أَبلِغ نَعيماً وَأَوفى إِن لَقيتَهُما
إِن لَم يَكُن كانَ في سَمعَيهِما صَمَمُ
Bear word to Nuʿaym and Awfā, if you meet them,
unless deafness has settled in the hearing of both.
فَما أَخي بِأَخي سَوءٍ فَيَنقُصَهُ
إِذا تَقارَبَ بِاِبنِ الصادِرِ القِسمُ
My brother was no man of baseness, that it should diminish him
when allotted fate closed in upon Ibn al-Ṣādir.
وَلَن يَزالَ شِهاباً يُستَضاءُ بِهِ
يَهدي المَقانِبَ ما لَم تَهلِكِ الصِمَمُ
He shall never cease to be a blazing star whose light is sought,
guiding the cavalry bands so long as the dauntless have not perished.
عاري الأَشاجِعِ مَعصوبٌ بِلُمَّتِهِ
أَمرُ الزَعامَةِ في عِرنينِهِ شَمَمُ
His knuckles stood bare; to his locks was bound
the charge of leadership; in his high-bridged nose was proud loftiness.
Sol 5.6