Sol 6.1

  1. يا أَيُّها القَلبُ المُطيعُ الهَوى

    أَنّي اِعتَراكَ الطَرَبُ النازِحُ

    O heart obedient to desire,

    How has far-off yearning assailed you?

  2. تَذكُرُ جُملاً فَإِذا ما نَأَت

    طارَ شَعاعاً قَلبُكَ الطامِحُ

    You remember Juml, and whenever she goes far away,

    Your yearning heart flies apart in fragments.

  3. هَلّا تَناهَيتَ وَكُنتَ اِمرِءاً

    يَزجُركَ المُرشِدُ وَالناصِحُ

    Why not desist and become a man

    Whom a guide and a counselor can restrain?

  4. مالَكَ لا تَترُكُ جَهلَ الصِبا

    وَقَد عَلاكَ الشَمَطُ الواضِحُ

    Why do you not abandon youthful folly,

    Though unmistakable gray has covered you?

  5. فَصارَ مَن يَنهاكَ عَن حُبِّها

    لَم تَرَ إِلّا أَنَّهُ كاشِحُ

    So anyone who forbids you to love her

    You have come to see as nothing but a secret foe.

  6. يا جُملُ ما حُبّي لَكُم زائِلٌ

    عَنّى وَلا عَن كَبِدي نازِحُ

    O Juml, my love for you will not depart

    From me, nor stray far from my liver.

  7. حُمِّلتُ وُدّاً لَكُمُ خالِصاً

    جَدّاً إِذا ما هَزَلَ المازِحُ

    I have been made to bear pure affection for you,

    In earnest, even when the jester jests.

  8. ثُمَّ لَقَد طالَ طِلابيكُمُ

    أَسعى وَخَيرُ العَمَلِ الناجِحُ

    Then, indeed, my pursuit of you has been long;

    I strive, and the best work is that which succeeds.

  9. إِنّي تَوَسَّمتُ اِمرَءاً ماجِداً

    يَصدُقُ في مِدحَتِهِ المادِحُ

    Indeed, I have discerned a noble man,

    Whose praiser speaks the truth in praising him.

  10. ذُؤابَةُ العَنبَرِ فَاِختَرتُهُ

    وَالمَرءُ قَد يُنعِشُهُ الصالِحُ

    The crest of al-ʿAnbar—so I chose him;

    And a worthy man may raise another up.

  11. أَبلَجُ بُهلولٌ وَظَنّي بِهِ

    إِنَّ ثَنائي عِندَهُ رابِحُ

    Bright-browed, a generous lord; my thought of him

    Is that my praise will find reward with him.

  12. سُلَيمُ ما أَنتَ بِنَكسٍ وَلا

    ذَمُّكَ لي غادٍ وَلا رائِحُ

    Sulaym, you are no base fellow, nor

    Does your censure reach me at morn or eve.

  13. أُعطيتَ وُدّي وَثَنائي مَعاً

    وَخَلَّةً ميزانُها راجِحُ

    You have been given my affection and my praise together,

    And a friendship weighty in the balance.

  14. أَرعاكَ بِالغَيبِ وَأَهوى لَكَ ال

    رُشدَ وَجَيبي فَاِعلَمَن ناصِحُ

    I watch over you in your absence, and wish you the

    Right path; and my bosom—know it—is sincere.

  15. إِنّي لِمَن سالَمتَ سِلمٌ وَمَن

    عادَيتَ أُمسي وَلَهُ ناطِحُ

    I am at peace with those you make peace with; and whomever

    You oppose, I become his adversary, locking horns.

  16. في الرَأسِ مِنهُ وَعَلى أَنفِهِ

    مِن نَقَماتي ميسَمٌ لائِحُ

    On his head and upon his nose

    Is a visible brand of my vengeance.

  17. نِعمَ فَتى الحَيِّ إِذا لَيلَةٌ

    لِم يورِ فيها زَندَهُ القادِحُ

    How fine a young man of the clan you are, on a night

    When the fire-striker draws no flame from his fire-stick,

  18. وَراحَ بِالشَولِ إِلى أَهلِها

    مُغبَرَّةً أَذقانُها كالِحُ

    And back with the dry-uddered she-camels to their owners comes

    A grim-faced man, their chins covered in dust;

  19. وَهَبَّتِ الريحُ شَآمِيَّةً

    فَاِنجَحَرَ القابِسُ وَالنابِحُ

    And the wind blows from al-Shām,

    So the fire-seeker and the barking dog retreat to their holes.

  20. قَد عَلِمَ الحَيُّ إِذا أَمحَلوا

    أَنَّكَ رَفّادٌ لَهُم مانِحُ

    The clan well knows, when drought befalls them,

    That you are their generous supporter and giver,

  21. في اللَيلَةِ القالي قِراها الَّتي

    لا غابِقٌ فيها وَلا صابِحُ

    On the night of grudged hospitality, when

    No one offers milk at dusk or dawn.

  22. فَالضَيفُ مَعروفٌ لَهُ حَقُّهُ

    لَهُ عَلى أَبوابِكُم فاتِحُ

    So the guest’s due is acknowledged;

    At your doors is one who opens for him.

  23. وَالخَيلُ قَد تَعلَمُ يَومَ الوَغى

    أَنَّكَ مِن جَمرَتِها ناضِحُ

    And the horses well know, on the day of battle,

    That you defend them from its embers.