Sol 6.1

  1. صَبٌّ لِلقياكَ بالأَشواق معمودُ

    فَقيدُ صَبرٍ عَن الأَحباب مَفقودُ

    A lover, stricken with longing to meet you,

    bereft of patience, missing from his loved ones.

  2. ناءٍ عَن الأَهلِ والأَوطان مُغتَرِبٌ

    وَواجِدٌ ما لَهُ في الصَبر مَوجودُ

    Far from family and homelands, an exile,

    and anguished, finding nothing in patience.

  3. مُتَيّمٌ قَد بَكى بَعدَ الدُموع دَماً

    كَأَنَّما هوَ في عينيه مَقصودُ

    Enslaved by love, he has wept blood after tears,

    as though it were what his eyes were meant to shed.

  4. النارُ ذاتُ وَقودٍ في جَوانِحِهِ

    شَوقاً وَفي خَدِّهِ لِلدمع أخدودُ

    Fire has its fuel within his breast,

    from longing, and tears have a furrow in his cheek.

  5. يا مُخجلَ الشمسِ بالإِشراق إِنَّ فَتىً

    طلعتَ في داره يَوماً لمسعودُ

    O you whose radiance shames the sun, truly a youth

    in whose house you rose one day is fortunate.

  6. أَسرتَ قَلبي وَقَد حُجِّبتَ عَن بَصري

    تيهاً فَكانَ لَهُ بِالقُرب تَبعيدُ

    You captured my heart, though you were veiled from my sight

    in proud disdain; even nearness meant estrangement for it.

  7. وبِنتَ عنّي فَطَرفي في مجاهدة

    مَع الدموع وَقَلبي منك مَجهودُ

    And you parted from me, so my eye struggles

    with tears, and my heart is worn out by you.

  8. وَقَد تَطابق حالُ الصبّ مِن حزَنٍ

    فَدَمعُهُ مُطلَقٌ وَالقَلب مصفودُ

    The lover's state is all of a piece in sorrow:

    his tears are unbound, while his heart is fettered.

  9. وَالطَيفُ ما زارَ إِذ بابُ الزِيارة من

    فرطِ السهاد بِفَتحِ الجفن مَسدودُ

    And the dream-image has not visited, for the door to visitation, through

    excessive wakefulness, is closed by the opening of the eyelid.

  10. أَبيتُ أَرعى النُجومَ الزُهرَ أحسبه

    فيها إِلى أَن حلا لي فيهِ تَسهيدُ

    I spend the night watching the bright stars, imagining him

    among them, until sleeplessness in this grew sweet to me.

  11. وَكَم أَعدّدُ حُزناً إِذ أعدُّ لَهُ

    أَيّامَ هجر فَدَهري فيهِ تَعديدُ

    How often I lament in sorrow, while counting for him

    days of estrangement; my life in it is one long lament.

  12. أَحبابَنا عبِثَت أَيدي السقام بِنا

    مِن بعدكم فَبماضي ودّنا عودوا

    Our loved ones, the hands of sickness have toyed with us

    since you left; by our old affection, return!

  13. إِن لَم يجد رَوضُ ذاكَ الوَجه لي بِجَنىً

    فَلَيتَ لي أَنَّ ماء الثغر مورودُ

    If the garden of that face yields me no fruit,

    would that I could drink the water of those lips.

  14. أَو كانَ صَبري عَن قَلبي لِبُعدكُمُ

    مخرَّجاً ليت أَنَّ النوم مَردودُ

    Or if my patience, through your distance, from my heart

    has been driven out, would that sleep were restored.

  15. أَو كانَ دهريَ مَذموماً لفرقتكم

    فَإِنّ قَصدي لإِسماعيلَ مَحمودُ

    Or if my time is blamed for my separation from you,

    my journey to Ismail is surely praiseworthy:

  16. الأَشرَفِ الملكِ بنِ الأَفضَلِ بِن عَلي

    يِ بنِ المؤيِّدِ حامي المُلكِ داودُ

    King al-Ashraf, son of al-Afdal, son of Ali,

    son of al-Mu'ayyad Dawud, protector of the realm.

