Sol 6.1

  1. جُرحي بِعينِيك ليس يندمل

    وصبوتِي فِيكِ ليس تنفصِلُ

    My wound from your eyes does not heal.

    And my yearning for you never breaks off.

  2. فلا تخافِي عَلَيَّ عاذِلتي

    شرُّ الهوى ما يُزيله العَذَلُ

    So do not fear for me, my reproaching lady;

    the worst love is that which reproach can dispel.

  3. لم أَضْنَ إلا تَشبها بضناً

    يشكوه فِي جفنِ عينكِ الكَحَلُ

    I wasted away only to imitate a languor

    that your eye's dark rim laments within its lid.

  4. فلا تظنّي ضنايَ مِثلَ ضَنى

    عينيكِ ذا صحّةٌ وذا عِلَلُ

    Do not think my wasting like the languor

    of your eyes: one is health, the other sickness.

  5. أَيُّ السَّقِيمينَ مُوجَعٌ كَمِدٌ

    جِسْمِيَ أم لحظُ عَيْنِكِ الثَّمِلُ

    Which of the two sick ones is pained and grief-stricken:

    my body, or your eye's intoxicated glance?

  6. أمَا وبِيضُ الثُّغور لائحةٌ

    وما اجتنَتْ مِن رُضابِها القُبَلُ

    Indeed, by the gleaming white teeth,

    and what kisses gather from their sweet saliva,

  7. لولا فُتورُ العيونِ ما قوِيَتْ

    ولا غَدَتْ دونَ لحظِها الأَسَل

    but for the eyes' languor, they would have no power,

    nor would spears fall short of their gaze.

  8. والنُّجْلُ لو لم يكن بها نَجَلُ

    ما تَمّ في عاشِقٍ لها عَمَلُ

    And were wide eyes not endowed with wideness,

    they would accomplish nothing in a lover of theirs.

  9. يا سحرُ إنّ الذينَ قد زعَموا

    أنّ المسمَّى سِوى اسمِهِ جَهِلوا

    O Sihr, those who have claimed

    that the named thing differs from its name were ignorant.

  10. قالوا ولو عاينوكِ كاسمِكِ ما

    أصبح في ذاكِ بينهمْ جَدَل

    They said so; but had they seen you, true to your name,

    there would be no dispute among them about that.

  11. أهواكِ في القربِ والبِعادِ معاً

    وخالصُ الحبِّ ليس ينتقِل

    I love you both near and far,

    and pure love does not change.

  12. إذا غَدَا الوصلُ لِلهَوى ثمناً

    طارَ بذيّالِكِ الهوَى المَلَلُ

    When union becomes the price of love,

    boredom sweeps that love of yours away.

  13. يُعجبنِي البُخْلُ إِن بِخِلتِ ولا

    يُعجِبُني الجودُ مِنكِ والنَّفَلُ

    I admire withholding when you withhold; I do not

    admire your generosity and lavish gifts.

  14. فشرُّ ما في الرجالِ بُخْلُهُمُ

    وخيرُ ما في الكواعِبِ البْخَلُ

    For the worst thing in men is their stinginess,

    and the best in full-breasted maidens is withholding.

  15. قالت وقد راعها البُكاءُ دماً

    ما بالُه قلتُ عاشقٌ خَبِل

    She said, alarmed by the weeping of blood,

    'What ails him?' I said, 'A lover, distraught.'

  16. قالت ومن شَفَّه وتَيَّمَه

    قلت الّتي عن غَرامِه تَسَلُ

    She said, 'Who has wasted him and enslaved him with love?'

    I said, 'The woman asking about his passion.'

  17. قالت أمِن نظرةٍ يكونُ هَوىً

    هذا مُحبٌّ هواه مُرْتَجَلُ

    She said, 'Can love arise from a glance?

    This lover's passion is improvised.'

  18. فقلتُ عيناكِ كادتاه بما

    تَعْجِز عن بعضِ حَلِّهِ الحِيلُ

    I said, 'Your eyes ensnared him with something

    that stratagems cannot undo even in part.

  19. ما يفعل الضَّربُ بالمنَاصِل ما

    تفعلهُ للواحظ المُقَلُ

    Striking with sword blades does not do what

    the eyes accomplish with their glances.

  20. ومَا لها قدرةٌ تَصُول بِها

    على الورى غَيْرَ أَنَّها نُجُلُ

    They have no power with which to assault

    humankind except that they are wide eyes.'

  21. إنّ عيونَ الملاحِ واصلةٌ

    قاطعةٌ حَبْلَ كلِّ من يَصِل

    Indeed, beauties' eyes grant union,

    yet sever the bond of everyone who seeks it.

