Sol 6.1

  1. يا أيُّها الملكُ الذي أخلاقُهُ

    من خَلقِهِ ورُواؤُهُ من رائِهِ

    O king, whose character

    Springs from his form, and whose beauty from his judgment:

  2. قد جاءَنا الطِّرفُ الذي أهدَيتَهُ

    هادِيهِ يعقِدُ أرضَهُ بسَمائِهِ

    The noble steed you gifted has indeed come to us;

    His neck binds his earth to his sky.

  3. وِلايَةً ولّيتَنا فبَعَثتَهُ

    رُمْحاً سَبيبَ العُرفِ عَقدَ لِوائِهِ

    You bestowed a governorship upon us, so you sent him

    As a lance, his flowing mane the knot of his banner.

  4. نَختَلُّ منه على أغَرَّ محَجَّلٍ

    ماءُ الدّياجى قَطْرَةٌ من مائِهِ

    We ride him proudly—a white-blazed, white-stockinged steed,

    The water of dark nights is but a drop of his own.

  5. فكأنّما لَطَمَ الصباحُ جَبينَهُ

    فاقتصّ منه فخاضَ في أحْشائِهِ

    So it is as though morning slapped his brow,

    And he took revenge on it, then plunged into its entrails.

  6. مُتَمهِّلاً والبرقُ من أسمائِهِ

    متبرقعاً والحسنُ من أكفائِهِ

    Unhurried, though Lightning is among his names;

    Veiled, though Beauty is among his peers.

  7. ما كانتِ النّيرانُ يكمُنُ حَرُّها

    لو كانَ للنيرانِ بعضُ ذكائِهِ

    The fires' heat would not have lain hidden,

    Had the fires possessed some of his brilliance.

  8. لا تَعْلَقُ الألحاظُ في أعطافِهِ

    إلا إذا كفكفتَ من غُلوائِهِ

    Glances cannot cling to his flanks,

    Unless you rein in some of his headlong speed.

  9. فهُناكَ ينتهِبُ العيونَ كأنّها

    وقفُ الوَجيهِ عليهِ من آبائِهِ

    Then he plunders eyes, as though they were

    An endowment to him from al-Wajih, one of his forefathers.

  10. لا يكمِلُ الطِرفُ المَحاسنَ كُلَّها

    حتى يكونَ الطَّرفُ من إسرائِهِ

    No noble steed possesses every grace

    Until the eye is numbered among his captives.