عرج بذات الكور والنسعين — Alkadawi

عرِّج بذاتِ الكورِ والنسعينِ

لِمعالم دَرَست من العلمينِ

Turn aside on the she-camel bearing a saddle and two girths,

toward effaced traces by the two landmarks.

دمنٌ عَفاها كلّ أوطف مسبل

مِن نوّ نجم السعد والفرعينِ

Ruins erased by every thick-lashed, rain-spilling cloud,

from the rains of al-Saʿd's star and the Two Branches.

وَلَقد عهدتُ بها أميمةَ والهوى

منّي ومنها مشرق العصرينِ

Indeed, I once knew Umaymah there, while love

from me and her shone by day and night.

أَهوى وتهوى والمراقبُ غافلٌ

وَالدهرُ عنّا هاجع الجفنينِ

I loved and she loved, while the watcher was unaware,

and Time slept, its two eyelids closed to us.

وَهوايَ فيما أتّبعه من الهوى

منها هنالك غير مختلفينِ

My love and the love I pursued

from her there were never at odds.

بيضاءُ واضحة تلوح كأنّها

مِن حسنِ بهجتها قضيب لجينِ

Fair and radiant, she appears as though,

in the beauty of her splendor, a wand of silver.

لَعسا المراشفِ كالزلال رضابُها

غرثا الحشا مهضومة الكشحينِ

Dusky-lipped, her saliva like clear water,

lean of belly, slender in both flanks.

وَمتى رَنت سبتِ العقولَ كأنّما

في لَحظها سحرٌ من الملكينِ

Whenever she gazes, she captivates minds, as though

her glance held magic from the two angels.

ما أبصرت عينايَ شمساً غيرها

مِن قبل ذا تمشي على قدمينِ

My eyes have never seen a sun other than her

before this, walking on two feet.

شمسٌ إِذا ما قابلت شمسَ الضُحى

أبصرتَ في وقتِ الضحى شمسينِ

A sun: whenever she faces the midmorning sun,

you see two suns at the midmorning hour.

وَتَرى بياض الخدّ يقنى حمرةً

فتراهُ يبدي رائق الصفتينِ

You see the cheek's whiteness take on a blush,

and see it display the beauty of both hues.

تفترُّ عَن سمطينِ منتظمينِ

منفردينِ منكتمين في شفتينِ

Her smile reveals two neatly strung necklaces,

each distinct, concealed within two lips.

وتظنُّ نَهديها فويق الصدر من

لبّاتها حقّين من عاجينِ

You would think her breasts, just above her chest,

at her upper bosom, were two caskets of ivory.

خُذ مِن مَقالي ما أتاك فإنّما

صدقُ المقالِ يلوح كالقمرينِ

Take from my words what reaches you, for

truthful speech shines like the sun and moon.

وَاِلبس منَ اللبس المحاك مريّشاً

ومنَ التُقى فنميس في بردينِ

Dress richly in woven garments,

and in piety, so we may walk proudly in two cloaks.

واِحذر يقال فتى مليّ شحّ في

ما نال شحّة ربّةِ النحيينِ

Beware lest they say: a wealthy youth was miserly with

what he gained, like the woman of the two butter-skins.

أَهوى الفتى ألقاهُ هينا غير ما

هين وليس الطبعُ ليس بلينِ

I love a youth whom I find easygoing, yet not

lowly; strong in temperament, not pliant.

وَأحبُّ مَن يَصبو إِلى العلياء كم

يَصبو جميل إلى وصالِ بثينِ

I love one who yearns for greatness, as much as

Jamil yearns for union with Buthayn.

حمّلت ثقلاً للهمومِ ودون ما

حمّلته ما يثقل الثقلينِ

I am laden with a weight of cares; less than

what I bear would weigh down humankind and jinn.

ولربِّ شان لي حسودٌ مبغضٌ

أَضحى يمازج صدقه بالمينِ

Many an envious, hateful detractor of mine

has come to mingle his truth with lies.

