Poems
- أتانا البريد التغلبي فراعناThe Taghlibi courier came to us and struck us with dread.
- أرقت فما أنام ولا أنيمI have lain awake: I neither sleep nor let others sleep.
- بيض نواعم ما هممن بريبةFair, delicate women who have never contemplated wrongdoing,
- جاد الربيع بشوطى رسم منزلةSpring lavishly watered the traces of a dwelling at Shawṭā.
- حللنا آمنين بخير عيشWe dwelt secure, enjoying the best of life,
- سخنة في الشتاء باردة الصيفWarm in winter, cool in summer,
- سليمى أزمعت بيناSulayma resolved to depart;
- سمين قريش مانع منك لحمهThe fat one of Quraysh withholds his flesh from you,
- غراب وظبي أعضب القرن نادباًA raven and a broken-horned gazelle lament
- قالت وعيش أخي وذمة والديShe said, “By my brother’s life and my father’s honor,
- كأنما عائبها دائباIt is as though the one who ceaselessly finds fault with her
- لا بكر لي إذ دعوت بكراًNo Bakr was there for me when I called to Bakr;
- لا يبعد الله حسادي وزادهمMay God not banish my enviers, and may He increase their number,
- لسعدى موحش طلل قديمAn old, desolate remnant of Su'da's dwelling lies
- لقد علمت وما الإسراف من خلقيI know full well—and extravagance is not in my nature—
- من لعين كثيرة الهملانWho will soothe an eye that sheds such copious tears,
- نبئت أن رجالا خاف بعضهمI was informed that some men feared
- وتفرقوا بعد الجميع لنيةAnd they were separated after everyone with intention
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