Sol 6.1

  1. قدوم به ربع الأحبة مشرق

    وعود به غصن المسرة مورق

    An arrival that makes the abode of loved ones radiant,

    and a return that brings the branch of joy into leaf.

  2. وروض التهاني قد تضوع نشره

    ولولا شذا رياك ما كان يعبق

    The garden of felicitations has spread its fragrance;

    but for the sweetness of your scent, it would not be fragrant.

  3. ووافى بشير القرب بالسعد مقبلا

    وداعي الهنا قد عاد وهو يخلق

    The herald of reunion came forward bearing good fortune,

    and joy's caller has returned, spreading perfume.

  4. وأضحت دمشق الشام بالحسن جنة

    على ساكنيها من جمالك رونق

    Damascus of Syria has become a paradise of beauty;

    upon her inhabitants rests a glow from your beauty.

  5. وما برحت في جبهة الدهر غرة

    تضىء لياليها الحسان وتشرق

    She has ever been a radiant mark upon the brow of time,

    lighting her lovely nights and shining forth.

  6. تسائل عنكم كلما هبت الصبا

    ومن عرفهها اخباركم تتنشق

    She asks after you whenever the east wind blows,

    and from its fragrance she breathes in news of you.

  7. وسرت لمصر بالوفاء فأصبحت

    برورا بايام الوفا تتحلق

    You journeyed to Egypt in loyalty, and she became

    dutiful, encircling herself with days of fidelity.

  8. وما كنت الا الغيث جئت على ظما

    فسر برياه غني ومملق

    You were nothing but rain, arriving amid thirst,

    so rich and destitute alike rejoiced in its fragrance.

  9. وأمطرتنا من سيل سيبك نائلا

    فكدنا نقول الشهب بالغيث تدفق

    You showered gifts upon us from the flood of your bounty,

    so we almost said, 'The bright stars are pouring forth rain.'

  10. واني لاخشى ان جودك ان همى

    يزيد على الانواء سحا فاغرق

    Indeed, I fear that if your generosity pours down,

    it will surpass the rain-bearing stars in downpour, and I shall drown.

  11. اعيذ اياديك التي تثمر الندى

    وما هي الا الروض تزهو وتورق

    I invoke protection for your hands, which bear the fruit of bounty;

    they are nothing but a garden, flourishing and putting forth leaves.

  12. واقسم ان الجود فيك سجية

    على مثلها اوصافك الغر تصدق

    I swear that generosity is an innate trait in you;

    your radiant qualities bear true witness to such a nature.

  13. وما زلت ترقى في سما المجد والعلا

    مجدا إلى ان نلت ما ليس بلحق

    You have never ceased ascending the sky of glory and eminence,

    striving, until you attained what none can reach.

  14. اذا ما إلى الجود الجياد تسابقت

    فعزمك للعلياء والجود اسبق

    Whenever the steeds race toward generosity,

    your resolve is foremost toward eminence and generosity.

  15. ولا بدع ان تهوى مكارمك الورى

    فان سجاياك الكريمة تعشق

    It is no wonder that humankind loves your noble qualities,

    for your noble traits are passionately loved.

  16. فيا ايها الميمون طالعه ومن

    بطلعته الغراء تشرق جلق

    O you whose rising star is auspicious, and whose

    radiant countenance makes Jilliq shine,

  17. أجرني مما بي تجدد انني

    خليع وثوب الصبر مني ممزق

    Grant me refuge from what has come upon me anew, for I am

    an outcast, and the robe of patience is torn from me.

  18. وها انا قد وافيت بابك قاصدا

    وبابك من وافاه فهو موفق

    Here I am: I have come to your door, seeking you;

    whoever comes to your door is blessed with success.

  19. وليس سواك اليوم اسعى لبابه

    ولم تك آمالي بغيرك تعلق

    Today I hasten to no one's door but yours,

    nor have my hopes clung to anyone but you.

  20. وليس لساني وحده لك خادما

    ولكن جميعي فيك بالمدح ينطق

    My tongue alone is not your servant;

    rather, my whole being speaks in your praise.

  21. وشعري قبل اليوم قد كان كاسدا

    فصار بمدحي فيك يعلو وينفق

    Before today, my poetry lay unsold;

    now, through my praise of you, it rises and finds a market.

  22. وكيف اخاف الفقر يا واحد الندى

    ولي منك عهد بالعطايا وموثق

    How can I fear poverty, O peerless giver,

    when I have from you a promise of gifts and a firm covenant?

  23. فخذها قصيدا رق فيك نسيبها

    جرير اخو ابياتها والفرزدق

    Take it, then, as a poem whose love-prelude grew tender for you;

    Jarir is brother to its verses, and so is al-Farazdaq.

  24. منظمة درا من المدح خالصاً

    علينا به يوم الندى تتصدق

    Strung as pearls of pure praise,

    for which you give us alms on the day of bounty.

  25. فلا زلت بر بالعفاف ولم تزل

    اياديك بحرا بالعطا يتدفق

    May you ever be righteous and chaste, and may

    your hands remain a sea surging with gifts.

  26. ولا برحت عين السعادة والرضا

    لنحوك ترنو كل وقت وترمق

    May the eye of happiness and contentment never cease

    to gaze toward you and watch you at every moment.

  27. ودامت اياديك التي لي طوفت

    مدى الدهر ما غنى وصاح المطوق

    May your favors, which have surrounded me, endure

    for all time, as long as the ring-necked dove sings and calls.