  22. لا تَجْحَد السفكَ للدِّماءِ ولا

    تنكِر مِن ذاك ما هِي الفِعَل

    They do not disown the shedding of blood,

    nor deny any such deeds of theirs.

  23. دمُ المحِبِّين في تَرائِبِها

    وفي مَبادِي خُدُودِها خَضِل

    The lovers' blood lies upon their collarbones,

    and glistens wet on the fronts of their cheeks.

  24. تَقْتُل عُشّاقَها العيونُ ولا

    يحْقِدُهُمْ أَنَّهمْ بها قُتِلوا

    The eyes kill their lovers, yet

    being slain by them gives the lovers no rancor.

  25. يا سحرُكَم أَبتغي رِضاكِ وكم

    أُغْضِي على حُرْقةٍ وأَحْتَمِل

    O Sihr, how often I seek your favor, and how often

    I overlook burning anguish and endure!

  26. وكم أَعَضُّ البَنانَ مِن غَضَبٍ

    كأنّه بين أَضلُعِي شُعَل

    How often I bite my fingertips in anger,

    as though it were flames between my ribs!

  27. يا سحرُكم تَنْثَنِي الحفائِظُ بي

    عليكِ والإِنتظارُ والمَهَل

    O Sihr, how often resentments turn me

    against you, along with waiting and delay!

  28. يا سحرُ إنّ السُّلُو عَنكِ على

    قلبِي حرامٌ ما أُنْسئ الأَجَل

    O Sihr, forgetting you is, for

    my heart, forbidden while my appointed end is deferred.

  29. أنتِ مُنَى النَّفْسِ عندَ خَلْوتها

    وسُؤْلُها والمرادُ والأَملُ

    You are the soul's wish in its solitude,

    its desire, its object, and its hope.

  30. كأنِك الشمسُ يومَ أَسْعُدِها

    إذا تبدّت وبُرْجُها الْحَمَلُ

    You are like the sun on its most auspicious day,

    when it appears with Aries as its sign.

  31. ما زادَ في حسنِكِ الحُلِيُّ ولا

    غَيَّرَه قبلَ حَلْيِكِ الْعَطَلُ

    Jewelry adds nothing to your beauty,

    nor did being unadorned alter it before your adornment.

  32. قضيبُ بانٍ ندٍ ودِعْصُ نَقاً

    وبدرُ تِمٍّ وفاحِمٌ رَجِل

    A fresh bān bough, a mound of fine sand,

    a full moon, and coal-black, softly waving hair.

  33. أَمَاءُ خَدّيكِ في كؤوسِكِ أَمْ

    ثَغْرُكِ مِسكٌ يَشُوبُه عسل

    Is the water of your cheeks in your cups, or

    is your mouth musk mingled with honey?

  34. أَم لفظك الدُّرُّ حِينَ نَنْثُره

    أَم قدُّكِ الْغُصْنُ حين ينفتِل

    Or is your speech pearl when we scatter it,

    or your figure a bough when it sways?

  35. لولا اشتِغالي بِحفظِ مَعْلُوَتي

    ما كان لِي عنك في الهَوى شُغُل

    Were I not busy safeguarding my high estate,

    nothing would distract me from you in love.

  36. لِي سَلفٌ ليس مِثْلهُمْ سَلَفٌ

    مُطَّلِبيُّون سادَةٌ فُضُل

    I have forebears whose like no forebears match:

    Muttalibites, excellent lords.

  37. سادُوا وقادُوا الورَى وما احْتَلمَوا

    وكَمَّلوا حِلْمَهمْ وما اكْتَهلوا

    They ruled and led humankind before reaching puberty,

    and perfected their forbearance before middle age.

  38. أَشِيد ما شيّدوا وما رَفَعوا

    وأَفعلُ الخيرَ مثلمَا ما فَعلوا

    I raise what they built and lifted high,

    and do good just as they did.

  39. أنا ابْنُ من بَشَّرَ المَسِيحُ بِهِ

    وقَدَّمَتْ نعتَ وَصْفهِ الرُّسُلُ

    I am the son of him whom the Messiah foretold,

    whose attributes the messengers described beforehand:

  40. محمد خير من بدَا وهَدَى

    وخيرُ مَنْ يَحْتَفِي ويَنْتَعِل

    Muhammad, best of those who appeared and guided,

    best of those who go barefoot and those who wear sandals.

  41. أبي الوصِيُّ الذِي بِه اتَّضَحَتْ

    للناسِ طُرْقُ الرَّشادِ والسُّبُلُ

    My father is the appointed successor, through whom

    the paths and ways of right guidance became clear to people.

  42. وأُمِّيَ الْبَرّةُ البَتولُ ومَنْ

    كُلُّ نِساءِ الورى لَها خَوَل

    And my mother is the virtuous, chaste woman, she whom

    all the world's women serve.

