Sol 6.1

  1. هَل عَلِمَ الطَيفُ عِندَ مَسراهُ

    أَنَّ عُيونَ المُحِبِّ تَرعاهُ

    Did the phantom know, on its nightly journey,

    that the lover's eyes were watching over it?

  2. هَيَّجَ أَشواقَنا بِزَورَتِهِ

    ثُمَّ اِنثَنى وَالقُلوبُ أَسراهُ

    Its visit stirred our longings,

    then it turned away, with hearts its captives.

  3. هَجَعتُ كَيما يَزورُني قَمَري

    أَعتِبُ طَرفي ظُلماً وَأَلحاهُ

    I slept so that my moon might visit me;

    I unjustly reproach my eye and chide it.

  4. هَلّا أَتى وَالعُيونُ ساهِرَةٌ

    وَالنَومُ بِالنَوحِ قَد طَرَدناهُ

    Why did it not come while eyes were wakeful,

    when we had driven sleep away with lamentation?

  5. هُدَيتَ يا طَيفُ قُل لِأَهلِ مِنىً

    إِنَّ المُعَنّى هَواهُ أَفناهُ

    May you be guided, O phantom; tell the people of Mina

    that passion has consumed the tormented lover.

  6. هَوىً إِلى نَحوِكُم يُجاذِبُهُ

    وَهوَ الَّذي في البِلادِ أَقصاهُ

    A passion tugs him toward you,

    yet it is what has driven him far away through the lands.

  7. هاجَرَ لَمّا هَجَرتُموهُ فَما

    أَغناهُ عَن أَهلِهِ وَمَغناهُ

    He departed when you forsook him, yet this did not

    compensate him for his kin and home.

  8. هامَ وَلَم يَألَفِ البِلادَ وَإِن

    قَرَّت بِتِلكَ البِلادِ عَيناهُ

    He wandered lovelorn, never at home in those lands, though

    his eyes were gladdened in those very lands.

  9. هَنِيُّ عَيشٍ لَولا فِراقُكُمُ

    أَيقَنَ أَنَّ الجِنانَ مَأواهُ

    Blissful in life—were it not for parting from you,

    he would be certain that Paradise was his abode.

  10. هَمَّت بِهِ في البِلادِ هِمَّتُهُ

    وَنالَ بِاسَعيِ ما تَمَنّاهُ

    His ambition spurred him onward through the lands,

    and through striving he attained what he desired.

  11. هادَنَهُ دَهرُهُ وَراهَنَهُ

    وَرامَهُ مُنعِماً وَأَرضاهُ

    Time made peace with him and wagered with him,

    and sought him out with favors and pleased him.

  12. هَذَّبَ أَخلاقَهُ الزَمانُ وَقَد

    طَهَّرَ مَدحُ اِبنِ أُرتُقٍ فاهُ

    Time refined his character, and

    praise of Ibn Artuq purified his mouth.

  13. هُوَ السَحابُ الَّذي بَشاشَتُهُ

    بارِقُهُ وَالحَيا عَطاياهُ

    He is the cloud whose smiling face

    is its lightning, and his gifts its life-giving rain.

  14. هَتونُ جودٍ سَماحُ راحَتِهِ

    جارَ عَلى مالِهِ فَأَفناهُ

    His palm's bounty is a downpour of generosity;

    it dealt harshly with his wealth and consumed it.

  15. هَمَت عَلى الناسِ سُحبُهُ فَلَكَم

    قَتيلَ فَقرٍ نَداهُ أَحياهُ

    His clouds poured down upon the people; how many

    a man slain by poverty his bounty has revived!

  16. هَيهاتَ يُدعى بِالسُحبِ نائِلُهُ

    فَهوَ نُضارٌ وَتِلكَ أَمواهُ

    Far be it to liken his largesse to clouds:

    for it is gold, while those are water.

  17. هَولٌ جَميعُ الأَهوالِ تَرهَبُهُ

    خَطبٌ جَميعُ القُلوبِ تَخشاهُ

    A terror whom all terrors dread,

    a calamity whom all hearts fear.

  18. ها إِنَّ أَمرَ الزَمانِ في يَدِهِ

    يَأمُرُهُ تارَةً وَيَنهاهُ

    Behold, Time's command is in his hand:

    now he commands it, now forbids it.

  19. هَلُمَّ يا طالِبَ النَوالِ إِلى

    مَن فَتَكَت بِالنُضارِ كَفّاهُ

    Come, O seeker of bounty, to

    him whose two hands have slaughtered gold.

  20. هَذا الَّذي أَصبَحَ النَدى مَثَلاً

    يُفصِحُ عَن ذِكرِهِ وَأَسماهُ

    This is he whose generosity has become a proverb,

    proclaiming his renown and exalting him.

  21. هادي البَرايا بِنورِ طَلعَتِهِ

    مُحيي الرَعايا بِفَيضِ جَدواهُ

    Guide of creation by the light of his countenance,

    reviver of his subjects through his overflowing bounty;

  22. هِلالُ أُفقٍ تَيّارُ مَكرُمَةٍ

    تَهوى الوَرى حُسنَهُ وَحُسناهُ

    a crescent on the horizon, a torrent of noble gifts;

    all humanity loves his beauty and his goodness.

  23. هَمامُ بَأسٍ سَهلٌ خَلائِقُهُ

    أَنكَرَنا البُؤسُ مُذ عَرَفناهُ

    A champion of valor, gentle in character;

    misery has disowned us since we came to know him.

  24. هَمَّ بِنا قَبلَ أَن نَهُمَّ بِهِ

    فَجادَنا قَبلَ أَن سَأَلناهُ

    He thought of us before we thought of him,

    and gave generously to us before we asked him.

  25. هَزَّ لِيُرضي العُلى عَزيمَتَهُ

    فَأَصبَحَ المالُ بَعضَ قَتلاهُ

    He roused his resolve to please the heights of glory,

    and wealth became one of his slain.

  26. هَوَّنَ بِها اللُهى فَلَو نَطَقَت

    يَوماً لَقالَت أَعَزَّكَ اللَهُ

    Through it he made lavish gifts seem trifling; if they spoke

    one day, they would say, 'May God exalt you!'

  27. هَني بِكَ أَيُّها المَلِكُ المَنصو

    رُ فَالدَهرُ فيكَ هَنّاهُ

    Blessed are we in you, O King al-Manṣū—

    —r; for Time's happiness lies in you.

  28. هَويتُ طيبَ الثَنا فَلا بَرِحَت

    تُحدى إِلى نَحوِكُم مَطاياهُ

    I have loved sweet praise; may there never cease

    the driving of its mounts toward you in song.

  29. هَبَّت إِلى مَدحِكُم جَوارِحُنا

    فَكُلَّها بِالثَناءِ أَفواهُ

    Our limbs sprang to your praise,

    so all of them are mouths of praise.