Poems
- أأخي أبا سعدO my brother Abu Saʿd, from the kisses
- أبا الشعر .. تغن بتموزO father of poetry, say what delights both son and father.
- أبا زيدونAbu Zaydun, how sweet
- أبا مهندO Abu Muhannad, may no calamity harm you,
- أبو العلاء المعريStop at al-Maʿarra and wipe its dust-stained cheek,
- أجب أيها القلبI seek protection for rhymes, radiant in their openings,
- أحرام ؟!Is it forbidden for me, Munich, to drink
- أحمد شوقيDeath has folded away the lord of radiant rhymes,
- أحييك طهI greet you, Taha; I shall not prolong my rhymes about you.
- أخي الياسMy brother Elias, how cruel the nights are!
- أخي جعفرDo you know, or do you not know
- أرج الشباب وخمره المسكوبThe fragrance of youth and its poured-out wine
- أرح ركابك من أين ومن عثرGive your mounts respite from weariness and stumbling.
- ارشد العمريThey left the lands and their affairs
- أسيدتي نجاحI came slowly to you, my weariness betraying me,
- أطبق دجىClose in, darkness; close in, fog.
- أطل مكثاًMay your standing not last long,
- أعيذك أن يعاصيك القصيدI seek protection for you lest verse defy you,
- أقول مللتها .. وأعود شوقاًI say, “I have tired of her”—yet return in longing,
- أكلة الثريدI said to those who admire Ibn al-Amid
- الأصيل في لبنانDid you see the sun, as her day drew to its fated close,
- الإقطاعIs there no power that can repel injustices,
- الأنانيةI see Time both vanquished and victorious.
- الأوباشWe knew not what was intended for us, so we said:
- الباجة جي في نظر الخصومHowever you picture it, let it be.
- الجيل الجديدPeace to you, O new generation!
- الحزبان المتآخيانOn you rests reliance, though hope be long delayed;
- الدم يتكلم بعد عشرBefore you mourn the wasted genius,
- الذكرى أو دمعة تثيرها الكمنجةO rouser of a tear that held firm
- الزهاويIn defiance of death, your memory is immortal.
- الشاعر: ابن الطبيعة الشاذ !If your gift betrays you, look closely
- الشاعرية بين البؤس والنعيمI do not know: is a person's fortune acquired through striving,
- الشهيد قيسO Qais, O gentleness of spring,
- الصبر الجميلI condemned the endurance of the helpless, and admired
- الصحراء في فجرها الموعودYour desert, your dawn is promised what it births
- العدلBy your life, justice is a word whose utterance
- العمادO pillar of lofty honors, brother of virtue and generosity,
- الغضب الخلاّقCrawling from the homeland of snow to Aden,
- الفرات الطاغي !It surged beyond bounds, doubling its beauty and danger.
- ألقت مراسيها الخطوبْCalamities have cast their anchors,
- القرية العراقيةThere is splendor on the land and in the meadow
- المازني وداغرRaphael, your home has shone
- المآسي في حياة الشعراءI held my soul too high to let it stay as it was,
- المحرقةI try to break through in life, yet I dare not.
- المستنصريةRestore Baghdad's glory—your glory is greater.
- المقصورةEnglish translation unavailable
- إلى الباجة جي في نكبته!Lo! Glory and noble deeds ask only
- الى البعثة المصريةMessengers of culture from Mudar,
- إلى الرصافيYou grappled with "the first" and became the adventurer;
- إلى الشباب السوريHail the ranks assembling to mend the rift,
- إلى المجد .. إلى القمةToward glory, a future is made.
- إلى المناضلينShine on, as the star blazed
- إلى جنيفMay you reap the reward of effort and toil,
- إلى وفود المشرقين تحيةYou alighted as the clouds alight,
- اليأس المنشودConsign to despair what offers no scope for hope.
- آليتI vowed to cool the heat of my embers,
- إليهاYour slender figure has wronged me,
- أمم تجد ونلعبNations strive in earnest, while we play;
- أنا !The hand of calamities did not shatter my endurance,
- أنتم فكريYou are my thought, and from you comes my song.
- اندونيسيا المجاهدةO Indonesia, if your sons fight to the death,
- أنغام الخطوبHow sorely the lamenting poet needs a cause for anger!
- أنيتاI found, Anita, that there appeared, stirring me,
- آه على تلكم السنينAh, for those years!
