خَليقَةُ شَهمٍ كُلَّما أَسمَحَت مَحَت
مَعالِمَ جَدبٍ لَم يُطِق مَحوَها المَطَر
A noble man’s nature—whenever it gave freely—effaced
the marks of drought, which the rain itself was not long in erasing.
Sol 5.6
خَليقَةُ شَهمٍ كُلَّما أَسمَحَت مَحَت
مَعالِمَ جَدبٍ لَم يُطِق مَحوَها المَطَر
A noble man’s nature—whenever it gave freely—effaced
the marks of drought, which the rain itself was not long in erasing.
Sol 5.6