ألا زارت وأهل منى هجود — Jarir

أَلا زارَت وَأَهلُ مِنىً هُجودُ

وَلَيتَ خَيالَها بِمِنىً يَعودُ

Lo, she visited while Mina's people slept.

Would that her phantom returned at Mina!

حَصانٌ لا المُريبُ لَها خَدينٌ

وَلا تُفشي الحَديثَ وَلا تَرودُ

Chaste, she has no dubious man as her companion,

And neither divulges talk nor roams abroad.

وَتَحسُدُ أَن نَزورَكُمُ وَنَرضى

بِدونِ البَذلِ لَو عَلِمَ الحَسودُ

And you begrudge our visiting you, though we are content

With less than full generosity, if only the envious knew.

أَساءَلتَ الوَحيدَ وَدِمنَتَيهِ

فَما لَكَ لا يُكَلِّمُكَ الوَحيدُ

Have you questioned al-Wahid and its two ruined camps?

What is the matter with you? Al-Wahid will not answer you.

أَخالِدَ قَد عَلِقتُكِ بَعدَ هِندٍ

فَبَلَّتني الخَوالِدُ وَالهُنودُ

O Khalida, I fell in love with you after Hind;

The Khalidas and the Hinds have worn me down.

فَلا بُخلٌ فَيؤيِسَ مِنكَ بُخلٌ

وَلا جودٌ فَيَنفَعُ مِنكَ جودُ

There is no stinginess from you to make me despair,

Nor generosity from you to do me any good.

شَكَونا ما عَلِمتِ فَما أَوَيتُم

وَباعَدنا فَما نَفَعَ الصُدودُ

We lamented what you know, but you showed no pity;

We kept our distance, but shunning did no good.

حَسِبتَ مَنازِلاً بِجِمادِ رَهبى

كَعَهدِكَ بَل تَغَيَّرَتِ العُهودُ

You thought the dwellings at Jimad Rahba

As you remembered them; no, the old conditions have changed.

فَكَيفَ رَأَيتَ مِن عُثمانَ داراً

يُشَبُّ لَها بِواقِصَةَ الوَقودُ

How, then, did you find Uthman's dwelling,

For which fuel is set alight at Waqisa?

هَوىً بِتَهامَةٍ وَهَوىً بِنَجدٍ

فَبَلَّتني التَهائِمُ وَالنُجودُ

A love in Tihama, and a love in Najd:

Tihama's lowlands and Najd's uplands have worn me down.

فَأَنشِد يا فَرَزدَقُ غَيرَ عالٍ

فَقَبلَ اليَومِ جَدَّعَكَ النَشيدُ

Recite, Farazdaq, with no lofty airs;

For recited verse cropped your nose before today.

خَرَجتَ مِنَ المَدينَةِ غَيرَ عَفٍّ

وَقامَ عَلَيكَ بِالحَرَمِ الشُهودُ

You left Medina without chastity,

And witnesses stood against you in the Sanctuary.

تُحِبُّكَ يَومَ عيدِهِمُ النَصارى

وَيَومَ السَبتِ شيعَتُكَ اليَهودُ

The Christians love you on their feast day,

And on the Sabbath the Jews are your followers.

فَإِن تُرجَم فَقَد وَجَبَت حُدودُ

وَحَلَّ عَلَيكَ ما لَقِيَت ثَمودُ

If you are stoned, the prescribed penalties are already due,

And what Thamud suffered has befallen you.

تَتَبَّعُ مَن عَلِمتَ لَهُ مَتاعاً

كَما تُعطى لِلِعبَتِها القُرودُ

You pursue anyone you know has goods,

As monkeys are rewarded for their tricks.

أَبِالكيرَينِ تَعدِلُ مُلجَماتٍ

عَلَيهِنَّ الرَحائِلُ وَاللُبودُ

Do you equate two bellows with bridled steeds,

With saddles and felt pads upon them?

رَجَعنَ بِهانِئٍ وَأَصَبنَ بِشراً

وَبِسطاماً يَعَضُّ بِهِ الحَديدُ

They returned with Hani and struck Bishr,

And Bistam, whom the iron bites.

وَأَحمَينا الإِيادَ وَقُلَّتَيهِ

وَقَد عَرَفَت سَنابِكَهُنَّ أودُ

We defended al-Iyad and its two peaks,

And Awd has come to know their hooves.

وَسارَ الحَوفَزانُ وَكانَ يَسمو

وَأَبجَرُ لا أَلَفُّ وَلا بَليدُ

Al-Hawfazan rode forth, accustomed to rising high,

And Abjar, neither clumsy nor dull.

