Sol 6.1

  1. بِعاداً لَمَن صاحَبتُ غَيرَ المُقَوَّمِ

    وَبُعداً لِكُلِّ الرَيِّ إِلّا مِنَ الدَمِ

    Away with all I have befriended but the straightened spear,

    and away with every thirst-quenching draught except blood.

  2. إِذا ظُلَمٌ لَم أَمضِ فيها عَزيمَةً

    فَساعَةُ لَيلي مِثلُ حَولٍ مُجَرَّمِ

    If darkness falls and I carry no resolve through it,

    an hour of my night is like a full year.

  3. وَمِن شَغَفي بِالطَعنِ أَغدو وَذابِلي

    إِذا قَلَّ جُرمٌ مالَ بي في التَجَرُّمِ

    So keen am I on thrusting that I go out at dawn with my supple spear;

    when offenses are few, it inclines me toward offending.

  4. وَما أَنا مِمَّن يَقبَلُ الطَعمَ قَلبُهُ

    وَلَم تَعلَمِ الأَرماحُ مِن أَينَ مَطعَمي

    I am not one whose heart accepts food

    while the spears have not learned whence my sustenance comes.

  5. سَأُقدِمُ لا مُستَعظِماً ما لَقيتُهُ

    تَوَسَّعَ لي في الرَوعِ أَو ضاقَ مَقدَمي

    I shall advance, deeming nothing I encounter too great,

    whether my path through terror widens or narrows.

  6. فَقَد فَجَعَ الماضي لَبيداً بِأَربَدٍ

    وَعُزِيَ قَبلي مالِكٌ مِن مُتَمِّمِ

    For bygone time bereaved Labid of Arbad,

    and before me Malik was mourned by Mutammim.

  7. وَعَزمٍ أُعاطيهِ العَوالي وَحاجَةٍ

    رَمَيتُ بِها ما بَينَ أَرضٍ وَتَنسِمِ

    And many a resolve I entrust to lofty spears, and many a quest

    I have hurled between the earth and the heights.

  8. وَلَيسَ الفَتى إِلا الَّذي إِن رَأَيتَهُ

    رَأَيتَ غَنِّيَ النَفسِ في ثَوبِ مُعدَمِ

    A true man is only one in whom, when you see him,

    you see a wealthy soul in a pauper's robe.

  9. قَليلُ مُقامٍ بَينَ أَهلٍ وَثَروَةٍ

    كَثيرُ طُلوعٍ بَينَ وادٍ وَمَخرَم

    He lingers little among family and wealth,

    and often appears between valley and mountain pass.

  10. أَمُطَّلِعٌ يَومي عَليَّ وَلَم أَخُض

    دِماءَ الأَعادي بِالوَشيجِ المُقَوَّمِ

    Will my day dawn upon me while I have not plunged

    into my enemies' blood with the straightened spear-shaft,

  11. وَلَم أَجهَدِ السَيفَ الطَويلَ نِجادُهُ

    أَمامَ الظُبى وَالنَقعُ بِالنَقعِ يَرتَمي

    nor wearied the sword whose baldric is long

    before the blades, as dust is hurled against dust?

  12. وَليسَ شِفاءُ النَفسِ إِلّا مُشَقَّفٌ

    بُعَدَّ لِيَومٍ بِالغُبارِمُلَثَّمِ

    The soul's only cure is a chipped blade,

    readied for a day veiled in dust.

  13. وَكَم لِيَ مِن رَمّاحَةٍ تُزعِجُ الحَصى

    بِوابِلِها في مَعلَمٍ بَعدَ مَعلَمِ

    And many a kicking she-camel is mine, scattering gravel

    with her downpour, from landmark to landmark.

  14. إِذا اللَهُ لَم يَنصُر حُسامي عَلى العِدا

    فَما أَنا إِلّا عُرضَةُ المُتَهَضِّمِ

    If God does not aid my blade against the foes,

    I am merely prey to the oppressor.

  15. وَإِن هُوَ نَجّى مِن فَمِ المَوتِ مُهجَتي

    نَجَوتُ وَإِلّا كُنتُ أَوَّلَ مَطعَمِ

    And if He saves my lifeblood from death's mouth,

    I am saved; otherwise I am its first morsel.

