Poems
- أجدك لا تلم ولا تزورDo you truly neither call nor visit?
- اشربا ما شربتما فهذيلDrink what you have drunk, O Hudhail,
- أضاحك ضيفي قبل إنزال رحلهI laugh with my guest before his baggage is unloaded.
- ألا طرقت أسماء وهي طروقAh, Asma came by night, a night visitor,
- ألم تر ما بيني وبين ابن عامرHave you not seen the bond between me and Ibn ʿĀmir—
- إنا بنو منقر قوم ذوو حسبWe are indeed the sons of Minqar, a people of noble lineage;
- جزى الله خيرا منقرا من قبيلةMay God reward the tribe of Minqar with good.
- جئت الإمام بإسراع لأخبرهI came to the imam in haste to inform him
- طال الثواء عليها بالمدينة لاLong did the desolation remain on it in the city;
- ظللت مفترش الهلباء تشتمنيYou remained seated on your hairy backside, reviling me
- فإن الرديني الأصم كعوبهFor the Rudayni spear, whose joints are solid,
- فآنست بعدما مال الرقاد بناThen she discerned, after slumber had overcome us,
- فلله ساع بالمظالم بعدهاBy God, what a pursuer of wrongs after that—
- فنحن كررنا خلفكم إذ كررتمSo we charged behind you when you charged,
- في ربرب يلق جم مدافعهاAmid a herd of gleaming-white gazelles, full in their rounded contours,
- قفا نبك من ذكرى حبيب وأطلالStop and weep at the memory of a beloved one and the ruins
- كأنها بعدما مال الشريف بهاAs though she, after al-Shurayf had made her sway,
- لما دعتني للسيادة منقرWhen Minqar called me to leadership,
- لنا حية تنقض من رأس صخرةWe have a serpent that swoops down from the top of a rock,
- ليس بيني وبين قيس عتابBetween me and Qays there is no reproach,
- محاربيين حلوا بين ذاقنةMen of Muharib settled amid Dhaqinah;
- نعماني بشربة من طلاءDelight me, you two, with a draught of boiled wine—
- وذي لوثة منهى الرقاد بعينهAnd a sluggish fellow, sleep at its deepest in his eye,
- وقلت لعوف اقبلوا النصح ترشدواAnd I said to ʿAwf: Accept counsel, and you will find the right way,
- ونكرم جارنا ما دام فيناAnd we honor our neighbor as long as he remains among us.
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