Sol 6.1

  1. كويت حشائي فانعمي من رضا بك

    برشف اذا حرمت يوماً وصالك

    You seared my innards; then favor one content with you,

    with a sip, if one day you deny me union with you.

  2. كسرت فؤادي فاجبري منه كسره

    بوصل والا شربه من زلالك

    You broke my heart; so mend the fracture within it,

    with union—or else a draught of your limpid water.

  3. كمنت بليل الشعر للصبّ فاِهتدى

    بنجم الثَنايا في ظلام قذالك

    You lay in wait for the lover in the night of your hair; he found his way

    by your front teeth's star in the darkness of your nape.

  4. كشفت عَن الحسن البَديع براقعاً

    فخر فؤادي صاعِقاً من سنائك

    You lifted veils from wondrous beauty,

    and my heart fell thunderstruck by your radiance.

  5. كَفاني عزاً فرط ذلي وانني

    بعقد البها وَالحسن ملك ام مالك

    My utter abasement is glory enough for me, and so is being

    Umm Mālik's possession, bound by splendor and beauty.

  6. كلمت بموسى اللحظ قَلبي فَلَم يَزَل

    عَلى طور شوق سامِعاً لندائك

    You wounded my heart with your glance's razor, so it remains

    on longing's Sinai, listening to your call.

  7. كلي الصب للهَيجاء تلقى ثباته

    اذا تمت الهامات تحت السنابك

    Entrust the lovesick one to battle; you will see his steadfastness

    when heads meet their end beneath the hooves.

  8. كفوفي تكف الحادِثات وَساعدي

    مساعد عن فاقد العون ناهك

    My palms ward off calamities, and my arm

    is a helper, wearing down foes for one bereft of aid.

  9. كروب الرَزايا كَم رَمَتني بمكرها

    وَكَم نصبت لي في الوَغى من شابئك

    How often the anguish of calamities has assailed me with its cunning,

    and how many snares it laid for me in battle!

  10. كدت عند مسراها واكدى مرامها

    فَكَيفَ وعندي في الرَدى عزم فاتك

    I counter-plotted as they advanced by night, and their aim failed;

    how could they prevail, when facing death I have a deadly resolve?

  11. كَلامي كلوم في المَلاحِم للعدا

    وَلا تحسبنَّ سَيفي لهم غير باتك

    My words are wounds to foes in fierce battles,

    and never think my sword anything but a blade that severs them.

  12. كررت ففرّ الخصم منعظم هيبَتي

    وَغمت عليه واضحات المسالك

    I charged, and the foe fled, so great was his dread of me;

    and even clear paths grew obscure to him.

  13. كرام جدودي أَوضحت لي طَرايقاً

    فأَمسيت في سيري بها خير سالك

    My noble forefathers made clear paths for me;

    so, walking them, I became the finest traveler.

  14. كَما أَوضح المقدام في الكون مسلكا

    من الحزم تسرى فيه أَهل الممالِك

    Just as the intrepid one opened in the world a path

    of prudence, along which the peoples of kingdoms journey by night.

  15. كَثير الندا حتف العدا فائض الجدا

    هلال بدا ليث شديد التَعارك

    Abundant in generosity, death to foes, overflowing with bounty,

    a risen crescent, a lion fierce in combat.

  16. كمىّ ولكن كَم له من فطانة

    بكشف ظلامات وكم من مدارك

    An armored warrior, yet how keen his discernment

    in redressing wrongs—and how many his insights!

  17. كأني واياه بشعري وبذله

    هوَ الجهبذ الخرمىّ مع نجل بابك

    Through my poetry and his giving, he and I seem

    like the master al-Khurramī together with Ibn Bābak.

  18. كرعنا سلافا من كؤوس نواله

    بجنة فضل زينت بالارائِك

    We quaffed choice wine from the cups of his bounty,

    in a garden of excellence adorned with couches.

  19. كَمال له دون البَريَّة ثابِت

    وَلَيسَ خَسيس الصخر مثل السَبائك

    Perfection is firmly his alone among all creation,

    and worthless rock is not like ingots.

  20. كَبير مقام للنقائص تارِكا

    وَلكن لتحصيل الثنا غير تارِك

    Great in stature, forsaking shortcomings,

    yet never abandoning the pursuit of praise.

  21. كَفيل الندا حج الأَنام ببابه

    وأدّوا بذاك الحج كلّ المَناسِل

    A guarantor of bounty: mankind made pilgrimage to his door,

    and in that pilgrimage they performed every rite.

  22. كَليلا أَرى عَزمي بميدان مدحه

    وَبازل جدىّ في النظام كبارك

    I find my resolve blunted in the arena of praising him,

    and the mature camel of my striving in verse is like one kneeling.

  23. كَفانا كفاحا عند مشتبك القنا

    وَقرع السيوف البيض يوم الدكادك

    He spared us combat where the spears interlocked,

    and the clash of white swords on the day of the low sand mounds.

  24. كَذَلِك في انعامه شارك الملا

    وَلَيسَ له في مدحه من مشارك

    Likewise, the multitude shared in his bounty,

    yet none shares in the praise that is his.

  25. كَريم سما كل المُلوك فَلَم يَزَل

    له فضل مبيض عَلى لون حالك

    A generous man who surpassed all kings, and still

    his excellence shines white against a pitch-black hue.

  26. كَرائِم جدوى أَحمد الجود ثورّت

    لها في ذرا العافين أَشهى المبارك

    The prized bounties of Aḥmad the generous have been roused;

    for them, on the bounty-seekers' heights, lie the choicest camel-resting grounds.

  27. كياسته تَسمو عَل كل حاكِم

    وَهَل يَستَوي عاصي الرجال وَناسك

    His sagacity surpasses every ruler's,

    and can a sinful man equal a devout worshipper?

  28. كفاه علآء انه الفرد في الملا

    وَلَيسَ اخو ذاكَ الرَبيع كمالك

    It is glory enough for him that he is unique among all,

    and that al-Rabīʿ's brother is not like Mālik.

  29. كساه إله العرش حلة سؤدد

    مَدى الدهر ما غنت حداة الأوارك

    May the God of the Throne clothe him in a robe of lordship,

    for all time, as long as the drivers of arāk-grazing camels sing.