  17. المانِحُ الفَضلَ صَفواً فَيضُ راحتِهِ

    وَالغَيثُ إِن جادَ تَعبانٌ وَمكدودُ

    The outpouring of his palm bestows pure bounty,

    while rain, when generous, is weary and toil-worn.

  18. وَالمانِعُ السرحَ حيث الأَرضُ من دم من

    عاداهُ في خَدِّها المغَبرّ تَوريدُ

    And he protects the grazing herds where the earth, from the blood of those

    who opposed him, bears a rosy flush upon its dusty cheek.

  19. وَالنَقعُ ثار دُخانا وَالظُبا شَرَرٌ

    وَما سوى حطبِ الأَجسام مَوقودُ

    The battle-dust rose as smoke, and sword-blades were sparks,

    and nothing was kindled but the firewood of bodies.

  20. نام الرَعايا وَقَلبُ البَرق يَخفق من

    رعب بِه وبطرف النجم تسهيدُ

    The subjects slept, while lightning's heart beat with

    terror of him, and the star's eye was kept awake.

  21. وأمّنَتهم مِنَ الآفات طلعة من

    أَضحى وطالعه بِالنصر مسعودُ

    The countenance of one made them safe from calamities,

    one whose ascendant has become blessed with victory.

  22. وَقالَ داعي الندى في الناس حيّ عَلى

    خَير الصِلات فَإِنّ الوقت مَشهودُ

    The herald of bounty called among the people, 'Come to

    the finest gifts, for the hour is well attended!'

  23. وَقَد ناعي العدا في الحال مبتدراً

    يَقول في الفقر يا أَعداءَه بيدوا

    And already the herald of his foes' deaths, hastening at once,

    says in poverty, 'O his enemies, perish!'

  24. سُلَّت رؤوسهم بالرعب مِن أَمَدٍ

    وَطرفُ مُرهَفِهِ في الجفن مَغمودُ

    Their heads were torn off by terror long ago,

    while the tip of his keen blade was still sheathed.

  25. وَمظلمُ النَقعِ مِن إِشراق طلعته

    منوِّر وَلَهُ في الأُفق تَصعيدُ

    The dark battle-dust, through the radiance of his face,

    is radiant as it rises across the horizon.

  26. إِن قال صِدنا الثنا في السلم من كرمٍ

    فَما يقال لنا في الحَرب قل صيدوا

    If he says, 'We hunted praise in peace through generosity;

    what is said to us in war?' say, 'They were hunted.'

  27. أَو قال سُدنا الوَرى بيضَ الوجوه فَما

    أَلوانُ أَوجهِ أَعدانا فَقل سودوا

    Or says, 'We ruled mankind with faces white, then what

    are the colors of our foes' faces?' say, 'They were blackened.'

  28. عَلى التقى وَالنَدى والحلم مقتصرٌ

    فأعجب لمقصور شيءٍ وَهوَ مَمدودُ

    He confines himself to piety, bounty, and forbearance—

    marvel at a thing confined yet extended!—

  29. وَفَصلِ حُكمٍ وَصِدقٍ في الوعودِ فَهَل

    عَلِمتم أَنَّ إِسمعيل داودُ

    and decisive judgment and truthfulness in promises. Have you

    learned that Ismail is Dawud?

  30. بعُظم عزّته الدنيا تَعِزُّ فَيا

    زبيد مِنه هَناكِ العدل وَالجودُ

    By his great might the world grows mighty; O

    Zabid, may his justice and bounty gladden you!

  31. إِن يَجهل القاصِدُ المَعروفَ مِن ملكٍ

    سواه فالعُرفُ مِن نُعماه مَعهودُ

    If a petitioner knows no kindness from a king

    other than him, kindness from his bounty is well known.

  32. مَخايلُ الجودِ لاحَت يَومَ مولده

    في وَجهه قبل ما تقضى المَواليدُ

    Signs of generosity appeared on the day of his birth

    in his face, before the natal horoscopes passed judgment.

  33. اِستَسقِ يمناه يا من قَلَّ ناصرُهُ

    فأَنتَ مِن جود تِلكَ الكَفِّ منجودُ

    Seek rain from his right hand, O you whose support is scant:

    you are aided by the bounty of that palm.

