وقالand he said أيضاًalso:
وقال أيضاً:
الكاملthe Kāmil meter
الكامل
He also said:
The days rejoiced and his sorrows vanished,
The Kāmil meter.
And the aid of Muhammad's faith is its sultan.
طربrejoiced الزمانtime وأنجمتand ceased أشجانهits sorrows
طرب الزمان وأنجمت أشجانه
وغياثُand Ghiyath (succor) دينfaith of محمدٍMuhammad سلطانهُits sovereign
وغياثُ دين محمدٍ سلطانهُ
Time rejoiced, and its sorrows ceased,
The drinker rejoiced in the meadows flowing to him,
with Ghiyath, succor of Muhammad’s faith, as its sovereign,
His perfume wafted gently, soothing those grieved.
طربthe joy of المُعاقرthe habitual drinker بالرياضin the gardens جرىwafted لهto him
طرب المُعاقر بالرياض جرى له
نشْرa fragrance تأرَّجَgrew fragrant موْهِناًlate at night حَوْذانُهits buttercups
نشْر تأرَّجَ موْهِناً حَوْذانُه
with a drinker’s joy in gardens, where there wafted to him
Valour destroys the delicate with its glare,
a fragrance, their buttercups exhaling scent late at night.
While generosity subdues the living with its blaze.
فالبأسfor valor يُرديlays low المرهفاتthe keen-edged swords مضاؤهُits sharpness
فالبأس يُردي المرهفات مضاؤهُ
والجودُand bounty يسخرُmocks بالحياat the rain تهْتانهits downpour
والجودُ يسخرُ بالحيا تهْتانه
For his valor’s edge lays keen-edged swords low,
His stance is high, soaring the heavens,
and his bounty’s downpour mocks the rain,
Above the stars is his position and place.
لمقامfor the station of أبلجَa radiant man فيin العَلاءglory مُحلّقٍsoaring
لمقام أبلجَ في العَلاء مُحلّقٍ
فوقabove النجومthe stars مقامهhis station ومكانهُand his place
فوق النجوم مقامه ومكانهُ
for the station of a radiant man soaring in glory,
His views precede the spears as spears,
whose rank and place are above the stars.
And fear before the stab, from it comes the stab.
آراؤهُhis counsels قبلbefore الرماحِthe spears رماحهُhis spears
آراؤهُ قبل الرماحِ رماحهُ
والخوفُand fear قبلbefore الطعنthe thrusting منهof him طِعانهhis spear-thrusting
والخوفُ قبل الطعن منه طِعانه
His counsels are his spears before the spears,
Brave, skilled in speech and in battle,
and fear of him is his thrusting before the thrust.
He destroys the enemies, his teeth and tongue.
شهمٌgallant كميٌّan armored champion فيin المقالِspeech وفيand in الوغىbattle
شهمٌ كميٌّ في المقالِ وفي الوغى
يُرديlays low الخصومَthe opponents سِنانهhis spearpoint ولسانهُand his tongue
يُردي الخصومَ سِنانه ولسانهُ
Gallant, an armored champion in speech and in battle,
With two states, for fighting the transgressors,
his spearpoint and his tongue lay his opponents low.
And for speech, its eloquence among souls.
ذوpossessor of حالتينtwo modes فللنزالso for combat منfrom العِدىthe foes
ذو حالتين فللنزال من العِدى
بينُthe parting of النفوسِsouls وللمقالand for speech بيانهُhis eloquence
بينُ النفوسِ وللمقال بيانهُ
He has two modes: in combat, from his foes
When a pulpit adorns itself with his insignia,
the parting of souls; in speech, his eloquence.
Its poles tremble from the excess of his pride.
وإذاand when تحلَّىis adorned منبرٌa pulpit بشعارهِwith his insignia
وإذا تحلَّى منبرٌ بشعارهِ
طربْتْrejoiced لفرطat the excess of فخارهits pride عيدانهُits timbers
طربْتْ لفرط فخاره عيدانهُ
And when a pulpit is adorned with his insignia,
A torrent, when the sky withholds its rain,
its timbers rejoice in its overwhelming pride.
Suffices the children of draught with its springs.
خرقٌa lavish giver إذاwhen حبسwithholds السماءthe sky قُطارهُits rain
خرقٌ إذا حبس السماء قُطارهُ
أغنىenriched بنيthe children of الإزَمِfamines الشدادsevere بنانهُhis fingers
أغنى بني الإزَمِ الشداد بنانهُ
A lavish giver: when the sky withholds its rain,
His eyelids complain of the lack of gazelles,
his fingers enrich the children of harsh famines.
And tire of the length of their closure.
تشكوcomplain of الخُلوَّemptiness منof الظُّبىblades أجفانُهhis scabbards
تشكو الخُلوَّ من الظُّبى أجفانُه
وتملُّand tire of طولَthe duration of الامتلاءfullness جِفانهhis bowls
وتملُّ طولَ الامتلاء جِفانه
His scabbards lament their emptiness of blades,
The light of his face dispels the darkness of night,
and his bowls tire of being full so long.
