أَأَفاقَ صَبٌّ مِن هَوىً فَأُفيقا
أَم خانَ عَهداً أَم أَطاعَ شَفيقا
Has he awoke from a swoon of passion so I awoke?
Or has he betrayed a pact or obeyed a dear friend?
إِنَّ السُلُوَّ كَما تَقولُ لَراحَةُ
لَو راحَ قَلبي لِلسُلُوِّ مُطيقا
Solitude, as you say, is for comfort,
If only my heart was at ease with solitude being a comrade.
هَذا العَقيقُ وَفيهِ مَرأىً مونِقٌ
لِلعَينِ لَو كانَ العَقيقُ عَقيقا
This carnelian and in it a charming sight,
Charming to the eye if carnelian was genuine.
أَشَقيقَةَ العَلَمَينِ هَل مِن نَظرَةٍ
فَتَبُلَّ قَلباً لِلغَليلِ شَقيقا
O heart throb of the two realms, is there a glance,
To please a longing heart as a bosom friend?
وَسَمَتكِ أَردِيَةُ السَماءِ بِديمَةٍ
تُحيي رَجاءً أَو تَرِدُّ عَشيقا
Your height is a gown of the sky in continual rain,
It gives life to hope or it turns away a lover.
وَلَئِن تَناوَلَ مِن بَشاشَتِكِ البِلى
طَرفاً وَأَوحَشَ أُنسَكِ المَوموقا
If the affliction has taken from your cheerfulness
An eyelash and frightened your intimacy, the hoped for.
فَلَرُبَّ يَومٍ قَد غَنينا نَجتَلي
مَغناكِ بِالرَشَإِ الأَنيقِ أَنيقا
Many a day have we been entertained with your
Elegant subtle coquetry very elegant.
عَلَّ البَخيلَةَ أَن تَجودَ بِها النَوى
وَالدارَ تَجمَعُ شائِقاً وَمَشوقا
Let not the miserly one be generous with it the berries,
And the house gather both ardent lover and the desired.
كَذِبَ العَواذِلُ أَنتَ أَقتَلُ لَحظَةً
وَأَغَضُّ أَطرافاً وَأَعذَبُ ريقا
The slender ones lie when they say I am a murderous glance,
And I frown my eyelashes and I sweeten saliva,
ماذا عَلَيكِ لَوِ اِقتَرَبتِ بِمَوعِدٍ
يَشفي الجَوى وَسَقَيتِنا تَرنيقا
What is it to you if I approached in tryst,
That heals the burning and we water you sipping.
غَدَتِ الجَزيرَةُ في جَنابِ مُحَمَّدٍ
رَيّا الجَنابِ مَغارِباً وَشُروقا
The island in the flank of Mohammed became,
Watery flank dawns and sunsets.
بَرَقَت مَخايِلُهُ لَها وَتَخَرَّقَت
فيها عَزالى جودِهِ تَخريقا
His imagination for it lightened and ripped through,
In it seclusions of his generosity ripping.
صَفَحَت لَهُ عَنها السِنونُ وَواجَهَت
أَطرافُها وَجهَ الزَمانِ طَليقا
Years have turned from it and its extremities have faced,
The face of time released.
رَفَعَ الأَميرُ أَبو سَعيدٍ ذِكرَها
وَأَقامَ فيها لِلمَكارِمِ سوقا
The Prince Abu Saeed has raised its mention,
And instituted in it for bounties a market.
يَستَمطِرونَ يَدا يَفيضُ نَوالُها
فَيُغَرِّقُ المَحرومَ وَالمَرزوقا
They ask rain from his hand which overflows,
It drenches the deprived and the bestowed.
يَقِظٌ إِذا اِعتَرَضَ الخُطوبَ بِرَأيِهِ
تَرَكَ الجَليلَ مِنَ الخُطوبِ دَقيقا
Awakened if events confront with his opinion,
He leaves the momentous of events subtle.
هَلّا سَأَلتَ مُحَمَّداً بِمُحَمَّدٍ
تَجِدِ الخَبيرَ الصادِقَ المَصدوقا
Why do you not ask Muhammad about Muhammad?
You find the expert truthful and the trusted.
وَسَلِ الشُراةَ فَإِنَّهُم أَشقى بِهِ
مِن أَهلِ موقانَ الأَوائِلِ موقا
And ask the cursed ones for with him they are,
More wretched than the people of Muqan first cursed.
