جَيرِ أَنَّ الفَتى لَفي النَصبِ الأَع
ظَمِ بَينَ الأَهلَينِ وَالجيرانِ
My neighbor, the young man bears the greatest tribulation
Among family and neighbors
وَحِرانُ الجَوادِ كَالحَتفِ لِلها
رِبِ قُدّامَ ثائِرٍ حَرّانِ
And the neighing of the generous horse is like war
Facing the angry warrior
أَنا أَدرانِيَ الرَشادُ بِأَنَّ الإِن
سَ مَخلوقَةٌ مِنَ الأَدرانِ
I know wisdom teaches me that man
Is created of forethought
إِن يَكُن أَبرَأَ القَضاءُ الضَنى فَه
وَبَراني مِن بَعدِ ما أَبراني
If fate has relieved my worries, then it
Has relieved me after relieving me
لا كَرىً نائِمٌ بِجَفني وَلا أَع
لَمتُ في الدَهرِ فِتنَةً بِكِرانِ
No drowsiness in my eyelids, nor have I
Known in this life any virgin trials
قَد أَراني القِياسُ أَنَّ لُيوثَ ال
غابِ فيما يَنوبُ مِثلُ الإِرانِ
Reason shows me that the lions of
The forest suffer what the lambs suffer
خَوَّفونا مِنَ القِرانِ وَلا بُدَّ
لِنَفسٍ مَعَ الرَدى مِن قِرانِ
They frightened us of fate, and the self is
Bound to fate despite resistance
كَم جِبالٍ مِنَ الجُيوشِ تَرادى
وَالَّذي أوضِعَت لَهُ الحِجرانِ
How many mountains of armies marched
By that which has two stones placed for it
مَرَّ آنٌ مِنَ الزَمانِ عَلى الشَخ
صِ فَقَد خِلتُ أَنَّ دَهراً مَراني
Time has passed over the person so I
Have come to know that time makes me bitter
وَعَراني خَطبٌ أَرادَ العَراني
نَ بِذُلٍّ وَكُلُّها في عِرانِ
And sandstorms wanted to make me bare
With humility but they are all in bareness
زَعَمَ الناسُ أَنَّ قَوماً مِنَ الأَب
رارِ عولوا بِالجَوِّ بِالطَيَرانِ
The people claimed that some of the righteous
Depended on the atmosphere by flight
وَمَشَوا فَوقَ صَفحَةِ الماءِ هَذا الإِف
كُ هَيهاتَ ما جَرى العَصرانِ
And walked upon the surface of the water this
Superstition, never in times flowed
ما مَشى فَوقَ لُجَّةِ الماءِ لا السَع
دانِ فيما مَضى وَلا العُمَرانِ
None has walked upon the surface of water, not the
Sa'dan in the past or civilizations
أَقراني ذاكَ المُضَيِّفُ ما أَك
رَهُ وَاللَهُ غالِبُ الأَقرانِ
That host alleviated my bitterness
And God prevails over all hosts
لَم أَبِت غافِلاً فَأَشراني الحِر
صُ إِلى أَن أَعودَ كَالأَشرانِ
I have not been heedless so the guard urges me
To return like the bedouins