لِمَن الطُلولُ تراقصَتْ
نَجْوَى حشاك قِفارُها
For whom did the hills dance
The whisperings of your deserted abode
قفرٌ نبا بك ودُّها
وتعلَّقتك ديارُها
A deserted abode that longs for you
And its dwellings cling to you
إن كنتَ أعيُنَها عدم
تَ فهذه آثارُها
If you are nonexistent in its eyes
Then these are its ruins
دِمَنٌ كمسحبة الأزم
مَةِ مُسحَلاً إمرارُها
A close lifetime like the crisis of time
Whose passage is smooth
ماتت حقائقُها وخُل
لِدَ زُورها ومُعارُها
Its realities died and its imagination and lies lived
And the night of oblivion stretched
وامتدَّ ليلُ السافيا
تِ بجوِّها ونَهارُها
With its daytime and nighttime
I have verses for it if it becomes desolate
عندي لها إن أجدبتْ
وَكَّافةٌ تمتارُها
Its cure is complete
It was content with shedding tears as if they were its eyelashes
أَنِستْ بإسبال الدمو
عِ كأنها أشفارُها
And it wept well. Did its tears convey
To you the inquirer its news?
ونعم بكيت فهل تبل
لُكَ سائلاً أخبارُها
Woe to it from a need
If only its sides were healed
واهاً لها من حاجةٍ
لو قُضِّيَتْ أوطارُها
Oh my abode, my ribs, and my family
I entrust to protect its sands if I meet
يا دارُ تُرْبُكِ والهجي
رُ وأضلعي وأُوارُها
A treacherous man
The covenant between us did not disappear
حفظاً برملةَ إن ألط
طَ بذمّةٍ غدَّارُها
Nor its document
The nights were devoid of your presence
لا ضاع ما بيني وبي
نكِ عهدُها وذِمارُها
Hiding it and its secrets
Until it is as if livelihood
خلَتِ الليالي من بدو
رِكِ تمُّها وسِرارُها
Has not been bitter in it
And no desires were fulfilled in it
حتى كأنّ معيشةً
لم يحلُ فيكِ مُرارُها
Nor did its veils relax for us
For everyone with two aims in it
ومآرباً برباكِ ما اس
ترختْ لنا أستارُها
Is like its mouser and barn owl
And the days' wipes are still green and fresh
إذ كلُّ ذي هَدفين في
ك كِناسُها وصُوارُها
And a beautiful doe whose love secrets are complete
Her misfortunes increased but that did not sadden her
ومسائح الأيام بق
لٌ أخضرٌ وعِذارها
She is infatuated with which men's wrists her necklace binds
The gossip of the slanderers corrupted her but her cloak is fine
وجهيرة في الحسن تُك
تمُ في الهوى أسرارُها
She was created scented but her perfume became rancid
And her words remembered
كثرت ضرائرها وقل
لَ بذلك استضرارُها
So her veil doubled over
My friend, do your eyes sleep
بلهاء يَرتبِطُ الحلي
مَ من الرجال إسارُها
Or does their wakefulness remain active?
The long night confuses the eyelids with its darkness
خبثت أحاديث الوشا
ةِ بها وطاب إِزارُها
A friend knocked to illuminate
The darkness of the twisted abode
خُلِقَتْ معطَّرةً فَخُي
يِبَ كاسداً عطَّارُها
And their pillows are rumpled
On a night when its conversation did not diminish
وتَذَكَّرَتْ ألفاظُها
فثَنَى اللثامَ خِمارُها
Strange, how its distant lands collapsed on me
With its two hills and the interior of its house
يا صاحبي والعينُ تغ
نَمُ أو يُظَنَّ عُرارُها
It started treating me with the sting of a bee
Whose honey of contentment flows
والليلة الطولى يُخَو
وَضُ بالجفون غمارُها
Life froze with cold from it
And its perfume began to melt
طرقَتْ زميلةُ تجتلي
ظلمَ اللِّوى أنوارُها
The composer of its necklace did not tire
Of advice nor is its bead-stringer satisfied
وعلى الرحال مُمَلْمَلو
نَ وسادُهم أكوارُها
It knocked on easy terrain while the roads
Are difficult and dangerous
في ليلةٍ لم يَنْثُ غي
رَ حديثها سُمّارُها
The tearful one milked then renewed
Weeping from the morning departure
عجباً لها نُفِضتْ إلي
