أخاكَyour brother ياO شعرُPoetry فهذاfor this is عُمَرُʿUmar
أخاكَ يا شعرُ فهذا عُمَرُ
وهذهand this is «نُعْمٌNuʿm» وتلكَand those are الذِّكَرُthe memories
وهذه «نُعْمٌ» وتلكَ الذِّكَرُ
Behold your brother, O Poetry: here is ʿUmar.
Oh poetry, here is a lifetime
And this is Nuʿm, and those are the memories.
And here are joys and memories
لوحانtwo panels منfrom فجرthe dawn الصِّباof youth وand وردهِits roses
لوحان من فجر الصِّبا و وردهِ
غذَّاهُماnourished them both قلبٌa heart وروّىand watered محْجَرan eye socket
غذَّاهُما قلبٌ وروّى محْجَر
Two panels from youth's dawn and its roses,
Flashes from dawn of youth and its roses
Nourished by a heart and watered by an eye.
Nourished by a heart and moistened by eyelids
يختالُsways proudly مِنْfrom نشوَتهits rapture تحتهماbeneath them both
يختالُ مِنْ نشوَته تحتهما
ماwhenever غرَّداthe two sang عُودُthe bough الشَّبابِof youth الأخضرgreen
ما غرَّدا عُودُ الشَّبابِ الأخضر
Beneath them sways, in its rapture,
Strutting in its ecstasy beneath them
Whenever they sing, the green bough of youth.
Is the fresh green youthful branch's warble
فرخانtwo fledglings فيin وكْرٍa nest تلاقىmet جانحٌa wing
فرخان في وكْرٍ تلاقى جانحٌ
وجانحٌand a wing وand منْقَرٌa beak وand مِنقرa beak
وجانحٌ و منْقَرٌ و مِنقر
Two fledglings in a nest: a wing meets
Two chicks in a nest meet
Another wing, and beak meets beak.
A wing, a beak and a pecker
يختلسُhe steals القُبلةَthe kiss منfrom مَبسِمِهاher smiling mouth
يختلسُ القُبلةَ من مَبسِمِها
هلdo ...? تعرفُyou know العُصفورَthe sparrow كيفَhow ينقُرit pecks؟
هل تعرفُ العُصفورَ كيفَ ينقُر؟
He steals a kiss from her smiling mouth.
Stealing a kiss from her smile
Do you know how the sparrow pecks?
Do you know how the sparrow pecks?
وهْوand he إذاwhen أمعَنَwent deeply فيinto ارتشافهاsipping it
وهْو إذا أمعَنَ في ارتشافها
علَّمناhe taught us كيفَhow يذوبُmelts السُّكَّرsugar
علَّمنا كيفَ يذوبُ السُّكَّر
And when he drinks deeply of it,
And when he lingers sipping it
He teaches us how sugar melts.
He taught us how sugar melts
رسالةٌa message مِنْfrom فمهِhis mouth لفَمهاto her mouth
رسالةٌ مِنْ فمهِ لفَمها
كذاthus رسالاتُmessages الهوىof love تُختصَرare condensed
كذا رسالاتُ الهوى تُختصَر
A message from his mouth to hers:
A message from his mouth to hers
Thus love's messages are condensed.
Thus abbreviated are messages of passion
إيهٍgo on أباO father of الخطّابal-Khattab ماhow أحلىsweet الهوىlove
إيهٍ أبا الخطّاب ما أحلى الهوى
تَنظِمُyou string together منْfrom نَوَّارهِits blossoms وتَنثُرand you scatter
تَنظِمُ منْ نَوَّارهِ وتَنثُر
Go on, Abu al-Khattab—how sweet is love!
Oh Abu al-Khattab, how sweet is passion
You string its blossoms together and scatter them.
You compose from its radiance and scatter
فَبَعضُهُso some of it يحلُمُdreams فيin أوراقِهits leaves
فَبَعضُهُ يحلُمُ في أوراقِه
وبعضُهُand some of it علىon الرُّبىthe hills مُبَعثَرscattered
وبعضُهُ على الرُّبى مُبَعثَر
Some of it dreams within its leaves,
So part of it dreams on its leaves
And some lies scattered on the hills.
