Sol 6.1

  1. قف قليلاً يا حادي الركب

    وسل الظاعنين عن قلبي

    Pause a little, O driver of the caravan,

    And ask the departing travelers about my heart.

  2. وإذا جئت رحب حيهم

    حيهم بالسلام والرحب

    And when you reach their spacious encampment,

    Greet them with peace and welcome.

  3. وقال الصب صب ادمعه

    على ان يعطفوا على الصب

    And he said: “The lovesick man poured out his tears,

    Hoping they might show the lover compassion.”

  4. واذا ما سئلت قل دنف

    شغلته عوائق الحب

    And if you are asked, say: “He is wasting away,

    Preoccupied by the hindrances of love.

  5. اوقعته الاهواء في شرك

    فغدا وهو طائر القلب

    Passions have cast him into a snare,

    So now his heart takes flight.”

  6. يا لعمري لقد مضى عمري

    وتقضى وما انقضى عتبي

    Ah, by my life, my life has passed,

    And ended, yet my reproach has not.

  7. ونعم قد قضيت يوم نأوا

    فيه لكن من الهوى يخبي

    And yes, I perished the day they departed,

    On that day—but who can quench passion?

  8. فمتى لي تلوح نارهم

    بالأثيلات من ورا الهضب

    When, then, will their fire gleam for me

    At al-Uthaylat, from beyond the hills?

  9. وارى النفس قد قضت وطرا

    من عريب العذيب والشعب

    And will I see my soul’s longing fulfilled

    By the dear Arab folk of al-ʿUdhayb and al-Shiʿb?

  10. يا رعى الله منهم رشأ

    جلّ في الحسن عن ظبا السرب

    Ah, may God protect a young gazelle among them,

    Far surpassing the herd’s gazelles in beauty.

  11. اول الانبياء خاتمهم

    اكرم الرسل اشرف العرب

    The first of the prophets, their seal,

    The noblest of messengers, the most honored of Arabs.

  12. وهو من اشرف الورى نسبا

    من بني هاشم ومن كعب

    And he is among humankind’s noblest in lineage,

    From the sons of Hashim and from Kaʿb.

  13. من له الحوض من يرده غدا

    فهو عنه يجلو صدا الكرب

    His is the Pool: whoever comes to it tomorrow,

    He will clear from him the rust of anguish.

  14. من يداه بالجود مغرقة

    ونداه اندى من السحب

    He whose hands overflow with generosity,

    And whose bounty is more lavish than the clouds’.

  15. وله الجزع حنّ معجزة

    وكلام الغزال والضبّ

    For him the [tree trunk] yearned—a miracle—

    And the gazelle and the lizard spoke.

  16. ومحا الشرك بالهدى وحمى

    شرعه بالمهند العضب

    And he erased polytheism with guidance, and guarded

    His law with the keen-edged Indian sword.

  17. وجرى الماء من اصابعه

    طيب الطعم سائغ الشرب

    And water flowed from his fingers,

    Pleasant to taste, easy to drink.

  18. من الى العرش قد سما كرما

    وترقى إلى سما الحجب

    He who ascended in honor to the Throne,

    And rose to the heaven of the veils,

  19. والى حضرة الكمال دنا

    ومن الله فاز بالقرب

    And drew near the Presence of Perfection,

    And attained nearness to God.

  20. وله الصحب لا عد منهم

    عند وقع السهام من صحب

    And his are the Companions—none can rank with them

    Among companions when the arrows strike.

  21. فتية قسطل الوغى اتخذوا

    لهم منبهلا من العذب

    Young men who took the dust-cloud of battle

    As their [watering place] of sweet water.

  22. لا يهابون من يصول ولا

    عند سلم يخشون من حرب

    They fear no one who charges, nor

    In peace do they dread any war.

  23. خطباء على الجياد إذا

    فرّ ليث الوغى من الخطب

    Orators upon their steeds, when

    The lion of battle flees from peril.

  24. كم هزيم من حد غرتهم

    ليس بدري شرقا من الغرب

    How many a man, routed by their vanguard’s edge,

    Cannot [tell] east from west!

  25. وغناءٌ ترى لبيضهم

    في عروض الوغى على الضرب

    And you see their bright swords’ song

    In battle’s meter, to the beat of blows.

  26. اطلعت انجما انتهم

    مذ دجا النقع في سما الحرب

    Their [spearheads] made stars rise

    When dust darkened the sky of war.

  27. وهو فيهم كأنه قمر

    وهم في النجوم كالشهب

    And among them he is like a moon,

    While they, among the stars, are like meteors.

  28. حسبه مدح ربه شرفا

    ومديحي وحبه حسبي

    His Lord’s praise is honor enough for him,

    And my praise and love for him suffice for me.

  29. اترى الدهر لي يجود ومن

    لاعج البين يشتفي قلبي

    Will time, I wonder, favor me—and from

    Separation’s searing pain, will my heart heal?

  30. وارى طيبة وارتع في

    ظل مأوى جنابه الخصب

    And will I see Tayba, and roam at ease in

    The shade of his precinct’s fertile refuge?

  31. فعليه الصلاة دائمة

    وعلى آله مع الصحب

    So may blessings be upon him forever,

    And upon his family, together with the Companions,

  32. ما تثنى في الروض غصن نقا

    وتغنى الحمام في القضب

    As long as a dune-grown branch sways in the garden,

    And doves sing among the boughs.