ديوانَ شَيخ المَعَرّه
نَبغي عَدَتكَ المَعرّه
The collected poems of the Sheikh of al-Maʿarra
we seek—may disgrace pass you by.
يا مَن يَجُرّ ذُيول ال
فَخار فَوقَ المَجَرَّه
O you who trail the hems of
glory above the Milky Way!
وَقَد تَكَرَّر مِنكُم
إِرسالُهُ غَيرَ مَرّه
And you have repeatedly
sent it, more than once.
وَالوَعدُ حُلوٌ وَلَكِن
مِطالُهُ ما أَمَرَّه
And the promise is sweet, but
how bitter its delay!
لا زِلتُمُ في نَعيمٍ
مُخَلَّدٍ في مَسَرّه
May you always remain in bliss,
everlasting, amid joy.
Sol 6.1