Sol 6.1

  1. يا ظَبيَ ذاكَ الأَجرَعِ المُنقادِ

    هَل بِتَّ تَعلَمُ كَيفَ حالُ فُؤادي

    O gazelle of that gently sloping sandy tract,

    have you spent the night aware of how my heart fares?

  2. أَم هَل عَرَتكَ مِنَ الغَرامِ صَبابَةٌ

    تَرَكَت رُقادَكِ غارِباً كَرُقادي

    Or has a yearning born of love assailed you,

    banishing your sleep, as mine was banished?

  3. إِنَّ الَّتي مَلَكَت قِيادَكَ في الهَوى

    مَلَكَت قِيادَكَ في الهَوى وَقِيادي

    Indeed, she who holds your reins in love

    holds your reins in love, and mine as well.

  4. وَلَقَد أَلَمَّ بِنا الخَيالُ يَمَسُّهُ

    نَصَبٌ مِنَ الإِتهامِ وَالإِنجادِ

    A vision indeed visited us, touched

    by weariness from journeying through Tihama and Najd,

  5. مُتَأَوِّياً يَعلو مَناكِبَ سابِحٍ

    عاري المَناكِبِ أَو قَرارَةَ وادي

    seeking shelter, passing over a swift steed's shoulders,

    its shoulders bare, or over a valley's floor.

  6. أَهلاً بِذَلِكُمُ الخَيال فَإِنَّهُ

    وافى فَأَسعَدَني بِقُربِ سُعادِ

    Welcome to that vision, for it

    arrived and gladdened me with Su'ad's nearness.

  7. أَسرى وَأَسرَت بي إِلَيهِ ضَمائِري

    فَكَأَنَّنا كُنّا عَلى ميعادِ

    It traveled by night, and my secret thoughts bore me by night toward it,

    as though we had arranged to meet.

  8. يا طيفُ كَيفَ خَلَصتَ حينَ طَرَقتَني

    مِن زَحمَةِ الأَفكارِ حَولَ فُؤادي

    O phantom, how, when you came by night, did you pass

    through the throng of thoughts around my heart?

  9. هَمٌّ نَفى عَنّي الرُقادَ وَهِمَّةٌ

    تَرَكَت رِكابي طُلَّحاً وَجِيادي

    Care banished sleep from me, and ambition

    left my riding camels and fine horses exhausted.

  10. وَلَقَد تَخَيّرتُ المُلوكَ فَلَم أَجِد

    حَتّى وَجَدتَكَ بُغيتي وَمُرادي

    I searched for the best among kings, but found none,

    until I found you, my desire and my aim.

  11. وَمَدَحتُ قَبلَكَ في الشَبيبَةِ مَعشَراً

    ضَيَّعتُ فيهِم شِرَّتي وَمِدادي

    Before you, in my youth, I praised a company

    on whom I squandered my youthful ardor and my ink.

  12. وَرَفَعتَني عَنهُم إِلى أَن أَضرَموا

    نارَ المُروَّةِ مِن شَرارِ زِنادِ

    You raised me above them, until they kindled

    the fire of noble virtue from sparks of flint.

  13. أَعطَيتَني ما لَو سَعَيتُ لِجَمعِهِ

    لَمَلَأتُ مِن كَنزِ الكُنوزِ بِلادي

    You gave me what, had I striven to gather it,

    I would have filled my lands with hoarded treasure.

  14. وَوُصِفتُ عِندَكَ بِالسَخاءِ وَإِنَّما

    ثَمَدي بِقيَّةُ سَيلِ هَذا الوادي

    I have been called generous in your presence, yet

    my shallow pool is only a remnant of this valley's flood.

  15. أَيقَنتُ أَنَّكَ لي عَتادٌ صالِحٌ

    فَوَهَبتُ لِلذّكرِ الجَميلِ عَتادي

    I knew that you were a sure resource for me,

    so I gave my stores away for honorable remembrance.

  16. يُثنى عَلَيكَ لِما نَجودُ لِأَنَّهُ

    مِن جُودِ كَفِّكَ جادَ كُلُّ جَوادِ

    You are praised for what we give, for

    every generous giver gives from your hand's bounty.

  17. قَد يُحمَدُ المَرعى الخَصيبُ وَإِنَّما

    دَرُّ الغَمامِ أَحَقُّ بِالإِحمادِ

    The lush pasture may be praised, but

    the clouds' milk is more deserving of praise.

  18. يا خَيرَ مَن حَمَلَ النِجادَ وَقَلبُهُ

    مِثلُ الَّذي في غِمدِ كُلِّ نِجادِ

    O best of those who bear the sword-belt, whose heart

    is like what lies in every sword-belt's sheath.

  19. جَبنَّتَ عَنتَرَةَ الكُماةِ وَبَخَّلَت

    هَذي الأَيادي الغُرُّ كَعبَ أَيادِ

    You made the warriors' 'Antarah seem a coward, and

    these radiant favors made Ka'b of Iyad seem a miser.

  20. وَغَدَوتَ بَحراً لا يُعافُ لِوارِدٍ

    وَلِصادِرٍ وَلِرائِحٍ وَلِغادي

    You have become a sea never shunned by one coming to drink,

    or one departing, or traveling at evening or at dawn.

