Sol 6.1

  1. أَخا عُلَةٍ سارَ الإِخاءُ فَأَوضَعا

    وَأَوشَكَ باقي الوُدِّ أَن يَتَقَطَّعا

    O kinsman of ʿUlah, brotherhood has departed and sped away,

    and what remains of affection is close to breaking apart.

  2. بَدَأتَ وَبادي الظُلمِ أَظلَمُ فَاِنتَحى

    بِكَ القَولُ شَأواً رَدَّ مِنكَ فَأَسرَعا

    You began—and whoever begins injustice is more unjust—so verse turned

    against you, on a course that humbled you, then sped ahead.

  3. وَما أَنا بِالظَمآنِ فيكَ إِلى الَّتي

    أَرى بَينَ قُطرَيها بِجَنبِكَ مَصرَعا

    Nor, where you are concerned, do I thirst for that

    within whose two bounds I see a place for you to fall.

  4. أَغارُ عَلى مابَينَنا أَن يَنالَهُ

    لِسانُ عَدُوٍّ لَم يَجِد فيكَ مَطمَعا

    I jealously guard what lies between us, lest it be assailed

    by the tongue of an enemy who found no opening in you.

  5. وَآنَفُ لِلدَيّانِ أَن تَرتَمي بِهِ

    غِضابُ قَوافي الشِعرِ خَمساً وَأَربَعا

    And I would spare al-Dayyān the indignity of being pelted

    with angry rhymes of poetry, in fives and fours.

  6. وَكَم حُفرَةٍ في غَورِ نَجرانَ أَشفَقَت

    ضُلوعي عَلى أَصدائِها أَن تُرَوَّعا

    And for many a grave in Najrān's lowlands, fear has stirred

    within my ribs, lest its owls be startled.

  7. مَلَكتُ عِنانَ الهَجرِ أَن يَبلُغَ المَدى

    وَنَهنَهتُ قَولَ الشِعرِ أَن يَتَسَرَّعا

    I held estrangement's reins, lest it run its full course,

    and curbed my verse, lest it rush headlong.

  8. فَإِن تَدعُني لِلشَرِّ أُسرِع وَإِن تُهِب

    بِصُلحي فَقَد أَبقَيتُ لِلصُلحِ مَوضِعا

    So if you call me to strife, I shall hasten; and if you call

    for peace with me, I have left room for peace.