  16. أَبيتُ وَلي في كُلِّ أَرضٍ عَزيمَةٌ

    تُزَعزِعُ أَعناقَ المَطِيِّ المُحَزَّمِ

    I spend the night with a resolve in every land,

    shaking the necks of the tightly girt mounts.

  17. وَمُستَوصِياتِ بِالذَميلِ كَأَنَّما

    يُدارِسُ إِدآبَ الجَديلِ وَشَدقَمِ

    And mounts urged to a swift trot, as though

    rehearsing the tireless exertion of al-Jadil and Shadqam.

  18. تَرى كُلَّ حَمراءِ المِلاطِ كَأَنَّما

    تَخَلَّجَ في آماقِها عِرقُ عَندَمِ

    You see each red-sided camel as though

    a vein of crimson dye pulsed in the corners of her eyes.

  19. بِخُفٍّ كَشِدقِ الأَعلَمِ اِسُصعِبَت بِهِ

    عَلى ظِلِّ عُنقٍ ذي عَثانينَ مُرجِمِ

    With a hoof like a cleft-lipped hare's mouth, she grows headstrong,

    over the shadow of a bearded, stone-flinging neck.

  20. كَأَنَّ الغُلامَ الضَربَ في الرَحلِ ريشَةٌ

    خَفَت فَوقَ زَورٍ مِن ظَليمٍ مُصَلَّمِ

    The lean youth in the saddle is like a feather

    floating lightly above the breast of an earless male ostrich.

  21. إِذا أَوجَسَت حِسَّ القَطيعِ وَراءَها

    أَلاحَت بِخَيشومٍ كَريمٍ وَمَلطَمِ

    When she senses the herd's sound behind her,

    she raises a noble muzzle and cheek.

  22. تَخَيَّلَ مِن فَضلِ الزِمامِ اِبنَ رَملَةٍ

    لَهُ نَهَشاتٌ في مَكانِ المُخَطَّمِ

    She imagines a sand-born serpent in the slack of the rein,

    biting at the place of the noseband.

  23. طَلَعنَ عَلى لَيلٍ بِنا وَوَصَلنَهُ

    بِأَبلَجَ لَمّاعِ الجَواشِنِ مُعلَمِ

    They bore us into the night and joined it

    to a radiant dawn, emblazoned, with gleaming breastplates.

  24. وَمَن جَعَلَ القَلبَ الجَريءَ دَليلَهُ

    فَكُلَّ ظَلامِ عِندَهُ غَيرُ مُظلِمِ

    Whoever makes his brave heart his guide

    finds no darkness truly dark.

  25. بُليتُ وَأَبلاني زَماني بِعُصبَةٍ

    يَخوضونَ بي في كُلِّ غَيبٍ مُرَجَّمِ

    I have been afflicted; my age afflicted me with a band

    who plunge me into every unseen matter guessed at.

  26. مَذايِيعُ لِلسِرِّ المَصونِ وَلَيتَهُم

    أَذاعوهُ طَلقَ البُردِ لَمّا يُنَمنَمِ

    Broadcasters of a guarded secret—would that they

    had spread it as plain cloth, not yet embroidered!

  27. قَليلُ حَديثٍ مارِقٍ غَيرُ مُكثِرٍ

    وَبَدءُ مَقالٍ وارِدٍ مِن مُتَمِّمِ

    A little talk slips out, no great abundance,

    and a tale's beginning returns from someone who completes it.

  28. زَمانُ الأَذى عِش فيهِ تُشجَ بِأَهلِه

    وَتُغضِ عَلى ذُلٍّ وَمُت فيهِ تَعظُمِ

    An age of harm: live in it, and its people wound you;

    overlook humiliation; die in it, and you grow great.

  29. عَلى أَنَّني لا غالِبُ الرَأيَ بِالهَوى

    وَلا قائِلٌ لِلشَّوقِ إِن ضَلَّ يَمِّمِ

    Yet I do not let passion overpower judgment,

    nor tell longing, when it strays, 'Press on!'

  30. وَلا قاطِعٌ بِالظَنِّ ما كُنتُ واصِلاً

    وَرُبَّ مَغيظٍ قاطِعٍ بِالتَوَهُّمِ

    Nor do I sever, through suspicion, what I have joined;

    many an angry man severs ties through imagining.

  31. وَإِنِّيَ مِمّا آلَفُ الجِدَّ باخِلٌ

    بِثَغري فَما يَدري اِمرُؤٌ أَينَ مَبسَمي

    Because I am accustomed to seriousness, I am sparing

    with my lips: no one knows where my smile lies.

