لَيسَ زَمانٌ بِالكُمَيتَينِ راجِعاً
وَلَيسَ إِلى ذاكَ الزَمانِ رُجوعُ
The time at al-Kumaytayn will not return,
The times of glory won't come back again,
And there is no return to that time.
And to that glorious past there's no return.
لَيالِيَ لا سَرّي إِلَيهِنَّ شائِعُ
وَلا أَنتَ لِلمُستَودَعاتِ مُشيعُ
Nights when my secret was not divulged to them,
Nights of secrets are no more, and you
Nor did you reveal the confidences entrusted to you.
Are not there to see the trusted ones interned.
فَلَو أَنجَبَت أُمُّ الفَرَزدَقِ لَم يَعِب
فَوارِسَنا لا ماتَ وَهوَ جَميعُ
For had al-Farazdaq's mother borne a noble son, he would not have disparaged
Had the Mother of al-Farazdaq given birth,
Our horsemen—may he not die in one piece!
Our horsemen would have never died, for they were all there.
أَلا رُبَّما فَدّى بُكوراً فَوارِسي
بِأُمّيهِ مَلهوفُ الفُؤادِ مَروعُ
Ah, how often at daybreak he said to my horsemen,
Oh, many's the colt I've ransomed with my mother,
"My two mothers be your ransom!"—distraught at heart and terrified.
My heart distraught and filled with fear.
هُوَ النَخبَةُ الخَوّارُ ما دونَ قَلبِهِ
حِجابٌ وَلا حَولَ الفُؤادِ ضُلوعُ
He is the fainthearted weakling; before his heart there is no
He is the elite whose heart hides no fear.
Barrier, nor are there ribs around his heart.
No veil or ribs shield his heart in his chest.
أَصابَ قَرارَ اللُؤمِ في بَطنِ أُمِّهِ
وَراضَعَ ثَديَ اللُؤمِ وَهوَ رَضيعُ
He found the seat of baseness in his mother's womb,
He was conceived in the womb of disgrace
And suckled at the breast of baseness while still an infant.
And suckled on the teat of disgrace while still an infant.
Sol 6.1