Sol 6.1

  1. صِح يالَ عوفٍ تُجبك مُسعدةً

    من قبل أفواهها سواعدُها

    Cry, 'O clan of ʿAwf!'—you will be answered with aid

    by its arms before its mouths,

  2. بمُرهقاتٍ يثبُتن في الحَلَق الس

    سَردِ وما تحتَه شَواهدُها

    with overpowering weapons that lodge in the rings of chain-

    mail; what lies beneath it bears witness to them.

  3. وصافناتٍ جردٍ إذا ظمئَت

    ففي حياضِ الردى مواردُها

    And with sleek steeds, one hoof raised—when they thirst,

    then their watering places lie in the pools of death.

  4. أعجلَها الصوتُ وهي سابحةٌ

    تنوبُ عن لُجمها مقاودُها

    The cry hastened them while they galloped;

    their lead-reins serve in place of their bridles.

  5. تَسري سِراعاً حتى إذا لحقَت

    هوى بها في هواكَ حامدُها

    They race through the night until, when they catch up,

    their praiser rides them headlong, out of love for you.

  6. قبيلةٌ في الأنامِ واحدةٌ

    تَحمي حمى الجارِ وهو واحدُها

    A tribe unique among humankind,

    guarding its neighbor's sanctuary: he is one of its own.

  7. تحملُ ثقلَ القنا فوارسُها

    عنك وثقل القِرى ولائدُها

    Its horsemen bear the burden of lances

    for you, and its maidservants the burden of hospitality.

  8. إذا أبو الجيش قام منتصِفاً

    من الليالي هانت شدائدُها

    When Abu al-Jaysh rises to exact redress

    from the nights, their hardships become light.

  9. إني لَذو مهجةٍ تعاودُني

    في الرأي من حيثُ لا أعاودُها

    Indeed, I have a heart that keeps disputing with me

    in judgment, where I do not dispute with it in turn.

  10. تردُّني عن مطالبٍ صَغُرت

    أو كبرَت عندها فوائِدُها

    It turns me away from pursuits whose benefits seem small

    or great in its eyes.

  11. ولي من الشوقِ من يراودُني

    على هواها كما أراودُها

    And I have, in longing, one who coaxes me

    to follow its desire, just as I coax it.

  12. كل امرئٍ نفسهُ عدوتُه

    لكنه قلَّ من يجاهدُها

    Every man's own soul is his enemy,

    but few struggle against it.