Sol 6.1

  1. إلى أيِّ ذكرٍ غيرِ ذكرِكَ أرتاحُ

    ومن أيّ بحرٍ بعد بحرِكَ أمتاحُ

    In what remembrance but yours can I find solace?

    And from what sea, after yours, can I draw water?

  2. إليكَ انتهى الرِّيُّ الَّذِي بكَ ينتهي

    ولاحَ ليَ الرأيُ الَّذِي بكَ يَلتَاحُ

    In you culminates the thirst-quenching that through you is fulfilled,

    And the judgment that shines through you shone clear to me.

  3. وفي ماِئكَ الإغداقُ والصَّفوُ والرَّوى

    وَفِي ظلِّكَ الريحانُ والرَّوحُ والرَّاحُ

    And in your water are abundance, purity, and full refreshment,

    And in your shade are sweet basil, repose, and wine.

  4. وكلٌّ بأثمارِ الحياةِ مُهَدَّلٌ

    وبالعطفِ مَيَّاسٌ وبالعُرفِ مَيَّاحُ

    And each droops heavy with the fruits of life,

    Swaying with tenderness and lavish with kindness.

  5. فأغدَقَ للظمآنِ مَحْياً ومَشرَبٌ

    وأفْصَحَ بالضَّاحِي غُصُونٌ وأدواحُ

    Thus a countenance and a drinking-place overflowed for the thirsty,

    And branches and great trees spoke eloquently in the sunlit open.

  6. تُغَنِّي طيورُ الأمنِ فِيهَا كأنَّما

    بِعَلْيَاكَ تشدو أو بذكرِكَ ترتاحُ

    The birds of safety sing among them, as though

    They chant your high glory or delight in remembrance of you.

  7. فألحانُها فِي سَمْع من أنتَ حِزْبُهُ

    أغانٍ وَفِي أسماعِ شانِيكَ أنْواحُ

    Their melodies, in the hearing of those whose ally you are,

    Are songs, but in your hater's ears are laments.

  8. وكم قُدْتَ للأَعداءِ من حُزْنِ ليلةٍ

    ضُحاها لمن والاكَ غُنْمٌ وأفراحُ

    How many a night's grief you have brought upon your foes,

    Its morning bringing spoils and rejoicing to those loyal to you.

  9. سموتَ لَهَا باسمٍ وفعلٍ كِلاهُما

    بِسَيْفِكَ فِي الهيجاءِ أزْهَرُ وَضَّاحُ

    You rose to meet it with a name and a deed, both

    Through your sword in battle, radiant and resplendent:

  10. جِهادٌ وَفَتْ آياتُ فِعلِكَ باسمِهِ

    كَمَا شَرَحَ المعنى بيانٌ وإيضاحُ

    Jihad—your deeds' proofs have lived up to its name,

    As exposition and clarification make meaning plain.

  11. وكالجَيشِ إذ أعلقْتهُ مِنكَ نِسبَةً

    بِعِزَّتها تعلُو الجيوشُ وتجتاحُ

    And likewise the army, when you bound it to yourself in kinship,

    Through whose might armies rise and overrun.

  12. أبُوَّةُ آباءٍ لأبناءِ مُلْكِهِ

    مَشابِهُ يحدوهنَّ صِدقٌ وإفصاحُ

    The fatherhood of fathers toward the sons of his realm—

    Likenesses driven onward by truth and clear expression.

  13. فما ظَلَموها قائمينَ بشِبهِها

    إذا غَوَّروا تحتَ السَّنَوَّرِ أو لاحوا

    They did it no wrong, embodying its likeness,

    Whether they hid deep beneath armor or came into view.

  14. سوابِغُ لَمْ تُخْلِلْ بِصِبغِ جُسومِهم

    إذا مَا غَدَوا فِي لبسِ نُعماكَ أو راحوا

    Ample coats of mail did not mar their bodies' hue,

    When, clothed in your bounty, they went out at dawn or returned at dusk.

  15. ولا أسهَكَتهُمْ فِي سبيلِك لِبسةٌ

    بإسهاكِها طابوا ومن رِيحها فاحوا

    Nor did a garment worn in your cause make them rank;

    Its very rankness made them fragrant; its scent made them waft perfume.