And the flames of dusk expose its horizons.
يجلوdispels ظلمَthe darkness of الليلthe night نورُthe light of جبينهِhis brow
يجلو ظلمَ الليل نورُ جبينهِ
وتدلand guide طُرّاقَnight travelers الدجىthe darkness نيرانهُhis fires
وتدل طُرّاقَ الدجى نيرانهُ
The light of his brow dispels the night’s darkness,
His panegyrists roam the quaking towns,
and his fires guide the night’s wayfarers.
Hastening, while his camels roam the towns.
تُزجيurge along نواصفهhis attendants مدعدعةbrimming القِرىguest-fare
تُزجي نواصفه مدعدعة القِرى
عجْلىin haste وتمشيand walk بالقرىwith guest-fare عُبدانهhis slaves
عجْلى وتمشي بالقرى عُبدانه
His attendants hurry forth a dish brimming with guest-fare,
The cooking pots boil for his guest,
in haste, while his slaves walk bearing guest-fare.
While the year makes milk scarce in the meadows.
وتفيand suffices لحامُthe flesh of المُنقياتِmarrow-rich camels لضيفهِfor his guest
وتفي لحامُ المُنقياتِ لضيفهِ
والعامُand the year تعذرُpleads an excuse بالطَّوىon account of hunger ألْبانهُits milk
والعامُ تعذرُ بالطَّوى ألْبانهُ
And the meat of marrow-rich camels suffices for his guest,
Firm against the calamities of fate, honoured,
while the year’s milk pleads hunger as its excuse.
Swift to his purpose, speedy his steed.
ثبتٌsteadfast لعاديةagainst the onslaught of الخطوبcalamities موقَّرٌcomposed
ثبتٌ لعادية الخطوب موقَّرٌ
وسرعْرعٌand swift-moving لمِرادِهِtoward his aim عَجْلانُهُhis haste
وسرعْرعٌ لمِرادِهِ عَجْلانُهُ
Steadfast and composed against the onslaught of calamities,
When the intellect of the day conceals its light,
and swift toward his purpose, urgent in his haste.
The twilight stars cluster thickly.
فإذاand when ذكاءُthe sun اليومof the day أضمرconcealed ضوءهاits light
فإذا ذكاءُ اليوم أضمر ضوءها
نقْعُthe dust of الطرادcavalry pursuit كثيفةٌdense أدْجانهُits darknesses
نقْعُ الطراد كثيفةٌ أدْجانهُ
And when the day’s sun has its light concealed
The racers spurted over the bare land,
by the dust of pursuit, thick in its darkness,
As if they, over it, are locusts.
وتمطَّرتْand raced like rain بالدارعينwith armored men سوابقٌfleet steeds
وتمطَّرتْ بالدارعين سوابقٌ
فوقover العراءthe open ground كأنهاas though they were سيدانهُits wolves
فوق العراء كأنها سيدانهُ
and fleet steeds race like rain, bearing armored men
Or charging she-camels, with Octobers new moons,
over the open ground, as though they were its wolves,
As if they, above them, are gardens.
أوor عادياتٌrunning beasts بالصَّريمin the thicket نوافرٌstartled and fleeing
أو عادياتٌ بالصَّريم نوافرٌ
وكأنهمand as though they were منfrom فوقهاabove them جنَانهُits jinn
وكأنهم من فوقها جنَانهُ
or startled runners through the thicket,
They plow from the blood of wars with a departing,
and those above them seem its jinn.
Their dunes cascade from their advance.
ينسفنthey scatter منfrom دمثِthe soft soil of الخبارِloose ground بنازحٍin a remote tract
ينسفن من دمثِ الخبارِ بنازحٍ
تنهالُtumble down منfrom تَعْدائهاtheir racing كُثبانهُits dunes
تنهالُ من تَعْدائها كُثبانهُ
They scatter the soft, loose earth in a far-off tract,
When his brave camels passed the abundant sands,
its dunes tumbling from their racing.
Its pearls dried from the excess of their coursing.
وإذاand when مررْنَthey pass علىby الغزيرthe abundant جِمامُهits standing water
وإذا مررْنَ على الغزير جِمامُه
نضبتْdried up لفرطfrom the excess of ورودهاtheir coming to drink غُدرانهُits ponds
نضبتْ لفرط ورودها غُدرانهُ
And when they pass water plentiful in its pools,
And when they raced frightened and terrified,
its ponds run dry from their thronging to drink.
The granting of rest silenced its spying.
وإذاand when ركضنthey gallop بآهلٍthrough a teeming place منof وحشةwilderness
وإذا ركضن بآهلٍ من وحشة
جمabundant in النوالbounty سكونهits repose ميطانهits racing-course
جم النوال سكونه ميطانه
And when they gallop through a wild yet teeming tract,
They befriend those who roam, none of their fleeings,
rich in bounty, its resting ground its racing-course,
Are safe from them, nor their burrows.