كُنّا نُكَفِّرُ مِن أُمَيَّةَ عُصبَةً
طَلَبوا الخِلافَةَ فَجرَةً وَفُسوقا
We used to condemn from Umayya a band,
Who sought the caliphate scandalously and sinfully.
وَنَلومُ طَلحَةَ وَالزُبَيرَ كِلَيهِما
وَنُعَنِّفُ الصِدّيقَ وَالفاروقا
And we blame Talha and Zubair both of them,
And rebuke the truthful and the distinction.
وَهُمُ قُرَيشُ الأَبطَحَينِ إِذا اِنتَمَوا
طابوا أُصولاً فيهِمُ وَعُروقا
They are Quraish of the Abtah when they belong,
Fine are their origins amongst them and vein.
وَنَقولُ تَيمٌ قَرَّبَت وَعَدِيُّها
أَمراً بَعيداً حَيثُ كانَ سَحيقا
And we say Taym brought close and Adi intensified,
A distant matter when it was far-fetched.
حَطّى غَدَت جُشَمُ بنِ بَكرٍ تَبتَغي
إِرثَ النَبِيِّ وَتَدَّعيهِ حُقوقا
Until Jusham bin Bakr became audacious,
Seeking inheritance of the prophet and claiming rights.
جاؤوا بِراعيهِم لِيَتَّخِذوا بِهِ
عَمداً إِلى قَطعِ الطَريقِ طَريقا
They came with their shepherd to take with him,
A pillar to cut the road a road.
طَرَحوا عَباءَتَهُ وَأَلقَوا فَوقَهُ
ثَوبَ الخِلافَةِ مُشرَباً راوُوقا
They threw off his gown and cast over him,
The garb of the caliphate immersed vanity.
عَقَدوا عِمامَتَهُ بِرَأسِ قَناتِهِ
وَرَأَوهُ بِرّا فَاِستَهالَ عُقوقَ
They tied his turban to the head of his mule,
And they saw him innocent so he neglected duties.
وَأَقامَ يُنفِذُ في الجَزيرَةِ حُكمُهُ
وَيَظُنُّ وَعدَ الكاذِبينَ صَدوقا
And he carried out his rule on the island,
And he thinks the promise of the liars truthful.
حَتّى إِذا ما الحَيَّةُ الذَكَرُ اِنكَفا
مِن أَرزَنٍ حَنِقاً يَمُجُّ حَريقا
Until when the male serpent recoiled,
From Arzan sulking overflowing rage.
غَضبانَ يَلقى الشَمسَ مِنهُ بِهامَةٍ
تُغشي العُيونَ تَأَلُّقاً وَبَريقا
Angry he meets the sun with negligence,
That covers the eyes glittering and lightning.
أَوفى عَلَيهِ فَظَنَّ مِن دَهَشٍ بِهِ
البَرَّ بَحراً وَالفَضاءَ مَضيقا
His fantasies failed him and ripped apart,
From him the absentmindedness of his drunkenness ripping.
غَدَرَت أَمانيهِ بِهِ وَتَمَزَّقَت
عَنهُ غَيابَةُ سُكرِهِ تَمزيقا
Your steeds emerged from the stables of Judayy already,
Loaded with warding of death and herding.
طَلَعَت جِيادُكَ مِن رُبا الجودِيِّ قَد
حُمِّلنَ مِن دُفَعِ المَنونِ وَسوقا
Seeking revenge of my God near a band,
Who deposed the imam and opposed success.
يَطلُبنَ ثَأرَ إِلَهي عِندَ عِصابَةٍ
خَلَعوا الإِمامَ وَخالَفوا التَوفيقا
They pelt their creator with their ugliest deed,
And they distort His evident book.
يَرمونَ خالِقَهُم بِأَقبَحِ فِعلِهِم
وَيُحَرِّفونَ كِتابَهُ المَنسوقا
So you called to a group of your swords their death,
And you tightened in the knots of iron a group.
فَدَعا فَريقاً مِن سُيوفِكَ حَتفُهُم
وَشَدَدتَ في عُقَدِ الحَديدِ فَريقا
And the son of Amr went having done evil in his life,
Thinking to rip his bond ripping.
وَمَضى اِبنُ عَمرٍو قَد أَساءَ بِعُمرِهِ
ظَنّاً يُنَزِّقُ مُهرَهُ تَنزيقا
His guts rode arrivals of his fright,
Pelting him a pelting of bitter shock.
