Sol 6.1

  1. قاسُوكَ بالبدرِ المنيرِ فأَخطأُوا

    والبَدرُ يَعلمُ أنَّ وجهَكَ أضوأُ

    They compared you to the radiant full moon, and erred.

    The full moon knows that your face is brighter.

  2. وحَكوكَ بالغُصُنِ الرَّطيبِ ضلالةٌ

    والغُصنُ منهُ قوامُ قدِّكَ يَهزأُ

    And they likened you to a supple bough—a mistake,

    For the poise of your figure mocks the bough.

  3. يا أيُّها الرَّيَّانُ من ماءِ الصِّبا

    قلبي إِلى رشَفاتِ ثغرِك يَظمأُ

    O you, refreshed by the water of youth,

    My heart thirsts for sips from your lips.

  4. عَجَبي لجفنِكَ كيفَ يُنكرِ قَتلتي

    وهُوَ السَّقيمُ فكيفَ منها يَبرأُ

    I marvel at your eyelid: how can it deny slaying me,

    While itself ailing—how can it be absolved of the deed?

  5. ما ضرَّني سَهري وَطرفُك في الدُّجا

    بحلاوةِ النَّومِ اللَّذيذِ مُهَنأُ

    My sleeplessness has not harmed me, while your eye in the dark

    Is blessed with the sweetness of delightful sleep.

  6. قد كنتُ في سوءٍ ببُعدكَ والقِلى

    واليومَ حالي بالتَّفرُّقِ أَسوأُ

    I was already in misery through your distance and aversion,

    And today my state is worse through separation.

  7. أَشكُو إِليكَ الثِّقلَ من حَملي لأَع

    باءِ الغَرامِ وما إِخالُكَ تَعبَأُ

    I complain to you of the weight I bear:

    The burdens of passion—yet I do not think you care.

  8. مالي وللعُذَّالِ فيكَ عَدمتهُم

    يا ليتهَم خَدِّي لنعلِك أَوطأُؤا

    What have I to do with those who blame me for you? May I be rid of them!

    Oh, if only they would lay my cheek beneath your sandal!

  9. لا يَفتُرونَ منَ الملامةِ لا ولا ال

    مولى العزيزُ منَ المكارمِ يَفتأُ

    They never weary of reproach—never! Nor does the

    Mighty lord ever cease his noble deeds.

  10. مُحي الورَى والدِّينِ والنَّدبُ الذي

    بِثَناهُ نختِمُ ما نَقولُ ونبدأُ

    Reviver of humankind and faith, the generous man

    With whose praise we end and begin all that we say.

  11. الصَّاحبُ السَّامي الفَخارِ وخِيرُ مَن

    دونَ الأنامِ بِظلِّهِ يُتفَيَّأُ

    The Sahib, lofty in glory, the best of men,

    In whose shade, above all others, one finds shelter.

  12. حلَّ الوزارةَ منه صدراً ماجداً

    عن مجدهِ كُلُّ الصُّدورِ تُحَلأُ

    In him, a noble chief took his seat in the vizierate,

    Whose glory all other chiefs are barred from reaching.

  13. شافي العُلا يَقري الضيُّوفَ بِرَبعهِ

    وعليهِ أخبارُ المناقِبِ تُقرَأُ

    Healer of high glory, he entertains guests at his dwelling,

    And accounts of noble deeds are read aloud to him.

  14. وإذا سَأَلتَ النَّاسَ عنه فَكُلُّهم

    قالوا لهُ ربُّ البريَّةِ يَكلأُ

    And if you ask the people about him, all of them

    Say, “May the Lord of creation guard him!”

  15. لا يعرِفونَ سواهُ ربَّ جلالةٍ

    عنهم إذا ما جلَّ خطبٌ يَدرأُ

    They know no lord of majesty besides him,

    Who shields them whenever a calamity grows grave.

  16. يا سيِّدَ الوزارءِ دعوةَ مادحٍ

    راجٍ فنعمَ الأمرُ فيهِ مُرَجَّأُ

    O master of viziers, hear a praise-singer's prayer,

    A hopeful one—how fine the matter for which he is kept waiting!

  17. لولاكَ كنتُ مُكابِدَ الأدواء لا

    تُرقَى ومُسبلَ أدمعٍ لا تَرقأُ

    But for you, I would be enduring ailments that cannot

    Be healed by charms, and shedding tears that never cease.

  18. فمنحتَني وهديتَني من حَيرتي

    حتَّى كأنَّكَ ليَ بصنُعِكَ تربأُ

    Then you favored me and led me out of my bewilderment,

    So that, by your kindness, you seem to keep watch over me.

  19. لا زلتَ محروسَ الجَنابِ مُخلَّداً

    في عِزَّ مالِكَ دائماً لا تُرزأُ

    May you ever be guarded in your domain, enduring

    In the glory of your wealth, forever spared loss.