Sol 6.1

  1. سَقى اللَهُ بِالأَجرَعَينِ الدِيارا

    مُلِثّاً يُرَوّي العِراصَ القِفارا

    May God water the dwellings at al-Ajra'ayn

    with unceasing rain that drenches the deserted courtyards.

  2. تَرى مُومِضَ البَرقِ في جانِبَيْ

    هِ يَبدُو مِراراً وَيَخبُو مِرارا

    You see the lightning's flash on either side

    of it, appearing time and again and fading time and again.

  3. إِذا ما سَرى مُنجِداً في الرَبابِ

    رَبابِ الأَعاصِيرِ ثَنّى فَغارا

    Whenever it travels by night, rising through the clouds—

    the clouds of whirlwinds—it turns back and descends.

  4. تَظُنَّ سَناهُ إِذا ما اِستَطارَ

    عَلى كُلِّ صَمدٍ مِنَ الأَرضِ نارا

    You would take its radiance, when it spreads

    over every rise in the land, for fire.

  5. تَبَوَّجَ مُستَشرِياً في الظَلامِ

    إِذا اِبتَدَرَ الأُفعُوانُ الوِجارا

    It blazes, spreading fiercely through the darkness,

    as the great serpent darts toward its den.

  6. كَأَنَّ رَواعِدَهُ في الصَبِيرِ

    حَنينُ العِشارِ تلاقي العِشارا

    As though its thunderclaps within the massed cloud

    were the yearning cries of pregnant she-camels meeting their kind.

  7. وَطَيفٍ أَتى زائِراً في الظَلامِ

    فَهَيَّجَ لي لَوعَةً حينَ زارا

    And a dream-vision came visiting in the darkness,

    stirring a burning anguish in me when it visited.

  8. وَفارَقَني حينَ وافى الصَباحُ

    فَخِلتُ النَهارَ تَلَقّى نَهارا

    It left me when morning arrived,

    so I thought daylight had met another daylight.

  9. وَكَم لَيلَةٍ بِتُّ مِمّا أَحِنْ

    نُ لا أَطعَمُ النَومَ إِلّا غِرارا

    And many a night I have spent, because of my longing,

    tasting sleep only in fleeting snatches.

  10. وَكُنتُ أُحِبُّ اللَيالي الطِوالَ

    فَصِرتُ أُحِبُّ اللَيالي القِصارا

    I once loved the long nights,

    but came to love the short nights.

  11. وَدَيمُومَةٍ مِثلِ ظَهرِ المِجَنِّ

    سَقانا سُرى اللَيلِ فِيها عُقارا

    And many a trackless waste, like the back of a shield,

    where night travel gave us wine to drink.

  12. إِذا ما جَذَبنا بُرى اليَعمَلاتِ

    بَينَ المَخارِمِ ظَلَّت تَبارى

    Whenever we pulled the nose-rings of the hardy she-camels

    among the mountain passes, they kept racing one another.

  13. يَطَأنَ الحَصى في شِهابِ الهَجيرِ

    فَتَحسَبُ في كُلِّ عُودٍ هِجارا

    They tread the pebbles in the blaze of midday heat,

    so you would think each old camel wore a hobble.

  14. تَوَخَّينَ شَهرَينِ حَتّى أَتَينَ

    إِلى الرَقَتَينِ رَذايا حِسارا

    They traveled toward their goal for two months until they came

    to al-Raqqatayn, worn down and exhausted.

  15. وَأَمَّمنَ بَحراً إِذا ما شَرَعنَ

    إِلى مائِهِ العَذبِ عِفنَ البِحارا

    And they sought a sea; whenever they came down

    to its sweet water, they spurned all other seas.

  16. أَقُولُ لِصَحبي بِجَوِّ الغُمَيرِ

    وَقَد ضَلَّ حادِي المَطايا وَحارا

    I say to my companions in the open country of al-Ghumayr,

    when the camels' driver had lost his way and was bewildered:

  17. تَيامَنتُمُ عَن بِلادِ المُعِزِّ

    فَعُوجُوا يَساراً تُصِيبُوا يَسارا

    You have veered right, away from al-Mu'izz's lands;

    so turn left, and you will find prosperity.

  18. وَلاقُوا أَمِيراً قَليلَ النَظيرِ

    يُحِبُّ الثَناءَ وَيَشنا النُضارا

    And meet a prince with few equals,

    who loves praise and hates gold.

  19. كَرِيمُ النِجارِ عَفيفُ الإِزارِ

    حَوى المَكرُماتِ وَشادَ الفَخارا

    Noble of stock, his waistcloth unsullied,

    he has gathered noble deeds and built up glory.

  20. أَعادَ وَأَبدا وَلِلفَضلِ أَسدى

    وَلِلقِرنِ أَردى وَلِلرِيحِ بارى

    He has given again and anew, and bestowed bounty,

    and laid his rival low, and vied with the wind.

  21. كَريمُ الصَنيعَةِ ضَخمُ الدَسِيعَةِ

    سَهلُ الشَريعَةِ لَم يَأتِ عارا

    He is generous in kindness, abundant in largesse;

    his watering-place is easy to reach; he has done nothing shameful.

  22. غَناءُ الفَقيرِ وَنِعمَ النَصيرُ

    إِذا المُستَجِيرُ إِلَيهِ اِستَجارا

    The poor man's support, and an excellent defender

    when a seeker of refuge seeks his protection.

  23. يَفُكُّ الأَسارى وَيَحمي العَذارى

    وَيُعطِي المَهارى وَيُفني المِهارا

    He frees the captives and protects the maidens,

    and gives away Mahri camels and wears out colts.

  24. إِذا حَلَّ في البَدوِ زانَ العَمُودَ

    وَإِن حَلَّ في الحَضرِ زانَ الجِدارا

    When he settles in the desert, he graces the tent-pole;

    and if he settles in town, he graces the wall.

  25. أَبا صالِحٍ قَد فَضَلتَ المُلُوكَ

    فَعُدتَ يَميناً وَعادُوا يَسارا

    O Abu Salih, you have surpassed kings,

    so you became the right hand, and they the left.

  26. وَأَلبَسَكَ اللَهُ ثَوبَ الوَقارِ

    فَلا نَزَعَ اللَهُ عَنكَ الوَقارا

    And God has clothed you in the robe of dignity;

    may God never strip dignity from you.

  27. تَحَوَّلتَ بِالأَمسِ عَن مَوضِعٍ

    فَآنَستَ داراً وَأَوحَشتَ دارا

    You moved yesterday from one place,

    gladdening one dwelling and leaving another desolate.

  28. فَبُورِكَ في أَيِّ أَرضٍ حَلَلتَ

    وَسَقى الإِلهُ ثَراها القِطارا

    So blessed be whatever land you settle in,

    and may God water its soil with showers.

  29. وَلا عَدِمَت مِنكَ هَذى الدُسُوتُ

    رَواحاً إِلى أَهلِها وَاِبتِكارا

    And may these seats of honor never be deprived of your

    evening and early-morning visits to their people.

  30. فَإِنَّكَ أَعلى مُلوك الزَمانِ

    مَحَلّاً وَأَزكى البَرايا نِجارا

    For you are the highest of the kings of the age

    in station, and the purest of mankind in lineage.

  31. جَميلُكَ طَوَّلَ قَدري فَطالَ

    وَذِكرُكَ سَيَّرَ ذِكري فَسارا

    Your kindness raised my standing, and high it rose;

    and your renown set my renown traveling, and it traveled.