Sol 6.1

  1. بمُدامِ أُنسِ مقامِ إبراهيما

    هام المحبُّ ومنه أبرأَ هيما

    With the wine of intimacy at Ibrahim's station,

    The lover was enraptured and, through it, cured lovesickness.

  2. دارت كؤوس شموسِ مأنوس الصفا

    فينا وبات مزاجها تسنيما

    Cups of the suns of cherished purity went round

    Among us, and their blend became Tasnim.

  3. حتّى سكرنا في بديع شرابه

    وغدا لنا مدح الجناب نديما

    Until we grew drunk on his wondrous wine,

    And praise of the august personage became our boon companion.

  4. خلعت علينا بالخلاعة خلعةً

    من حبّه وبدا الغرام غريما

    It bestowed upon us, through abandon, a robe

    Of his love, and passion appeared as a creditor.

  5. ولذا شطحنا مذ مدحنا ذاتَ من

    بصفاته أمسى الصفاء مقيما

    And so we spoke in ecstasy when we praised the essence of one

    Through whose attributes purity came to dwell.

  6. والسكرُ شكرُ زمانِ دولته الّتي

    هبّت علينا بالسرور نسيما

    And intoxication is gratitude for the age of his reign, which

    Blew upon us as a breeze of joy.

  7. هي دولة المولى سليمان الزما

    ن ومن حوى في عزّه تقديما

    It is the reign of the lord, Sulayman of the

    Age, and of him who attained preeminence in his glory.

  8. فكأن جلّقَ أصبحت ذات العما

    دِ إلى العباد وجنّةً ونعيما

    So it seemed that Jilliq had become the city of

    Pillars for the people, a paradise and bliss.

  9. لاحت كواكب سعدها من دولةٍ

    قد خيّمت بسعودها تخييما

    The stars of its good fortune shone from a reign

    That firmly pitched its tent with its good fortunes.

  10. خلعُ العذار بمثلها فرضٌ على

    مثلي يعظّم قدرَها تعظيما

    Casting off the bridle under such a reign is a duty upon

    One like me, who greatly honors its worth.

  11. بدرٌ بدولتنا العليلة لاح من

    فلك السعود مُتمّماً تتميما

    A full moon shone in our ailing realm, from

    The sphere of auspicious stars, bringing full completion.

  12. وله السعادة في منازل جلقٍ

    وله والإمارةُ سلّمت تسليما

    And his is good fortune in the mansions of Jilliq;

    And to him, princely rule yielded in complete submission.

  13. ساس الورى بسياسةٍ وفراسةٍ

    وحماسةٍ وغدا بذاك حكيما

    He governed humankind with statecraft and discernment,

    And valor, and through these became wise.

  14. أنفاسه ريحٌ إذا هبّت على

    زرع الّذي عاداه بات هشيما

    His breaths are a wind: when it blows upon

    The crop of one who opposed him, it turns to dry stubble.

  15. سل عنه أهل جبال نابُلُسٍ فكم

    ذاقوا عذاباً في الحروب أليما

    Ask the people of Nablus's mountains about him: how much

    Agonizing torment they tasted in wars!

  16. ولقد سقاهم كأس بأس طعانه

    فيهم سموماً في الوغى وحميما

    And indeed he made them drink the cup of his spear-thrusts' might

    Against them—scorching wind in battle and scalding water.

  17. قد قارع الأبطال بالعزم الّذي

    كم من كميٍّ بات منه رميما

    He battled champions with the resolve through which

    Many an armored warrior was reduced to crumbling remains.

  18. حاضت ذكور رماح سطوته دماً

    وصفاح دولته جرت تبكي ما

    The male spears of his onslaught menstruated blood,

    And the sword-blades of his reign ran, weeping water.

  19. بشراه سوف يرى مقاماً فوق ذا

    وينال سعداً في الوجود عظيما

    Glad tidings to him! He will see a station higher than this,

    And attain immense good fortune in the world.