أنطقت بارعة يرى — Haidar Alheli — Saqi

أنطقتَ بارعةً يرى
حتَّى العدوُّ وفاقَها
You gave voice to an eloquent beauty; even
the enemy recognizes her harmony.
تأبى النزاهة أن يذمَّ
ذوو الكمال نفاقَها
Integrity will not allow
men of excellence to disparage her popularity.
فهي الهديُّ لكفؤها
والصدق كانَ صداقَها
She is the bride of her worthy match,
and truth was her bridal dower.
عذُبتْ مقالتها فما
أحلى الغداة مذاقَها
Her speech was sweet—how
sweet her savor is this morning!
إنِّي رأيتُ محمداً
فضلَ الأنام وفاقَها
Indeed, I have seen Muhammad
excel humankind and surpass them.
فات الأفاضلَ لاحقاً
حتَّى شأى سبَّاقَها
Coming later, he outstripped the eminent,
until he outpaced even their frontrunners.
ورقى معارج ما امتطى
أحدٌ سواه بُراقَها
And he climbed ascents; none had mounted
their Buraq save him.
ما زالَ يخرقُ من سما
وات العلوم طباقَها
He kept piercing the heavens
of learning, tier after tier,
حتَّى لقد ضربتْ على
السبع الطباق رواقَها
until indeed it pitched above
the seven layered heavens its canopy.
وغدتْ لخدمةِ سعده ال
جوزا تشدُّ نطاقَها
And to serve his good fortune came
al-Jawza, tightening her girdle.
هذا الذي راقته أبكا
رُ العلاء وراقَها
This is he whom the virgins
of eminence delighted, and he delighted them,
بمناقبٍ غرٍّ أهلَّ
تها أمن محاقَها
with radiant virtues, whose crescents
he trusted would not wane.
زهرتْ سماءُ الفضل لمَّ
ا زيَّنت آفاقَها
The sky of excellence shone when
they adorned its horizons.
يا مَن لحلبة فضله
أجري يروم لحاقَها
O you who, against the racers of his excellence,
were set running, hoping to catch up with them,
قفْ حيثُ أنت وخلِّ
محرزة المدى وسباقَها
stop where you are, and leave
the course-winner and its frontrunners alone.
قد أحرزَ الغايات مَن
أجرى لهنَّ عتاقَها
The goals have been won by him
who set its thoroughbreds racing toward them.
فإليك عن لججٍ نهي
نَك أن تخوضَ عماقَها
So keep away from deep seas that have forbidden
you to plunge into their depths.
هذي رسائله فقفْ
متصفِّحاً أوراقَها
These are his letters; so pause,
leafing through their pages.
ترَها عقائل فكرةٍ
أخذ النهى ميثاقَها
You will see them as noble ladies of thought,
whose pledge reason has taken,
وحدائقاً فيها المعا
لي نزَّهت أحداقَها
and gardens where lofty
glories have feasted their eyes.
وشدتْ بها ورقُ الثنا
مذْ شاهدتْ إيراقَها
And the gray doves of praise sang in them
from the moment they saw them burst into leaf.
وتلذذ الذوقُ السليمُ
بها عشيَّة ذاقَها
And sound taste took delight
in them, on the evening it tasted them.