Sol 6.1

  1. صَحا مِن بَعدِ سَكرَتِهِ فُؤادي

    وَعاوَدَ مُقلَتي طيبُ الرُقادِ

    My heart sobered after its drunkenness,

    And sweet slumber returned to my eye.

  2. وَأَصبَحَ مَن يُعانِدُني ذَليلاً

    كَثيرَ الهَمِّ لا يَفديهِ فادي

    And whoever defies me has become abased,

    Heavy with care, with no one to ransom him.

  3. يَرى في نَومِهِ فَتَكاتِ سَيفي

    فَيَشكو ما يَراهُ إِلى الوِسادِ

    In his sleep he sees my sword's deadly strokes,

    So he complains to his pillow of what he sees.

  4. أَلا يا عَبلَ قَد عايَنتِ فِعلي

    وَبانَ لَكِ الضَلالُ مِنَ الرَشادِ

    Listen, O Abla: you have witnessed my deeds,

    And you can now tell error from right guidance.

  5. وَإِن أَبصَرتِ مِثلي فَاِهجُريني

    وَلا يَلحَقكِ عارٌ مِن سَوادي

    And if you see my equal, then forsake me,

    And no shame shall befall you because of my blackness.

  6. وَإِلّا فَاِذكُري طَعني وَضَربي

    إِذا ما لَجَّ قَومُكِ في بِعادي

    Otherwise, recall my thrusts and blows,

    When your people persist in keeping me away.

  7. طَرَقتُ دِيارَ كِندَةَ وَهيَ تَدوي

    دَوِيَّ الرَعدِ مِن رَكضِ الجِيادِ

    I raided Kindah's dwellings by night, as they resounded

    With thunder's roar from the galloping of steeds.

  8. وَبَدَّدتُ الفَوارِسَ في رُباها

    بِطَعنٍ مِثلِ أَفواهِ المَزادِ

    And I scattered the horsemen upon its hills,

    With thrusts leaving wounds like the mouths of waterskins.

  9. وَخَثعَمُ قَد صَبَحناها صَباحاً

    بُكوراً قَبلَ ما نادى المُنادي

    And Khath'am—we struck them in a morning raid,

    Early, before the caller cried out.

  10. غَدَوا لَمّا رَأَوا مِن حَدِّ سَيفي

    نَذيرَ المَوتِ في الأَرواحِ حادي

    They departed when they saw, from my sword's edge,

    Death's herald driving souls onward.

  11. وَعُدنا بِالنِهابِ وَبِالسَبايا

    وَبِالأَسرى تُكَبَّلُ بِالصِفادِ

    And we returned with plunder and captive women,

    And with prisoners shackled in fetters.