حَيَيتُما من دمنتي طَلينِ
عطلين موحشتين مقفرتينِ
You two revived me from my solitude
In deserted, desolate, and dreary days
عفّى عراصهما عَلى طول البلى
نوء الرَشا وَبَوارح الفرعَينِ
Their tracks erased the length of affliction
The downpour and the twigs of the two branches
وَمَحاهما مِن آلِ محوة وَالصَبا
أَذيال غاديتين رائِحتينِ
And they erased them from the family of delusion and youth
Trails of two departing ones returning
وَكأَنَّما أَبقين من رسميهما
طِرسَين مِن أَثوابِ ذي القرنَينِ
As if they left of their form
Two impressions of the garb of him of the two horns
يا مَن رأى ظعن الخَليط كَأَنَّها
نَخل الرُبا أَو دوم ذي الحَدَقَينِ
O you who saw their tents as if they were
Palm trees of sand dunes or hummocks with two slopes
يقطنَ بِالأَحداجِ بطن مقضب
قَلَتِ الرُبا وَمَشارِق الجَبَلَينِ
He dwells in valleys with clustered tents
Few palms and land between two mountains
مِن كُلِّ أَلباب الرِجالِ كَأَنَّما
صِفر الحَشا سَحّارَة العَينَينِ
From all resolute men as if they were
Yellow ostriches, enchanters of the two eyes
تَصطادُ أَلباب الرِجالِ كَأَنَّما
تَرمي بِبَعض عَزائِمِ المَلَكَينِ
She hunts the minds of men as if
She shoots with some resolves of the two angels
وَكأَنَّ مبسمها وَلؤلؤ عقدها
دُرَّين مؤتَلِفَين مُنتَظِمَينِ
Her smile and pearls of her necklace appear
Two joined, well-arranged pearls
وَإِذا مَشَت قطف الخُطى فَكَأَنَّها
ملكُ الخَورَنَقِ ماسَ في بُردَينِ
And when she walks, plucking her steps, it's as if
She is an arrogant king walking in two carpets
تَزهو عَلى القَمَرِ المُنير بِوَجهِها
وَتَتيهُ من حُسنِ عَلى الثقلينِ
She prides herself over the shining moon with her face
And the two weighty ones wander in her beauty
فَبِنَرجَسِ العَينَينِ سِحر إِن رَنَت
أَو أَسفَرَت فَشَقائق الخَدَّيَنِ
With the narcissism of her eyes, it's magic if she sings
Or smiles with the two cheeks' anemones
وَلَها سِلاحٌ لا يَضُرُّ دُنوّه
وَالبُعدُ منه جالِبٌ لِلحَينِ
And she has a weapon that does not hurt in proximity
And distance from it brings worries
لَحَظاتٌ طرفٍ كالسُيوفِ جُفونُها
أَجفانُها وَفَصيلتا نَهدَينِ
Glances of an eyelid like swords, her eyelids
And two teats of a breast
وَلَها قوام ما رأَيت مِثاله
تَهتَزُّ فيهِ كاِهتِزار رُدَيني
And she has a figure the likes of which I have not seen
In which two shoulders quiver
رَيّانَة الخِلخالِ ظامئة الحَشا
هُركولة خُرعوبة الساقَينِ
Tinkling anklet, ravenous hips
Swaying, timorous legs
رَيّا العِظام نَديَّة أَعطافها
رَخصُ البَنانِ دَقيقة الخَصرَينِ
Fine bones, supple bust
Cheap waist, delicate at the two hips
قَد كانَ لي عَيش بِهِنَّ فَخانَهُ
صرف النَوى وَتَقَلُّبِ العَصَرَيِ
I had a life with them in which I delighted, but fate betrayed it
The turns of time and ages overturning
أَيام لَم يَرُعِ المُحِّبينَ النَوى
عَنّا وَلضم يَنعق غراب البَينِ
Days when cares didn't prevent lovers,
And the crow of separation didn't croak over us
قالَت بُريهَة إِذ شجتها رِحلَتي
وَرَنَت بِناظرتين باكِيَتَين
Burayhah said, when my travel saddened her
Crying with two tearful eyes
فَكأَنَّ أَدمُعَها وَلَفظ عِتابِها
دَرَّين مفترقين مُنتَثِرَينِ
So her tears and words of blame were
Two scattered, separated pearls
أَنّى تُريدُ تَرَحُّلاً عَن أَرضِنا
نَفديك بالأَبَوَينِ وَالأَخَوَينِ
"Where are you going, leaving our land?
