Poems
- أترى يذكرونهDo you suppose they remember him, or have they forgotten him?
- أرق الحسنIt weeps and laughs, neither from sorrow nor joy,
- أرق الحسنIt weeps and laughs, neither from sorrow nor from joy,
- أضنيتني بالهجرYou have worn me down with estrangement—how unjust you are!
- أضنيتني بالهجرYou have worn me down with abandonment—how unjust you are!
- الريال المزيفWoe to the poor man—what you see him suffer!
- الصبا والجمالYouth and beauty lie in your hands.
- المسلولA beauty: every youth she saw, she spurned.
- الهوى والشبابLove, youth, and the hope longed-
- الهوى والشبابLove, youth, and longed-for hope
- إني مت بعدكLive on; I have died in your absence.
- إني مت بعدكLive on—I have died in your absence.
- جفنه علم الغزلHis eyelid taught the art of wooing,
- جفنه علم الغزلHis eyelid taught the art of love,
- حكمة الدهرTime's wisdom is that we live intoxicated.
- حكمة الدهرThe wisdom of fate is that we live drunk,
- سيد الهوى قمريEnglish translation unavailable
- عش انتLive on; I have died since you left.
- عُمرُ وَنُعمBehold your brother, O Poetry: here is ʿUmar.
- قد أتاك يعتذرHe has come to you to apologize.
- هند وأمُّهاHind came complaining to her mother.
- يا هند قد ألف الخميلة بلبلO Hind, a nightingale has grown fond of the leafy grove.
- ياجهادا صفق المجد لهO struggle that glory applauded,
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