Poems
- أبناء فاطمة رسل العلا رضعواFatimah’s sons suckled the milk of eminence,
- إذ دعا الندمان طيبا سقنيWhen the drinking companion called cheerfully, “Give me to drink
- إذا عدا واشتد في طلابهWhen he runs and strives hard in his pursuit,
- أرقت وقد غنى الحمام الهواتفI lay sleepless while the calling doves sang
- أقصر عن لومي اللائمThe reproacher desisted from blaming me
- أما الفراق فلي في يومه فرقAs for parting, on its very day I am all fear.
- إنا إلي الله في الرزء الذي فجعاTo God we turn in the calamity that has brought us grief,
- أهوى لها أسفع الخدين مطرقA dark-cheeked bird swooped toward her, with overlapping
- أيا ناصر الدين لم أنتصرO Nasir al-Din, I have won no victory
- بإحدى هذه الخيمات جارهIn one of these tents is a neighbor,
- بتنا وبات البرد يضربه الندىWe spent the night, while dew beat upon the cloak,
- بكل خميس بعيد المدىWith every far-ranging army,
- بكيت لها شجوا وهن الحمائمI wept for them in sorrow—they were the doves;
- تشدو بعيدان الأراك حمامةA dove sings among the arak’s boughs—
- تفرغت من شغل العداوة والظعنI freed myself from the burden of enmity and journeying,
- حسنت بحسون خلافة هاشمHashim's caliphate was graced by Hassun,
- در على أنه كلامPearls, though it is speech;
- راحت تذكر بالنسيم الراحاIt came at evening, its breeze recalling wine—
- سأسلو بيحيى وأيامهI will ask Yahya and his days
- سقيا لمعهد لذات عهدت بهMay rain fall upon the haunt of pleasures I once knew there,
- شرفت بيحيى فلم أجملI gained honor through Yahya, so I did not speak in brief.
- شقى بعدنا بالبعد من نعم نعمانAfter our departure, Nuʿmān grew wretched, far from Nuʿm.
- عفاء على الأيام بعد ابن ذكوانMay the days after Ibn Dhakwan be blotted out!
- فالشكر للإنسان أربح متجرSo gratitude is a person's most profitable trade;
- فتى واحد في عصره غير أنهA young man unique in his age, yet he
- كتبت على البعد مستجدياI wrote from afar, asking for a gift,
- لك الخير خيران مضى لسبيلهGood fortune to you! Khayran has gone his way,
- لم يخل من نوب الزمان أديبNo man of letters has been free of time's vicissitudes.
- لما نعى الناعي أبا عامرWhen the bearer of sad tidings announced Abu Amir’s death,
- لو كنت تعلم ما بالقلب من نارIf you knew what fire burns within the heart,
- لو يدري بما فعلIf he knew what he had done,
- ما قدر الأقوام هذا أن برىThe peoples did not imagine that such a one could be fashioned—
- ماذا وقوفي على رسم خلاWhy do I stand over a deserted ruin,
- من القوم الذين سمعت عنهمOf the people I have heard about—
- من كل مخطفة الحشى وحشيةFrom every slender-waisted wild doe,
- وإذا كان عند قلبك قلبيAnd if my heart is with your heart,
- والشعر يبدي عطفه ويهزنيAnd poetry reveals its flank, and I am stirred
- ولما أقال الله عثرتك التيAnd when God lifted you from the stumble in which
- وما شبهوا بالبحر كفيه في الندىThey did not liken his hands to the sea in generosity;
- ومهفهف قلق الوشاح يروعهAnd a slender one, his sash hanging loose, is startled by
- يا هادي الضلال نهج طريقهO guide of those astray along the course of his path,
- يقولون هذا أبلغ الناس كلهمThey say, “This man is the most eloquent of all people.”
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