أَنوارُ تُحسَبُ مِن سَنا الأَنوارِ
وَمِنَ البَوارِ مَهاً عَرَضنَ بَواري
The lights are counted from the radiance of lights,
And from the land of Baari, clouds spread out covering it.
بيضٌ دَوارٍ لِلقُلوبِ كَأَنَّها
عَينٌ بِدَوّارِ وَعَينُ دَوارِ
Spinning whiteness to hearts as if they are,
An eye on a pivot and the eye of one who turns.
هَذي أَواريُّ المَنازِلِ ما دَرَّت
أَنّي أُواري في حَشايَ أَواري
These are the homes of settlements, not knowing,
That I moan within their courtyards.
أَمّا فَواري المَينِ عَنكَ فَصادَفَت
سَمَعاً وَأَمّا الوَجدُ مِنكَ فَواري
As for my elation from you, it met,
Hearing, and as for passion from you, overflowing.
وَإِذا الحَواريّاتُ صِدنَكَ فَاِبتَكِر
مِثلَ الحَواريّاتِ إِثرَ حُوارِ
And if the maidens turn you away, invent,
Like the maidens, a trace of conversation.
يَرأَمنَ سَقباً في الرَواحِ وَإِنَّما
تَبني عَلى حَوَرٍ وَحُسنُ حِوارِ
They look upon a mirage in spirits, though,
It is built on conversation and beauty of dialogue.
يَلعَبنَ بِالزُوّارِ لِعبَ قَوامِرٍ
وَإِذا بَلَغنَ رِضاً فَهُنَّ ذَواري
They play with visitors, gambling plays,
And when they attain favor, then they are fleeing.
مِثلُ الصُوارِ إِذا شَمَمتَ صُوارِها
فَشَجَونَ قَلبِكَ لِلهُمومِ صَواري
Like the images, when you smell their images,
So the sorrow of your heart moans to troubles.
فَاِجعَل سِوارَي غادَةٍ وَبُراهُما
لِبُرى غَوادٍ في الرِكابِ سَواري
So make bracelets of soft skin and coolness for,
The forearms of soft ones in the stirrups gliding.
يُرقِلنَ في خَلَقِ الشِوارِ وَّفَوقَها
أَخلاقُ إِنسٍ لِلقَبيحِ شَواري
They glide in creating improvement but above them,
Are human morals to the ugly concurring.
لا تَشكُوَنَّ فَفي الشِكايَةِ ذِلَّةٌ
وَلِتُعرَضَنَّ الخَيلُ بِالمِشوارِ
Do not complain, for in complaining is humiliation,
And to show horses in the racecourse.
آلَيتُ ما مَنَعَ الخُوارُ أَوابِداً
في هَضَبِ شابَةَ وَالنَقا الخَوّارِ
I wonder what prevented the ruin of,
Khuwar in the plateau of Shabah and An-Naqa Al-Khaari.
ريعَ اللَبيبُ مِنَ المَشيبِ لِأَنَّهُ
ما زالَ يُؤَذَنُ بِاِنتِفالِ جِوارِ
The perceptive person matures from aging, for,
He continues to be called to come closer as a neighbor.
ما أَبأَسَ الحَيوانَ لَيسَ لِنابِتٍ
أَسَفٌ بِما يَبدو مِنَ النُوّارِ
The excellent soul is not saddened by what,
Appears of brilliance.
وَكَأَنَّ مَن سَكَنَ الفِناءَ مَتّى غَدا
لِلقَبرِ لَم يَنزِل لَهُ بِطُوارِ
And it is as if whoever lived in the courtyard when,
He goes to the grave, he did not descend to it suddenly.
تِلكَ النُسورُ مِنَ الوُكورِ طَوائِرٌ
وَمَقادِرٌ مِن فَّوقِهِنَّ طَواري
Those eagles of the lineages are birds,
And destinies above them soaring.
إِنَّ العَواريِّ اِستُرِدَّ جَميعُها
فَالراحُ مِنها وَالجُسومُ عَواري
Indeed all ruin is reclaimed,
So the spirits from it and the bodies are ruins.
أَشباحُ ناسٍ في الزَمانِ يُرى لَها
مِثلَ الحَبابِ تَظاهُرٌ وَتَواري
Apparitions of people in time are seen to have,
Like visions, alternating concealment and appearance.
يُخلَطنَ فيهِ بِغَيرِهِنَّ فَما مَضى
غَيرُ الَّذي يَأتي وَهُنَّ جَواري
They intermix with others, so the past,
Is not except what comes, and they are neighbors.
أَعيا سِوارُ الدَهرِ كُلَّ مُساوِرٍ
وَرَمى الخَليلَ بِأَسهُمِ الأَسوارِ
The bracelets of time tired every bracelet wearer,
And cast the friend with its enclosure arrows.
فَاِحذَر وَإِن بَعُدَت غَزّاتُكَ في العِدى
قَدَراً أَغارَ عَلى أَبي المِغوارِ
So beware even if your raids in hostility,
Were far, it plotted against Abul-Mughwar.
زَجَرَت قَواريها الزَواجِرُ بِالضُحى
وَالحادِثاتُ مِنَ الحِمامِ قَواري
Its bells scolded it at dawn,
And the events of doves cooing.
لَو فَكَّرَت طُلُبُ الغِنى في ذاهِبِ الأَ
كوارِ ما قَعَدَت عَلى الأَكوارِ
If seeking money thought about the vanishing,
resources, it would not sit still on ruins.
وَالنَدبُ في حُكمِ الهِدانِ وَذو الصِبا
كَأَخي النُبهى وَالذِمرُ كَالعُوّارِ
And weeping is in the ruling of the guided, and he of youth,
Like my brother An-Nubuha, and perseverance is like fresh flowing water.
وَيُقالُ أَنَّ مَدى اللَيالي جاعِلٌ
جَبَلاً أَقامَ كَزاخِرٍ مَوّارِ
And it is said that the extent of nights makes,
A mountain rise like overflowing terraces.
جَرَتِ القَضايا في الأَنامِ وَأُمضِيَت
صُدُقاً بِأَسوارٍ وَلا أَسوارِ
The judgements went among the people and were fulfilled,
Truly without walls or any walls.