يَ سحيقةً أقطارُها
So when my hands did not cling
To anything but wishes and their nails
بالغوطتين جبالُها
وببطن وجرةَ دارُها
And I held high the short swords
Of the bellies of maidens
باتت تعاطيني بنح
لةَ نحلةٌ أشتارُها
Its blessed place narrowed, and curtains
Rose above it
وتبسَّمت عن بَرقةٍ
عسلُ الرُّضابِ قِطارُها
An exile that makes me a stranger to love
In its stony place adorned
جمدَ الحيا بَرَداً بها
وجرَتْ يذوبُ عُقارها
On the flat ground, disheveled
A barrier on it from its dust
لم يألُ ناظمُ عِقدِها
نَصحاً ولا خَمَّارُها
With an old robe, a shawl that
His old skin mixes with its fibers
طرقَتْ بسهلٍ والمسا
لكُ صعبةٌ أخطارُها
The desert of Sarah was good to him
Its slopes, plateaus, and lands
حَلَبَ البكيَّة ثم جَد
دَ من الصباحِ نِفارُها
He herds sheep that are picked out
And the pebbles of shiny Abiriq his abode
فإذا يدي لم تَعتلِقْ
بسوى المنىَ أظفارُها
If I delay him with my song
His love will motivate him
ولقد رفعتُ طلائحاً
جُرْدُ البطون قِصارُها
The spring looked with effort
To ignite its strings
ضاقت مباركها وجا
لت فوقَها أستارُها
Oh shepherd of virgins! What is
Al-Najd and what are its news?
نجداً تُغَرِّبُ والهوَى
بمحجَّرٍ أمّارُها
Ignite with those who have dark night fires
For its lighthouse has been saddened
وعلى الربيئةِ أشعثٌ
سَدٌّ عليه غُبارُها
If only it had ignited with my crooked
Ribs its fire
ذو شَمْلةٍ سَمَلٍ يُخا
لِطُ جلدَهُ أطمارُها
When the fetters of footsteps clatter
My strength continues and its duration
طابتْ له صحراءُ صا
رةَ أَثلُها وعَرارُها
And the criticism of the times matches
My sight to its visions
يرعى قلائصَ تُنتقَى
وحصَى الأُبَيرِقِ دارُها
And it stands before me, preventing
My departure with excuses
إن ماطلته بغُزْرِها
نهضت بهِ أعيارُها
Then perhaps there is a life of bliss for me
Whose purity and blossoms are for me
نظر الربيعَ بجُهَّدٍ
لبقوله أوتارُها
And a wonderful sensation of pleasure
Whose tenth lasted for me
يا راعيَ البَكَراتَ ما
نجدٌ وما أخبارها
And a love story in which
I do not tire of its best
أوقِدْ بذي السَّمُراتِ لي
فقد استغمَّ مُنارُها
And the polishing of the fangs that
Drinks the sweetness of its syrup
ولوَ اَنّها بضلوعِيَ ال
عوجاءِ تُذكي نارُها
Desires fall short of what
Dawn concludes with its spells
إن ينتقِضْ كرُّ الخطو
بِ قُواي واستمرارُها
It stayed overnight and my memory is fragrant
Below the mattress as its motto
ويردّني نقدُ العيو
نِ تصادفَتْ أبصارُها
I turned away from it indifferent
And its shrine remained straight
وتقومُ لي بيدَيْ مشي
بِ مَفارِقي أعذارُها
And a previous pleasure like the blood of ghazal
That is imagined to be musk when it emanates
فلربَّ نَضرةِ عيشةٍ
لي صفوُها ونُضارُها
What the soap is expensive for
And the seed's trader is impoverished
وعَزيبةٍ من لذَّةٍ
راحتْ عليَّ عِشَارُها
In the home of a Christian woman
By the name of Christ her yardstick
وقضيَّةٍ في الحبِّ لم
يُملَلْ عليَّ خِيارُها
It fermented the pots with its stone
And its yeast is its carrots
وصقيلةِ الأنيابِ تُش
رَبُ حُلوةً أَسآرُها
I have never covered the hand of its director
And followed its passions
تقع الأماني دون ما
تَثنِي بهِ أسحارُها
When its drunkenness came
Its prohibitions did not become permitted for me
باتت وذِكرِي طيِّباً
دونَ الفراشِ شِعارُها
Except for me, a lover of pleasure flees
Which disappears but its shame remains
عرَّجتُ عنها مُعرِضاً
وقد استقام مَزارُها
Why do you want to monitor my steps
While you are too short to reach its full height?
