Poems
- إن أنوشروان ما فيهIndeed, Anushirwan has nothing in him
- إن عندي للمعين يداIndeed, al-Muʿīn has done me a kindness,
- بأبي من رأيته يتثنىMay my father be ransom for the one I saw swaying.
- دع الهوى لأناس يعرفون بهLeave passion to people known for it.
- رب نارنجة تأملت منهاIn many a bitter orange I have beheld
- سألتك التوقيع في قصتيI asked you for a written endorsement on my petition,
- شكرت بوابك إذ ردنيI thanked your doorkeeper when he turned me away,
- فإن جحدت أجفانه سفكها دميFor if his eyelids deny shedding my blood,
- قصدت أروم لقاء الوزيرI went, seeking to meet the minister,
- لا الصبر ناصره إن ضامه كمدNeither patience aids him if sorrow oppresses him
- لا غرو أن أخلف ميعادهNo wonder he broke his promise—
- لا غرو من جزعي لبينهمNo need to wonder at my grief for them
- وزيرنا ليس له عادةOur minister has no habit
- وما عشقي له وحشا لأنيMy love for him, ugly as he is, is not because
- يا جاهلا قدر المحبة ساءنيO you ignorant of love’s worth, I am grieved
- يا من إليه المشتكىO you to whom complaints are brought
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