أني عَلَى هَيَمَى مَىٍِّ تَلُحَّاني
وقَد شَجَاني قُمرِىٌّ بألحان
I am in passionate love with a beauty that entrances me,
And a moon-faced one has wounded me with her melodies.
غَنَّى عَلَى خُوطِ بَانٍ مَا ابَنَّ بِهِ
فَقُلتُ بَينٌ مُشِتُ بَانِ في ألبَانِ
She sang of the threads of cloth that her fingers did not weave,
So I said, she is a separation dwelling between my ribs in tenderness.
غَنَّى عَلَى الفَنَنِ الفَينَانِ إِن غِناً
لَهُ عَلَى الفَنَنِ الفَينَانِ أفنَاني
She sang of the arts of allurement - truly her alluring singing
Has made me infatuated with the arts of allurement.
فِيمَ العِتَابُ فَكَم صَبٍّ تَطَرَّبَهُ
شَدوُ الحَمَامِ بِألحَانٍ وأفنَانِ
Why the reproach? For how many clouds has the turtledove's song made weep,
The cooing of the doves with their melodies and charm.
هَذِى مَغَانٍ غَنِينَا بِالنَّعِيمِ بِهَا
أحَنَت عَلَيها السَّوَافي مُنذُ أزمَانِ
These are times of joy that we sang of in prosperity,
Which the時es have made sorrowful for so long now.
لَمَّا وَقَفتُ اُحَيِّيهَا وأندُبُهَا
أجرَى دُمُوعُىَّ جوي تِذكَارُ جِيرَانِ
When I stopped to say farewell and mourn them,
My streaming tears flowed like rain in remembrance of the neighbors.
قَالَ الخِليُّ أتجري الدَّمعَ في ظَلَلٍ
كَالوَشمِ أو كَبَقَايَا صُحفِ رُهبَانِ
The friend said, do you shed tears in the shadows
Like a tattoo, or like the pages of monks' books?
نُقلتُ والقُلبُ يغلي لَوعَةً وأسىً
والتَّحرُ مُختَضِبٌ بِالمَدفَعِ القَاني
I was transported while my heart boiled with anguish and grief,
And grief is dyed on me by the blazing cannon.
مَا كَانَ لِلصَّبِّ في صَبِّ المَدَامِعِ في
دُورِ الأحِبَّةِ مِن عَابٍ ولا ذَانِ
The flow of my tears in the abodes of loved ones
Should meet with no blame or censure.
إني بِأُمِّ أبَانٍ مُغرَمٌ كَلِفٌ
قَد هَيَّجَ البَينُ مِنهَا بَرحَ أشجَانِ
I am enamored with Umm Aban, distraught and restless,
Separation from her has stirred up passion within me.
نَاءَت بِهَا كُلُّ عُلكُومٍ مُذَكَّرَةٍ
وَجنَاءَ لاَ تَتَشَكَّى الأَينَ مِذعَانِ
She came with every beautiful and lovely gazelle,
Shy gazelles who do not complain of the whereabouts of their companions.
مَا زِلتُ أرنُو ِإلَى الأظعَانِ جَازعَةً
جِزعَ اللِّوَى رُنُوُّ الوَاصِفِ الرَّاني
I have not ceased yearning for the slender ones, mourning
With the grief of an ardent lover and passionate poet.
حَرَّانَ صًبًّا مَشوقَ القَلبِ مُكتِئَباً
يَا مَن لِصَبٍّ مَشُوقَ القَلبِ حَرَّانِ
It wounded an ardent heart, anguished and depressed -
O you who wounded an ardent and anguished heart!
حَتَّى غَلَت زَفَرَاتِى في الحَشَا وَعَلَت
هَدَّ إرعِوَائِى رُنوي صَوبَ أظعَانِ
Until my sighs prevailed in the thorns and wilderness,
And my moaning turned my companions towards the slender ones.
كَيفَ التَّجلُّدُ لِى إِنَّ الحَبِيبَ جَفَا
وانهَلَّ لَمَّا جَفَاني دَمعُ أجفاني
How can I show patience when my beloved has abandoned me
And when he abandoned me, the tears of my eyelids flowed?
يَا لَيتَهُ قَد شَفَاني بَعدَ دَاءِ جَفاً
عَلَى شفي جَلهَاتِ الحَينِ أشفَاني
O if only after the sickness of abandonment he would heal me
With the healing of the cheeks of the lovely one, make me well!
إِنَّ الشِّفَافي شِفَاهِ الخَودِ لَو رَشَفَت
لَكِن سَقَتني وَصدَّت كَأسَ ذُؤفَانِ
But the healing of her lips - if they were to heal,
They gave me to drink and turned away the cup of tenderness.
نَأيُ الشِّفا وَتَدَاني الجَفَا كَشَفَا
سَجفَ اصطِبَارِي ومَنَّانِي وشَفَّانِي
The nearness of healing and the approach of abandonment revealed
The weakness of my patience, my resoluteness, my healing.
حُمَّ افتِتَاني بِظبي شَادِنٍ خَرِقٍ
أحوَى اللَّثَاثِ كَحِيلِ الطَّرفِ فَتَّانِ
I am impassioned with a slender gazelle, unsaddled and nimble,
She has the slenderness of figure and the allure of an enchanting glance.
مَشجُوجِ رِقيقٍ بِخُرطُومٍ مُعَتَّقَةٍ
غَصَّانِ حِجلٍ أنِيقِ الدُّرِ رَبَّانِ
A delicate and tender specimen, with a sculpted neck,
Slender branches of a beautiful smooth pearl.
