Poems
- أبهذا تجزين شوقي ؟An apparition passed in the night and called me
- أخلفت وعديYou broke the promise made to me, Jihan;
- اذا ذكرت النوىO my friend, sorrows stirred at what
- أسست بالتوحيد أعظم أمةThe Mother of Cities sends the noblest greeting,
- أقول وقد حن الفؤادAnd when she appeared, her face was not the face it had been,
- العدل أقوامGod is greatest, and the signs take shape.
- بمكة نور قد سرىIn Mecca, light and radiance have spread;
- بين أفنان جنةYou are an ocean of pure femininity
- تطاول ليليMy night grew long, and I could not endure;
- تواضعت للرحمن فيما ينوبنيI humbled myself before the All-Merciful in whatever befalls me,
- حتى استقلت بقلبيIndeed, she who robbed you of sleep is laughing
- حي الطلول ونب عن أخبارهاGreet the ruined dwellings and tell their stories.
- حي قبرًا بجانب الآكامSalute a grave beside the hillocks,
- خطت سطور البينShe penned the lines of parting after affection
- دع عتك مَن يدعي زورا أخوتهLeave aside whoever falsely claims brotherhood with you.
- دعاك بعد النوى ادكارRemembrance called you after separation,
- دعوتك ربي فاستجبI have called upon You, my Lord; answer one who hopes in You,
- ذكراك تبقى ما بقيتI will remember you as long as I live
- رأيت بنور اللهI saw by God's light what is to come,
- رمضان أقبلRamadan has come, spreading the garment of piety
- سدرة المنتهىFrom longing's burning thirst, its summons called you;
- سرى الشوق والسهادLonging and sleeplessness traveled by night,
- سلام على تلك الديار وأهلهاPeace be upon those abodes and their people,
- صلى عليك اللهWhat has coursed there through its flint?
- طال عهد السهادLong has my sleepless vigil lasted into the pre-dawn,
- طال ليلي وناوأتني الشجونMy night grew long, and sorrows assailed me.
- عجبت لقوم أطلقوا سهم مكرهمI marvel at a people who loosed the arrow of their guile,
- عصف السهد والنوىSleeplessness and separation have ravaged my heart,
- عقد الأسى بالقلبGrief knotted a cord of affection in the heart,
- عودوا الى الرحمنCorruption has appeared, and nothing restrains them
- فاذكر وقوفك للحساب غداًYou go on lampooning me and insulting me;
- فاصبر لربكI have surrendered my face to the One
- فسبح بحمد اللهExalted are You, Lord of mankind; You are the One in whom hope is placed.
- في أم المؤمنين عائشةWhat can poetry and poets say?
- في هجاء شيخ كذوبI am astonished at an old man: Death has loosed its arrow
- في وصف الصحراء والمطر والصيدTell the herders of the wide-eyed antelopes on her sandy plain
- في وصف يوم حارA blaze appears from the scorching ground, as though
- كل عام وانت بالخير تنعمEvery year may you live in prosperity
- لغة الضادIn the loftiness of the language of Ḍād has believed
- لقد طال هذا الليلSorrows called to you, spending the night close to you,
- لقد قلت للعينينI said to my two eyes, the day they poured forth
- لله أشكو شجونًاTo God I complain of sorrows whose night-visitor made off
- لو أنها تصغيI swear by my Lord, I have never seen one like her
- لو كانت الأشعار تنطقIf poems could speak, they would pledge allegiance
- لي في الهوى حرفانIn love I have two letters; heartache has already led the way
- ليل في أعينيYour sorrow summoned you, so your eyelids lie awake,
- ماذا دعاك إلى التذكرWhat prompted you to remember, after
- مازال طيفكYour apparition still lingers before dawn,
- نبئت اقواماً تلوم بلا سببI was told of people who blame without cause;
- نور اضاء المشرقينThe light shone brightly on the auspicious side
- هتف البيانEloquence cried out, alarming the fearful heart,
- هو النور من النور جاءThe harbingers of worry and the approaching night have returned,
- وهمسة اتبعت فؤاديA phantom's image passed by night;
- ياخلة النفسI awoke amid a blessing for which I thank God;
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