  16. وكم من فَتىً أعْدَيتَهُ منكَ شِيمَةً

    يَشُمُّ بِهَا ريحَ العُداةِ فَيَرتاحُ

    And how many a youth you have imbued with a trait of yours,

    Who, through it, scents the enemy and thrills with joy.

  17. ويُزْجِي منَ الخَطِّي أشطانَ ماتِحٍ

    إلى قُلُبٍ وَسْطَ القلوبِ فَيَمتَاحُ

    And casts out Khatti spears, the ropes of a water-drawer,

    Into wells amid hearts, and draws water.

  18. وبَدْرٍ إذا مَا غُمَّ فِي رَهَجِ الوغى

    تَجلَّى بِهِ قَرنٌ من الشمس لَمَّاحُ

    And many a full moon, when veiled in battle's dust,

    Through whom a flashing ray of the sun shines forth.

  19. وقرمٍ لِشَولِ الحق إن حالَ وَسْقُها

    تَجلَّلهَا منه ضِرابٌ وإلقاحُ

    And a camel stallion for truth's dry she-camels, if their pregnancy fails,

    His mating and impregnation overspread them.

  20. جَعلتَ عَلَيْهِ البَرَّ والبحرَ إسْوَةً

    ففي البرِّ طيَّارٌ وَفِي البحرِ سَبَّاحُ

    You made land and sea alike for him:

    On land he is a flier, and at sea a swimmer.

  21. وأقبَستَهُ من نورِ هَديِكَ فاهتَدى

    إلى حيثُ لا يُهدْى شِراعٌ وَمَلّاحُ

    And you gave him a spark of your guiding light, so he found his way

    To where neither sail nor mariner is guided,

  22. بفلكٍ كأفلاكِ السَّماءِ نُجُومُها

    كَمِيٌّ ونَبَّالٌ وشاكٍ ورَمَّاحُ

    In ships like the spheres of heaven, whose stars are

    Armored warrior, archer, armed fighter, and lancer.

  23. وغُرٌّ إلى الغاباتِ هِيمٌ نوازِعٌ

    تهيم بِهَا فِي لُجَّةِ البحرِ أشباحُ

    And bright ones, thirsting and yearning toward the thickets—

    Forms roam with them in the deep sea.

  24. قَرَعتَ بِهَا أمواجَ بَحرٍ تركتَهُ

    وأمواجُهُ تحتَ الكلاكِلِ أطلاحُ

    With them you battered the waves of a sea you left

    With its waves lying spent beneath their breasts.

  25. مفاتيحُ أقفالِ الفتوحِ الَّتِي نأَتْ

    وأنتَ بِهَا في طاعَةِ اللهِ فتّاحُ

    Keys to the locks of conquests that lay far away,

    And with them, in obedience to God, you are a mighty conqueror.

  26. وصابحَةٍ للمسلمين بغارَةٍ

    غنائمُهُمْ فِيهَا تَمورُ وتَنساحُ

    And many a force that raided the Muslims at dawn,

    Their spoils surging and streaming within it—

  27. حَكَمتَ بِرَدِّ الحقِ عنها فأسمَحَتْ

    ولولا ظُبَاكَ الحُمرُ مَا كَانَ إسماحُ

    You decreed the return of what was rightfully due from it, and it yielded;

    But for your crimson sword-edges, there would have been no yielding,

  28. غداةَ طَمَستَ الغَيَّ منهم بوقعَةٍ

    وَمَا قَدرُ مصباحٍ إذا لاح إصْباحُ

    The morning you blotted out their error with a battle—

    And what is a lamp's worth when dawn shines?

  29. مآثِرُ لَمْ يَعطَل بِهَا قَرنُ ناطِحٍ

    وكيفَ وقَرنُ الحقِّ عَنهُنَّ نَطَّاحُ

    Glorious deeds in which no butting horn lay idle—

    How could it, when truth's horn butts fiercely in their defense?

  30. قد اكتُتِبَتْ فِي اللَّوحِ فخراً مؤيَّداً

    صُدورُ الدُّنا منها سطورٌ وألواحُ

    They have been inscribed on the Tablet as glory made secure;

    The breasts of worlds are their lines and tablets.