  32. فِراقٌ مِنَ الأَحبابِ أَمضى مِنَ الرَدى

    وَأَقطَعُ لِلأَقرانِ مِن غَربِ مِخذَمِ

    Separation from loved ones is sharper than death,

    and severs bonds more keenly than a sharp sword's edge.

  33. لَكَ اللَهُ مِن وادِ تَوَرَّكنَ عُرضَهُ

    وَنَقَّبنَ فيهِ عَن عَرارٍ وَعِظلِمِ

    God bless you, valley whose breadth they settled upon,

    and searched for 'arar blossoms and 'izlim.

  34. يُبارينَ نَفّاحَ الخُزامى عَشِيَّةً

    بِأَطيَبَ مِن ريحِ الخُزامى وَأَنعَمِ

    At evening they rival lavender's wafting fragrance

    with a scent sweeter and gentler than lavender's.

  35. أُغالِبُ دَمعي ثُمَّ يَغلِبُ جارِياً

    وَمَن لَم يُسِل دَمعاً عَلى الحُبِّ يَظلِمِ

    I struggle against my tears; then they win and flow.

    Whoever sheds no tears for love does it wrong.

  36. وَما ذَكَرَتكَ النَفسُ إِلّا وَضَمَّها

    إِلى القَلبِ باعُ الموجَعِ المُتَأَلِّمِ

    My soul never remembers you without being gathered

    to my heart by the embrace of one wounded and suffering.

  37. خَليلَيَّ لَيسَ الدَمعُ عَنّي بِدافِعٍ

    وُلوعَ غَرامٍ كَالحَريقِ المُضَرَّمِ

    My two friends, tears cannot fend off from me

    the consuming passion of love, like a blazing fire.

  38. وَهَل أَنا إِلّا رَبُّ نَفسٍ مُعارَةٍ

    وَقَلبٍ مُعارٍ لِلجَوى وَالتَأَلُّمِ

    Am I anything but the possessor of a borrowed soul,

    and a heart lent to burning grief and pain?

  39. إِذا ما جَوادي مَرَّ بي في دِيارِها

    تَقاضى زَفيري دائِباً بِالتَحَمحُمِ

    Whenever my steed carries me through her dwellings,

    he ceaselessly demands my sighs with his neighing.

  40. أَحِنُّ وَلا يُرمى حَنيني بِتُهمَةٍ

    وَأَدنو وَلا يُعزى دُنّوي بِمَأثَمِ

    I yearn, yet no suspicion is cast on my yearning;

    I draw near, yet my nearness is not charged with sin.

  41. وَما مَنظَرُ الحَسناءِ عِندي بِرائِقٍ

    وَلا نَيلُها وَالقُربُ عِندي بِمَغنَمِ

    The sight of a beauty holds no delight for me,

    nor do I count winning her or nearness as spoils.

  42. إِلى كَم تَصَبّاني الغَواني وَبَينَها

    وَبَيني عَفافٌ مِثلُ طودِ يَلَملَمِ

    How long will beauties stir my longing, when between them

    and me stands chastity like Mount Yalamlam?

  43. وَإِنّي لَمَأمونٌ عَلى كُلِّ خَلوَةٍ

    أَمينُ الهَوى وَالقَلبِ وَالعَينِ وَالفَمِ

    I am indeed trustworthy in every private encounter,

    faithful in desire, heart, eye, and mouth.

  44. وَغَيري إِلى الفَحشاءِ إِن عَرَضَت لَهُ

    أَشَدُّ مِنَ الذُؤبانِ عَدواً عَلى الدَمِ

    Another man, when offered an obscenity,

    rushes toward it more fiercely than wolves toward blood.

  45. وَمَن كانَ إِنعامُ الوَزيرِ حَبيبَهُ

    أَغارَ الغَواني بَينَ بِكرٍ وَأَيّمِ

    Whoever makes the minister's favor his beloved

    makes beauties jealous, maiden and formerly married alike.

  46. أَبيتُ بِها هادي الحَشا في نَوائِبٍ

    يَبيتُ لَها غَيري بِقَلبٍ مُقَسَّمِ

    Through it I pass the night calm at heart amid calamities

    for which others pass the night with hearts torn apart.

