أغزلان ريم في الهوادج أم دمى — Alkadawi

أَغزلانُ ريمٍ في الهوادجِ أم دمى

هرقنَ بأسيافِ اللحاظ لَنا دما

Are those white gazelles in the howdahs, or statues?

They have shed our blood with the swords of their glances.

هرقنَ دماءً لا نَرى لجراحِها

أروشاً ولا نرجو لها قطّ مغرما

They shed blood for whose wounds we see

No redress, nor ever hope for compensation.

أَلا يا لئيلات المخصّب واللوى

أَرى منك ذاك العهد لي قد تصرّما

Ah, little nights of al-Mukhassab and al-Liwa,

I see that bond of yours with me has been severed.

وَيا اِبنتا سفح اللوى هل سألتُما

عَن المكثرِ التسآل في الناسِ عنكما

And O two daughters of the slope of al-Liwa, have you asked

About the man who asks people so often about you both?

فَإن كُنتُما لَم تَعلَما بصبابتي

فَلا تجهلاها إنّما هما منكما

If you both did not know of my ardent longing,

Do not be unaware of it; both come only from you two.

أَلَم تَرياني كلّما لي ذُكِرتما

حننتُ وأعلنتُ الحنينَ إليكُما

Did you not both see me, whenever you were mentioned to me,

Yearning and proclaiming my yearning for you both?

وإنّي لصبٌّ مثبتٌ في هواكما

عهودي فَهذا والسلام عليكما

And I am indeed a lover, affirming in my love for you both

My vows—so there it is, and peace be upon you both.

وَوهنانة الأطرافِ ما حطّ مرطُها

عَلى متنِها إلّا شَكى وتألّما

And a languid-limbed woman, whose mantle never rests

Upon her back without making it complain and ache.

منَ البيضِ هيفا الخصرِ يجري وشاحها

على ناحلٍ ظامي الموشّح أهضما

One of the fair women, slim of waist, her sash flows

Over a slender form, parched at the girdle, hollow-bellied.

تحكّم في قَلبي هواها وحبّها

وقَد ضرب الأطنابَ فيه وخيّما

Passion and love for her have mastered my heart,

And pitched their tent-ropes there and made camp.

إِذا رقرقت ألحاظها النجل أرسلت

إِلى القلبِ مِن ألحاظِها النجلِ أسهما

When she makes her wide-eyed glances shimmer, she sends

Arrows from her wide-eyed glances into the heart.

تُحاكي قضيبَ البانِ قدّاً وقامةً

وتخجلُ زهرَ الأقحوانةِ مَبسما

She resembles a bough of the ban tree in figure and stature,

And her smile puts the chrysanthemum blossoms to shame.

كأنّ طريَّ الوردِ في صحنِ خدّها

تقطّر زهراً بعدما قد تكتّما

As though the fresh rose on the surface of her cheek

Had dripped into blossom after lying hidden.

حَكت جنّة الفردوسِ للعين رؤيةً

ولكنّها للقلبِ نار جهنّما

To the eye she resembled the garden of Paradise,

But to the heart she was the fire of Hell.

أَذابت فُؤادي يومَ بانت وودّعت

وَأَذكت بهِ جمراً منَ الوجدِ مُضرما

She melted my heart the day she departed and said farewell,

And kindled within it blazing embers of longing.

وَلَم أنسَ منها موقفاً حين أقبلت

وَقد حنّ نضوى للرحيلِ وأرزما

Nor have I forgotten a moment with her, when she came forward,

While my worn-out camel yearned to depart and gave a low moan.

غداةَ تجلّت للوداعِ لنا وقد

أحلّت لنا ما كانَ منها مُحرّما

That morning she appeared to us for farewell, having

Made lawful to us what she had held forbidden.

فَلم أدرِ إِذ ما زايلت برقع وجهها

أوجهٌ بَدا لي منهُ أم قمرُ السما

So I could not tell, when she removed the veil from her face,

Was it a face that appeared to me from it, or the moon of heaven?

وَلَم أدرِ إن قبّلت قبّلتُ مبسماً

منَ الثغرِ أم قبّلت درّا منظّما

Nor could I tell, when I kissed, whether I kissed a smile

Upon her lips, or kissed pearls strung together.

