Poems
- أألحمامة في نخل ابن هداجWas it the dove among Ibn Haddaj's palms
- أبالبخل تطلب ما قدمتIs it through stinginess that you seek what was offered
- أبدين للقوم أعناقا بها أودThey revealed to the people necks with a curve,
- أبوك غداة المرج أورثك العلىYour father, on the morning at al-Marj, bequeathed you glory,
- أتاني وأهلي باللوى فوق مثعرThere came to me, while my family were at al-Liwa above Math‘ar,
- أتتك الرواحل والملجماتThe riding camels and bridled steeds have come to you,
- أتذكر عهد ذي العهد المحيلDo you remember the days at weathered Dhu al-ʿAhd,
- أتعذر سلمى بالنوى أم تلومهاDo you excuse Salma for the separation, or blame her?
- أتمضي ولم تلمم على الطلل الفقرWill you go on without stopping at the desolate ruins
- أجارتنا بذي نفر أقيميO our neighbor at Dhū Nafar, stay;
- أحار بن فهر كيف تطرحوننيO Harith, son of Fihr, how can you cast me aside,
- أحب الليل إن خيال سلمىI love the night when Salma’s specter would alight
- إحبس على طلل ورسم منازلHalt at a ruin and the traces of dwellings,
- إحفظ وديعتك التي استودعتهاSafeguard your trust, which was placed in your care
- أحمامة حلبت شؤونك أسجماWas it a dove that milked streaming tears from your tear ducts,
- أدار سليمى بالوحيدة فالغمرO dwelling of Sulayma at al-Wahida, then al-Ghamr,
- أدار سليمى بين بين فمثعرO dwelling of Sulayma, between Bayn and Math‘ar,
- إذا أنت لم تأخذ من الناس عصمةIf you do not secure a safeguard from people,
- إذا خفي القوم اللئام رأيتنيI sank into thought and passed by a deserted encampment
- إذا ضل عنهم ضيفهم رفعوا لهWhen their guest loses his way to them, they raise for him
- إذا قيل أي فتى تعلمونWhen it is asked, 'Which young man do you know
- إذا قيل أي فتى تعلمونIf it is asked, “Which young man do you know
- إذا لم يكن عند امرىء لي معولIf I find no support in a man,
- إذا ما أراد الأمر ناجى ضميرهWhen a man resolved upon a matter, he took counsel with his conscience,
- إذا مطمع يوما غزاني غزوتهIf one day a tempting prospect assails me, I assail it,
- إذا نزلوا الأرض الحرام تباشرتWhen they alight in the sacred land, joyful are
- إذا هيب أبواب الملوك قرعتهاWhenever the gates of kings are feared, I knock upon them
- أذكرت عصرك أم شجتك ربوعHave you recalled your days, or have the dwelling places saddened you?
- اربع علينا قليلا أيها الحاديSlow down for us a little, O camel-driver;
- أرسم سودة محل دارس الطللIs Sawda's campsite barren, its ruins effaced,
- أرقتني تلومني أم بكرUmm Bakr kept me awake, reproaching me,
- أرى الدهر ينسيني أحاديث جمةI see time making me forget many tales
- أرى الناس في أمر سحيل فلا تزلI see people in a loosely spun affair, so never cease
- أسأل الله سكرة قبل موتيI ask God for a spell of drunkenness before my death,
- أسد في الغيل يحمي أشبلاA lion in the thicket, guarding cubs.
- أشم من الذين بهم قريشA lofty noble, one of those through whom Quraysh
- أعن تغنت على ساق مطوقةIs it because a ring-necked dove sang upon a branch—
- أغذو تلادا من الأشعار أصلحهاI nurture a long-held stock of poems, tending them
- أغشى الطريق بقبتي ورواقهاI cover the road with my domed tent and its awning,
- أغضي ولو أني أشاء كسوتهI turn a blind eye, though if I wished, I would clothe him
- أفاطم إن النأي يسلي ذوي الهوىO Fatimah, distance indeed consoles those in love.
- أفي طلل قفر تحمل آهلهIs it at a desolate ruin whose inhabitants have departed
- أقصرت عن جهلي الأدنى وحلمنيI had forsaken my recent folly, and was sobered by
- ألا إن سلمى اليوم جذت قوى الحبلLo—today Salma has severed the rope’s strands.
