Poems
- أدهقان حال النأي دونك والهجرI am stunned by the anguish of separation and estrangement from you
- إذا الريح من أرض الحجاز تنسمتWhenever the wind blows gently from the land of the Hijaz,
- أصبحت قد جمحت في كسر بيتكمI have become like a hyena prowling around your broken home
- أقسمت لا أبغيك شاة منيحةI swore not to seek a milch ewe on loan for you,
- ألا أبلغ لديك بني كلابHear this: tell the sons of Kilab there with you,
- ألا يغرن امرأ نوفليةLet no man be beguiled by a Nawfali headcloth
- ألهي الكروس عن إيراد حدرتهAl-Karawwas was distracted from taking his herd to water
- إني صبحت حمل بن كوزAt dawn I came upon Ḥamal ibn Kūz,
- إني ورب رجال شعبهم شعبI swear by the Lord of men whose people branch into clans,
- إني ورب رجال شعبهم شعب شتىIndeed, by the Lord of men whose people form branches,
- أيا شبه ليلى جادك الغيث وانبرىO likeness of Layla, may rain shower you generously, and may there arise
- أيا كبدا كادت عشية غربO liver that, on the evening at Ghurrab, nearly
- بأخفافها يدنو الفتى من حبيبهWith their padded feet, the young man draws near to his beloved.
- بان الخليط فما للقلب معقولThe companions have departed; my heart has no restraint.
- بان الخليط فهالتك التهاويلThe company departed, and fearful visions appalled you,
- حديث لو أن اللحم يصلى بحرهA tale—if meat were roasted in its heat,
- ذكرت الصبا فانهلت العين تذرفYou remembered youthful love, and your eye streamed with tears.
- طربنا حين أدركنا ادكارWe were stirred when remembrance overtook us,
- فلولا أن أصلت فارسيSo, had a Persian not drawn his sword,
- في مشرف ليط لياق البلاط بهIn a lofty building coated with paving mortar,
- فيأخذني العناق وبرد فيهاHer embrace—and a coldness in her—seize me
- قد ندع المنزل يا لميسWe sometimes leave the dwelling, O Lamis,
- لا تنكحن الدهر ما عشت أيماNever, as long as you live a bachelor, marry
- لعمرك إن الذئب يوم سما لناBy your life, the wolf, the day he came toward us,
- لما أتيت على السبعين قلت لهWhen I reached seventy, I said to him:
- له نار تشب على يفاعٍHe has a fire blazing on a height,
- لو يعلم الغرماء منزلتيهماIf the creditors knew the standing of those two with me,
- ماذا يؤرقني والنوم يعجبنيWhat keeps me awake, though sleep delights me,
- نبئت أن بريدا خف حاضرهI was told that Burayd's settled folk had departed
- نظرت كأني من وراء زجاجةI looked as though from behind a pane of glass,
- هل انتم واقفون على السطورWill you stop beside the inscriptions,
- وذكرني الصبا بعد التناهيA dove brought youth back to my mind, after youth had passed away—
- وما تستطيع الكحل من ضيق عينهاAnd she cannot apply kohl, so narrow is her eye.
- ونار كسحر العود رفع ضؤهاAnd a fire like the magic of wood raised its glow
- ونلن سقاطا من حديث كأنهAnd they gained snatches of talk, as though it were
- يقولون في البيت لي نعجةThey say I have a ewe in the house.
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