And part of it scattered on the meadows
ملأتَyou filled أُفْقthe horizon الحُبِّof love عطراًwith fragrance وَand سَناًradiance
ملأتَ أُفْق الحُبِّ عطراً وَ سَناً
وصُوراًand images للوحيof revelation فيهاwithin them سُورchapters
وصُوراً للوحي فيها سُور
You filled love's horizon with fragrance and radiance,
You filled the horizon with fragrance, radiance
And images holding chapters of revelation.
And visions of revelation, surahs within
الجَّنةُparadise الزَّهراءradiant ماwhat ترسمُهُyou paint it
الجَّنةُ الزَّهراء ما ترسمُهُ
والخمرةُand the wine العذراءُvirgin ماwhat تَعتصرyou press
والخمرةُ العذراءُ ما تَعتصر
Radiant paradise is what you paint,
The verdant paradise depicts
And virgin wine is what you press,
And the chaste wine extracts
والنَّغمُand the melody الخالدُimmortal ماwhat تُنشدُهُyou sing it
والنَّغمُ الخالدُ ما تُنشدُهُ
والمثلُand the proverb الشَّاردُfar-ranging ماwhat تَبتَكرyou invent
والمثلُ الشَّاردُ ما تَبتَكر
And immortal melody is what you sing,
And the immortal melody sings
And the far-ranging proverb is what you invent.
And the fleeting parable imagines
الطّربُdelight السَّمحُgracious إذاwhen دارتْmade the rounds طِلاًwine
الطّربُ السَّمحُ إذا دارتْ طِلاً
أوْor سبَقٌa race فالشَّاعرُthen the poet المُغَبِّرthe dust-raiser
أوْ سبَقٌ فالشَّاعرُ المُغَبِّر
Gracious delight when wine makes the rounds;
When unrestrained rapture revolves
Or, in a race, the dust-raising poet.
The dust-laden poet precedes or trails
حلِّقsoar ولاand do not تَحفلْheed أأزرىdid ... disparage? حاسدٌan envier
حلِّق ولا تَحفلْ أأزرى حاسدٌ
أوor انبرىstepped forward لحَتفهِto his doom شُوَيعرa poetaster
أو انبرى لحَتفهِ شُوَيعر
Soar; pay no heed if an envier disparages you,
Soar and do not heed if a resentful one frowns
Or a poetaster steps forward to his doom,
Or a pretentious one rises for his feast
عابَfound fault علىwith البُلبلِthe nightingale ماwhat يطرحُهُsheds it
عابَ على البُلبلِ ما يطرحُهُ
منof ريشِهِits feathers وهْوwhile he بهin them يأتزرgirds himself
من ريشِهِ وهْو به يأتزر
Faulting the nightingale for what it sheds
They blamed the bulbul for what it sheds
Of its feathers, while he girds himself in them.
Of its feathers though it takes pride in them
قُلtell ليme بنُعمٍof Nuʿm وبأترابٍand of peers لهاof hers
قُل لي بنُعمٍ وبأترابٍ لها
يلعَبنَthey play ماas much as شاءwished الصِّباyouth والأشَرand exuberance
يلعَبنَ ما شاء الصِّبا والأشَر
Tell me of Nuʿm and her companions of the same age,
Tell me of bliss and its companions
Playing as youth and exuberance please.
Playing whatever youth and vines will
ليلةُthe night ذيDhu دَورْانَDawran هلwas ...? كانتit was كماas
ليلةُ ذي دَورْانَ هل كانت كما
حَدَّثتَyou recounted أمor أخيلةٌfantasies وصُوَرand images
حَدَّثتَ أم أخيلةٌ وصُوَر
The night at Dhu Dawran—was it as
Was the night of revelry as
You recounted, or fantasies and images?
You described or imaginations and portraits?
وَand«نُعمُNuʿm» هَلْwas ...? كانتshe was كماas صَوَّرتَyou portrayed أمor
وَ«نُعمُ» هَلْ كانت كما صَوَّرتَ أم
بالغَexaggerated فيin تلوينهاcoloring her المُصَوِّرthe painter
بالغَ في تلوينها المُصَوِّر
And was Nuʿm as you portrayed her, or
And were "Na'am's" as you portrayed
Did the painter exaggerate her colors?
Or did the portrayer exaggerate in coloring them?
