Sol 6.1

  1. عَناني مِن صُدودِكِ ما عَناني

    وَعاوَدَني هَواكِ كَما بَداني

    I have suffered what I have from your aversion,

    and love of you has returned as it first assailed me.

  2. وَذَكَّرَني التَباعُدُ ظِلَّ عَيشٍ

    لَهَونا فيهِ أَيّامَ التَداني

    Distance has recalled to me the shade of a life

    we spent in pleasure in the days of closeness.

  3. أُلامُ عَلى هَوى الحَسناءِ ظُلماً

    وَقَلبي في يَدِ الحَسناءِ عانِ

    I am unjustly blamed for loving the beauty,

    while my heart is captive in the beauty's hand.

  4. إِذا اِنصَرَفَت أَضاءَت شَمسُ دَجنٍ

    وَمالَ مِنَ التَعَطُّفِ غُصنُ بانِ

    When she turns away, a sun shines through cloud,

    and a bān bough sways with graceful bending.

  5. وَيَومَ تَأَوَّهَت لِلبَينِ وَجداً

    وَكَفَّت عَبرَتَينِ تَبارَيانِ

    And on the day she sighed with longing at parting,

    and held back two tears racing each other,

  6. جَرى في نَحرِها مِن مُقلَتَيها

    جُمانٌ يَستَهِلُّ عَلى جُمانِ

    from her eyes down her bosom flowed

    pearls, raining upon pearls.

  7. وَكانَ الحَجُّ لِلقَلبِ المُعَنّى

    ضَماناً زيدَ فيهِ إِلى ضَمانِ

    For the tormented heart, the pilgrimage became

    an affliction added to another affliction.

  8. وَما ذِكرُ الأَحِبَّةِ مِن ثَبيرٍ

    وَبَلدَحَ غَيرُ تَضليلِ الأَماني

    Remembering loved ones from Thabīr

    and Baldaḥ is nothing but the deception of hopes.

  9. نَظَرتُ إِلى طَدانَ فَقُلتُ لَيلى

    هُناكَ وَأَينَ لَيلى مِن طَدانِ

    I looked toward Ṭadān and said, “Laylā

    is there!” Yet how far Laylā is from Ṭadān!

  10. وَدونَ لِقائِها إيجافُ شَهرٍ

    وَسَبعٍ لِلمَطايا أَو ثَمانِ

    Between me and meeting her lies a month's swift riding,

    and seven days for the mounts—or eight.

  11. تَجاوَزنَ السِتارَ إِلى شَرَورى

    وَأَظلَمَ وَاِعتَسَفنَ قُرى الهَدانِ

    They passed al-Sitār toward Sharawrā

    and Aẓlam, and struck across al-Hadān's villages.

  12. وَلَمّا غَرَبَت أَعرافُ سَلمى

    لَهُنَّ وَشَرَّقَت قُنَنُ القَنانِ

    And when Salmā's ridges lay westward

    of them, and al-Qanān's peaks eastward,

  13. وَخَلَّفنا أَياسِرَ وارِداتٍ

    جُنوحاً وَالأَيامِنَ مِن أَبانِ

    and we left Wāridāt's left-hand slopes behind,

    veering aside, and the right-hand slopes of Abān,

  14. وَخَفَّضَ مِن تَناوُلِنا سُهَيلٌ

    فَقَصَّرَ وَاِستَهَلَّ الفَرقَدانِ

    and Suhayl sank beyond our reach,

    dropping low, while the two Farqad stars shone forth,

  15. تَصَوَّبَتِ البِلادُ بِنا إِلَيكُم

    وَغَنّى بِالإِيابِ الحادِيانِ

    the land sloped down, bearing us toward you,

    and the two camel-drivers sang of homecoming.

  16. أَمُبهِجَتي العِراقُ وَلَيسَ فيها

    عَقيدايَ اللَذانِ تَكَنَّفاني

    Can Iraq gladden me when it does not hold

    my two sworn friends, who stood on either side of me?