يَغتابُني في غيبتي ويبشّ لي

إِن شاهَدت عيناهُ رؤية عينِ

He backbites me in my absence and smiles at me

if his eyes behold me in person.

مهلاً حَسودي فالّذي حاولته

لَم تحظَ منه سوى العنا والأينِ

Gently, my envier! What you have attempted

has brought you nothing but toil and weariness.

ما ضرّني قولُ الحسودِ إذا صفا

في الدينِ ما بين الإله وبيني

The envier's words do not harm me, if all is pure

in faith between God and me.

أَنا والتعفّف في اِجتماع قطّ لم

يصدع لنا شملٌ بحادث بينِ

Self-restraint and I are united; never has

our bond been sundered by an incident of parting.

يا معسر لا تقعدنَّ على الجفا

فَالعسر حين قبل وقت الحينِ

O needy man, do not resign yourself to hardship,

for poverty is death before the time of death.

كَم في اِكتِساب الرزق متّكلا على

ما قَد يرى وهدي إلى النجدينِ

How many, seeking a livelihood, rely upon

what they may see, though guided to the two paths.

وَسلِ الهمام الأمجد السلطان

سلطان بن مالك مالك الحقوينِ

And petition the valiant, most glorious sultan,

Sultan ibn Malik, master of the two regions,

الأفخر الملك الّذي هو لم يزل

عمر المواهب باسط الكفّينِ

the most illustrious king, who has always been

the life of bounty, with both hands outstretched.

أيّامه نعمٌ لِمَن يرجوه لا

أياّمه أيّام ذو اليومينِ

His days are blessings to those who hope in him; never

are his days those of the Lord of the Two Days.

ماضي العزيمةِ صارمٌ في كفّه

عضب المضارب صارم الحدّينِ

Firm in resolve, with a cutting sword in his palm,

keen along its blade, sharp on both edges.

سيفٌ بسيفٍ قَد يصول بعزمهِ

سيفٌ فها هو ثالث السيفينِ

A sword charging with a sword; in his resolve,

a sword again—behold him, a third beside the two.

يتجشّم الحربَ الزبونَ كأنّه

في الحربِ حيدرةٌ غداة حنينِ

He braves fierce war as though

in battle he were Haydarah on Hunayn's morning.

اِنظر إِليهِ ترى الجلالة والبها

واِنعم برؤية ماجد الحسبينِ

Look upon him: you will see majesty and splendor;

delight in seeing one noble in both his lineages.

واِسجد لغرّةِ وجههِ في دستهِ

شكراً لمن قد كوّن الكونينِ

Prostrate yourself before his shining face upon his throne,

in thanks to Him who brought the two worlds into being.

سعد يلوحُ بيوم سعدٍ فاِغتبط

يا شاهدَ السعدين بالسعدينِ

Good fortune shines on a fortunate day; rejoice,

O witness of both fortunes, in both fortunes.

وَإِليك يا خدن المكارم حلّةً

حسناء لم تُنسج على تيرينِ

And here for you, companion of noble deeds, is a robe,

a beautiful one, not woven on two loom-beams.

وَالمجدُ يحسنُ بالثَنا حسن الملا

والبردُ بالتطريز والعلمينِ

Glory grows fair through praise, as do fine wraps

and cloaks through embroidery and their two borders.

أشبهتَ بالعليا أباكَ سجيّةً

كالعينِ مُشبهة لتلك العينِ

You resemble your father in greatness, by nature,

as one eye resembles the other eye.

فوحقّ مَن أوحى وخصّ بوحيه

خيرَ العبادِ وسيّد الحرمينِ

By the right of Him who revealed, and favored with His revelation

the best of His servants and lord of the two sanctuaries,

إنّي وأَنت لنعم خدني حلّة

برّين في الأخلاق متّفقينِ

you and I are indeed a fine pair of companions in one robe,

both virtuous, in harmony of character.

كم قاصد غيرى سواك ولم يؤب

مِن عندهِ إلّا بخفّ حنينِ

Many a seeker besides me has sought someone other than you, only to return

from him with nothing but Hunayn's boot.