تقول إِلى أينَ الرحيلُ وأينما

تريدُ وتَستمطي مهالكها لما

She says, 'Where is your journey taking you—and wherever

You mean to go, why ride through its deadly wastes?'

فقلتُ إِلى قطبِ الملوكِ وتاجها

وَبدر دياجيها إذا الدهرُ أظلَما

So I said, 'To the pivot of kings and their crown,

The full moon of their dark nights when time grows dark.

إِلى كوكب العليا فلاح إلى الفتى الل

لذي في سماءِ المجدِ فوق السما سما

To the star of lofty glory, Falah—to the young man

Who, in the sky of glory, rose above the heavens.'

إِذا أَنا بعدَ الخوفِ وافيت ربعهُ

تيقّنت أنّي منهُ أصبحتُ في حمى

If, after fear, I reach his abode,

I know for certain that through him I have found sanctuary.

مليكٌ إِذا حطّ اللثام رأيتَه

بِإِجلالهِ بينَ الملا مُتلثّما

A king who, when he removes his veil, you see

Veiled among the people in his majesty.

وَإِن أَنا قبّلتُ البساطَ وكمّه

تطاولتُ في قولي وزدتُ تعظُّما

And if I kiss his carpet and his sleeve,

I speak with greater pride and grow in dignity.

إِذا ما مَطايانا بلغنَ جنابهُ

بَلغنا بنا البيتِ العتيقِ المحرّما

When our mounts reach his presence,

We are brought to the ancient, inviolable House.

كأنَّ لَنا كانت معاهدُ ربعهِ

إِذا ما قَصدناه الحميمَ وزَمزما

It is as though, for us, the precincts of his abode were

Al-Hamim and Zamzam whenever we sought him.

لَقد زيّنت بكر العلا في عيونهِ

فَأَضحى بِها صبّاً كئيباً متيّما

Indeed, the virgin of lofty glory was adorned in his eyes,

And he became her sorrowful, enthralled lover.

تُساعدهُ الأقدارُ فيما يريدهُ

وَيفعل مَهما شاءَ كانَ وأبرما

The decrees of fate assist him in whatever he desires;

He does whatever he wishes; what he decrees comes to pass.

حَوى تاجهُ بدراً وشمساً منيرةً

حَوى برده غيثاً وليثاً غشمشما

His crown holds a full moon and a radiant sun;

His mantle holds rain and a fierce lion.

تقدّم أهلَ الفضلِ فضلاً وقَد أتى

أَخيراً فكانَ الآخر المتقدّما

He surpassed men of merit in merit, though he came

Last, so that the last became the foremost.

وَدونكها مِن مُخلص الودّ حلّةً

كساكَ بها برداً منَ الحمدِ معلما

And take it—a robe from one sincere in his affection:

He has clothed you with it in an ornamented mantle of praise.

محبّرة جاءَتك من قالب الحجا

تريكَ زهيراً لفظها وَالمتمّما

Richly adorned, it comes to you from the mold of intellect;

Its diction shows you Zuhayr and Mutammim.

سَأشكر ما أَوليتني من مكارمٍ

بِها نلتُ في الدنيا سروراً وأنعُما

I shall give thanks for the noble favors you bestowed on me,

Through which I gained joy and blessings in this world.

أخذت بضبعي ماسكاً ورَفعتني

وَأَغنَيتني مِن بعد ما كنتُ مُعدما

You took me firmly by the upper arm and raised me,

And enriched me after I had been destitute.

وَلَو أنّني اِستبدلتُ غيرك معقلاً

لَكنتُ منَ الكسعى في ذاك أندما

And had I chosen someone other than you as a refuge,

I would have been more remorseful for it than al-Kusa'i.

لَقَد خصّك الباري بكلِّ فضيلةٍ

تَفوت بأقواها قريشاً وجُرهُما

The Creator has indeed singled you out with every virtue;

Through the strongest of them, you surpass Quraysh and Jurhum.

وَأصبحت في الآياتِ والفضل ثالثاً

لِموسى بن عمرانَ وعيسى ابن مريما

And in wondrous signs and excellence you have become a third

Alongside Moses son of Imran and Jesus son of Maryam.