إني ادَّكَرتُ لَيَالِىَ اغتَبَقتُ بِها
صَفوَ التَّصَابي بِرَغمِ الكَاشِحِ الشَّآني
I recall the nights I spent intoxicated with her,
The choicest of pleasure despite the rancor of the disapproving critic.
أيَّامَ أرفُلُ في بُردِ الصِّبَا ثَمِلاً
اختَالُ بَينَ الغَوَاني مَيسَ نَشوَانِ
The days I would revel in the coolness of youth, well-lined,
Strutting among the beauties gently swaying.
أجني قُطُوفَ الملاهي وَهىَ دَانِيَةٌ
قَطفَ القُطُوفِ الدَّوَاني مُنيَةُ الجَاني
I pluck the fruits of delight while they are within reach,
Picking fruits readily descending, conferred by the hand of the picker.
إِنِّي لَمِن مَعشَرٍ دَانٍ جَنَاهُ فَمَن
وَافَاهُ نَالَ جَنًى مِن قَطفِهِ الدَّانِي
I am one whose clan fortune has blessed - so whoever
Meets with them obtains a harvest from their descending cluster.
شُمِّ العَرَانِينِ جَمِّ المَجدِ مُلتَحِفٌ
مِن كُلِّ مَكرُمَةٍ عَزَّت بِأردَانِ
Scent the air fragrant with them, the glory has fully gathered,
Enveloped in every noble deed that was exalted in platforms.
أدرَى وادرَا لِلعَاتِى وحلَّتُهُ
غُرُّ المَكَارِمِ مَاسِيطَت بِأدرَانِ
I know the homeland of the rebel, though I lodged him
In the caves of generosity - they are not like rampant lions.
أحيَاءِ كُوكَانَ مَا إِن كَانَ مِثلَهُمُ
شَادُوا العُلُومَ عَلَى أسَاسِ أركَانِ
The living like Ukaz - though there are none like them -
Raised knowledge on the foundations of firm pillars.
يَحكُونَ حَسَّانَ إِن حَاكُوا قَوَافِيَهم
وفي السَّمَاحَةِ يَحكُونَ إبنَ مَحكَانِ
In their verse, they tell of Hassan - and in generosity
They tell of Ibn Muhakkam, solving the knotty problems of meanings.
هَانَ العَوِيصُ لَدَيهُم إِذ تُرِيهِ لَهُم
شَمساً مَصَابِيحُ أفهَامٍ وأذهَانِ
What is challenging to others is simple for them, when
The lamps of brilliant minds and thoughts make it clear.
مَكُّوا البَلاَغةَ مِن آبَائِهِم وشَأَوا
أهلَ المَعَاني وحُلُّوا عِقدَ عِقيَانِ
They took eloquence from their forefathers and valued
The people of meanings, untying the knotted problems.
قَد استَبَدُّوا بِمَيدَانِ المَفَاخِرِ ما
حَازَ الحِجَا مَن يُجَارِيهُم بِمَيدَانِ
They monopolized the arena of pride - none can compete
In the field who has not attained mastery like they have.
تَاهَ الزَّمَانُ بِهُم وازدَانَ عَاطِلُهُ
لَولاَهُمُ لَتبَدَّى غَيرَ مُزدَانِ
Time passed them by, adorned by their presence,
Else it would have appeared barren, bereft of ornament.
إِذ عَنَّ مِن حَدَثَانِ الدَّهرِ دَاهِيَةٌ
عَنًّا أقَرَّ مُعَانِيهِم بِإذعَانِ
When the events of time speak nonsense, it whispers to them
With submission, assenting to their wise counsel.
ضَافُوا إِلَى مَاحَوَوا مِن كُلِّ مَكرُمَةٍ
إكرَامَ مَن طَافَ مِن عَافٍ وضِيفَانِ
In addition to the generosity they possessed, they showed generosity
To the wandering visitor and honored guest.
يَرتَاحُ نَادِيهُمُ لِلمَنِّ إِن سُئِلُوا
ولَم يَكُن وهو مَنَّانٌ بِمَنَّانِ
Their club is comfortable with favors, if asked,
And being generous, they are not uncomfortable with generosity.
مِثلَ اِرتِيَاحِ الفَتَى الشَّرِّيبِ مُغَتَبِقاً
إِلَى الأَغَاني بِمَزمَارٍ وَعِيدَانِ
Like the comfort of a young man reveling
In music, with flute and chordophone.
مَاضِيمَ مَن كَانض يَومَ الرَّوعِ جَارَهُمُ
جَارُ العَزِيزِ عَزِيزٌ غَيرُ لَهفَانِ
He who stood firm the day fear departed is their neighbor -
A neighbor of the honorable is an honorable, not frenzied man.
هَذَا وبُورِكَ فِيمَا قَد حَوَوا وَوُقُوا
مِن شَرِّ شَانِئِهِم مِن كُلِّ إنسَانِ
Moreover, blessings upon what they contained and avoided
Of the evil of those who wished them ill, of all mankind.
أسنَى صَلاَةٍ وتَسلِيمٍ بِهِ حُلِيَت
عَلَى الخُلاَصَةِ مِن أَبنَاءِ عَدنَانِ
The finest prayer and peace be upon the quintessence
Of the sons of Adnan in the most excellent station.
