Sol 6.1

  1. سَأرمِي بِنَبلِي ذائِدا عن حِمَى نُبلِي

    وَأغتَرُّ حَظِّي بالغُرَيرِيَّةِ الفُتلِ

    I shall shoot my arrows, defending the sanctuary of my nobility,

    And catch my fortune unawares on strong-limbed Ghurayri camels,

  2. قَدِيراً علَى نَيلِ الأَمَانِيِّ عَنوَةً

    إِذا لَم تُنِلنيهَأ اللَّيالي على رِسلِ

    Able to win my wishes by force,

    If the nights do not grant them to me with ease.

  3. إذا سَأَلَت مِنِّي القَبَائِلُ نِسبَةً

    كَتَبتُ لَها أصلِي عَلَى ظُبَتَي نَصلِي

    When the tribes ask me for my lineage,

    I inscribe my ancestry for them on my blade's two edges.

  4. تُعَزِّزُ نَفسِي هِمَّةٌ نَشَأت مَعِي

    فَلَن تُبتَغَى بَعدِي وَلا وُجِدَت قَبلِي

    An ambition born with me fortifies my soul,

    Never to be sought after me, nor found before me.

  5. وَفي زَمَنٍ أغضَى لِيَخبُرَ أهلَهُ

    فَأكسَبَهُ الإِغضَاءُ ضَرباً مِنَ الخَبلِ

    And in an age that shut its eyes to test its people,

    Shutting its eyes brought it a kind of madness.

  6. وَأصبحَتِ الأعجَازُ فِي غَفلاتِهِ

    هَوَادِيَ والهَامَاتُ يُوطَأنَ بِالنَّعلِ

    And in its heedless moments, hindquarters became

    Foreparts, and heads were trampled under sandals.

  7. وَعُدَّ النَّدَى تَبذِيرَ مَالٍ عَلَى الفَتَى

    وَخَوضُ الوَغَى رَأياً بَعِيداً مَنَ العَقلِ

    And generosity was deemed a young man's squandering of wealth,

    And plunging into battle a decision far removed from reason.

  8. ولا تُشتَرَى اليومَ السُّيوفُ لِقَطعِهَا

    وَلَكِن لِحُسنِ الحَليِ أو رَونَقِ الصَّّقلِ

    Nor are swords bought today for their cutting power,

    But for the beauty of their adornments or the gleam of their polish.

  9. ولا تُوهَبُ المَدَّاحُ عَن حُرِّ مَدحِهَا

    وَلَكن عَلَى قَدرِ الفُكَاهَةِ وَالهَزلِ

    Nor are panegyrists given gifts for their noble praise,

    But in proportion to their humor and jest.

  10. فَلَولا ابنُ عَبدِ اللهِ مَا لاحَ لِلنّدَى

    جَبِينٌ وَلا اقتَادَ السَّمَاحُ مِنَ البُخلِ

    But for Ibn Abd Allah, generosity would never have shown

    A brow, nor would openhandedness have taken vengeance on miserliness.

  11. وَولا أبُو عَبدِ الإلاهِ بنُ سَبرَةٍ

    لأضحَى نِجَارُ المَجدِ مُنقَطِعَ النَّسلِ

    And but for Abu Abd al-Ilah ibn Sabra,

    The stock of glory would have become bereft of offspring.

  12. وَلولا أيادِيهِ المُبَدِّدُ شَملَهَا

    نَداهُ لَكَانَ الجُودُ مُفتَرِقَ الشَّملِ

    And but for his favors, scattered abroad

    By his bounty, generosity itself would have been scattered.

  13. وَمَا كُنتُ لَولا أَنتَ إلا مُزَمِّماً

    رَكَابِي مُثٍِيراً عَن بَلنسِيَةٍ رَحلِي

    And but for you, I would only have been haltering

    My riding camels, moving my baggage away from Valencia,

  14. وُمستَبدِلاً أهلاً سِوَاهَا وَمَنزِلاً

    وَإِن كَانَ فِيهَا مَنزِلي وَبِهَا أهلِي

    And exchanging my people and home for others elsewhere,

    Though my home is there, and there my family.

  15. فَأمرُكَ لِي بِالمُكثِ فِيهَا إقَامَةٌ

    وَصَلتُ بِهَا أهلِي وَصُنتُ بِهَا إبلِي

    So your command that I remain there sustains me:

    Through it I have aided my family and safeguarded my camels.