لا تعذلاني إن بكيت رسوماً
وذكرت عهداً للحبيب قديما
Do not reproach me, you two, if I weep over ruined traces,
Do not blame me if I weep over visions,
and recall an old bond with the beloved.
And recall a love from long ago,
واشتقت حين أردت من لوح السّنا
شيماً ومن فوح العرار شميما
And I yearned when I sought, from the gleam of lightning,
And yearn when I want from the tablet of splendor,
a glimpse, and from the waft of ʿarār a fragrance.
Traits and from the meadows of perfume, a breath,
وأخو الصَّبابة لا يزال مُراقباً
من كل أفق بارقاً ونسيما
And the companion of longing never ceases to watch
The companion of youth still watches,
for a lightning flash and a breeze from every horizon.
From every horizon, flashing and breezy,
طُرقُ ادّكار النّازحين كأَنّما
ترك الغرام بهم لديَّ غريما
The paths of remembrance of those far away—as though
The paths where displaced lovers roam,
love had left a creditor with me because of them.
As if separation left within me, a grieving friend,
أما الهوى فلقد أحلّ بي الجوى
يوم النّوى ولقد أبيت سقيما
As for love, it has indeed brought burning anguish upon me
As for passion, it came to me at night,
on the day of parting; and indeed I pass the night ill.
The day of intent, and I spent it sick,
وعمى أَبو اسحق لي بلقائه
يشفى غليلا أَو يزيل هموما
And my uncle Abu Ishaq, when I meet him,
Abu Ishaq is blind to meeting me,
quenches my burning thirst or dispels my cares.
To cure an illness or remove worries,
إن فاتني وجهُ الحبيب فانّني
عوّضت منه وجه إبراهيما
If the beloved's face has eluded me, then I
If I miss the face of the beloved, then I
have been given Ibrahim's face in its place.
Replace it with the face of Ibrahim,
وجهٌ تراه إذا تبسم للنّدى
في موسم للمكرمات وسيما
A face you behold, when it smiles upon bounty,
A face you see when it smiles at the dew,
handsome in a season of noble deeds.
In a season of generosity, handsome,
ولقد نظرتُ بهِ إلى شخص المنى
وبلغت سُؤلا واغتنمتِ نعيما
And through him I beheld the embodiment of my wishes,
And I looked upon it to the person of wishes,
and attained a wish and gained bliss.
And attained my request and gained bliss,
وعلمتُ أَني واجدٌ بلقائِه الْ
إِنعام والتبجيل والتعظيما
And I knew that, upon meeting him, I would find
And I knew by meeting him I found,
bounty, veneration, and great honor.
Favors, reverence and glorification,
أَصبحت ياعمريُّ منتمياً إلى
نسب الكرام وقد نميت كريما
You have come, O ʿAmrī, to belong to
I became, my life, belonging to,
the lineage of the noble, and have grown up noble.
The lineage of nobles, and grew generous,
وألفت من فعل الأَفاضل عادةً
لمَّا رزقتَ من السّماحة خِيما
And you have made a habit of the deeds of the virtuous,
And I became accustomed to the actions of the virtuous,
since you were endowed with a generous disposition.
When you were graced with sublime character,
وحلَلت بيتَ الأَزد في شرفاتهِ
وورئت من بيت العتيك صَميما
And you have taken your place in the house of al-Azd, upon its battlements,
And I entered the house of Azd in its balconies,
and you [sprang] from the house of al-ʿAtīk, of pure stock.
And inherited from the house of Atiq, the essence,
وهم أُولو الشرفالقديم ولم يَزَل
قدما لهم قِدمُ العُلى معلوما
And they possess ancient honor; it has always been
They are the people of old nobility, and their
known, from of old, that their eminence is ancient.
Ancient feet remain known,
ياصادراً عن حجّ بيت إلهِهِ
أَزكى البريةغَيبةً وقُدوما
O you returning from pilgrimage to your God's House,
O you who went on pilgrimage to his House,
purest of humankind in absence and return,
The most fragrant of wildernesses, absent and present,
أُهلاً بطلعتك الّتي قد أَطلعت
بالسّعد في أُفق السّماءِ نجوما
welcome to your appearance, which has brought forth
Welcome your rising that rose,
stars with good fortune upon the horizon of heaven.
With good fortune on the horizon of the sky, stars,
شملت محاسنك المحافلَ واغتدى
شملُ المكارم والعلى منظوما
Your virtues have embraced the gatherings, and now
Your perfections have embraced gatherings, and the
noble deeds and eminence are strung together as one.
Embrace of nobility and highness became composed,
اليوم أصبح كلّ صاحب فاقةٍ
يرجو نوالاً من نداك عميما
Today every person in need has come
Today each needy man,
to hope for an abundant gift from your generosity.
Hopes for gain from your overflowing hands,
فاسعدْ بقيتَ ولا يزال بغبطةً
رحلُ السّلامة في ذَراك مقيما
So rejoice—may you live on—and may, in gladness,
So be happy however long you remain, and with elation
safety's camp ever remain within your shelter.
The journey of wellness remains with you,
وبلغت في ابنك ما يسرّك آمناً
فيها الحذار من الخطوب سليما
And may you attain in your son what gladdens you, secure
And you attained in your son what pleases you, secure
therein from fear of calamities, and unharmed.
From misfortunes, safe and sound,
Sol 6.1