وسلافةٍ كدمِ الغزا
ل تُخال مِسكاً فارُها
I protected the leg of its horse
And its love exhausts me
ممّا أعانَ عليه طِي
بةَ بابلٍ أنهارُها
Ask the seller about my camel with any
Defilement and its separation
غالَى بها السابونَ واف
تقدَ البُدورَ تِجارُها
And the protection of the tribe of Abdul Rahim surrounds it
And its neighbors
في بيتِ نَصرانِيّةٍ
باسم المسيح عِيارُها
When their affliction dispersed them
Their women and children scattered
وَكَتِ القِرافَ بحِجرِها
ووِكاؤُها زُنَّارها
More despicable than my enmity is their support
One day when they were its supporters
ماكستُ كفَّ مديرِها
وعلى هوايَ مَدارُها
The smooth plateau prevents
Its dried up vegetation from being tread upon
لما حَلتْ رشَفاتُها
لم تحلُ لي أوزارُها
The clear oasis allows
The sinners to enjoy its fruits
وسوايَ واثِبُ لذّةٍ
تفنَى ويبقَى عارُها
The dew did not make it poor at night
Except to complete its ease
ما للرجال ترومُ أش
واطِي الطِّوالَ قِصارُها
If not for fear of its questioning
Its lifespans would be trivialized
أحفيتُ رُسغَ جيادها
وتنوءُ بي أعيارُها
Wise, and the explicit word
That angers is shameful
سل ناخساً إبلي بأي
يِ تدنُّسٍ عَوّارُها
And the brave, when worries
Rely on their depths
وحِمى بني عبد الرحي
م يحوطُها وجِوارُها
The Arabs of palms, their sleep
Made them forget a noble horseman
فإذا ذراهم بُزْلُها
مرحولة وبِكارُها
Their fingers flowed and selves and carpenters faded
You have encompassed the horizons' roads from them and their seas
أَهوِنْ بباغي ضيمها
يوماً وهم أنصارُها
They flew with their glory and its airport
Narrowed for the stars
والهضبةُ الملساءُ تَم
نعُ أن يداسَ خَبارُها
The carrier of its banners rode its difficulties
The smooth canal protects its truth
والدوحةُ العيناءُ تح
لو للجُناةِ ثِمارُها
A protected purity
With the Master of glories as its neighbor
ما بات يُفقِرها الندَى
إلا وثَمَّ يَسارُها
Wakeful, he stays up if
He remembers the faults to be cautious of them
لولا تُقَى سُؤَّالها
لاستُهوِنَتْ أعمارُها
Restless in determination if he protects
The stillness of petty souls
حلماء والكلمُ القوا
ذِعُ مُغضِبٌ عوَّارُها
Bearer of the flags of leadership, his firmness
In patience is its ammunition
ومغامرون إذا الكما
ةُ تواكلتْ أغمارُها
He surpassed the mature though his age
Did not reach their limits
عُرْبُ الأكفِّ نمتهُمُ
من فارسٍ أحرارُها
He went forth, his precedence given over
His peers by their admission
سالت أناملهم وشا
لت أنفسٌ ونجارُها
They were amazed as the steed rounded
The race track to the goal
فَجَّاكَ آفاقُ المعا
لي منهُمُ وبحارُها
That the birds of prey were delayed
And the skilled came forward
طاروا بمجدِهمُ وقَص
صَر بالنجوم مَطارُها
Do not be surprised, for he is
More dissolving than their dust
ركبَ الصعابَ من ابنهم
ركَّاضُها مِغوارُها
Highest among the stars in positions
And eyes though small
وحَمَى حقيقة مجدهم
سَلِسُ القَناةِ مُمارُها
It is the oasis of glory in which
Investing does not fail
لا تستباحُ مصونةٌ
وأبو المعالي جارُها
Leadership became a sanctuary
In it, and you are its bracelet
يقظانُ أسهرَه إذا
ذَكَرَ العيوبَ حِذارُها
It is the best of its time’s family,
A home, and you are its finest
قَلِقُ العزيمةِ إن حَمَى
صِغَرَ النفوسِ قرارُها
If the sky was counted when pleased
Its planets are many, not its moons
حمَّالُ ألويةِ السيا
دةِ ثَبْتُها صَبَّارُها
Through you, its clouds' goodwill spread