- ألا ما لرسم الدار لا يتكلمAh, why does the trace of the dwelling not speak,
- الله جار عتي دعوة شفقاMay God be ʿItiyy’s protector—a prayer made in fear—
- الله يعلم أنا في تلفتناGod knows that, as we turn back,
- ألم تأرق لضوء البرقDid you not lie awake at the lightning’s gleam
- ألم تر أن القول يخلص صدقهHave you not seen that the truth in speech emerges pure,
- إلى أن أتاهم بشيزيةUntil he brought them a shīz-wood bowl,
- إلى أن يشق الليل ورد كأنهUntil a band bound for water cleaves the night, as though it were
- إليك خاضت بنا الظلماء مسدفةToward you she waded with us through the darkness, travelling by night,
- أم لا تذكر سلمى وهي نازحةOr do you never recall Salma while she is far away,
- إما يزال قائل أبن أبنIf ever someone keeps saying, “Explain, explain!”—
- أمسى فبات إلى أرطاة أحقفةEvening came, and he spent the night beside an arta shrub amid sand dunes;
- إن ابن دأية ناح يوم سويقةIndeed, Ibn Daʾyah—the raven—wailed on the day of Suwayqah,
- إن الحديث تغر القوم خلوتهIndeed, the privacy of conversation beguiles the company,
- إن الذي شق فمي ضامنTruly, He who opened my mouth guarantees
- إن الغواني قد أعرضن مقليةIndeed, the beautiful women have turned away in aversion,
- إن اياديك عندي غير واحدةIndeed, your favors to me are more than one.
- إن دافعوا لم يعب دفاعهمIf they defend, their defense is beyond reproach;
- إن سليمى والله يكلؤهاIndeed Sulayma—may God guard her—
- انا من علمت إذا دعيت لغارةI am the man you know when summoned to a raid,
- أنصب للمنية تعتريهمAre they a target for death that assails them—
- انظر لعلك أن ترى بسويقةLook—perhaps you may see at Suwayqah,
- أنقذ الله به من فتنةGod granted deliverance through him from a trial,
- إني استحيتك أن أفوه بحاجتيIndeed, I was too shy before you to speak of my need.
- إني امرؤ أدع الهوان بدارهI am a man who leaves humiliation in its own abode,
- إني امرؤ من رعى عيني رعيت لهI am a man: whoever guards my eye, I keep for him
- إني دعوتك إذ جفيت وشفنيIndeed I called upon you when I was shunned and wasting away
- إني لميمون جوارا وإننيI am indeed an auspicious neighbor, and indeed I am
- اني نذرت لئن لقيتك سالماIndeed, I have vowed, if I meet you safe and sound,
- أهاجك ربع بالبليين داثرHas a ruined dwelling at al-Baliyyayn stirred you?
- أهون شيء علي أن تقعيThe least troubling thing to me is for you to fall
- أوصي غنيا فما أنفك أذمرهI counsel Ghani, and never cease urging him on.
- بالله ربك إن دخلت فقل لهBy God, your Lord, if you enter, tell him:
- بالمشرفية والمظاهر نسجهاWith Mashrafi swords and mail of doubled weave,
- بدأنا عليها وهي عيس فأصبحتWe set out on them while they were pale camels; then they became
- بدلت من جدة الشبيبةI was given, in place of youth's freshness—and
- بينا أحبر مدحا عاد مرثيةWhile I was crafting a poem of praise, it turned into an elegy.
- تتوق بعيني فارك مستطارةShe gazes intently with the eyes of a distraught woman who loathes her husband,
- تذكر بعد النأي هندا وشغفراAfter separation, he remembered Hind and Shaghfar.