  47. وَحيدَ العُلىَ لا يَنتَجي غَيرَ نَفسِهِ

    إِذا عَنَّ خَطبٌ أَو دَنا يَومُ مَغرَمِ

    Peerless in eminence, he consults none but himself

    when a crisis arises or a day of loss draws near.

  48. وَمُنتَصِرٍ يَرعى بِحِلمٍ حُقودَهُ

    وَيَطرُدُ أَضغانَ العِدا بِالتَكَرُّمِ

    And a victor who governs his grudges with forbearance,

    and drives away his foes' rancor through generosity.

  49. إِذا عَظُمَ الطُلّابُ لَم يَثنِ كَفَّهُ

    وَإِن طالَ نُطقُ القَومِ لَم يَتَجَهَّمِ

    When petitioners grow numerous, he does not draw back his hand;

    though their speech grows long, he does not scowl.

  50. يَزِمُّ إِلى العافينَ أَعناقَ مالِهِ

    وَمالُ رِجالٍ مُقرَمٌ لَم يُخَطَّمِ

    He leads the necks of his wealth by halters to petitioners,

    while other men's wealth is a breeding camel never nose-haltered.

  51. كَثيرِ اِرتِياحِ القَبِ في عَقبِ جودِهِ

    إِذا جائِدٌ أَلقى يَداً في التَنَدُّمِ

    His heart delights greatly after his generosity,

    while another giver lets his hand fall in regret.

  52. سَريعٍ إِذا داعي الطِعانِ دَعا بِهِ

    غَدا طاعِناً قَبلَ العِدا في التَلَوَّمِ

    Swift: when the caller to spear-fighting summons him,

    he goes forth thrusting while his foes still hesitate.

  53. وَما هَمَّ إِلّا قَعقَعَ البَيضَ بِالظُبى

    وَرَدُّ القَنا يَجري عَلى كُلِّ مِعصَمِ

    He never makes a move without rattling helmets with blade-edges,

    and the spears' recoil runs over every wrist.

  54. وَلا رَكزَ إِلّا أَن تُميرَ زِجاجُها

    عَوامِلَها فَضلَ النَجيعِ المُحَرَّمِ

    No spears are planted unless their butt-spikes provision

    their spearheads with surplus forbidden blood.

  55. وَكُلُّ صَباحٍ شاحِبٍ مِن عَجاجَةٍ

    وَشائِعُ بُردٍ بِالعَواني مُسَهَّمِ

    And every morning, pale from a dust cloud,

    is the skeins of a cloak striped with seasoned battles.

  56. إِذا عَنَّ جودٌ قيلَ دُفّاعُ وابِلٍ

    وَإِن عَنَّ رَوعٌ قيلَ تَقحيمُ ضَيغَمِ

    If generosity arises, they say, 'A downpour's surge!'

    If terror arises, they say, 'A lion's charge!'

  57. يَشُنُّ وُجوهَ البيدِ في كُلِّ مَسلَكٍ

    بِجَرِّ العَوالي وَالرَعيلِ المُسَوَّمِ

    He raids the face of the deserts along every path,

    dragging lofty spears and marked cavalry squadrons.

  58. فَعالٌ جَريٌّ لا يَزالُ مُدافِعاً

    إِلى المَجدِ طَلّاعاً إِلى كُلِّ مُعظَمِ

    Bold in deed and daring, he keeps pressing

    toward glory, mounting every great undertaking.

  59. وَلَكِنَّهُ بِالعِزِّ وَالمَجدِ وَالعُلى

    أَحَقُّ وَأَولى مِن سَماءٍ بِأَنجُمِ

    Yet he is of honor, glory, and eminence

    more worthy and deserving than the sky is of stars.

  60. أَتَتهُ وَلَم يَمدُد يَداً في طِلابِها

    وَما اِنقادَ مَن قادَ العَوالي بِمَخطَمِ

    They came to him without his stretching out a hand to seek them;

    one who leads lofty spears is not led by a noseband.

  61. وَلَو لَم يُقِرُّ الغابِطونَ بِمَجدِهِ

    أَقَرّوا عَلى رُغمٍ بِفَضلِ التَقَدُّمِ

    Even if those who envy his good fortune deny his glory,

    they grudgingly acknowledge the merit of his precedence.

  62. وَما كَذِبُ الحُسّادِ لِلبَدرِ ضائِراً

    وَليسَ يَضُرُّ الذَمُّ غَيرَ المُذَمَّمِ

    The envious men's lies do not harm the full moon;

    blame harms only the blameworthy.

