Poems
- أبلغ ابا قيس اذا ما لقيتهTell Abu Qays, if you meet him,
- أبلغ شهاب بني بكر وسيدهاTell the blazing star of Banu Bakr and their chief—
- أرقت ونام الاخلياء وهاجنيI was sleepless though my companions slept
- أقول لها لما نهتني عن البكاI said to her when she forbade me to weep:
- أقول لهند حين لم أرضى فعلهاI say to Hind, when I did not approve of her conduct:
- تطاول هذا الليل ما كاد ينجليThis night has dragged on, scarcely coming to an end,
- حلفت برب الراقصات عشيةI swore by the Lord of the she-camels dancing at dusk,
- دعوت بطه في القتال فلم يجبI called to Baṭṭah in battle, but he did not answer.
- سما لك شوق عن قطام يذيعA longing for Qatam rose within you, spreading—
- صرمت زنيبة حبل من لا يقطعZunaybah has severed the bond of one who never severs
- فلو كان البكاء يرد شيئاSo if weeping could bring anything back,
- قدرت لها ما بين نهي مخططI reckoned for her, between the pool of Mukhaṭṭaṭ
- لعمري لنعم الحي اسمع غدوةBy my life, how fine is the clan I hear at dawn—
- لعمري لنعم المرء يطرق ضيفةBy my life, truly fine is the man whose guest comes by night,
- لعمري وما دهري بتأبين هالكBy my life, it is not my wont to lament the dead,
- لعمري وما دهري بتأبين هالكBy my life, it is not my habit to lament the dead,
- لقد لامني عند القبور على البكاIndeed, at the graves I was reproached for weeping
- نعم القتيل إذا الرياح تناوحتHow noble was the slain man when the winds blew against one another!
- وأقبل بسطام بأرسان من غوىAnd Bistam came with the halters of those who had gone astray.
- وتجلدي للشامتين أريهمRoam on, do not bend to the scorn of others
- وذو الهم تعديه صريمة امرهAnd a man of purpose is carried onward by his firm resolve,
- وقد علمت أولي المغيرة انناAnd the raiding force’s vanguard knows that we
- ولست أبالي بعد فقدي مالكاAnd after losing Malik, I do not care
- ولو شئت بالله الذي نزل الهدىHad I wished, by God who sent down guidance,
- ومن أيامنا يوم عجيبAnd among our days was a wondrous day;
- ونحن عقرنا مهر قابوس بعدماAnd we hamstrung Qābūs’s colt, after
- يسائلني ابن بجير اين ابكرهIbn Bujayr asks me where his young camels are.
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