- تذكرت سلمى والنوى تستبيعهاI remembered Salmā, as separation held her captive;
- ترى ظلها عند الرواح كأنهOver the sands her shadow strays
- تشلي كبيرتها فتحلب طالقاHer udders are large, so she gives milk freely,
- تصبح أقوام عن المجد والعلاSome people slept the morning away, far from glory and the heights;
- تعلقتها وإناء الشبابI fell in love with her while the vessel of youth
- تقول والعيس قد شدت بأرحلناShe says, with our saddles already fastened on the pale camels,
- تمشي القطوف إذا غنى الحداة بهاThe slow-stepping she-camel walks when the camel-drivers sing to her,
- تناط حمائل الهندي منهThe Indian sword’s straps hang from him,
- ثبت إذا كان الخطيب كأنهHe is steadfast when the orator is like
- ثم قامت حولها أترابهاThen her peers stood around her—
- جثمت ضباب ضغينتي من صدرهThe lizards of my rancor crouched within his breast,
- جزى الله إبراهيم عن جل قومهMay God reward Ibrahim on behalf of most of his people,
- جعل الألى سبقوا اليك فرشتهمThose who reached you first made their bedding
- جعل الوجى بذراع كل نجيبةFoot-soreness placed upon the foreleg of every noble she-camel
- جلبن عليك الشوق من كل مجلبThey brought longing upon you from every quarter
- حبي تقي ساكن القول وادعGenerous and pious, quiet in speech and peaceable,
- حلبت هذي الدهور أشطرهاYou have milked these ages, every half of their udders;
- حمدناك بالعرف الذي قد صنعتهWe praised you for the kindness you have shown,
- حوائم في عين النعيم كأنماCircling at the spring of al-Naʿīm, as though
- حي الديار بمنشد فالمنتضىGreet the dwellings at Munshid, then al-Muntaḍā,
- خطبت إلى كعب فردوك صاغراI sought the hand of Ka'b, but they sent me away humbled.
- دع البخلاء إذا شحوا وضنواLeave the misers when they are stingy and begrudge,
- دعته عنوة فترققتهShe summoned him by force, then enslaved him;
- دعوني وقد شالت لإبليس رايةLeave me be, now that a banner has risen for Iblis,
- ذكرتهم فيا لك من أديمI remembered them—oh, what a hide!
- رأت شمطا تخص به المناياShe saw graying hair, with which death marks out
- رأيتك مختلا عليك خصاصةI saw you exalted with an air of arrogance
- سألا عن الجود والمعروف أين هماThe two asked about generosity and kindness: “Where are they?”
- سرى ثوبه عنك الصبا المتخايلSwaggering youth has stripped its robe from you,
- سلا القلب إلا من تذكر ليلةThe heart has found peace, save when recalling a night
- شطت وفي النفس مما لست ناسيهShe has gone far away; in my soul, among what I do not forget,
- صرمت حبائلا من حب سلمىYou have knitted ropes of Salma's love
- طرقت علية صحبتي وركابيʿUlayya visited my companions and my mounts by night.
- ظعن الخليط بلبك المتقسمThe companions departed, taking your divided heart with them.
- عاتب النفس والفؤاد الغوياReproach the soul and the wayward heart
- عفا النعف من أسماء نعف رواوةThe slope has lost all trace of Asmāʾ—the slope of Rawāwah—
- عفا أمج من أهله فالمشللHe parted more generously than his family
- عفا رسم القرية فالكثيبGone is the outline of the village, to barren sand
- عفا سائر منها فهضب كتانةOf those haunts, Sāʾir and the hills of Kitāna have faded,
- عققت أباك ذا نشب ويسرYou were unfilial to your father, a man of wealth and ease;
- علقها قلبي جويريةMy heart grew attached to her, a little girl,
- على كل أعيس يرعى الحمىUpon every tawny-white camel grazing the protected range,
- عهدي بهم وسراب البيد منصدعI last saw them with the desert mirage splitting apart
- عوجا على ربع ليلى أم محمودTurn aside, you two, to the dwelling-site of Layla, Umm Mahmud,
- عوجا نقض الدموع بالوقفهTurn aside, you two; let us spend our tears as we pause
- غدا الجود يبغي من يؤدي حقوقهGenerosity set out in the morning, seeking someone to give it its due.
