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It was turned aside from any praise

صرفت صرفا سوى مدح

1. It was turned aside from any praise
Filled with the sweetness of speech

١. صُرِفَتْ صَرْفاً سِوى مِدَحٍ
مَلأَتْهَا عَذْبَة الكَلِمِ

2. And it has offered the harvest of a tree
Smiling in the gloom of place

٢. ولَقَدْ أهْدَتْ جَنَى شَجرٍ
فِي عُبوسِ المَحْلِ مُبْتَسِمِ

3. For a brother, whose memory
Is dearer to my heart than a smooth necklace

٣. لأخٍ أَشْهَى علَى كَبِدِي
ذِكْرُهُ مِنْ سَلْسَلٍ شَبِمِ

4. From Zuhair in eloquence or
In the perfection of generosity, from Harim

٤. منْ زُهَيْرٍ في الإجَادَةِ أَوْ
فِي فِنَاءِ الجُودِ مِنْ هَرِمِ

5. The virtues have found rest when they have come
To be, through him, bound in kinship

٥. راحَت الآدابُ حِينَ غَدَتْ
عِنْدَهُ مَوْصُولَةَ الرَّحِمِ