  63. وَحَيٍّ حِلالٍ قَد ذَعَرتُ بِكُبَّةٍ

    مِنَ الخَيلِ وَلا تَرعى ذِماماً لِمَحرَمِ

    And many a settled clan I have terrified with a mass

    of horses that respect no pledge to a protected man,

  64. عَلى حينَ حاصَرتُ الظَلامَ إِلَيهِمُ

    بِأَرعَنَ يَردي في الحَديدِ المُنَظَّمِ

    when I besieged the darkness on my way to them

    with a towering host dashing in ordered armor.

  65. وَما اِفتَرَّ يَومٌ قَطُّ إِلا لَقيتُهُ

    بِوَجهٍ جَلِيٍّ أَو بِكَفٍّ مُغَيِّمِ

    No day ever smiled without my meeting it

    with a radiant face or a cloud-laden hand.

  66. إِذا مارِقٌ لا قاكَ غَضَّ عِنانَهُ

    وَرَدَّ أَظافيرَ القَنا لَم تُقَلَّمِ

    If a renegade meets you, he restrains his reins

    and turns back the untrimmed talons of the spears.

  67. وَرُبَّ نَسيبٍ لِلرِماحِ مُغامِرٍ

    خَفيفِ الشَوى عاري الجَناحَينِ أَعلَمِ

    And many a daring kinsman of spears,

    slender-limbed, bare of both wings, split-lipped,

  68. إِذا هُزَّ يَوماً لِلغَوارِ رَأَيتَهُ

    أَنَمَّ إِلى الأَرواحِ مِن كِلِّ لَهذَمِ

    when brandished one day for raiding, you see it

    more penetrating to souls than any keen spearhead.

  69. يَسُرَّكَ في فَلِّ الصَوارِمِ وَالقَنا

    وَيُرضيكَ في رَدِّ اللُهامِ العَرَمرَمِ

    It delights you in blunting swords and spears,

    and pleases you in repelling a vast, mighty army.

  70. لَهُ ريقَةٌ تَجري بِما شاءَ رَبُّهُ

    كَما حالَ سُمٌّ بَينَ أَنيابِ أَرقَمِ

    It has saliva flowing as its master wills,

    as poison runs between a speckled serpent's fangs.

  71. أَمالىءَ أَيّامِ النَدى كُلَّ عارِضٍ

    وَمالىءَ أَيّامِ الوَغى كُلَّ مُلجَمِ

    O filler of every cloud on days of bounty,

    and of every bridled steed on days of war,

  72. تَهَنَّ قُدومَ المِهرَجانِ فَإِنَّهُ

    إِلَيكَ عَلى الأَيّامِ يُنمى وَيَنتَمي

    rejoice in Mihrjan's arrival, for it

    is ascribed to you through the days and claims kinship with you.

  73. وَما زارَ هَذا العيدُ إِلا صَبابَةً

    إِلَيكَ بِقَلبٍ طامِحِ الوَجدِ مُغَرَمِ

    This festival visits only out of yearning

    for you, with a heart aspiring in passion, lovesick.

  74. أَتى يَستَفيدُ الجُوَدَ مِنكَ وَيَجتَلي

    مَحاسِنَهُ مِن ثَغرِكَ المُتَبَسِّمِ

    It comes to learn generosity from you and to behold

    its beauties in your smiling mouth.

  75. فَلا عارَ أَن تَستَنجِدَ الكَأسَ راحَةٌ

    أَضَرَّ بِها حَملُ الجُرازِ المُصَمِّمِ

    There is no shame in a palm seeking help from the cup,

    when carrying the cleaving sword has hurt it.

  76. أَراكَ بِعَينِ لِصٍ يَسوءُكَ لَحظُها

    وَأَرعاكَ بِالوُدِّ الَّذي لَم يُذَمَّمِ

    I watch you with a thief's eye, whose glance displeases you,

    and tend you with a love that has not been blamed.

  77. وَفي نَظَري عُنوانُ ما بَينَ أَضلُعي

    وَرُبَّ لَحاظٍ نائِبٍ عَن تَكَلُّمِ

    My gaze reveals what lies between my ribs;

    many a glance stands in place of speech.

