خلصتُ من خَدعاتِ الأَعينِ النُّجلِ
إنِّي إذاً لَشديدُ المكرِ والحِيَلِ
I am free from the deceptions of languid eyes,
So I am very cunning and tricky.
مادمتُ أعزلُ سُلطانَ الغَرام بها
كأنَّما ذلكَ السلطانُ من قِبَلي
As long as I disable the authority of passion for her,
It is as if that authority is from me.
وكنتُ من جَزَعي أُلحى فصِرتُ عَلى
صَبري أُلامُ فَما أَخلو من العَذَلِ
And from my despair, I persisted, so I became
The pains of my patience do not leave me without torment.
فإن سَلوتُ وإِن لَم أسلُ واحزَني
يا لَلرِّجالِ لهَذا الحادِثِ الجَلَلِ
Whether I am distracted or not and it saddens me,
Oh what great event has occurred!
خُذِ الزَّمانَ بأوقاتٍ تَفوتُ بِها
صَرفَ الزَّمانِ وبادِرها عَلى عَجَلِ
Take advantage of time with moments that pass by,
Hasten the turns of time.
فقَد تَقلَّبتِ الأمثالُ وانقلَبَت
وأصبحَ المتأنِّي صاحِبَ الزَّلَلِ
For paradigms have changed and transformed,
And the patient has become faulty.
وانهَض لِصافيةٍ في كفِّ صافِيةٍ
كالشمسِ حينَ تكونُ الشمسُ في الحَمَلِ
And set out with a pure one in the palm of one pure,
Like the sun when the sun is in Aries.
إِذا تَناوَلتَ منها الكأسَ مُنتَحيا
سقَتكَ في إثرِها كأساً من الغَزَلِ
When you take the cup from her greeting,
She gives you after it a cup of flirtation.
وربَّ صَرفِ زَمانٍ باتَ يَطرُقُني
مُستَخفِياً من مَذمَّاتي عَلى وَجَلِ
And the passage of time spent the night assailing me,
Hiding from my blames furtively.
حتَّى إِذا عَلِقَت كفاهُ صحتُ بِه
هَذا عَليٌّ وهَذا غُرَّةُ بنُ عَلِي
Until when the two hands of the energetic attached to him,
This is Ali and this is Gharra son of Ali.
فطاشَ في الأَرض يَرجو أن يَفوتَهما
وربَّما باتَ مَطلوباً عَلى أَمَلِ
He bolted into the earth hoping to escape them,
And he may spend the night sought on a hope.
وأينَ يأخُذُ والأَقطارُ قد أُخِذَت
من النَّدى والعُلى بالقَولِ والعَمَلِ
And where can he take it and the horizons had been taken,
With dew and heights, by words and actions.
إذا العُلى امتَنَعَت ممَّن يُحاوِلُها
فأصبَحَت دونَه مَقطوعَةَ السُّبُلِ
When the heights became inaccessible to those who seek them,
They became unreachable to him.
أمسَى عَليٌّ عَلِيّاً فَوقَ كاهِلِها
ولا يَزالُ عَلى هَذا ولَم يَزَلِ
Ali became very high over its shoulder,
And it does not stop being like this and has not stopped.
تُغيرُ أعداؤُهُ بالخَيلِ سابِقَةً
وهُنَّ يَحمِلنَ أَعماراً إِلى أَجَلِ
His enemies change with racing horses,
And they carry ages to maturity.
لِلَّهِ دَرُّكَ عن عَضبٍ لَه أَثَرٌ
في النائِباتِ إِذا ما قُلتُ يَشهدُ لي
God bless you from an anger that has traces,
In calamities when I say bearing witness for me.
يَرى الوَغى في ثِيابِ المَوتِ بارِزَةً
كَما يَرى الغادَةَ الحَسناءَ في الحُلَلِ
It sees chaos in the clothes of death coming forth,
As it sees the beautiful gazelle in adornment.
ماذا يَروقُكَ مِنها حينَ تَمهَرُها
أَفعالكَ البيضَ بينَ البيضِ والأَسَلِ
What do you like about it when you prepare it?
Are your shining white actions between white and black?
إِذا رَكِبتَ إِلى أَمرٍ رَكِبتَ لهُ
عَزماً بَرياً من التَّرييثِ والفَشَلِ
If you rode to a matter you rode to it,
With strong determination from hesitation and failing.
أسرَفتَ في الجودِ حَتَّى صِرتَ تُوجِدَ في
أَهلِ المَكارِمِ أَهلَ اللَّؤم والبخَلِ
You were excessive in generosity until you became
The people of villainy and stinginess exist among the generous.
