هَل تَعطِفانِ عَلى العَليلِ
لا بِالأَسيرِ وَلا القَتيلِ
Do you have mercy on the sick man
Neither prisoner nor slain?
باتَت تَقَلُّبُهُ الأَكُف
فُ سَحابَةَ اللَيلِ الطَويلِ
His writhing has gone on
Through the long night’s cloud.
يَرعى النُجومَ السائِرا
تِ مِنَ الطُلوعِ إِلى الأُفولِ
He herds the passing stars
From rising to setting
فَقَدَ الضُيوفُ مَكانَهُ
وَبَكاهُ أَبناءُ السَبيلِ
His guests are lost to him
And Wayfarers' sons bewail him.
وَاِستَوحَشَت لِفِراقِهِ
يَومَ الوَغى سِربُ الخُيولِ
His horses were lonely without him
On the day of battle in the melee,
وَتَعَطَّلَت سُمرُ الرِما
حِ وَأُغمِدَت بيضُ النُصولِ
The gatherings of lances are disrupted
And the swords unmuffled.
يافارِجَ الكَربِ العَظي
مِ وَكاشِفَ الخَطبِ الجَليلِ
O You who relieve great sorrows
And reveal grievous afflictions,
كُن ياقَوِيُّ لِذا الضَعي
فِ وَيا عَزيزُ لِذا الذَليلِ
Be strong for this weak man
And mighty for this abased one.
قَرِّبهُ مِن سَيفِ الهُدى
في ظِلِّ دَولَتِهِ الظَليلِ
Draw him nigh to the sword of right guidance
In the shade of his gracious rule.
أَوما كَشَفتَ عَنِ اِبنِ دا
وُودٍ ثَقيلاتِ الكُبولِ
Have you not relieved the burdens
Of the son of Da'ud, the heavily laden?
لَم أُروَ مِنهُ وَلا شَفي
تُ بِطولِ خِدمَتِهِ غَليلي
I have not been solaced by him,
Despite my long service and agony.
اللَهُ يَعلَمُ أَنَّهُ
أَمَلي مِنَ الدُنيا وَسولي
God knows that he
Is my hope in this world and my desire.
وَلَئِن حَنَنتُ إِلى ذُرا
هُ لَقَد حَنَنتُ إِلى وُصولِ
If I have inclined unto his household
I have inclined unto reunion.
لابِالغَضوبِ وَلا الكَذو
بِ وَلا القَطوبِ وَلا المَلولِ
Neither in anger, nor lies,
Nor turning away, nor wearied.
ياعُدَّتي في النائِبا
تِ وَظُلَّتي عِندَ المَقيلِ
O my support in disasters
And my shade at the resting-place!
أَينَ المَحَبَّةُ وَالذِما
مُ وَما وَعَدتَ مِنَ الجَميلِ
Where is the love, the pact,
And the good you promised?
أَجمِل عَلى النَفسِ الكَري
مَةِ فِيَّ وَالقَلبِ الحَمولِ
Be generous to my noble soul
And my burdened heart!
أَمّا المُحِبُّ فَلَيسَ يُص
غي في هَواهُ إِلى عَذولِ
The lover cannot be blamed
If he does not incline to rejection.
يَمضي بِحالِ وَفائِهِ
وَيَصُدُّ عَن قالٍ وَقيلِ
He will go on in his loyalty
And turn away from slander and talk.