- آهاتDo not blame your yesterday for what it did.
- إهدري يا دماءRoar, O blood—you are the anthem.
- أول العهدMy first encounter with her who burdened me
- أيها الأرقMy night fled from darkness's grasp,
- أيها الفارسO knight who left the battlefield
- باريسExalted are you, Paris, mother of struggle,
- بائعة السمك في براغOne morning, when we were spurred on
- بديعةSway half your body, and leave the other half still.
- براهاBeauty, your foot is in the stirrup,
- برئتُ من الزحوفِAnd a woman asks: Are you openly reviled?
- بريد الغربةTime has taken me captive
- بشرى جنيفWelcome to the crowned nobleman,
- بعد العرسThree black years have passed,
- بنت بيروتO sweet of spirit, O enchanting of body,
- بي كه سMy brother Bêkes—death lies in wait,
- تأبين الغراف الميتThe abodes of Sharadim have become inhabited by newcomers,
- تائه في حياتهMy patience on the harsh times
- تحرك اللحد !Entrust to the unseen whatever destiny may bring,
- تحية .. ونفثة غاضبةForgive me if my pen complains of weariness,
- تحية الحلةPardon me if my poetry and expression fail me;
- تطويقNuri, no one but you has shown me kindness—
- تونسCome, horses of God, to your sweet watering place.
- ثورة النفسI kept silent, while cauldrons seethed within my breast.
- جمال الدين الأفغانيYou loved sleeplessness in the cause of truth.
- حافظ إبراهيمThey announced to poetry the death of a free man who had tended it,
- حالنا أو في سبيل الحكمIt has pained me to know the corruption of innermost thoughts,
- حبيبتيMy beloved, ever since love dwelt in a predawn hour,
- حنينI yearn for a glimmering phantom,
- حييتهن بعيدهنI greeted them on their feast day,
- خبر!News, unlike any other news,
- خلي ركابكKeep your stirrup linked to mine.
- دجلة في الخريفAutumn came early and began to threaten him,
- دم الشهيدTake from your today provisions for tomorrow.
- دمعة على صديقThe message of the bereaved was borne to you
- ذات الحجابYour beauty called me among those it called.
- ذكرى أبو التمنThe hand of lifespans reached far—had it fallen short,
- ذكرى الهاشميAll the honor due to you has been rendered
- ذكرى عبدالناصرYou grew old as your day was meant for eulogy
- ذكرى وعد بلفورMy wounded ears have heard
- ذكرياتO memories, muster yourselves in bands,
- رابطة الآدابYou have established it as a society through which one hopes
- رباعياتBaghdad
- سأقول فيكI shall speak of you and have no fear,
- سامراءI bade farewell to the bloom of my youth before it departed,
- سبيل الجماهيرIf the reins of the masses were in my hand,
- ستالينغرادShe bared her soul and waved it as a banner;
- سجا البحرThe sea fell still, and dew-moist shores spread out,
- سلمت ثورة..وبورك عيدMay the revolution endure, and blessed be the festival!
- سلمى ايضاً او وردة بين اشواكGive me your peace, my Salma, and your presence suffices me
- سلمى على المسرحPlay, for love is play.
- شاغور حماناI returned to Lebanon after an absence,
- شباب ضائع!I stored up a reed pen for the calamities of time,
- شباب يذويMy youth has withered without enjoying happiness,
- شسع لنعلك ... كل موهبةO you who feed the world, though she has grown lean,
- شكر وعذرMy stay among you is gratitude;
- شممت تربك لا زلفى ولا ملقاI smelled your soil, not seeking favor or offering flattery.
- صورة للخواطرIf I am worn out in my youth,
- طال ليليMy night has grown long—is there no dawn to come calling,
- طرطراO Tartara, blather on.
- طنجةHow splendid a homeland you are, Tangier!
- طيف تحدر (يوم الشمال)An apparition descended from behind a veil,
- عاشوراءIt is the soul that refuses to be abased and subdued,
- عبادة الشر !Leave nobility to the powerless sluggard;
- عتاب مع النفسI reproached, though I had no cause for reproach,
- عدنا وقوداًYouth has passed—will it return?
- عريانة!You know that I am a man of longing.