فَصَبَّحَهُم بِأَسفَلِ ذي طُلوحٍ

قَوافِلَ ما تُذالُ وَما تَرودُ

He assailed them at dawn below Dhu Tuluh,

With returning steeds, neither put to drudgery nor left to roam.

يُبارينَ الشَبا وَتَزورُ لَيلى

جُبَيراً وَهيَ ناجِيَةٌ مَعودُ

They vie with spearpoints, while Layla visits

Jubayr, herself a swift she-camel accustomed to travel.

فَوارِسِيَ الَّذينَ لَقوا بَحيراً

وَذادوا الخَيلَ يَومَ دَعا يَزيدُ

My horsemen are those who met Bahir,

And drove back the cavalry the day Yazid called.

تَرَدَّينا المَحامِلَ قَد عَلِمتُم

بِذي نَجَبٍ وَكُسوَتُنا الحَديدُ

We donned our sword-belts, as you know,

At Dhu Najab, our clothing iron.

فَقَرِّب لِلفِياشِ مُجاشِعِيّاً

إِذا ما فاشَ وَاِنتَفَخَ الوَريدُ

Bring forward a Mujashi'i for empty boasting,

When he boasts and his jugular vein swells.

فَما مَنَعوا الثُغورَ كَما مَنَعنا

وَلا ذادوا الخَميسَ كَما نَذودُ

They never guarded the frontiers as we did,

Nor drove back the army as we do.

أَجيرانَ الزُبَيرِ غَرَرتُموهُ

كَأَنَّكُمُ الدَلادِلُ وَالقُهودُ

O neighbors of al-Zubayr, you deceived him,

As though you were hedgehogs and white lambs.

فَلَيسَ بِصابِرٍ لَكُمُ وَقيطٌ

كَما صَبَرَت لِسَوأَتِكُم زَرودُ

Waqit will not bear with you,

As Zarud bore your disgrace.

لَقَد أَخزى الفَرَزدَقُ رَهطَ لَيلى

وَتَيماً قَد أَقادَهُمُ مُقيدُ

Farazdaq has disgraced Layla's clan,

And Taym, upon whom an avenger has exacted retaliation.

قَرَنتُ الظالِمينَ بِمَرمَريسٍ

يَذِلُّ لَهُ العَفارِيَةُ المَريدُ

I have yoked the wrongdoers to Marmaris,

Before whom the mighty, rebellious demon bows.

فَلَو كانَ الخُلودُ لِفَضلِ قَومٍ

عَلى قَومٍ لَكانَ لَنا الخُلودُ

If everlasting life were granted for one people's superiority

Over another, everlasting life would be ours.

خَصَيتُ مُجاشِعاً وَجَدَعتُ تَيماً

وَعِندي فَاِعلَموا لَهُمُ مَزيدُ

I castrated Mujashi' and cropped Taym's nose,

And know that I have more in store for them.

وَقالَ الناسُ ضَلَّ ضَلالُ تَيمٍ

أَلَم يَكُ فيهِمُ رَجُلٌ رَشيدُ

And people said, 'Taym's folly has lost its way!

Was there no sensible man among them?'

تَبَيَّن أَينَ تَكدَحُ يا اِبنَ تَيمٍ

فَقَبلَكَ أَحرَزَ الخَطَرَ المُجيدُ

Consider where you toil, son of Taym:

Before you, the accomplished man has already won the prize.

أَتَرجو الصائِداتِ بُغاثُ تَيمٍ

وَما تَحمي البُغاثُ وَلا تَصيدُ

Do Taym's feeble birds hope to rival the hunters?

Feeble birds neither defend nor hunt.

لَقيتَ لَنا بَوازِيَ ضارِياتٍ

وَطَيرُكَ في مَجاثِمِها لُبودُ

You encountered our fierce hunting hawks,

While your birds crouch in their roosts.

أَتَيمٌ تَجعَلونَ إِلَيَّ نِدّاً

وَهَل تَيمٌ لِذي حَسبٍ نَديدُ

Do you set Taym up as my equal?

Is Taym the peer of a man of noble lineage?

أَبونا مالِكٌ وَأَبوكَ تَيمٌ

فَهَل تَيمٌ لِذي حَسَبٍ نَديدُ

Our father is Malik; your father is Taym.

Is Taym, then, the peer of a man of noble lineage?

وَلَم تَلِدوا نَوارَ وَلَم تَلِدكُم

مُغَدّاةُ المُبارَكَةُ الوَلودُ

You did not beget Nawar, nor were you born of

Mughaddat, the blessed, prolific mother.