ألَّفْنَthey gather شاردهits strays فليسso are not ظِباؤُهits gazelles
ألَّفْنَ شارده فليس ظِباؤُه
بسليمةٍsafe منهfrom him ولاnor خِزَّانهُits male hares
بسليمةٍ منه ولا خِزَّانهُ
they gather its strays; neither its gazelles
An army, black as the Euphrates' forests,
nor its male hares are safe from him.
Its heroes and vegetation, its rough husks.
جيشٌan army كغاباتِlike the forests of الفراتthe Euphrates أسُودهاtheir lions
جيشٌ كغاباتِ الفرات أسُودها
أبطالهُits champions ونباتُهاand their vegetation خِرْصانهُits spear-shafts
أبطالهُ ونباتُها خِرْصانهُ
An army like the Euphrates’ forests, whose lions
Sufficient is the aid of faith without an army,
are its champions, and whose vegetation is its spear-shafts.
That needs to fast for it or its horsemen.
أغنىmade needless غياثGhiyath (succor) الدينal-Din (the Faith) عنهagainst it بحملةٍwith a charge
أغنى غياث الدين عنه بحملةٍ
منْfrom أنْto تصامbe kept standing عندهُbefore it فرسانهُhis horsemen
منْ أنْ تصام عندهُ فرسانهُ
With one charge against it, Ghiyath al-Din made it needless
He commanded it by the hills, so its souls rose up,
for his horsemen to be kept standing before it.
And its bodies cascaded down.
وقضىand decreed عليهagainst it بالتَّوىwith destruction فتصعَّدتso ascended
وقضى عليه بالتَّوى فتصعَّدت
أرواحهُits souls وتحدَّرْتْand fell down أبدانهُits bodies
أرواحهُ وتحدَّرْتْ أبدانهُ
And he doomed it to destruction: up rose
The courage of men hesitated in fear of it,
its souls, while its bodies fell.
So its boldness in meeting was cowardly.
وتخاذلتand failed one another نُجدُthe bravest of الرجالِmen لخوفهfor fear of him
وتخاذلت نُجدُ الرجالِ لخوفه
فشجاعُهso its brave warrior عندat اللقاءthe encounter جَبانهُits coward
فشجاعُه عند اللقاء جَبانهُ
And the bravest men failed one another for fear of him,
With morning zeal not rejecting its love,
so at the encounter its brave warrior is its coward.
Hoping for it, nor its solicitation.
ذوpossessed of صبوةٍpassion بالمجدfor glory لاneither إعراضهُhis turning away
ذو صبوةٍ بالمجد لا إعراضهُ
عنfrom حُبِّهlove of it يُرجىis hoped for ولاnor سُلوانُهforgetting it
عن حُبِّه يُرجى ولا سُلوانُه
He is enamored of glory: neither his turning away
Words postponing threats and departing
from loving it can be hoped for, nor his forgetting it.
From promises, twisting its promises.
قَيْلٌa prince يماطلdelays بالوعيدcarrying out threats ونازحٌand far removed
قَيْلٌ يماطل بالوعيد ونازحٌ
عنfrom وعْدِهhis promise بنوالهِof his bounty لَيَّانهhis delay
عن وعْدِه بنوالهِ لَيَّانه
A prince who postpones his threats; far removed
The qualities of highness appear in its glances,
from his promise of bounty is his delay.
And its proof is on the cheek’s secrecy.
تبدوappears علىupon لحظاتهhis glances صِفةُthe mark of العُلىgreatness
تبدو على لحظاته صِفةُ العُلى
وعلىand upon أسرَّةِthe lines of وجههhis face بُرهانُهُits proof
وعلى أسرَّةِ وجهه بُرهانُهُ
The mark of greatness appears in his glances,
His awe has filled exalted hearts,
and the lines of his face bear its proof.
And its proof is on the cheek's secrecy.
عمتْpervaded مهابتهُawe of him القلوبَthe hearts العُلىlofty
عمتْ مهابتهُ القلوبَ العُلى
وعلىand upon أسرَّةِthe lines of وجههhis face بُرهانُهits proof
وعلى أسرَّةِ وجهه بُرهانُه
Awe of him pervaded lofty hearts,
If one day I had wealth from life,
and the lines of his face bear its proof.
Remaining, then this is its time and moment.
إنif كانthere is ليfor me يوماًone day منfrom الدنياthis world غنىًwealth
إن كان لي يوماً من الدنيا غنىً
باقٍlasting فهذاthen this is حينهُits time وأوانهُand its season
باقٍ فهذا حينهُ وأوانهُ
If ever I am to have wealth from this world
that lasts, this is its hour and season.
Partial English translation: 60 of 62 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1