  17. وَمُؤنِسَتي وَكَيفَ شُهودُ أُنسي

    بِها وَاِبنا المُدَبِّرِ غائِبانِ

    And comfort me? How can I find companionship

    there, while al-Mudabbir's two sons are absent?

  18. حُساما نُصرَةٍ وَيَدا سَماحٍ

    وَبَحرا نائِلٍ يَتَدَفَّقانِ

    Two swords of aid, two hands of generosity,

    and two seas of bounty, pouring forth.

  19. إِذا اِبتَدَرا مَدى مَجدٍ بَعيدٍ

    تَمَطَّرَ دونَهُ فَرَسا رِهانِ

    When they race toward glory's distant goal,

    two racehorses gallop hard, yet fall short of it.

  20. هُما كَنزي لِأَحداثِ اللَيالي

    إِذا خيفَت وَذُخري لِلزَمانِ

    They are my treasure against the nights' calamities,

    when these are feared, and my reserve against time.

  21. أَلا أَبلِغ أَبا إِسحاقَ تُبلِغ

    فَتى الإِحسانِ وَالشِيَمِ الحِسانِ

    Come, bring word to Abū Isḥāq: you will address

    a man of kindness and noble traits,

  22. وَمَن شادَ المَعالي غَيرَ آلٍ

    وَأَوجَفَ في المَكارِمِ غَيرَ وانِ

    one who built lofty honors, sparing no effort,

    and sped through noble deeds without flagging.

  23. ظَلَمتُكَ إِن جَعَلتُ سِواكَ قَصدي

    أَوِ اِستَكفَيتُ غَيرَكَ عُظمَ شاني

    I would wrong you if I made another my goal,

    or entrusted another with my weightiest affairs.

  24. وَفيكِ تَباعَدَت غاياتُ نَفسي

    وَمُدَّ إِلى نِهايَتِهِ عِناني

    And through you, my soul's ambitions stretched far,

    and my rein was stretched to its utmost length.

  25. وَلَم يَسبِق فَعالَكَ فَرطُ قَولي

    وَخَبطي في مَديحِكَ وَاِفتِناني

    The excess of my words has not surpassed your deeds,

    nor my rambling praise of you, nor my varied artistry.

  26. حَلَفتُ بِرَبِّ زَمزَمَ وَالمُصَلّى

    وَرَبِّ الحِجرِ وَالحَجَرِ اليَماني

    I swore by the Lord of Zamzam and the place of prayer,

    and Lord of the Ḥijr and the Yemeni Stone,

  27. وَبِالسَبعِ الطِوالِ وَمَن تَوَلّى

    تِلاوَتَهُنَّ وَالسَبعِ المَثاني

    and by the seven long surahs, and whoever undertook

    their recitation, and the seven oft-repeated verses:

  28. لَقَد وَفَّرتَ مِن جَدواكَ حَظّي

    كَما وَفَّرتُ حَظَّكَ مِن لِساني

    you have indeed made my share of your bounty ample,

    as I have made your share of my tongue ample.

  29. وَكَيفَ أَمُنُّ شُكراً كانَ مِنّي

    بِعُقبِ تَطَوُّلٍ لَكَ وَاِمتِنانِ

    And how can I claim credit for thanks that came from me

    after your largesse and gracious giving?

  30. أَبو العَطّافِ عِندَكَ حَيثُ يُرضى

    لَهُ شَرَفُ المَحَلَّةِ وَالمَكانِ

    Abū al-ʿAṭṭāf is with you, where it is deemed fitting

    that he enjoy an honored rank and station.

  31. يُشَفِّعُ في لُباناتِ الأَقاصي

    وَتُحفَظُ فيهِ أَسبابُ الأَداني

    He accepts intercession for the needs of the far-off,

    and through him the bonds of those near are preserved.