Sol 6.1

  1. تَعوَّدَ أن يَحُولَ وأن يَخونا

    إذا أعطَى بزَورَتِه يَمِينا

    He is accustomed to being fickle and betraying,

    whenever he swears an oath to visit.

  2. فَصافَحَني ليجعلها ضَماناً

    أيَقبلُ ذاكَ من عَرفَ الضَّمِينا

    So he shook my hand to make it a guarantee;

    would one who knows the guarantor accept that?

  3. زيارتُه بحيثُ الصَّبر عَنها

    قد اتَّخذَتهُ من دُوني قَرِينا

    His visit is such that patience in its absence

    has been made its companion in my stead.

  4. وغادِيةٍ تَسير أمامَ حادٍ

    يَرى الحركاتِ مِن عَجلٍ سُكُونا

    And a woman traveling at dawn, ahead of a camel-driver

    who, in his haste, takes movement for stillness,

  5. ليَقطعني لقد أسرَفتِ حتَّى

    حُداتُكِ بالعَداوةِ يَقصِدونا

    to cut me off—you have gone so far

    that even your camel-drivers aim their hostility at us.

  6. أما يُقضَى الغريمُ وكيفَ يُقضَى

    وأنتِ تَرَين مَطلَ الدّينِ دِينا

    Is the creditor not paid? Yet how can he be paid,

    when you regard postponing a debt as a religion?

  7. وتَعتَقدينَ ذاكَ فليتَ شِعري

    إلى أيِّ المَذاهِب تَذهَبِينا

    And you hold that belief—if only I knew

    which school of belief you follow!

  8. عَرفتُ لطُولِ ما جرَّبتُ دَهري

    بنَاتِ الدَّهرِ أجمعَ والبَنِينا

    Through long experience of my days, I have come to know

    all the daughters of Time, and its sons.

  9. فَصِرتُ إِذا رأيتُ أخا خُطوبٍ

    يُعِدُّ لَها التجلُّدَ والسِّنِينا

    So now, whenever I see a man beset by calamities

    preparing fortitude and years to face them,

  10. أبينُ ولا أكونُ المرءَ المرءَ يَبقَى

    علَيها صابِراَ حتَّى تَبينا

    I depart, and am not the man—the man who remains

    patient with them until they depart.

  11. ولكِن ليسَ لي في كلِّ أرضٍ

    أحاولُها نَدى بنجوتَكينا

    But I do not have, in every land

    I seek out, the bounty of Banjutakin.

  12. أجل حيثُ اعتَمدتُ وجَدت منه

    هَزِيمَ الودقِ ثَجَّاجاً هَتُونا

    Yes, wherever I sought support, I found from him

    roaring rain, pouring in torrents, streaming down.

  13. وإن سحَّت سَحائِبُه اختِصاصاً

    بأرضٍ أنبع الأخرى مَعِينا

    And if his clouds pour down exclusively

    on one land, he makes running water spring up in the other.

  14. وبيضٍ خِلتُهنَّ رُقادَ صَبٍّ

    غَداةَ عَدونَ يَهجرنَ الجُفونا

    And gleaming swords I took for a lovesick man's sleep,

    on the morning they rushed forth, forsaking their sheaths.

  15. تَرى ماءَ الشَّباب يَجولُ فيها

    وقَد أفنَت من النَّاسِ القرُونا

    You see the water of youth coursing through them,

    though they have destroyed generations of men.

  16. شَفا بصدُورها منَّا صُدوراً

    أقامَت تحملُ الأحقادَ حِينا

    With their points he healed breasts among us

    that had gone on bearing grudges for a time.

  17. فواعَجَبا ضَرائبُها صُموتٌ

    ويُسمعُ من مَضارِبها الرَّنينا

    What a marvel! Those they strike are silent,

    yet ringing is heard from their striking edges.

  18. وربَّ كتائبٍ كتبَت يَداهُ

    علَيهنَّ المنيَّةَ أجمَعِينا

    And many a battalion—his hands have written

    death upon them, every one,

  19. بأقلامٍ من الخَطِّيِّ خَطَّت

    صحائِفَ ما فُهمنَ ولا قُرِينا

    with pens of Khatti spears, which inscribed

    pages neither understood nor read.

  20. أجِدَّكَ كلَّما عَميَت قُلوبٌ

    تصوِّرُ بالرِّماحِ لها عُيُونا

    Do you truly, whenever hearts grow blind,

    fashion eyes for them with spears?

  21. إماراتٌ دُعِيت لها أمِيراً

    ولم تحتَج إلى لقَبٍ سُكُونا

    These are offices of command for which you were named emir;

    and you needed no title to give you assurance.

  22. وقمتَ بحقِّها قَولاً وفِعلاً

    هنالك صِرتَ صاحبها يَقينا

    And you fulfilled their due in word and deed;

    then you became their holder beyond doubt.

  23. رآكَ اللَّهُ مَوضعَها فكانَت

    وحُقَّ لما رآهُ أن يَكونا

    God saw you as their fitting seat, and they came to be;

    and it was right that what He saw should be.

  24. وبالتَّوفيقِ أنزَلَها عَلينا

    وألهَمَها أميرَ المُؤمِنينا

    And with divine aid He sent them down upon us,

    and inspired the Commander of the Faithful with them.

  25. قَصَرنا عَن صِفاتِكَ ثم طالَت

    وما عَجزَت وبانَ العجزُ فِينا

    We fell short of your qualities, and then they grew greater;

    they did not fail; the failure proved to be ours.

  26. ألا فَاصفَح لنَا عمَّا تَرَكنا

    مخافَةَ أن نُطيلَ وما نَسِينا

    So pardon us for what we have left unsaid,

    for fear of going on too long—we have not forgotten.