- غدا بل راح واطرح الخلاجاHe set out in the morning—no, in the evening—and cast aside his misgivings,
- غلبت على الخلافة من تمنىYou won the caliphate over the one who aspired to it,
- فاسلم سلمت من المكاره والردىSo fare well—may you be spared hardships and death,
- فأصبحت لا أقلي الحياة وطولهاAnd so I came no longer to hate life and its length—
- فإلا توات اليوم سلمى فربماSo if Salma does not oblige today, many a time
- فإن الغيث قد وهيت كلاهFor the raincloud's pouches have given way
- فان معشر بخلوا والتوواIf a people are miserly and turn away,
- فاني ومدحك غير المصيىFor I, with my praise of you missing the mark,
- فاهدر مكانك مطويا على حنقSo bellow where you are, wrapped in rage,
- فجئت بعطبتي أسعى إليهاI came rushing to meet my beloved
- فقلت إما تريني قد تخوننيSo I said: If you see me already worn away
- فقلت لقيني ارفعاها وحرقاSo I said to my two servants: raise it high and make it blaze;
- فكأنما اشتملت مواقي عينهSo it was as though the corners of his eye had closed
- فلا عفا الله عن مروان مظلمةSo may God not pardon Marwan for any wrong,
- فلا هو في الدنيا مضيع نصيبهSo he does not squander his share in this world,
- فما عادت لذي يمن رؤوساSo she brought no chiefs to the people of Yemen,
- فهلا إذ عجزت عن المعاليWhy, then, when you fell short of lofty deeds
- في الشيب زجر له لو كان ينزجرIn gray hair is a warning for him, if only he would take heed;
- في حاضر لجب بالليل سامرهIn a settlement whose company clamors by night,
- قد كنت أحسبني جلدا فضعضعنيI had thought myself strong, but I was shattered
- قضى وطرا من حاجة فتروحاHe satisfied a need, then set off at evening,
- قفا ساعة واستنطقا الرسم ينطقHalt a while, you two, and bid the traces speak—they will speak,
- قفا فهريقا الدمع بالمنزل الدرسStop, you two, and pour out tears at the weathered dwelling.
- قل للذي ظل ذا لونين يأكلنيSay to the two-faced man who keeps devouring me:
- قوم لهم شرف الدنيا وسؤددهاA people who possess the world's honor and its sovereign glory,
- كالدهم والنعم الهجان يحوزهاLike black horses and fine white camels, herded
- كأن عيني إذ ولت حمولهمAs though my eyes, when their laden camels departed
- كأن فاها لمن تؤنسهIt is as though her mouth, to the one she comforts,
- كأن فقاره اشتبكت عليهAs though, over his spine, there had interlocked
- كانت عيينة فينا وهي عاطلةʿUyaynah was among us, unadorned,
- كأنك لم تسر بجنوب خلصAs though you had not journeyed south of Khalṣ,
- كأنما مضمضت من ماء موهبةAs though she had rinsed her mouth with Mawhibah’s water,
- كأنها إذ خضبت حنا ودمAs though, when dyed, it were henna and blood;
- كأني من تذكر ما ألاقيI feel as though, recalling what I suffer,
- كتبت إليك أستهدي نبيذاI wrote to you asking for a gift of wine,
- كساعية إلى أولاد أخرىLike a woman hastening to another woman's children
- كفتك قياد القلب أيام مثعرThe days at Mathʿar sufficed to guide your heart,
- كم أخ صالح وعم وخالHow many a good brother, a paternal uncle, and a maternal uncle,
- كما أزهرت قينة بالشراعAs a singing slave-girl at al-Shirāʿ kindled a light
- كما أعيت على الراقين أكهىJust as an uncharmable viper baffled the charmers,
- لا عيب يعاب فيك إلا أننيNo fault can be found in you, except that I
- لا نبتغي لبن البعير وعندناWe do not hanker after camel’s milk, when we have
- لا يرفعون إليه الطرف خشيتهThey do not raise their eyes to him, for fear of him—
- لبست معارفها البلى فجديدهاIts familiar landmarks have donned decay; so what is new in it
- لثقا تجفجفه الصبا وكأنهDrenched, the east wind dries it, as though it were
- لرعت بصفراء السحالة حرةI would have startled a noble doe with a bow whose shavings are yellow;
- لست بذي ثلة مؤنفةI am no owner of a flock fed on fresh pasture,
- لله درك من فتى فجعت بهGod bless you—what a youth, whose loss bereaved
- لم الديار بحائل والأنبطWhy do the dwellings at Ḥāʾil and al-Anbaṭ
- لم ينس ركبك يوم زال مطيهمYour caravan did not forget the day their mounts departed
- لما أتاني وأهلي من طياتهمWhen there came to me—while my family were at one of their way-stations—
- لما تعرضت للحاجات واعتلجتWhen I turned to my needs, and they churned
- لما رأيت الحادثات كنفننيWhen I saw that calamities had hemmed me in
- لو هاج صحبك شيئا من رواحلهمHad your companions urged some of their mounts on
- ليت السباع لنا كانت مجاورةI wish the beasts were our neighbors
- ليت حظي كلحظة العين منهاWould that my share of her were but a glance from her eye—