  34. وَاِطرُد همومك إِن يُحلِلكَ ناديَه

    بِالسعد فَالعَكسُ في ناديه مَطرودُ

    And banish your cares if he admits you to his court

    with good fortune, for its opposite is banished from his court.

  35. قَد أمّن الكون مِن خَوف ونوّره

    أَبناؤهُ الغرّ أَو آباؤُهُ الصيدُ

    The universe has been made safe from fear and illumined

    by his radiant sons or his majestic forefathers.

  36. وَقَد تعلّى عَلى بهرامَ منزلة

    وَفاقَ ملكاً فَما كسرى وإفريدُ

    He has risen in rank above Bahram

    and excelled in kingship—what are Kisra and Ifrid?

  37. وَقلَّدَتنا أَياديه حلىً فَشدا

    بِالمَدحِ مِنّا لَهُ عِلمٌ وَتَقليدُ

    His favors have adorned us with jewels, so

    knowledge and imitation among us sang his praise.

  38. وَفسَّرَت لأمانينا مَكارِمه

    وَلاِبن عَبّاسَ في التَفسير تَجويدُ

    His generous deeds have interpreted our hopes,

    and Ibn Abbas has mastery in interpretation.

  39. يا مالِكاً مُلكُهُ العالي بِسؤدده

    موطأٌ وَلَهُ بِالعَدل تَمهيدُ

    O sovereign, whose lofty realm, through his nobility,

    is made secure and established through justice.

  40. يا من تطوَّل جوداً ها بَضائِعُنا

    عرضَ المدائح وَالتَقصير مَوجودُ

    O you lavish in generosity, here are our wares:

    an offering of praises, though shortcomings remain.

  41. إِلى علاك قطعتُ البحر في سفرٍ

    يُواصِل القَلب دأباً فيهِ تَنكيدُ

    To your eminence I crossed the sea on a journey

    on which distress incessantly besets the heart.

  42. حُرِمتُ لذّةَ عَيشي إِذ حللت بِهِ

    وَبان عَنّي مَحبوب وَمودودُ

    I was denied the sweetness of my life when I entered it,

    and beloved and cherished ones parted from me.

  43. وَأَسكَرَتني كؤوسُ الهمّ فيهِ ومن

    أَمواجِهِ الرَقصُ فينا وَالعَرابيدُ

    The cups of grief upon it made me drunk, and from

    its waves came dancing among us and drunken revelry.

  44. وَفُطِّرَ القَلب مَمّا صام عَن فرح

    فيهِ وَيَومَ أَرى ناديك لي عيدُ

    And the heart was broken by its fasting from joy

    upon it; the day I see your court is my feast-day.

  45. نظرتَ نَحوي بعين العطف من كرمٍ

    فَاِسمع مَديحاً لَهُ في الصدق تَوكيدُ

    You looked toward me with an eye of kindness, out of generosity;

    so hear a panegyric firmly grounded in truth.

  46. إِن كُنتُ بِالحُسنِ لَم أُطلِق قَوافيَهُ

    فَبالكلال لِذِهني اليوم تَقييدُ

    If I have not let its rhymes run free in beauty,

    today fatigue has fettered my mind.

  47. وَفكرتي عَقِمَت مِمّا لَقيتُ فَلَم

    يُنتَج لَها مِثلَ ما أَرضاهُ تَوليدُ

    My thought has grown barren from what I endured, so no

    offspring has been born to it of the kind I would approve.

  48. ولطفُ خيرك لِلعافي الغَريب لَهُ

    في الأَرضِ سَيرٌ وَفي الآفاق تَخليدُ

    And your gracious kindness to the stranger seeking aid has

    traveled the earth and become immortal across the horizons.

  49. طَوِّق بِحلي النَدى عُنقي يَكُن لَكَ مِن

    نظمي وَسَجعي عَلى الأَوراقِ تَغريدُ

    Circle my neck with bounty's jewels, and you shall have from

    my verse and rhymed prose birdsong upon the pages.

  50. وَدم مَليكاً عَلى الجدّ ترتع في

    رَبيع عدلك شاةُ القَوم وَالسّيدُ

    May you remain a king in good fortune, while in

    the spring of your justice the people's sheep and the wolf graze.