وذلكَand that «المِجَنُّthe shield»؟ ماhow أوهَنَهُfrail it is
وذلكَ «المِجَنُّ»؟ ما أوهَنَهُ
يكادُit nearly منfrom رِقَّتهِits delicacy يَنتَثرfalls apart
يكادُ من رِقَّتهِ يَنتَثر
And that shield—how frail it is!
And that “wine skin” - how fragile it is
It almost falls apart from its delicacy.
It nearly disintegrates from its softness
ياO للمنىfor wishes أعنْis there, on يَمينٍthe right كاعبٌa maiden with budding breasts
يا للمنى أعنْ يَمينٍ كاعبٌ
وعَنand on شمالٍthe left كاعبٌa maiden with budding breasts ومُعْصرand a girl come of age
وعَن شمالٍ كاعبٌ ومُعْصر
O bliss! Is there a nubile maiden on the right,
Oh the delights! A player on the right
And on the left a nubile maiden and a girl come of age?
And on the left, a player and a presser
فَمِنْso from هُناhere حيثُwhere تندَّىgrew dewy الزَّهرُthe flowers
فَمِنْ هُنا حيثُ تندَّى الزَّهرُ
وَمِنْand from هُناhere حيثُwhere تدلَّىhung down الثَّمَرthe fruit
وَمِنْ هُنا حيثُ تدلَّى الثَّمَر
So from here, where the flowers are dewy,
And here where the fruits dangled
And from here, where the fruit hangs down,
And you never cease playful passion
وأنتَand you لاnot تألوhold back دُعاباًplayfulness فيin الهوىlove
وأنتَ لا تألو دُعاباً في الهوى
شمٌّsmelling وتقبيلٌand kissing وand أشْيَاthings أُخرother
شمٌّ وتقبيلٌ و أشْيَا أُخر
You hold nothing back in love's playfulness:
Scent and kisses and other things
Smelling, kissing, and other things.
They said Al-Hejaz is barren when they were blind
قالواthey said الحِجازُthe Hijaz مُجدِبٌbarren لَمَّاwhen عمُواthey went blind
قالوا الحِجازُ مُجدِبٌ لَمَّا عمُوا
وَand«نُعمُNuʿm» فيهwithin it روضةٌa garden ونَهَرand a river
وَ«نُعمُ» فيه روضةٌ ونَهَر
They called the Hijaz barren when they went blind,
While in it “Na’am” is a meadow and a stream
Yet Nuʿm within it is a garden and a river.
If the lute wails the songs of passion
إنif زقَّتِshe fed العودَthe lute أناشيدَsongs الهوىof love
إن زقَّتِ العودَ أناشيدَ الهوى
حنَّyearned لهاfor her العودُthe lute وجُنَّand went mad الوترthe string
حنَّ لها العودُ وجُنَّ الوتر
If she feeds the lute songs of love,
The lute will pine and the strings will be perturbed
The lute yearns for her, and the string goes mad.
And if she claps her hands to the amusement
أوor صفَّقتْshe clapped للَّهوِfor merriment فيamong أترابهاher peers
أو صفَّقتْ للَّهوِ في أترابها
ماجَsurged لهاfor her الواديthe valley وغنَّىand sang الشَّجرthe trees
ماجَ لها الوادي وغنَّى الشَّجر
Or if she claps for merriment among her companions,
The valley sways and the trees sing
The valley surges for her, and the trees sing.
Passion lies slaughtered at her feet
الحُبُّlove مذبوحٌslaughtered علىat أقدامهاher feet
الحُبُّ مذبوحٌ على أقدامها
والحسنُand beauty فيin ألحاظهاher glances يُكَبِّرproclaims God's greatness
والحسنُ في ألحاظها يُكَبِّر
Love lies slaughtered at her feet,
And beauty in her glances glorifies
And beauty proclaims God's greatness in her glances.
The sun bared itself before her cheek
تعَرَّتِbared itself الشَّمسُthe sun علىupon وَجْنَتهاher cheek
تعَرَّتِ الشَّمسُ على وَجْنَتها
وانشقَّand split لَوif only تَعلمُyou knew أينَwhere القمَرthe moon
وانشقَّ لَو تَعلمُ أينَ القمَر
The sun bares itself upon her cheek,
It would split in two if it knew where the moon was
And the moon splits—if only you knew where!
The red grapes spilled over her lips
العِنَبُthe grapes الأحمرُred مسفُوحٌspilled علىupon
العِنَبُ الأحمرُ مسفُوحٌ على
شَفَتِهاher lip، ماwhat is الأقحوانُthe chrysanthemum الأصفَرُyellow؟!
