أَزَعَمتَ أَنَّ الرَبعَ لَيسَ يُتَيَّمُ
وَالدَمعُ في دِمَنٍ عَفَت لا يَسجُمُ
You claimed the quarter was not orphaned
While tears in vessels of chastity did not integrate
يا مَوسِمَ اللَذّاتِ غالَتكَ النَوى
بَعدي فَرَبعُكَ لِلصَبابَةِ مَوسِمُ
O season of pleasures, their wishes went high
After me, so your quarter is for the youth a season
وَلَقَد أَراكَ مِنَ الكَواعِبِ كاسِياً
فَاليَومَ أَنتَ مِنَ الكَواعِبِ مُحرِمُ
And I saw you wearing the locks of hair
Today, you are forbidden from the locks of hair
لَحَظَت بَشاشَتَكَ الحَوادِثُ لَحظَةً
مازِلتُ أَحلُمُ أَنَّها لا تَسلَمُ
Events glanced at your cheerfulness for a moment
I still dream that it is unharmed
أَينَ الَّتي كانَت إِذا شاءَت جَرى
مِن مُقلَتي دَمعٌ يُعَصفِرُهُ دَمُ
Where is she who, when she wished, a tear flowed
From my eyelid that yellowed by blood
بَيضاءُ تَسري في الظَلامِ فَيَكتَسي
نوراً وَتَسرُبُ في الضِياءِ فَيُظلِمُ
White, walking in the darkness, it clothes
Itself with light, and it oozes into the glow, so it darkens
يَستَعذِبُ المِقدامُ فيها حَتفَهُ
فَتَراهُ وَهوَ المُستَميتُ المُعلِمُ
The valiant finds his death in it sweet
So you see him as the one voluntarily dying, the teacher
مَقسومَةٌ في الحُسنِ بَل هِيَ غايَةٌ
فَالحُسنُ فيها وَالجَمالُ مُقَسَّمُ
Divided in beauty, but it is the utmost
So beauty in it and perfection are divided
مَلطومَةٌ بِالوَردِ أُطلِقَ طَرفُها
في الخَلقِ فَهوَ مَعَ المَنونِ مُحَكَّمُ
Adorned with roses, its glance was unleashed
Among people, so it is the definitive with the softness
مَذِلَت وَلَم تَكتُم جَفاءَكَ تَكتَمُ
إِنَّ الَّذي يَمِقُ المَذولَ لَمُغرَمُ
It was humiliated, but it did not conceal your estrangement, it conceals
Indeed, who yields to the disgraced is infatuated
إِن كانَ وَصلُكِ آضَ وَهوَ مُحَرَّمٌ
مِنكِ الغَداةَ فَما السُلُوُّ مُحَرَّمُ
If your union was harmful while forbidden
From you in the morning, so drinking is not forbidden
عَزمٌ يَفُلُّ الجَيشَ وَهوَ عَرَمرَمُ
وَيَرُدُّ ظُفرَ الشَوقِ وَهوَ مُقَلَّمُ
A resolve that defeats the army while unraveled
And repels the desire’s victory while severed
وَفَتىً إِذا ظَلَمَ الزَمانُ فَما يُرى
إِلّا إِلى عَزَماتِهِ يُتَظَلَّمُ
And a man, if the time is unfair to him
He is only seen to complain to his resolves
لَولا اِبنُ حَسّانَ المُرَجّى لَم يَكُن
بِالرِقَّةِ البَيضاءِ لي مُتَلَوَّمُ
Were it not for the son of Hassān, the hopeful
With the soft whiteness, I would have been troubled
شافَهتُ أَسبابَ الغِنى بِمُحَمَّدٍ
حَتّى ظَنَنتُ بِأَنَّها تَتَكَلَّمُ
I have healed the reasons for wealth through Muḥammad
To the point I thought they were speaking
قَد تُيِّمَت مِنهُ القَوافي بِاِمرِئٍ
مازالَ بِالمَعروفِ وَهوَ مُتَيَّمُ
The rhymes were orphaned by him, by a man
Who is still benevolent while orphaned
يَحلو وَيَعذُبُ إِن زَمانٌ نالَهُ
بِغِنىً وَتَلتاثُ الخُطوبُ فَيَكرُمُ
It is sweet and delectable if a time obtained him
With wealth, and accumulated adversities so he is generous
تَلقاهُ إِن طَرَقَ الزَمانُ بِمَغرَمٍ
شَرِهاً إِلَيهِ كَأَنَّما هُوَ مَغنَمُ
He faces it if the time knocks with yearning
Evil toward it as though it were spoils
لا يَحسِبُ الإِقلالَ عُدَماً بَل يَرى
أَنَّ المُقِلَّ مِنَ المُروءَةِ مُعدِمُ
He does not consider scarcity a void, but he sees
That the scarce in manliness is nullifying
مازالَ وَهوَ إِذا الرِجالُ تَواضَحوا
عِندَ المُقَدَّمِ حَيثُ كانَ يُقَدَّمُ
He remains when the men compete
At the start, wherever progress was made
يَحتَلُّ في سَعدِ بنِ ضَبَّةَ في ذُرا
عادِيَّةٍ قَد كَلَّلَتها الأَنجُمُ
He aspires in Saʿd bin Ḍabā’s lineage
Ancient, which the stars have crowned
قَومٌ يَمُجُّ دَماً عَلى أَرماحِهِم
يَومَ الوَغى المُستَبسِلُ المُستَلئِمُ
A people whose blood pours on their spears
On a ferocious battle day made smooth
يَعلونَ حَتّى ما يَشُكُّ عَدُوُّهُم
أَنَّ المَنايا الحُمرَ حَيٌّ مِنهُمُ
They rise until their enemy doubts
That the red deaths among them are alive
لَو كانَ في الدُنيا قَبيلٌ آخَرٌ
بِإِزائِهِم ما كانَ فيهِم مُصرِمُ
If there were another tribe in the world
Compared to them, there would be no vanquisher among them
وَلَأَنتَ أَوضَحُ فيهِمُ مِن غُرَّةٍ
شَدَخَت وَفازَ بِها الجَوادُ الأَدهَمُ
And you are the clearest among them, like an auburn
That glistened and the chestnut steed won it
تَجري عَلى آثارِهِم في مَسلَكٍ
ما إِن لَهُ إِلّا المَكارِمَ مَعلَمُ
They walk in their footsteps in a path
That has nothing in it but landmarks of nobility
لَم يَنأَ عَنّي مَطلَبٌ وَمُحَمَّدٌ
عَونٌ عَلَيهِ أَو إِلَيهِ سُلَّمُ
No purpose evaded me while Muḥammad
Was a help toward it or submitted to it
لَم يَذعَرِ الأَيّامَ عَنكَ كَمُرتَدٍ
بِالعَقلِ يَفهَمُ عَن أَخيهِ وَيُفهِمُ
The days did not flee from you like one retreating
With intellect, he understands his brother and makes him understand
مِمَّن إِذا ما الشِعرُ صافَحَ سَمعَهُ
يَوماً رَأَيتَ ضَميرَهُ يَتَبَسَّمُ
Of those whom when poetry shook his hearing
One day you saw his conscience smile