- لئن أيامنا أمست طوالاThough our days have grown long,
- ما أبالي من رابه الدهر ما لمI care not whom time has troubled, so long as
- ما أظن الزمان يا أم عمروI do not think that time, O Umm ‘Amr,
- ما ذببت ناقة براكبهاNo she-camel, bearing her rider, has shaken
- ما زلت مفترط السجال من العلىI have always been first to draw full buckets from the heights of honor,
- متتبع خطأي يود لو اننيOne who tracks my faults wishes I were
- متى ما يغفل الواشون تومىءWhenever the tale-bearers are heedless, she gestures
- مرتع ذودي من البلاد إذاMy small camel herd’s pasture among the lands, when
- مرته السلامى فاستهل ولم تكنThe north wind milked it, and it began to pour; nor could
- مستحصد كعلاة القين وقرهFirm as the smith’s anvil, given dignity by
- من ذا رسول ناصح فمبلغWho will be a sincere messenger and convey
- نبكي على دمن ونؤي هامدWe weep over ruined encampments and a lifeless tent-trench,
- ندمت فلم أطق ردا لشعريI regretted it, but could not take back my verse,
- نكس لما أتيت سائلهHe bowed his head when I came asking him,
- نهاني ابن الرسول عن المدامThe Messenger's son forbade me wine,
- هجوت الأدعياء فناصبتنيI satirized those of spurious lineage, and was opposed by
- هل مامضى منك يا أسماء مردودCan what has passed between us, O Asmāʾ, be restored?
- هلا سألت إذا الكواكب أكدمتWhy did you not ask when the stars withheld their rain,
- هلم اسقني كأسي ودع عنك من أبىCome, give me my cup to drink, and leave alone whoever refuses.
- همو نبتوا فرعا بكل شرارةThey sprouted as offshoots with every spark,
- هيهات أوتي في سراتهمFar from it! He was given, among their nobles,
- وإذا هرقت بكل دار عبرةAnd if you shed a tear at every dwelling,
- وأروع قد دق الكرى عظم ساقهAnd many a gallant man whose shinbone drowsiness had worn down,
- وأرى الهموم تحضرتني موهناAnd I see that worries have beset me late at night,
- واستيقنت أنها مثابرةAnd she became certain that she was persevering,
- واقذف بحبلك حيث نال بأخذهAnd cast your rope where it gains a hold
- والحجر والبيت والأستار حيز لكمAnd the Hijr, the House, and the curtains have been set apart for you,
- والسائل المعتري كرائمهاAnd the beggar who comes seeking her choicest possessions
- وإن الكريم من يكرم معسراAnd indeed, the generous man is one who honors a needy man,
- وإنك إذ أطمعتني منك بالرضاAnd you, when you made me hope for your favor,
- وإني وإن كانت مراضا صدوركمAnd I, though your hearts are ailing,
- وبصرتني بعد خبط الغشومAnd you showed me, after the heedless one's blundering,
- وبنات نعش يستدرن كأنهاAnd the Daughters of Naʿsh circle, as though they were
- وجدتك من قيس إذا القوم حصلواI found you among Qays, when the people took stock,
- وخيلت حراء من ربيع وصيفAnd Ḥirāʾ seemed, after spring and summer rains,
- ودواديا وأداويا لم يعفهاAnd inkpots and waterskins, not effaced
- وربة أكلة منعت أخاهاAnd many a meal has deprived its eater,
- وسل الجار والمعصب والأضAnd ask the neighbor, the man who binds his belly against hunger, and the guests,
- وصاحت مسامير الرحال وكلفتAnd the saddle-nails shrieked, and the mounts were forced
- وطارق هم قد قريت هلالهThe crescent moon, I have observed its anxiety-troubled waning,
- وعرفان إني لا أطيق زيالهاAnd knowing that I cannot bear separation from her,
- وعميمة قد سقت فيها عائراAnd in a sweeping poem I sent forth a stray shaft,
- وفرحة من كلاب الحي يتبعهاAnd a pack of dogs rejoicing,
- وفي الشوطين ثبت بقعب شاءAnd in both races I came away with a flock of sheep,
- وفي اليأس عن بعض المطامع راحةAnd in giving up hope of some ambitions there is relief;
- وقد ورث العباس قبل محمدAnd indeed al-ʿAbbās, before Muḥammad, had been heir
- وقرب طاهينا بلوعا كأنهاAnd our cook brought bread that seemed,
- وقعقعت القداح ففزت منهاAnd I rattled the lot-arrows, so I won from them
- وكان امرأ خواض كل كريهةAnd he was a man who plunged into every ordeal,
- وكانت أمور الناس منبتة القوىAnd the people's affairs lay with their strands severed;
- وكانت تطير الشول عرفان صوتهAnd the dry she-camels would take flight on recognizing his voice,
- وكانت لعباس ثلاث نعدهاAnd Abbas had three things we count,
- وكأنما خضبت بحمض مورسAnd as though dyed with yellowing saltwort
- وكل نفس على سلامتهاAnd every soul, despite its sound health,
- وكنت امرءا لم أبغ بيعة باطلAnd I was a man who never sought falsehood’s aim
- وكيف وقد صاروا عظاما وأقبراAnd how, when they have become bones and graves?
