Poems
- أثني عليك بأن باعك ضيقI praise you for your narrow reach,
- أطال الله شأنك من غلامMay God long preserve your standing, young man!
- أَلا يا فيض كنت أَراك فيضاAh, Fayḍ—I once thought you abundance itself;
- بكى الخز من روح وأنكر جلدهThe silken cloth wept because of Rawh and rejected his skin.
- سميت روحا وأنت الغم قد علمواYou were named Rawh—“relief”—yet you are grief, as they well know.
- سميت فيضا وما شيء تفيض بهYou were named Fayḍ (‘Overflow’), yet there is nothing you pour forth
- فثناؤنا شر الثناء عليكمSo our praise of you is the worst of praise,
- نكحت المديني إذ جاءنيI married the Medinese when he came to me,
- وليس فيض بفياض العطاء لناAnd Fayḍ does not overflow with generosity toward us;
- وهل أنا إلا مهرة عربيةAnd am I anything but a pure Arabian filly—
- ويطربني منها حديث كأنهIt delights me with a tale as if it were
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