Sol 6.1

  1. أنِخ يا سعدُ ناجية القِلاص

    بحيث الدارُ طيبةُ العِراص

    Make the swift young she-camel kneel, O Sa'd,

    Where the dwelling's courtyards are pleasant.

  2. وعُد فأعِد حقائبها بطاناً

    بنائل موئل النِفر الخِماص

    And return, bringing her saddlebags back full

    With bounty from the refuge of hungry men.

  3. فثمَّة ضاحك العرصات عمَّت

    نوافلُه الأداني والأقاصي

    For there is one whose courtyards smile; all-embracing

    Are his gifts to those near and far.

  4. بها حلَّت تميمتُها المعالي

    وأمست وهي مُرخية العِقاص

    There lofty glory unfastened her amulet,

    And passed the evening with her braids let down.

  5. أما وندىً كم انتاش ابنُ دهرٍ

    به نصب البلا شرك اقتناص

    Ah, by a bounty that rescued many a child of time,

    For whom affliction had set a hunting snare,

  6. له خلص الثناءُ على مجيدٍ

    به وجد السبيلُ إلى الخلاص

    Whose praise of a noble giver was unalloyed,

    Through whom the path to deliverance was found:

  7. أغرُّ يرى دلاص الحمد أضفى

    على عِرض الكريم من الدلاص

    A radiant man who deems praise's mail more ample

    Over a noble man's honor than coats of mail.

  8. ترقَّى في العَلاء بحيث منها

    تبوَّء في الذوائبِ والنواصي

    He rose in eminence to such a height

    That he dwelt among its crowning locks and forelocks.

  9. شرى دُرر الثنا تغلو ونادى

    أوفري أنتَ عندي في ارتخاص

    He bought the pearls of praise as their price rose, and cried:

    O my wealth, you are of little worth to me!

  10. ويا عَرضي هدرتُ دِماك جوداً

    ويا عِرضي اقترح شرف القصاص

    And O my possessions, I have squandered your blood in generosity;

    And O my honor, demand the glory of retribution.

  11. فقل يا بحرُ مدُّك رهن جزرٍ

    وقل يا بدرُ تمُّك لانتقاص

    So say: O sea, your flood is hostage to an ebb;

    And say: O full moon, your fullness is destined to wane.

  12. دعي دَعوى الفخارِ فكلُّ فخرٍ

    به لمحمدٍ شرفُ اختصاص

    Abandon your claim to glory, for in every glory

    Muhammad has the honor of being unrivalled.