  31. وآمالنا فِيهَا بضائِعُ مَتجَرٍ

    سجاياكَ أموالٌ لهُنَّ وأرباحُ

    And our hopes in them are a market's wares;

    Your virtues are their capital and their profits.

  32. مساعِيَ أبقينَ الدهورَ كأَنَّها

    جُسومٌ لَهَا منه نفوسٌ وأرواحُ

    Endeavors that have kept the ages alive, as though they were

    Bodies whose souls and spirits are drawn from it.

  33. محاسِنَ تتلوها الليالي كأنَّها

    علومٌ إليها تَستَهلُّ وترتاحُ

    Beauties recited by the nights, as though they were

    Fields of knowledge toward which they brighten and rejoice.

  34. فلو أُعطِيتْ غِيدُ الكواعبِ سُولَها

    لَصِيغَ لَهَا منها عُقودٌ وأوْضاحُ

    If graceful, full-breasted maidens were granted their wish,

    Necklaces and silver ornaments would be fashioned for them from these.

  35. وبأسٌ لَوِ استعطى الكماةُ فُضُولَهُ

    لقُدَّ لهُم منه سيوفٌ وأرماحُ

    And valor—if armored warriors begged for its surplus,

    Swords and spears would be hewn from it for them.

  36. إليها حَدَتني حادِثاتٌ كأَنَّها

    بَوارِحُ يَحدُوهُنَّ بَرحٌ وأبرَاحُ

    To these I was driven by misfortunes, as though they were

    Baleful omens driven onward by anguish and agonies,

  37. عَلى غَولِ بحرٍ من هُمومٍ عُبابُهُ

    بِرَحلي إلى غَول المتالفِ طوَّاح

    Upon a treacherous sea of cares, whose surge

    Hurls my saddle toward the treachery of deadly wastes.

  38. إذا رام تغريقي فَلُجٌّ وغَمرةٌ

    وإن مُدَّ فِي ظِمئي فآلٌ وضَحضَاحُ

    When it seeks to drown me, it is deep sea and engulfing flood;

    But when spread before my thirst, it is mirage and shallows.

  39. وحَسبيَ منه فِي الهواجِرِ والسُّرى

    جَناحٌ لَهُ من حُسنِ ظَنِّي وإنجاحُ

    Through midday heat and night travel, enough for me against it are

    A wing born of my hopeful trust, and success,

  40. وشَأوُ مَدىً فِي مورِدِ النُجحِ شارِعٌ

    وزندُ هدىً فِي فحمةِ الليلِ قَدَّاحُ

    And a far-reaching course entering success's watering-place,

    And a firestick of guidance, sparking in night's blackness.

  41. إذا مَدَّ إظلامُ الأسى ظُلَمَ الدُّجى

    تَمَثَّلَ لي من نورِ وجهِكَ مِصباحُ

    When sorrow's darkness prolongs the shadows of night,

    A lamp appears to me from the light of your face.

  42. وإن أبهَمَتْ أقفَالَها عَنِّيَ الفَلاَ

    تَخَيَّلَ لي من بِشرِ برِّكَ مِفتاحُ

    And if the wastes close their locks against me,

    A key appears to me from the cheer of your kindness.

  43. فما صَدَّني عن مُلتَقى الغِيلِ ضيغَمٌ

    ولا راعَني فِي مَورِدِ الماءِ تِمساحُ

    So no lion barred me from the thicket's meeting-place,

    Nor did a crocodile frighten me at the watering-place.

  44. ولا بَرَّحَتني يَا مُوفَّقُ نشوةٌ

    سجاياكَ لي فِيهَا كؤوسٌ وأقداحُ

    Nor has intoxication tormented me, O Muwaffaq—

    Your virtues are my cups and goblets in it.

  45. فكلُّ فؤادٍ مُخْلِصٍ فيكَ مُخلَصٌ

    وكلُّ لسانِ صادِقٍ لَكَ مَدَّاحُ

    So every heart sincere toward you is saved,

    And every truthful tongue is lavish in your praise.