We'd ransom you with two parents and two brothers"
فَأَجبتها صَبراً فَإِنّي ناهِض
عَنكِ الغُداةَ صَبيحَةِ الإِثنَينِ
I answered her patiently, for I am leaving
From you tomorrow morning of Monday
وَلأقتُلَنَّ العُدمَ قتلةَ ثائِرٍ
بِالجودِ من نَفحاتِ كَفِّ حُسَينِ
And I will surely kill non-existence the killing of a rebel
With generosity from the palm of Hussein
الماجِدِ ابنِ أَبي هِشام ذي النَدى
مَحض الفَخارِ مُهَذَّبِ الجَدَّينِ
The glorious, son of Abi Hisham of munificence
Pure gem, refined of the two cheeks
وَرِث المَعالي عَن أَبيهِ وَجَدِّهِ
فَنَشا بِمَجدٍ معلم الطَرفَينِ
Heir of glories from his father and grandfather
Thus he arose with glory, exemplar of the two sides
بَيت السَماحِ جَماهِريٌّ مجده
تَعلو بِهِ يَمَنٌ عَلى النَجمَينِ
The house of generosity, his glory popular
With it Yemen rises over the two stars
يُغضي لَهيبته الزَمان إِذا اِنتَضى
عَضَبُ المَنابِرِ باتِر الحَدَّينِ
His ferocity humbles the times when he is stirred
The one with blunted edges, blunt of the two cutting sides
مُتَقَلدٌ من رأيِهِ وَحُسامِهِ
سيفين قَد نيطا إِلى كَتِفَينِ
Girded with his opinion and sword,
Two swords tied to two shoulders
نِعَمٌ تُباحُ لِراغِبٍ أَو راهِبٍ
جَمُّ المَواهِبِ باسِطِ الكَفَّينِ
Blessings offered to the desirous or devout
All bounties, spreader of the two palms
حازَ الفخار بِجِدِّهِ وَبِجَدِّهِ
فَهوَ المفضَّلُ كامِل الشَرفَينِ
He gained superiority through his grandfather and grandfather
Thus he is the preferred one, complete in the two honors
يا أَيُّها المولى الأَجَلُّ ومن لَهُ
هِمَمٌ تَجاوَزَ مطلع القَمَرَينِ
O exalted lord, and whoever's determination
Transcended the ascent of the two moons
ما أَنتَ فاعِلٌ الغُداةَ بِشاعِرٍ
رَثِّ الثِيابِ مشعَّثِ القَدَمَينِ
What will you do tomorrow morning with a poet
Wearing ragged clothes, feet covered in dust?
قَد طافَ في طَلَبِ العُلى وادي القُرى
وَالعز من عَدَنٍ إِلى السِرينِ
He roamed seeking exaltation in the valley of villages
And glory from Aden to Siriin
وَإِلى عُمانَ وَفارِس ثُمَّ اِنتَحى
بِالرَيّش نَحوَ جَزيرَة البَحرَينِ
And to Oman and Persia, then set out
By pen towards the island of Bahrain
وَأَقامَ في شيرازَ سَبعَةَ أَشهُرِ
وَأَناب مِن كُلِّ بِخُفِّ حُنَينِ
And stayed in Shiraz for seven months
And turned from every place with the nostalgia of yearning
وَأَنا عَلى الأَيّامِ أَعتَبُ عاتِبٍ
وَبذاك يَقضي بينهنَّ وَبَيني
And I blame the days, blaming a blamer
And thereby he judges between them and me
لا زلت في رُتَبِ المَعالي ساحِباً
ذَيلَ المَكارِمِ مُسبَل الكُمَّينِ
I still trail the ranks of greatness, dragging
The train of generosity, reaching with the two sleeves
ما نَوَّر الأَصباحَ جِلبابَ الدُجى
وَتَجاوبا طيران في غُصنَينِ
The dawn has not lit the cloak of darkness
And the birds alternated calling in the two branches