  21. حَمَدَتكَ نُجّاعُ البِلادِ وَصُدِّقَت

    في خِصبِ أَرضِكَ سائِرُ الروّادِ

    Pasture-seekers across the lands have praised you, and

    all scouts were proved right about your land's fertility.

  22. مُتَعَوِّدٌ لِلفَضلِ مِن زَمَنِ الصِبا

    وَالفَضلُ أَفضَلُ عادَةِ المُعتادِ

    You have been accustomed to generosity since childhood,

    and generosity is the finest habit one can acquire.

  23. لَو كُنتَ مِن زَمَنِ الأَوائِلِ لَم تَطُل

    بَكرٌ بِذكرِ الحارِثِ بنِ عَبادِ

    Had you lived in the days of the ancients, never would

    Bakr have boasted of al-Harith ibn 'Abbad.

  24. تَسمُو بِجَدِّكَ أَو بِجَدِّكَ إِنَّما

    يَسمُو الفَتى بِالجَدِّ وَالأَجدادِ

    You rise by your good fortune or your grandsire; indeed,

    a man rises only by good fortune and forefathers.

  25. وَتَسيرُ في طُرُقِ المَكارِمِ وَالعُلى

    مِن غَيرِ أَن تَرضى هِدايَةَ هادِ

    You travel the paths of noble deeds and high renown,

    without accepting guidance from any guide.

  26. لِلّهِ أَنتَ فَأَنتَ غَيرَ مُدافَعٍ

    بَحرُ النَدى وَشِهابُ هَذا النادي

    God bless you! You are, beyond dispute,

    the sea of bounty and this assembly's blazing star.

  27. أَحيَيتَ ذِكرَ أَبي عَلِيٍ صالِحٍ

    في كُلِّ يَومِ وَغىً وَيَومِ جِلادِ

    You revived the memory of Abu 'Ali Salih

    on every day of battle and every day of combat.

  28. وَبَنَيتَ فَخراً لَيسَ يُدرَكُ رَسمُهُ

    مِن وَجهِ إِدريسٍ وَلا شَدّادِ

    You built a glory whose outline cannot be reached

    from Idris's vantage, nor from Shaddad's.

  29. يا بنَ المَرادِسَةِ الَّذينَ صُدورُهُم

    لِلجاهِلينَ سَليمَةُ الأَحقادِ

    O son of the Mirdasids, whose breasts,

    even toward the ignorant, are free of rancor;

  30. الفائِزينَ الحائِزينَ مَناقِباً

    مِثلَ النُجومِ كَثيرَةَ الأَعدادِ

    the triumphant possessors of virtues

    as numerous as the stars;

  31. أُسُدٌ مَجاثِمُها الدُسوتُ وَقَلَّما

    تُلقى الدُسوتُ مَجاثِمَ الآسادِ

    lions whose lairs are thrones—and seldom

    are thrones found to be the lairs of lions!

  32. بيضُ الوُجوهِ يَرُونَ أَنكَرَ مُنكَرٍ

    خبءَ السُيوفِ البِيضِ في الأَغمادِ

    Bright-faced, they deem the vilest wrong

    the hiding of gleaming swords within their sheaths.

  33. إِنَّ الإِمامَةَ لَم تُسَمِّكَ عُمدَةً

    حَتّى رَأَتكَ لَها أَشَدَّ عِمادِ

    The Imamate did not name you 'Mainstay'

    until it saw in you its strongest pillar.

  34. وَلَقَد كَشَفتُ وَإِنَّني لَكَ ناصِحٌ

    فَكَشَفتُ محضَ هَوىً وَصِدقَ وِدادِ

    I made inquiry—and I am your sincere adviser—

    and uncovered pure affection and true friendship.

  35. وَوَجَدتُ قَدرَكَ كُلُّ قَدرٍ دونَهُ

    عِندَ الإِمامِ ابن الإِمامِ الهادي

    I found your rank above all other ranks

    with the Imam, son of the guiding Imam.

  36. وَرَجَعتُ نَحوَكَ ظافِراً لَكَ بِالمُنى

    وَبَغيظِ حُسّادٍ وَكَبتِ أَعادي

    I returned toward you, having secured your wishes,

    and with enviers enraged and enemies abased.

  37. إِنّي كَظَنِّكَ فيَّ شاهِدٍ

    لَكَ فاغنَ لي عَن سائِرِ الأَشهادِ

    I am, as you think of me, a witness

    for you; suffice me in place of all other witnesses.

  38. فَأَنا الَّذي لَو داسَ أَخمَصُكَ الثَرى

    لَجَعَلتُهُ في أَسوَدي وَسَوادي

    For I am he who, if your foot's hollow trod the dust,

    would place it in the black of my eye and my heart's core,

  39. حَسَباً عَلى مَرِّ الزَمانِ وَصُحبَةً

    أَزَلِيَّةً الأَطنابِ وَالأَوتادِ

    as an honor through the ages, and a fellowship

    with eternal tent-ropes and pegs.

  40. لا تَختَطي إِبِلي ذَراكَ وَلا تُرى

    إِلّا إِلَيكَ مَوائِرَ الأَعضادِ

    My camels do not pass beyond your shelter, nor are they seen

    except toward you, their forelegs churning.