رَكِبَت جَوانِحُهُ قَوادِمَ روعِهِ
يَخذِفنَهُ خَذفَ المَريرِ الفوقا
So he crossed the Tigris wading as if it,
Was sediments at the door of Kuhail dried.
فَاِجتازَ دِجلَةَ خائِضاً وَكَأَنَّها
قَعبٌ عَلى بابِ الكُحَيلِ أُريقا
If Emleq or crooked Ujj crossed it then,
It would not have allowed crooked or Emleq.
لَو خاضَها عِمليقُ أَو عُوجٌ إِذاً
ما جَوَّزَت عُوجاً وَلا عِمليقا
If not for the turmoil of fear in his intestines,
The foam would have carried him so he drowned.
لَولا اِضطِرابُ الخَوفِ في أَحشائِهِ
رَسَبَ العُبابُ بِهِ فَماتَ غَريقَ
He waded the fearsome clutching fearsome,
Matted like an ancient catapult aged.
خاضَ الحُتوفَ مِنَ الحُتوفِ مُعانِقاً
زَجِلاً كَفِهرِ المَنجَنيقِ عَتيقا
He roams its plateau and ruggedness,
And the birds his purpose and pelting.
يَجتابُ حَرَّةَ سَهلِها وَوَعورَها
وَالطيرَهانِ مَرادُهُ وَدُقوقا
If the steeds snorted him an instant look,
He would have filled the countries tremors and eruptions.
لَو نَفَّسَتهُ الخَيلُ لَفتَةَ ناظِرٍ
مَلَأَ البِلادَ زَلازِلاً وَفُتوقا
He would bend the chests of livestock exposing anxiety,
And twist the heads of horses relieving tightness.
لَثَنى صُدورَ السُمرِ تَكشِفُ كُربَةً
وَلَوى رُؤوسَ الخَيلِ تَفرُجُ ضيقا
Bakr would have set forth early and Taghlib would travel,
In supporting his call to it eagerly.
وَلَبَكَّرَت بَكرٌ وَراحَت تَغلِبٌ
في نَصرِ دَعوَتِهِ إِلَيهِ طُروقا
Until the wolf returns a fierce lion,
And the twig a leg and the puny delicate.
حَتّى يَعودَ الذِئبُ لَيثاً ضَيغَماً
وَالغُصنُ ساقاً وَالأَرارَةُ نيقا
Alas he marched disturbed awakened,
Anxious when the cowardly rests comfortable.
هَيهاتَ مارَسَ قُلقُلاً مُتَيَقِّظاً
قَلِقاً إِذا سَكَنَ البَليدُ رَشيقا
Borrowing he made the darkness his dawn,
And he saw the dawn of tomorrow so it was darkness.
مُستَسلِفاً جَعَلَ الغَبوقَ صَبوحَهُ
وَمَرى صَبوحَ غَدٍ فَكانَ غَبوقا
Yours is the galloping when the distance competes you,
And the shooting of your preceding when it came preceded.
لِلَّهِ رَكضُكَ إِذ يُبادِرُكَ المَدى
وَمُبِرُّ سَبقِكَ إِذ أَتى مَسبوقا
The grace of life enticed him so it slipped,
From his palm the tribe thereby real.
جاذَبتَهُ فُضُلَ الحَياةِ فَأَفلَتَت
مِن كَفِّهِ قَمَناً بِذاكَ حَقيقا
So you pelted back his brain and he had sipped the pelting,
To protect from it a sealed spring.
فَرَدَدتَ مُهجَتَهُ وَقَد كَرَعَ الرَدى
لِيَحُفَّ مِنها مَنهَلاً مَطروقا
He wore iron anklets and bracelets,
So enough for him the confinement and siege.
لَبِسَ الحَديدَ خَلاخِلاً وَأَساوِراً
فَكَفَينَهُ التَسويرَ وَالتَطويقا
With battle and battle the spring between places,
The religion of God in it still preserved.
بِالتَلِّ تَلِّ رَبيعَ بَينَ مَواضِعٍ
مازالَ دينُ اللَهِ فيها يوقى
Our swords in its plateau the despair with it,
Sees the plunderers and herders.
ساتَيدَما وَسُيوفُنا في هَضبِهِ
يَفرى إِياسُ بِها الطُلى وَالسوقا
Until he took Caesar`s jeweled crown,
With blood and scattered his assembly scattering.