شَفَتِها، ما الأقحوانُ الأصفَرُ؟!
Red grapes are spilled upon
What are the yellow pomegranates?!
Her lip—what is the yellow chrysanthemum?!
And the white rose, nay, her breast
والوردةُand the rose البيضاءُwhite أوor قُلْsay نَهدُهاher breast
والوردةُ البيضاءُ أو قُلْ نَهدُها
كأنهُas though it مِنْfrom خُيَلاءٍpride يَسكرgrows drunk
كأنهُ مِنْ خُيَلاءٍ يَسكر
And the white rose—or say, her breast—
As if from coquetry, intoxicated
Seems to grow drunk with pride.
Of the peach at its peak a red
مِنof ثمرِthe fruit الفِرْصادof the mulberry فيat ذُروتِهits summit الرْthe (split article)
مِن ثمرِ الفِرْصاد في ذُروتِه الرْ
رَيّانةِlush المعطارِfragrant «كَبْشٌa fruit cluster» أحمرred
رَيّانةِ المعطارِ «كَبْشٌ» أحمر
Of mulberry fruit, upon its summit—
"Ram" or the head of a blonde angel
Lush and fragrant—is a red cluster.
Carried by an affectionate blonde breast
أوor أنَّهُit is رأسُthe head ملاكٍof an angel أشقرٍfair-haired
أو أنَّهُ رأسُ ملاكٍ أشقرٍ
يحملُهُbears it صدرٌa chest حنونٌtender أشقرfair
يحملُهُ صدرٌ حنونٌ أشقر
Or it is the head of a fair-haired angel,
Tickled by a passionate brother his
Borne by a tender, fair chest.
Tongue stretched out dripping honey
دَغدغهُtickled it أخوa devotee of هوىًlove فمَدَّso it stretched out منsome of
دَغدغهُ أخو هوىً فمَدَّ من
لسانِهits tongue وand راحَbegan شَهْداًhoney يقطُرdripping
لسانِه و راحَ شَهْداً يقطُر
A lover tickled it, and it stretched out
Gently Abu al-Khattab you surpassed wishes
Its tongue and began dripping honey.
Do you see a braided crown on the horizon?
رِفقاًgently أباO father of الخطَّابal-Khattab جاوزتَyou surpassed المُنىwishes
رِفقاً أبا الخطَّاب جاوزتَ المُنى
فهلْso do ...? ترىyou see فيon الأُفقthe horizon تاجاًa crown يُضفَرis woven
فهلْ ترى في الأُفق تاجاً يُضفَر
Gently, Abu al-Khattab—you have surpassed all wishes!
Look down from the summit, at its base
Do you see a crown being woven on the horizon?
How many wings of birds are broken
أشرِفْlook down from above منfrom الذُّروةthe summit كمhow many فيon سفحهاits slope
أشرِفْ من الذُّروة كم في سفحها
للطَّيرof the birds مِنْof أجنحةٍwings تَكسَّرlie broken
للطَّير مِنْ أجنحةٍ تَكسَّر
Look down from the summit: how many, on its slopes,
Three things I lived for and lived high
Are the birds' wings that lie broken!
Passion, then poetry, then the pulpit
ثلاثةٌthree ماas long as عشتَyou lived عاشتthey lived للعُلىfor glory
ثلاثةٌ ما عشتَ عاشت للعُلى
الحُبُّlove ثُمَّthen الشِّعرُpoetry ثُمَّthen المِنبرthe pulpit
الحُبُّ ثُمَّ الشِّعرُ ثُمَّ المِنبر
Three things, as long as you lived, lived for glory:
Without you and the poetry you created
Love, then poetry, then the pulpit.
Na'am and the night of revelry would be naught but traces
لولاكَwere it not for you والشِّعرُand the poetry الذيwhich أبدعتَهُyou created it
لولاكَ والشِّعرُ الذي أبدعتَهُ
ماnot «نُعمُNuʿm»، ماnot دورانُDawran، إلاexcept أثرa trace
ما «نُعمُ»، ما دورانُ، إلا أثر
Were it not for you and the poetry you created,
Without "Jamil" "Buthaina" would not be
Nuʿm and Dawran would be nothing but a trace.
