Sol 6.1

  1. هُم أَوقَدوا بَينَ جَنبيكَ نارا

    أَطالوا بِها في حشاكَ اِستِعارا

    They kindled a fire between your sides;

    they prolonged its blazing within your breast.

  2. أَما يَخجَلُ المَجدُ أن يُرحِلوك

    وَلَم يَصحبوكَ خباءً مُعارا

    Does glory not blush that they send you away

    without sending a borrowed tent along with you?

  3. فَقَد قَنَعّوا المَجدَ إِن كانَ ذاك

    وَحاشاهمُ منك خِزيا وَعارا

    If that is so, they have indeed cloaked glory—

    far be it from them—in disgrace and shame on your account.

  4. يَقِلُّ لعينيك أَن يَجعَلوا

    سَوادَ العيونِ عَلَيكُم شِعارا

    It is too little for your eyes that they should make

    the blackness of their eyes a garment next to your skin.

  5. تُراهُم نَسوا حينَ جُزتَ القَفار

    حَنِينا إِلَيهِم وَخضتَ البِحارا

    Do you think they forgot when you crossed the wastelands,

    longing for them, and plunged through the seas,

  6. بِعَهدِ لُزومٍ لِسُبلِ الوَفاءِ

    إِذا حادَ عَنها وَجارا

    with a pledge to keep to the paths of loyalty,

    when he strayed from them and acted unjustly?

  7. وَقَلبي نَزوعٌ إِلى يُوسُفٍ

    فَلَولا الضُلوعُ عَلَيهِ لَطارا

    And my heart yearns for Yusuf;

    and but for the ribs around it, it would have flown.

  8. وَيَومَ العروبةِ ذُدتَ العدى

    نَصَرتَ الهُدى وَأَبَيتَ الفِرارا

    And on the day of ʿArūba you drove back the foes;

    you upheld right guidance and refused to flee.

  9. تَثَبَّتَ هُناك وَأَنّ القُلو

    بَ بَينَ الضُلوع لَتأبى الفِرارا

    He stood firm there, and indeed the hearts

    between the ribs surely refuse to flee.

  10. وَلَولاكَ يا يُوسُفُ المُتَّقى

    رَأَينا الجَزيرَة لِلكُفرِ دارا

    And but for you, O Yusuf, held in awe,

    we would have seen the peninsula a home for unbelief.

  11. رَأَينا السُيوفَ ضُحىً كالنُجوم

    وَكالَّيل ذاكَ الغُبارَ المُثارا

    We saw the swords at midmorning like stars,

    and that stirred-up dust like night.

  12. فَلِلَّهِ دَرُّكَ في هَولِهِ

    لَقَد زادَ بأسُكَ فيهِ اِشتِهارا

    By God, how splendid you were amid its terror!

    Indeed, your valor gained greater renown there.

  13. تَزيدُ اِجتِراءً إِذا ما الرِما

    حُ عِندَ التَناجُز زِدنَ اِشتِجارا

    You grow more daring whenever the spears

    grow more entangled when battle is joined.

  14. كَأَنَّكَ تَحسَبُها نَرجِساً

    تُديرُ الدِماءَ عَلَيها عُقارا

    As though you take them for narcissus blossoms,

    you pour blood over them as wine.

  15. تُريكَ الرماحُ القُدودَ اِنثناءً

    وَتَجلو الصِفاحُ الخُدود اِحمِرارا

    The spears show you slender figures bending,

    and the broad blades reveal cheeks flushed red.

  16. إِذا نار حربكَ ضَرّمْتَها

    حَسِبنا الأَسِنَّة فيها شَرارا

    When you kindle the fire of your war,

    we take the spearheads within it for sparks.

  17. سَتَلقى فِعالَك يَومَ الحِسا

    ب تنثرُ بالمِسك منك اِنتِثارا

    You shall find your deeds on the Day of Reckoning

    scattering musk from you far and wide.

  18. وَلِلشهداءِ ثَناءٌ عَلَيكَ

    بِحُسنِ مُقامِك ذاكَ النَهارا

    And the martyrs have praise for you

    for your noble stand that day,

  19. وَأَنَّهُمُ بِكَ يَستَبشِرو

    نَ أَلاّ تَخَافَ وَأَلّا تُضارا

    and they rejoice in good tidings for you:

    that you shall not fear, nor suffer harm.

  20. وَتَلقى نَعيماً يُنسِّي الشَقا

    وَتَجني سَراحاً يُنسِّي الإِسارا

    And you shall find bliss that makes you forget misery,

    and reap freedom that makes you forget captivity.