- عقابيل داءAftereffects of an illness, with no healer to treat them,
- على الرصيفHe was no more than two years old, yet he had
- عمر الفاخوريHow hard it is for my tongue to lament you,
- عهد المروءةO pledge of chivalry, to you I return.
- غزل في الجوAnd she said: Compose poetry.
- غضبةThe misfortunes came and how could they not come
- فاتنة ورسامAnd Muhammad al-Misbah said one day
- فتى الفتيانHe defied death and compressed time—
- فتى عويسFrom the Emirates, from the shores of Sharjah,
- فداء لمثواكLet me be a ransom for your resting place, that bed
- فلسطينDefenders of the homeland, a harmful affliction has befallen the homeland, and the crier has called for your aid.
- فلسطين والاندلسI implored your troops—the people's troops—and the guards,
- في السجنWhat do you want from time,
- في ذكرى غانديMy master, you—O truth and dignity,
- في ذمة الله ما ألقى وما أجدAll I face and all I feel are in God's keeping.
- في عيد العمالWith you we begin, and to you we return.
- فيصل السعودIn spacious ease, beneath the eaves of safety,
- قتل العواطف !English translation unavailable
- قف بأجداث الضحاياThe Crown embraced its sons and rose high,
- لا در درك من ربوع ديارAccursed be you, O dwelling grounds!
- لبنانReturn to me what remnants of youth you can,
- لبنان يا خمري وطيبيLebanon, O my wine and my perfume!
- لجاجك في الحب لا يجملYour persistence in love is unbecoming,
- لعبة التجاربIt is the rule - if realized - a game of player
- لغة الثياب أو حوار صامتI rolled my sleeves halfway up,
- لم يبق عندي مايبتزه الألمI have nothing left that pain can wrest from me.
- ليلة معهاI will not lie to you: I am human,
- ماذا أغنّي ؟Longing, Jalal, like the eye's longing for sleep,
- محمد البكرSunset overtook the gladness of your face too soon,
- مصابيح البيانO lamps of eloquence, even if it proves difficult
- معرض العواطفI bared my heart, exposed to the archers,
- من دفتر الغربة (أيه شباب الرافدين)English translation unavailable
- من دفتر الغربة .. (من بعيد)From afar, my longing yearns for you.
- مناجاةOh, your soft cheeks,
- ناغيت لبناناFor a generation I serenaded Lebanon with my poetry,
- نامي جياع الشعب ناميSleep, you hungry people, sleep.
- نشيد العودةGod bless you for such a newborn,
- هاشم الوترىIn you I have praised feelings and gifts.
- هلمّ أصلحْCome, let's make amends - may God watch over you - for what's gone wrong
- هلم معيCome with me; let us watch the spectacle,
- وادي العرائشA day of life in your valley is a day that counts;
- وحي الرستميةI prized the attainable ease of life I glimpsed there,
- وصرفتُ عينيAnd I turned my gaze away, though it clung fast,
- يا أبا ناظمO Abu Nazim, your prison is my prison,
- يا أم سعدO Umm Sa'd, the nights are ever-changing,
- يا أم عوف عجيبات لياليناEnglish translation unavailable
- يا أمتي ... يا عصبة الأممO my nation, O League of Nations,
- يا بدرداجية الخطوبThey cried out, and my two hands braced my ribs;
- يا بنت رسطاليسRise and salute these edifices as academies,
- يا ثمر العارO scabby one, try your hand, form a bloc, join a party.
- يا خياليO my Khayal, may swift healing be yours,
- يا رسول النضالO messenger of struggle, blessed are you in your abode,
- يا غريب الدارEnglish translation unavailable
- يا فتية الوطن الحبيبI approached you, my weariness betraying me,
- يا فرحة العمرMy sister
- يادجلة الخيرEnglish translation unavailable
- ياسيدي أسعف فمي ليقولاMy master, inspire my mouth to eloquently
- يافا الجميلةIn Jaffa, the day the mounts were brought to rest,
- يدي هذه رهنThis hand of mine stands surety for what my mouth declares.
- يراع المجدThe mighty one cut off the conceited one's nose.
- يوم الجيش الأحمرA liberated nation and a victorious army
- يوم الشهيدEnglish translation unavailable
- يوم فلسطينAl-Sham rose, as is her custom,
- يومان على فارناWhat ails this virgin nature, so angry?
- كل ما في الكون حب وجمالAll that is in the universe is love and beauty,
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