  43. رَهْطُ نَبِيِّ الهُدَى وأُسْرَتُه

    والخلفاءُ الأئمَّةُ الذُّلُل

    The clan of the Prophet of guidance and his family,

    and the successors, the humble imams.

  44. يا مستعِدُّون للفَخارِ بنا

    ومَنْ بنا أدرَكوا الذي سألوا

    O you who prepare to glory through us,

    and who gained through us what you asked for,

  45. زعمتُمُ أَنْكم لنا غَضَباً

    قمتمْ وبالزَّعْمِ يَكْثُرُ الخْطَلَ

    you claimed that, in anger on our behalf,

    you rose up; claims breed much foolishness.

  46. مَتى غضِبْتُمْ لنا وأَنْفُسُنا

    لِبِيضِكم مُذْ وَلِيتُمُ نفَلَ

    When did you grow angry for us, when our lives

    have been spoil for your bright swords since you took power?

  47. شَرَّدْتُمُ جَعْفَراً وشِيعَتَهُ

    بغيرِ ذَنْبٍ جَنَوْا ولاَ افْتَعلوا

    You drove Ja'far and his followers into exile,

    though they committed no offense, nor contrived one.

  48. والحسَنِيُّون طالمَا تَلِفوا

    بِحدّ أَسْيافِكُمْ وما قتلوا

    The Hasanids have so often perished

    by the edge of your swords, though they killed no one.

  49. ثم قَتَلْتُمْ موسَى الرِّضا خُدَعاً

    لأُمِّكمْ بعدَ قَتْلِه الْهَبَل

    Then you deceitfully killed Musa al-Rida;

    may your mother be bereaved after his killing!

  50. غَدْراً وحِقْداً طَوَيْتُمُوه لنا

    كَذا يعادِي المَوالِيَ الخوَلُ

    With treachery and hatred you concealed against us:

    thus do servants show enmity to their masters.

  51. وَيْحَ بنِي عَمِّ أَحْمَدٍ خَسِروا

    وعِندَه دونَ هاشمٍ خَذَلوا

    Woe to Ahmad's cousins: they have lost,

    and, unlike Hashim, failed him at his side.

  52. دماءَ أَبناء أَحْمدٍ شرِبوا

    ولحمَ أَبناءِ بِنْتِهِ أَكَلوا

    They drank the blood of Ahmad's sons,

    and ate the flesh of his daughter's sons.

  53. أَرحامَهُمْ قَطَّعوا وَحَدَّهُمُ

    فَلُّوا وأَزوارَ قَوْمِهمْ حَمَلوا

    They severed their kinship ties, and their own edge

    they blunted, and shouldered their people's wrongdoing.

  54. يا آلَ عَبَّاسَ أَنْتُمُ لِبنِي الزْ

    زهراءِ ثأرٌ وقَدْ دَنا الأجل

    O house of Abbas, you owe the children of

    al-Zahra a blood debt; the appointed end has drawn near.

  55. لا صَحَبْتَنِي يَدِي وَلا اتَّسَعَت

    إلى بلوغِ العُلاُ بيَ السُّبُل

    May my hand desert me, and may no roads open

    to carry me to the attainment of high glory,

  56. إن لم أَزُرْكُمْ بَجَحْفَلٍ لَجِبٍ

    سماؤُه البِيضُ والقْنَا الذُّبُل

    if I do not visit you with a vast, clamorous army,

    whose sky is bright swords and slender spears.

  57. يَسُدُّ شرقَ الدُّنا ومَغْربَها

    به الكُماةُ الضَّراغِم البُزُل

    It fills the world's east and west,

    with armored warriors, lions, seasoned veterans.

  58. في كَبِد الأرض منه مُنْخَسِفٌ

    وفي فُؤادِ السُّهالهُ وَجَلُ

    It leaves a sunken hollow in the earth's heart,

    and dread of it fills the heart of al-Suha.

  59. يُصْبِحُكُمْ في خِلالِ دارِكُمُ

    به هِزَبْرٌ منْ هاشمٍ بَطَل

    At dawn he will come upon you amid your dwellings:

    with that army, a champion, a lion of Hashim.

  60. لا يَسكُنُ الرَّوْعُ بين أَضْلُعِهِ

    ولا يَفُلُّ اعْترامَهُ الفَشَل

    Fear does not dwell between his ribs,

    nor does failure blunt his fierceness.

  61. أنا زعيمٌ لكُمْ بواحِدةٍ

    تَقْتَصُّ مِنكمْ بِرُزْئِها الْجُمَل

    I guarantee you a single stroke

    that, in its devastation, exacts full vengeance from you.