And Abla would not be without Antar
لولاbut for «جميلٌJamil» لمnot تكنexist «بُثينةٌButhayna»
لولا «جميلٌ» لم تكن «بُثينةٌ»
ولمand not تكنexist عبلةُʿAbla لولاbut for عنترʿAntar
ولم تكن عبلةُ لولا عنتر
Without Jamil, there would have been no Buthayna,
Beauty without poetry would be but a flower
And no ʿAbla without ʿAntar.
Toying with it a glance or two
ماnot الحُسنُbeauty لولاbut for الشِّعرُpoetry إلاexcept زهرةٌa flower
ما الحُسنُ لولا الشِّعرُ إلا زهرةٌ
يلهوplays بهاwith it فيfor لحظتينtwo moments النَّظرthe gaze
يلهو بها في لحظتين النَّظر
Without poetry, beauty is nothing but a flower
But if tenderness from a poet
With which the gaze plays for two moments.
Or a falling teardrop attains it
لكنهاbut it إنif أدركتْهاreaches it رقّةٌtenderness
لكنها إن أدركتْها رقّةٌ
منfrom شاعرٍa poet أوor دمعةٌa tear تنحدرfalls
من شاعرٍ أو دمعةٌ تنحدر
But if tenderness reaches it
The blood of eternity flows in its leaves
From a poet, or a tear that falls,
And the moon sleeps beneath its feet
سالتflowed دماءُthe blood الخُلدof immortality فيthrough أوراقهاits petals
سالت دماءُ الخُلد في أوراقها
ونامand slept تحتbeneath قدميهاits two feet القمرthe moon
ونام تحت قدميها القمر
The blood of immortality flows through its petals,
So wonder at one with beauty shunning a poet
And the moon sleeps beneath its feet.
Tormented by immortalizing it and repulsed
فاعجبْso marvel لِذِيat one with حُسنٍbeauty يُجافيshuns شاعراًa poet
فاعجبْ لِذِي حُسنٍ يُجافي شاعراً
يشقىtoils علىfor تخليدهِimmortalizing him وينفُرand recoils
يشقى على تخليدهِ وينفُر
Marvel, then, at a beauty who shuns a poet
Poetry is God's spirit in a poet
Toiling to immortalize that beauty, and turns away from him.
One inspires it and the other disseminates
والشعرُand poetry روحُthe spirit اللهof God فيin شاعِرٍa poet
والشعرُ روحُ الله في شاعِرٍ
ذلكthat one يُوحيهinspires it وهذاand this one يَنشُرspreads
ذلك يُوحيه وهذا يَنشُر
And poetry is God's spirit in a poet:
Its nourishment is morals in their buds
The former inspires it, and the latter spreads it.
And its water the purest modesty
غذاؤُهُits nourishment الأخلاقvirtues فيin بُرْعُمهاtheir bud
غذاؤُهُ الأخلاق في بُرْعُمها
وماؤُهُand its water ماءthe water الحياءِof modesty الأطهرpurest
وماؤُهُ ماء الحياءِ الأطهر
Its nourishment is virtue in the bud,
Sublime wisdom among its names
And its water is modesty's purest water.
And Eden among its homelands and fragrance
الحكمةُwisdom الغرَّاءradiant منamong أسمائهits names
الحكمةُ الغرَّاء من أسمائه
وand عَدْنُEden منamong أوطانهits homelands وعبْقرand ʿAbqar
و عَدْنُ من أوطانه وعبْقر
Radiant wisdom is among its names,
It has over horizons a flowering conquest
And Eden and ʿAbqar among its homelands.
And in the water's surf an even more flowering one
لهُit has علىover الآفاقthe horizons فتحٌa conquest زاهرٌradiant
لهُ على الآفاق فتحٌ زاهرٌ
وفيand in عُبابthe surge الماءof the water فتحٌa conquest أزهرluminous
وفي عُباب الماء فتحٌ أزهر
It has a radiant conquest over the horizons,
A defiant imagination drives them
And a luminous conquest amid the waters' surge.
The undefeated father of conquests
يُمضيهماaccomplishes them both منهfrom it خيالٌan imagination ماردٌmighty
يُمضيهما منه خيالٌ ماردٌ
أبوfather of الفُتُوحاتconquests الذيwho لاnot يُقهرis conquered
أبو الفُتُوحات الذي لا يُقهر
A mighty imagination within it accomplishes them both,
Knowledge clings to its causes
The father of conquests, who cannot be conquered.
