقُلنا لِليَدَينِ وَلِلفَمِ

And your enemy stumbled when he sought to bring you what

Is feared; so we said, 'Down on hands and mouth!'