  62. للعَلَويَّين فوقَكُمْ شَرَفٌ

    لولاه لم تَبْلُغوا ولم تَصلوا

    The Alids possess honor above you;

    without it you would neither attain nor arrive.

  63. بهمْ فخَرْتُمْ على مُخالفكُمْ

    حتّى علا الْكَعْبُ واسْتَوى الْمَثَلُ

    Through them you boasted over your opponents,

    until your rank rose and parity was established.

  64. وقَبْلُهْم كان فيكُمُ قِصَرٌ

    وكان فيكُمْ عن العُلا ثِقُل

    Before them there was shortcoming in you,

    and sluggishness in your pursuit of glory.

  65. أَجَدّكُمْ كان مِثلَ جدِّهِم

    والحربُ بالمشركينَ تَشْتعِل

    Was your grandfather like theirs

    while war against the idolaters blazed,

  66. حينَ تولَّتْ قريشٌ أَجْمعَهُا

    وكذَّبوا بالنّبيّ واقْتَتَلوا

    when all Quraysh turned away,

    disbelieved in the Prophet, and fought?

  67. كَذَّبَهُ قومُه وأُسْرَتُه

    وكان فينا لأَمرِه عَجَلُ

    His people and his family disbelieved him,

    while we hastened to obey his command.

  68. بَدْرٌ وأُحْدٌ وخيْبَرٌ ورُبا

    مَكَّةَ يَعْلَمْنَ مَن لَهُ الأُوَلُ

    Badr, Uhud, Khaybar, and the heights

    of Mecca know who holds precedence,

  69. ومن أطاعَ النَّبيَّ مُجْتَهداً

    مجاهِداً لا يَعُوقُه كَسَلُ

    and who obeyed the Prophet with diligence,

    striving without laziness to hinder him.

  70. لله آلُ الوصِيِّ منْ نَفَرٍ

    ما نَكَّبُوا عن تُقىً ولا عَدَلوا

    God bless the successor's family, a band of men

    who never turned aside from piety or strayed.

  71. هُمُ لُيوثُ الأنام إنْ جَبُنوا

    وهُمْ هُداةُ العباد إن جَهِلوا

    They are mankind's lions when others grow afraid,

    and the people's guides when others are ignorant.

  72. إن أفضَلوا أجْزَلُوا وإنْ عَقَدوا

    شَدَّوا وإن حكَّموهُمُ عَدَلَوا

    When they give, they give lavishly; when they make a pact,

    they bind it firmly; when made judges, they are just.

  73. تَرْتَحِلُ المُكْرمُاتُ إنْ رَحَلوا

    وتَنْزِل الصالحاتُ إنْ نَزَلُوا

    Noble virtues depart when they depart,

    and good things settle when they settle.

  74. يا آلَ عَباسَ ما ادِّعاؤُكُمُ

    إِرثاً لنا السهلُ منه والجبَلُ

    O house of Abbas, what is this claim of yours

    to an inheritance whose plains and mountains are ours?

  75. إنْ نَتَقَدّمْ عَلَيْكُمُ فلنَا

    سوابقُ المكْرُمات تَتَّصلُ

    If we precede you, it is because we have

    an unbroken succession of earlier noble deeds.

  76. قدّمَنا اللهُ ثُمّ أخَّرَكُمْ

    عنّا فما إنْ لَكُمْ بنا قِبَلُ

    God advanced us, then put you behind

    us; you have no power to contend with us.

  77. شادَ لنا الحَقُّ بيتَ مَعْلُوَةٍ

    في حِينَ شادتْ عُلاكُمُ الحيَلُ

    Truth built us a house of high honor,

    while tricks built your eminence.

  78. نحن بنو أحْمَدَ الذين بهمْ

    يدعُو إلى رَبّه ويَبْتَهلُ

    We are Ahmad's sons, those through whom

    he calls to his Lord and prays fervently.

  79. نحن كَفَلْنا النّبيّ مُنْذُ بدا

    حتى اسْتطالَتْ بأمْره الطُّوَلُ

    We supported the Prophet from his first appearance,

    until the reach of his authority stretched far.

  80. فنحنُ أَبْنَاؤُهُ وعِتْرَتُهُ

    ونحنُ أنْصارُ دِينِه القُتُلُ

    So we are his sons and his close kin,

    and the slain defenders of his faith.

  81. كأنّنا في دُجى الأمور ضُحىً

    وأنْتُمُ في صَوابها خَطَلُ

    We are like morning brightness amid the darkness of affairs,

    while you are folly amid their sound judgment.

  82. صلّى علينا الإلهُ ما نُصِرتْ

    بنا العُلاَ والسَّماحُ والْمِلَلُ

    May God bless us as long as

    glory, generosity, and faiths are upheld through us.