- ولا بالذي يدعو أبا لا يجيبهNor like one who calls to a father who does not answer him,
- ولا حل الحجيج منى ثلاثاNor did the pilgrims camp at Mina for three days
- ولقد رأيت بها أوانس كالدمىAnd indeed I saw there maidens like figurines,
- وللموت سورات بها تنقض القوىAnd death has onslaughts by which strength is broken,
- ولم أتنحل الأشعار فيهاAnd I did not pass off others’ verses as my own about her,
- وله مكارم أرضها معلومةAnd his are noble deeds whose earth is well known,
- ولو وزنت رضوى ببعض حلومهمAnd if Raḍwā were weighed against some of their forbearance,
- وليل كسربال الغراب ادرعتهAnd a night clothed as a flock of ravens
- وما الناس أعطوك الخلافة عنوةIt was not the people who conferred the caliphate upon you by force;
- وما نال مثل اليأس طالب حاجةAnd no seeker of a need has gained anything to match giving up hope,
- ومتى تدع دار الهوان وأهلهاAnd whenever you leave the abode of humiliation and its people,
- ومستنبح تستكشط الريح ثوبهAnd many a traveler seeking a dog's bark, whose garment the wind was stripping away
- ومستنبح نبهت كلبي لصوتهAnd a traveler seeking a dog's answering bark—I roused my dog at his call.
- ومعجب بمديح الشعر يمنعهAnd many a man, delighted by poetic praise, is kept
- ومغوث بعد الهدو أجبتهAnd one crying for help after all had fallen still—I answered him,
- ومكاشح لولاك أصبح جانحاAnd many a bitter foe, but for you, would have inclined
- ومن أزمة حصاء تطرح أهلهاAnd from a desolating famine that casts its people
- ومن لم يرد مدحي فإن قصائديAnd whoever does not desire my praise—indeed, my poems
- ومهما ألام على حبهمAnd however much I am blamed for loving them,
- وموعظة الشفيق تكون داءThe advice of the kind one becomes an affliction
- ونحن الأكرمون إذا غشيناAnd we are the most generous when we are approached,
- وهي علينا في حكمها ضلعAnd she is biased against us in her judgment,
- ويعلم الضيف إما ساقه صردAnd the guest will know—if biting cold should drive him,
- وينال بالمال القليل تبرعيAnd with little wealth my generosity achieves
- يا ابن الفواطم خير الناس كلهمO son of the Fatimas, best of all people,
- يا أثل لا غيرا أعطى ولا قوداO Athl, I am given neither blood money nor retribution.
- يا أيها الشاعر المكارم بالمدحO poet who vies in generosity by
- يا دار سعدى بالجزع من مللO Suʿdā's dwelling, at the valley bend of Malal,
- يا من يعين على ضيف ألم بناWho will help us with a guest who has come to us?
- ياذا المنوه تدعوني لتسمعنيO herald, you summon me to make me hear
- يبرقن فوق رواق أبيض ماجدThey flash above the canopy of a fair, noble man,
- يحب المديح أبو خالدAbu Khalid loves praise,
- يداه يمينان لم تجمداHis hands are both right hands; they have never grown stiff,
- يذرو حبيك البيض ذروا يختليIt scatters the helmets’ close-wrought metalwork far and wide, mowing down
- يقول العاذلون إذا رأونيThe reproachers say when they see me:
- يقول لا تسرفوا في أمر ريكمHe says, “Do not be excessive in quenching your thirst;
- يمشي طهاتي إلى كرائمهاMy cooks walk to the choicest of them,
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