تعلّم أن خير الناس طراً
على جفر الهباءة ما يريمُ
Know that the best of all mankind
at Jafr al-Habāʾa shall never depart.
ولولا ظلمُهُ مازلت أبكي
عليه الدهر ما طلع النجومُ
Were it not for his wrongdoing, I would never cease to weep
for him forever, as long as the stars arise.
ولكن الفتى حملَ بن بدرٍ
بغى والبغي مرتعه وخيمُ
But the valiant Ḥaml ibn Badr
transgressed—and transgression’s pasture is baneful.
أظن الحلم دل عليَّ قومي
وقد يستجهل الرجل الحكيمُ
I think my forbearance has emboldened my people against me;
even the forbearing man may be provoked into folly.
ألاقي من رجالٍ منكراتٍ
فأنكرُها وما أنا بالظلومِ
I encounter outrages among my own men,
so I condemn them—I am no inveterate oppressor.
Sol 5.6