أَنا اِبنُ الأَكرَمينَ تَنَجَّبَتني

قُرومٌ بَينَ زَيدِ مَناةَ صيدُ

I am the son of the noblest; I was nobly bred by

Proud, lordly sires among Zayd Manat.

أُرامي مَن رَموا وَيَحولُ دوني

مِجَنٌّ مِن صِفاتِهِمُ صَلودُ

I shoot at those they shot at, and before me stands

A shield of their rock, hard and unyielding.

أَزَيدَ مَناةَ توعِدُ يا اِبنَ تَيمٍ

تَبَيَّن أَينَ تاهَ بِكَ الوَعيدُ

Do you threaten Zayd Manat, son of Taym?

Consider where your threats have led you astray.

أَتوعِدُنا وَتَمنَعُ ما أَرَدنا

وَنَأخُذُ مِن وَرائِكَ ما نُريدُ

Do you threaten us and withhold what we desire,

While we take from beyond you whatever we want?

وَيُقضى الأَمرُ حينَ تَغيبُ تَيمٌ

وَلا يُستَأمِرونَ وَهُم شُهودُ

Decisions are made when Taym is absent,

And they are not consulted even when present.

وَلا حَسَبٌ فَخَرتَ بِهِ كَريمٌ

وَلا جَدٌّ إِذا اِزدَحَمَ الجُدودُ

No lineage you boast of is noble,

Nor any forefather, when forefathers crowd together.

لِئامُ العالَمينَ كِرامُ تَيمٍ

وَسَيِّدُهُم وَإِن رَغَموا مَسودُ

The basest in the world are Taym's noblemen,

And their chief, however they resent it, is lorded over.

وَإِنَّكَ لَو لَقيتَ عَبيدَ تَيمٍ

وَتَيماً قُلتَ أَيَّهُمُ العَبيدُ

If you met Taym's slaves

And Taym themselves, you would ask, 'Which are the slaves?'

أَرى لَيلاً يُخالِفُهُ نَهارٌ

وَلُؤمُ التَيمِ ما اِختَلَفا جَديدُ

I see night alternating with day,

Yet Taym's baseness is ever new as the two alternate.

بِخُبثِ البَذرِ يَنبُتُ حَرثُ تَيمٍ

فَما طابَ النَباتُ وَلا الحَصيدُ

Taym's crop sprouts from foul seed;

Neither the growing plants nor the harvest are wholesome.

تَمَنّى التَيمُ أَنَّ أَباهُ سَعدٌ

فَلا سَعدٌ أَبوهُ وَلا سَعيدُ

Taym wished that its father were Sa'd,

But neither Sa'd nor Sa'id is its father.

وَما لَكُمُ الفَوارِسُ يا اِبنَ تَيمٍ

وَلا المُستَأذَنونَ وَلا الوُفودُ

Horsemen are not yours, son of Taym,

Nor those granted audience, nor the delegations.

أَهانَكَ بِالمَدينَةِ يا اِبنَ تَيمٍ

أَبو حَفصٍ وَجَدَّعَكَ الوَليدُ

In Medina, son of Taym, you were humiliated by

Abu Hafs, and al-Walid cropped your nose.

وَإِنَّ الحاكِمينَ لَغَيرُ تَيمٍ

وَفينا العِزُّ وَالحَسَبُ التَليدُ

Those who rule are certainly not Taym,

And ours are might and ancient noble lineage.

وَإِنَّ التَيمَ قَد خَبُثوا وَقَلّوا

فَما طابوا وَلا كَثُرَ العَديدُ

Taym have indeed become vile and few;

They neither became good nor increased in number.

ثَلاثُ عَجائِزٍ لَهُمُ وَكَلبٌ

وَأَشياخٌ عَلى ثُلَلٍ قُعودُ

They have three old women and a dog,

And old men sitting over flocks.

أَتَرجو أَن تُسابِقَ سَعيَ قَومٍ

هُمُ سَبَقوا أَباكَ وَهُم قُعودُ

Do you hope to outrun the efforts of a people

Who outstripped your father while still seated?

فَقَد سَلَبَت عَصاكَ بَنو تَميمٍ

فَما تَدري بِأَيِّ عَصاً تَذودُ

The sons of Tamim have taken away your staff,

So you do not know with what staff to fend them off.

إِذا تَيمٌ ثَوَت بِصَعيدِ أَرضٍ

بَكى مِن خُبثِ ريحِهِمُ الصَعيدُ

When Taym settles on the ground of some land,

The ground weeps at the foulness of their smell.