So the towering mountains said and boulders
تعلَّقclung العلمُscience علىto أسبابهِits cords
تعلَّق العلمُ على أسبابهِ
فحلَّقَso soared الطَّودُthe mountain وقالand spoke الحجرthe stone
فحلَّقَ الطَّودُ وقال الحجر
Science clung to its cords,
Had poetry done it justice after you unleashed it
And the mountain soared and the stone spoke.
In streams from which sparks glare
لوif أنصفَwere fair الشِّعرُpoetry وقدand already فجَّرتَهyou made it gush
لو أنصفَ الشِّعرُ وقد فجَّرتَه
جداولاًstreams يسطَعُblazes منهاfrom them الشَّررsparks
جداولاً يسطَعُ منها الشَّرر
Had poetry been fair—now that you have made it gush
Dreams would row its tablets
In streams from which sparks blaze,
And magic disrobes itself before them
تُجذِّفُrow الأحلامُdreams فيin ألواحهits planks
تُجذِّفُ الأحلامُ في ألواحه
ويتعرَّىand bares itself عندهُنَّbefore them السَّحَرthe hour before dawn
ويتعرَّى عندهُنَّ السَّحَر
Dreams rowing upon its planks,
Had poetry done justice you would be
And dawn baring itself before them—
A sweetened kiss in its mouth, Omar
لوif أنصفwere fair الشِّعرُpoetry لكنتَthen you would be قُبلةًa kiss
لو أنصف الشِّعرُ لكنتَ قُبلةً
معسُولةًhoney-sweet فيin ثَغرهits mouth ياO عُمرʿUmar
معسُولةً في ثَغره يا عُمر
Had poetry been fair, you would have been a kiss,
Or had “Na’am” done justice after you presented her
Honey-sweet in its mouth, O ʿUmar.
As the greatest temptation, an exemplar
أوor أنصَفَتْwere fair «نُعْمُNuʿm» وقدand already أبرزتهاyou brought her forth
أو أنصَفَتْ «نُعْمُ» وقد أبرزتها
للفتنةِof allure الكبرىsupreme مثالاًa model يُؤثَرis remembered
للفتنةِ الكبرى مثالاً يُؤثَر
Or had Nuʿm been fair, since you brought her forth
In a poetic innovation none dreamed of
As a memorable model of supreme allure,
Not "Qais" nor "Kuthayyir's" elegy
فيin بدعةٍa marvel للشِّعرof poetry لمnot يَحلمdream بهاof it
في بدعةٍ للشِّعر لم يَحلم بها
«قيسٌQays» ولمand not ينهَدْrise to attempt لهاto it «كُثيِّرKuthayyir»
«قيسٌ» ولم ينهَدْ لها «كُثيِّر»
In a poetic marvel never dreamed of
It was passed from plateau to plateau
By Qays, nor attempted by Kuthayyir,
And handed down by eras
تداولتْهاpassed it along هضبةٌone hill فهَضبةٌthen another hill
تداولتْها هضبةٌ فهَضبةٌ
وناوَلتهاand handed it للخُلُودto immortality الأعصُرthe ages
وناوَلتها للخُلُود الأعصُر
Passed along from one hill to the next,
Had she done justice she would've bared her chest
And handed to immortality by the ages—
Wishing those lines be stamped
لوif أنصفَتْshe were fair لكَشَفَتْthen she would uncover عنfrom صدرِهاher chest
لو أنصفَتْ لكَشَفَتْ عن صدرِها
توَّدُshe wishes لوthat تُطبَعُbe imprinted تلكَthose الأسطرlines
توَّدُ لو تُطبَعُ تلكَ الأسطر
Had she been fair, she would have bared her breast,
And clapped for “Omar” saying
Wishing those lines could be imprinted there,
With my dark eyes this brown one
وصَفّقتand she clapped «لِعُمَرٍfor ʿUmar» قائلةًsaying
وصَفّقت «لِعُمَرٍ» قائلةً
بناظريin my pupil الأسودِblack هذاthis الأسمَرbrown-skinned man
بناظري الأسودِ هذا الأسمَر
And clapped for ʿUmar, saying:
“Within my black pupil is this brown-skinned man.”
Partial English translation: 108 of 110 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1