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Sleep is denied so how can one feel sleepy

منع الرقاد فما يحس رقاد

1. Sleep is denied so how can one feel sleepy
News has reached you when the visitors slept

١. مَنَعَ الرُقادَ فَما يُحَسُّ رُقادُ
خَبَرٌ أَتاكَ وَنامَتِ العُوّادُ

2. Grievous news reached me about Uyainah
At which livers would crack

٢. خَبَرٌ أَتاني عَن عُيينَةَ مُوجَعٌ
وَلِمِثلِهِ تَتَصَدَّعُ الأَكبادُ

3. Troubles have reached the souls, so we seemed
As if dead, while the soul and bodies remained

٣. بَلَغَ النُفوسَ بَلاؤُها فَكَأَنَّنا
مَوتى وَفينا الروحُ وَالأَجسادُ

4. The kinsfolk felt happy that day, so they became
With joy, which the envious loved

٤. ساءَ الأَقارِبَ يَومَ ذاكَ فَأَصبَحوا
بِهَجينَ قَد سَرّوا بِهِ الحُسّادُ

5. They hope for our stumbling even if they
Cannot drive troubles away from us

٥. يَرجونَ عَثرَةَ حَدِّنا وَلَوَ اَنَّهُم
لا يَدفَعونَ بِنا المَكارِهَ بادوا

6. When news about Uyainah reached me that he
Was helpless, overwhelmed by shackles

٦. لَمّا أَتاني عَن عُيينَةَ أَنَّهُ
عانٍ تَظاهَرَ فَوقَهُ الأَقيادُ

7. My soul sincerely advised him that
Grudges disappear during adversities

٧. نَخَلَت لَهُ نَفسي النَصيحَةَ أَنَّهُ
عِندَ الشَدائِدِ تَذهَبُ الأَحقادُ

8. And I knew if I lost his position
Separation would disappear, so he was company

٨. وَعَلِمتُ أَنّي إِن فَقَدتُ مَكانَهُ
ذَهَبَ البِعادُ فَكانَ فيهِ بِعادُ

9. And I saw fierceness on the enemy's face
Faces and countries changed for me

٩. وَرَأَيتُ في وَجهِ العَدُوِّ شَكاسَةً
وَتَغَيَّرَت لي أَوجُهٌ وَبِلادُ

10. And I remembered which brave man would take his place
With support, when comrades fall short

١٠. وَذَكَرتُ أَيَّ فَتىً يَسُدُّ مَكانَهُ
بِالرِّفدِ حينَ تَقاصَرُ الأَرفادُ

11. Or who would humiliate our prestigious wealth for us
While we have a return to it

١١. أَم مَن يُهينُ لَنا كَرائِمَ مالِهِ
وَلَنا إِذا عُدنا إِلَيهِ مَعادُ

12. If it was someone whose pillar crumbled
Or who wept over, so settlements wept over him

١٢. لَو كانَ مَن حَضَنٍ تَضاءَلَ رُكنُهُ
أَو مِن نَضادَ بَكَت عَلَيهِ نَضادُ