فَما تَقري وَتَنزِلُ يا اِبنَ تَيمٍ

وَعادَةَ لُؤمِ قَومِكَ تَستَعيدُ

You offer no hospitality, yet take lodging, son of Taym,

And you revive your people's habitual baseness.

شَدَدتُ الوَطءَ فَوقَ رِقابِ تَيمٍ

عَلى مَضَضٍ فَقَد ضَرَعَ الخُدودُ

I pressed my tread hard upon Taym's necks;

Despite their anguish, their cheeks have bowed low.

نَهى التَيمِيَّ عُتبَةُ وَالمُثَنّى

وَقالا سَوفَ تَبهُرُكَ الصَعودُ

Utba and al-Muthanna warned the Taymi,

And said, 'The steep climb will leave you breathless.'

أَتَيمٌ تَجعَلونَ إِلى تَميمٍ

بَعيدٌ فَضلُ بَينِهِما بَعيدُ

Do you compare Taym with Tamim?

Vast is the difference between them—vast indeed.

كَساكَ اللُؤمُ لُؤمُ أَبيكَ تَيمٍ

سَرابيلاً بِنائِقُهُنَّ سودُ

Baseness—your father Taym's baseness—has clothed you

In garments whose gussets are black.

قُدِرنَ عَلَيهِمُ وَخُلِقنَ مِنهُم

فَما يَبلينَ ما بَقِيَ الجُلودُ

They were fitted to them and fashioned from them,

And will not wear out as long as their skins remain.

وَمُقرِفَةِ اللَهازِمِ مِن عِقالٍ

مُؤَرِّثُها جُبَيرٌ أَو لَبيدُ

And a base-born woman of the Lahazim, from Iqal,

Whose heritage was bequeathed by Jubayr or Labid.

يَرى الأَعداءُ دوني مِن تَميمٍ

هِزَبراً لا تُقارِبُهُ الأُسودُ

My enemies see before me, from Tamim,

A mighty lion that other lions do not approach.

لَعَمرُ أَبيكَ ما سَنَحَت لِتَيمٍ

أَيامِنُ يُزدَجَرنَ وَلا سُعودُ

By your father's life, none have appeared for Taym:

No favorable omens to read, nor lucky signs.

وَضَعتُ مَواسِماً بِأُنوفِ تَيمٍ

وَقَد جَدَّعتُ آنُفَ مَن أُريدُ

I placed branding marks on Taym's noses,

And cropped the noses of whomever I choose.

نُقارِعُهُم وَتَسأَلُ بِنتُ تَيمٍ

أَرَخفٌ زُبدُ أَيسَرَ أَم نَهيدُ

We clash with them, while Taym's daughter asks,

'Is Aysar's butter soft or thick?'

فَذاكَ وَلا تَرَمُّزُ قَينِ لَيلى

عَلى كيرٍ يُثَقَّبُ فيهِ عودُ

That, rather than the writhing of Layla's smith

Over a forge where wood is set alight.

كَساكَ الحَنطَبِيُّ كِساءَ صوفٍ

وَمِرعِزّى فَأَنتَ بِهِ تَغيدُ

Al-Hantabi clothed you in a garment of wool

And fine goat-hair, in which you sway.

وَشَدّادٌ كَساكَ كِساءَ لُؤمٍ

فَأَمّا المُخزِياتُ فَلا تَبيدُ

Shaddad clothed you in a garment of baseness;

And as for disgraceful deeds, they never perish.

إِذا ما قُرِّبَ الشُهَداءُ يَوماً

فَما لِلتَيمِ يَومَئِذٍ شَهيدُ

If, one day, the witnesses are brought forward,

Taym will have no witness then.

غَشوا ناري فَقُلتُ هَوانَ تَيمٌ

تَصَلّوها فَقَد حَمِيَ الوَقودُ

They approached my fire; I said, 'Taym, in humiliation,

Burn in it, for the fuel is blazing hot!'

وَفَدنا حينَ أُغلِقَ دونَ تَيمٍ

شَبا الأَبوابَ وَاِنقَطَعَ الوُفودُ

We came as delegates when, against Taym, were shut

The doors' edges, and the delegations ceased.

وَقُدنا كُلَّ أَجرَدَ أَعوَجِيٍّ

تُعارِضُهُ عُذافِرَةٌ وَرودُ

We led every sleek steed of A'waj's line;

A powerful she-camel bound for water keeps pace with it,

كَما يَختَبَّ مُعتَدِلٌ مَطاهُ

إِلى وَشَلٍ بِذي الرَدَهاتِ سيدُ

Just as there trots, its back held level,

A wolf toward a trickle at Dhu al-Radahat.