إِني لآنف مِن ذكر الأَعاجيب
لِهول ما شاهَدتُهُ عَين تَجريبي
Indeed, I disdain even the mention of marvels,
at the horror of what the eye of my experience has witnessed.
الصدق يَسأم مِنهُ سَمع مُختَبَر
حال الزَمان فَما شَأن الأَكاذيب
The ear of one seasoned by experience grows weary of truth;
time has changed—what, then, of lies?
تَلاعب الدَهر بي طفلاً وَيَصَّرني
بِالفكر ما لا تَراهُ أَعيُن الشَيب
Time toyed with me when I was a child and made me see,
through thought, what graybeards’ eyes cannot see.
عَوضت عَن جلق بِالروم مُتَخِذاً
بَأسي بِها بَدَلاً عَن كُل مَطلوب
I was recompensed for Jillaq in the land of Rūm, taking
my valor there as recompense for every desired thing.
بَدا بَعيد فَقُلت العيد أَيكما
لَما تَأَملت مِن حُسن وَمِن طيب
One long absent appeared, and I said, “Which of you two is the feast?”
when I beheld such beauty and such goodness.
أَعادَ حُزنيَ أَفراحاً وَصَيرَني
أَثني عَلى طول تَشتيتي وَتَغريبي
He turned my grief to joys and made me
praise him throughout my long wandering and exile.
Sol 5.6