حَتّى تَناوَلَ تاجَ قَيصَرَ مُذهَباً
بِدَمٍ وَفَرَّقَ جَمعُهُ تَفريقا
And the butchers when the trial of Ibrahim in,
Their two trysts those gentle folds.
وَالجازِرينَ وَهَتمِ إِبراهيمَ في
ثِنيَيهِما تِلكَ الثَنايا الروقا
He killed the petitioner the son of the petitioner with a,
Deceptive strike and burned his army burning.
قَتَلَ الدَعِيَّ اِبنَ الدَعِيِّ بِضَربَةٍ
خَلسٍ وَحَرَّقَ جَيشَهُ تَحريقا
And Zab when Umayya if timed passed limits,
Bringing to us their profligate the agnostics.
وَالزابِ إِذ حانَت أُمَيَّةُ فَاِغتَدَت
تُزجي لَنا جَعِيَّها الزِنديقا
They uncovered with the revealing of the unveiler of the,
Lights of darkness about a visage that filled the sky with lightning.
كَشَفوا بِتَلِّ كُشافَ أَروِقَةَ الدُجى
عَن عارِضٍ مَلَأَ السَماءَ بُروقا
We took them before daybreak with arms,
That slither in the gut of the darkness dawns.
نِلناهُمُ قَبلَ الشُروقِ بِأَذرُعٍ
يَهزُرنَ في كَبِدِ الظَلامِ شُروقا
Until we left the passions eulogizing from them,
Passions in the stomach of Zabiyan repulsive.
حَتّى تَرَكنا الهامَ تَندُبُ مِنهُمُ
هاماً بِبَطنِ الزابِيَينِ فَليقا
Oh Toghlub daughter of Wael how long,
Do you repel atheism damnable and combusting?
يا تَغلِبَ اِبنَةَ وائِلٍ حَتّى مَتى
تَرِدونَ كُفراً موبِقاً وَمُروِقا
Do you communicate with an abandoned call,
The call of donkeys when they intend braying?
تَتَجاوَبونَ بِدَعوَةٍ مَخذولَةٍ
دَعوى الحَميرِ إِذا أَرَدنَ نَهيقا
We have looked in the book so we did not find,
In your speech in its verses realization.
وَلَقَد نَظَرنا في الكِتابِ فَلَم نَجِد
لِمَقالِكُم في آيِهِ تَحقيقا
Or do you not know that the sword of Mohammed,
Has become a punishment with the tyrants obliterating?
أَو ما عَلِمتُم أَنَّ سَيفَ مُحَمَّدِ
أَمسى عَذاباً بِالطُغاةِ مُحيقا
Do not provoke it by scheming,
A difficult plot that tires the desirous.
لا تَنتَضوهُ بِأَن تَروموا خُطَّةً
عَسراءَ تُعيِ الطالِبينَ لُحوقا
Do not assume people if their riffraff bleated with them,
Sheep of yours obeyed and meek.
لا تَحسَبَنَّ الناسَ إِن صَفَرَت بِهِم
رُعيانُكُم بِهماً أَطاعَ وَنوقا
Leave the caliphate they below its access,
A fate with seizing the wrongdoers fitting.
خَلّوا الخِلافَةَ إِنَّدونَ مَنالِها
قَدَراً بِأَخذِ الظالِمينَ خَليقا
Zayd bin Hisn has turned it after what,
They turned away to him its gown torn.
قَد رَدَّها زَيدُ بنُ حِصنٍ بَعدَما
رَدّوا إِلَيهِ رِداءَها مَشقوقا
And the men of Tayy have conciliated in front of him,
Fragile iron sheets there subtle.
وَرِجالُ طَيِّءِ مُصلِتونَ أَمامَهُ
وَرَقاً هُناكَ مِنَ الحَديدِ رَقيقا
With pledging and they contracted it so they affirmed,
A contract for him between hearts confirmed.
بِالنَهرَوانِ وَعاقَدوهُ فَأَكَّدوا
عَقداً لَهُ بَينَ القُلوبِ وَثيقا
He was not pleased with it when he took it over stubborn,
It was not pleased with him devoted to it and a friend.
لَم يَرضَها لَمّا اِجتَلاها صَعبَةً
لَم تَرضَهُ خِدناً لَها وَرَفيقا
If it connected anyone besides its people,
From them it would have had a brother and a friend.
لَو واصَلَت أَحَداً سِوى أَصحابِها
مِنهُم لَكانَ لَها أَخاً وَصَديقا