  78. وَكَم نَظرَةٍ تَستَوهِبُ القَولَ مِن فَمي

    تُكَلَّفُ نُطقي في جَوابِ المُكَلَّمِ

    And many a look begs words from my mouth,

    charged with speaking for me in reply to the one addressed.

  79. وَلَستُ وَلَو خادَعتَني عَن مَطالِبي

    مُطاوِعَ عُذّالي عَليكَ وَلُوَّمي

    Even if you trick me out of my requests, I will not

    obey those who censure and blame me over you.

  80. وَأَكرَمُ مَأمولٍ وَأَشرَفُ ماجِدٍ

    جَوادٌ مَتى يُندَب إِلى الجودِ يُقدِمِ

    The noblest man to hope in, the most honorable lord,

    is a generous man who advances when summoned to generosity.

  81. أُعيذُكَ أَن تُظمي فَتَىً كانَ طَرفُهُ

    عَقيداً لِبَرقِ المَعارِضِ المُتَرَنِّمِ

    I seek to guard you from leaving thirsty a youth whose gaze was

    bound to the singing lightning of the clouds.

  82. وَمَن غَرَّهُ مالٌ رَضي بِبَشاشَةٍ

    وَعادِمُ ماءٍ قانِعٌ بِالتَيَمُّمِ

    One whom wealth beguiles is content with a cheerful face,

    and one lacking water is content with dry ablution.

  83. أَِلا إِنَّ شِعري فيكَ يَبقى وَغَيرُهُ

    تَطيرُ بِهِ أَيدي اللَيالي وَتَرتَمي

    Know that my poetry about you endures, while others'

    is swept away and tossed by the hands of nights.

  84. وَتَعقِدُ طَرفي مِنكَ في كُلِّ نَظرَةٍ

    طَلاقَةُ بَدرٍ بِالمَعالي مُعَمَّمِ

    With every glance, my gaze is bound to you by

    the radiance of a full moon turbaned in lofty deeds.

  85. وَلَولاكَ ما فاقَت بِبَغدادَ ناقَتي

    وَلا كُنتُ إِلّا لاحِقاً بِالمُقَطَّمِ

    But for you, my she-camel would not have recovered in Baghdad;

    I would only have been bound for al-Muqattam.

  86. وَأَولى بِلادٍ بِالمُقامِ مِنَ الدُنا

    بِلادٌ مَتى يَنزِل بِها الحُرُّ يَغنَمِ

    The lands most worthy of dwelling in, of all this world,

    are those where a free man gains whenever he alights.

  87. مَدَحتُ أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ وَإِنَّهُ

    لَأَشرَفُ مَأمولٍ وَأَعلى مُؤَمَّمِ

    I praised the Commander of the Faithful, and he is indeed

    the noblest hope and the highest destination.

  88. فَأَوسَعَني قَبلَ العَطاءِ كَرامَةً

    وَلا مَرحَباً بِالمالِ إِن لَم أُكَرَّمِ

    He lavished honor on me before giving gifts;

    no welcome to money if I am not honored.

  89. وَإِنّي إِذا ما قُلتُ في غَيرِ ماجِدٍ

    مَديحاً كَأَنّي لائِكٌ طَعمَ عَلقَمِ

    Whenever I speak of someone who is not noble

    in praise, I seem to chew the taste of colocynth.

  90. وَإِنَّ رَجائي زَينَ مِلَّةِ هاشِمٍ

    لَنُعمى وَحَسبي مِن جَوادٍ وَمُنعَمِ

    My hope in the adornment of Hashim's faith

    is indeed a blessing; he suffices me as a generous benefactor.

  91. فَكُن شافِعي يَوماً إِلَيهِ لَعَلَّهُ

    يَريشُ العَواري مِن نِبالي وَأَسهُمي

    Be my intercessor with him one day; perhaps he

    will fletch the bare shafts among my arrows and darts.

  92. أَغارُ عَلى عَليائِهِ مِن مُقصِّرٍ

    يَقولُ وَلَم يُرزَق مَقالي وَلا فَمي

    I jealously guard his eminence against an inadequate poet

    who speaks without being granted my utterance or my mouth.

  93. فَإِن شاءَ فَالوَسمُ الَّذي قَد عَرَفتُهُ

    مُبينٌ لِعَينِ الناظِرِ المُتَوَسِّمِ

    If he wishes, the mark I have recognized

    is clear to the eye of the discerning observer.