And its pride was complete
سبقَ الكهولَ وسِنُّه
ما استُذْرِعتْ أَشبارُها
It clung angrily to the snakes
Of the enemies' lips
وجَرَى فقدَّمه على
أقرانِه إقرارُها
You provoked it with beauties
Its left hand did not stiffen
عجِبوا وقد لفَّ الجيا
دَ إلى المدى مِضمارُها
And manners that passion loved you
For, its sorcery remaining eternal
أنّ القوارحَ أُخِّرتْ
وتقدّمتْ أمهارُها
It split the hearts of enviers but
Its dust is not easily split
لا تعجبنَّ فإنَّه
أمضى النصولِ طِرارُها
How many hands for you are like nujum
And like pouring rain
أعلى الكواكبِ في المنا
زلِ والعيونِ صِغارُها
With it, my state is satiated and the thorns
Of my time are picked from it
هي دوحةُ المجدِ التي
لا يُخلِفُ استثمارُها
And a fortress from the beauty of your view
That does not disappoint hearts
غدت الرياسةُ مِعصماً
فيها وأنتَ سِوارُها
It wraps its tails around me
And pulls me into its essence
هي خيرُ أهلِ زمانِها
بيتاً وأنتَ خِيارُها
And a subtle one that the dew lined
Its traces when it greeted
إن السماء إذا سرتْ
معدودةً أنوارُها
Its targeting wearied though
Its repetitive firing did not help me
كثُرَتْ كواكبها ولي
سَ كثيرةً أقمارُها
The gifts - their beauty is not
Thanked for nor their amounts
بك عمّ وَدْقُ سحابِها
جوداً وتمّ فخارُها
So for you my ransom is a giver who
Gives blessings without choosing them
وتشبَّثتْ غَيظاً بأع
ناقِ العداة شفارُها
And your time is a possessor of eras whose
Kindness is denied
قادحتَها بمحاسنٍ
ما أصلدتْ أيسارُها
The dinar of your generosity or affection for me
Not its weights
وخلائقٍ مَلَكَ الهوى
لك باقياً سَحَّارُها
And it has renewed its help for you
What its virgins first offered
شقَّتْ قلوبَ الحاسدي
نَ وما يُشَقُّ غُبارُها
It folds the lands though its messengers
Did not throw
كم من يدٍ لك كالغما
م وكالسحابِ غِزارُها
Its dice
From every prominent poem
تُرْوَى بها حالي ويُد
رَكُ من زماني ثارُها
When the burning of its passion flares up
It reaches the great and its visitors
وحصينةٍ من حسن رأ
يك لا يُقَضُّ صِدارُها
Do not fear boredom
A maiden whose passion is surrendered to you
تضفُو عليَّ ذيولُها
وتضمُّني أزرارُها
With chastity as her excuse
In any house you want
ولطيفةٍ باتت وقد
حفَّى الندى آثارُها
You say this is its bride
The rhymes followed it
أعيتْ إصابتُها وإنْ
لم يُعيني إِكثارُها
And its unmatched subjugated them
If not for its preceding era
والأعطياتُ جمالُها ال
مشكورُ لا أقدارُها
And its cycles repeating
The stalwarts of the pre-Islamic era would have wished
ففِداك مُعْطٍ يبذُلُ ال
نُعمَى ولا يختارُها
That it was their poetry
If it was given justice above the Turos
ووقتك ريبَ الدهر أي
دٍ عُرفُها إنكارُها
Their tenths would be taken
Every day a liked gift
دينارُ جودكِ أو ودا
دك لي ولا قِنطارُها
Whose recurrence is good
It is conveyed to you by the mouth of praiser
واستأنفت لك عُونها
ما أسلفَتْ أبكارُها
Its purity and choicest
تطوي البلاد ولم تَرِمْ
فقطينُها سُفَّارُها
من كلّ طائرةِ الشُّعا
عِ إذا استطار شَرارُها
تصلُ الكبيرَ ولا يخا
ف ملالةً زَوَّارُها
عذراء يُخلَع في هوا
ك مع العفاف عِذارُها
في أيّ بيتٍ شئتَ من
ها قلتَ ذا سيَّارُها
سعتِ القوافي خلفَها
وعَنَا لها جبَّارُها
لو ما تقدّم عصرُها
وتردَّدتْ أدوارُها
ودَّتْ فحولُ الجاهلي
يةِ أنّها أشعارُها
لو أُنصِفَتْ فوق الطُّرو
سِ لأُذهِبتْ أعشارُها
في كلّ يومِ هديّةٍ
مستحسَنٌ تَكرارُها
يُروَى لكم بفم التها
ني صفوُها وخيارُها
