يا هذه كم يكون اللوم والفَنَدُ
لا تعذلي رجلاً أثوابُهُ قِدَدُ
O woman, how long will blame and senseless fault-finding go on?
Do not reproach a man whose clothes hang in tatters.
إن أُمسِ منفرداً فالبحر منفردٌ
والبدرُ مُنفردٌ والسيف منفردُ
If I pass the evening alone, the sea too stands alone;
And the full moon stands alone, and the sword stands alone.
إن كان صَرف زمانٍ عاب هيئته
فبين طمريه منه ضيغمٌ أسدُ
If time’s reversals have marred his outward form,
Beneath his two threadbare robes, his very self is a fierce lion—a lion indeed.
Sol 5.6