Sol 6.1

  1. أَلا ذَرَفَت مِن مُقلَتَيكَ دُموعُ

    وَقَد بانَ مِن حَبلِ الشَبابِ قُطوعُ

    Lo, tears have streamed from your eyes,

    and pieces have broken away from the cord of youth.

  2. وَشَطَّ بِمَن تَهوى المَزارُ وَفَرَّقَت

    نَوى الحَي دارٌ بِالحَبيبِ فَجوعُ

    Far lies the dwelling of the one you love, and scattered

    are the tribe's paths by a home that bereaves you of your beloved.

  3. وَلَيسَ لِما وَلّى عَلى ذي حَرارَةٍ

    وَإِن طالَ تَذرافُ الدُموعِ رُجوعُ

    And for one burning with longing, what has passed has no

    return, though the streaming of tears lasts long.

  4. فَذَر ذا وَلَكِن هَل أَتى أَمّ مالِكٍ

    أَحاديثُ قَومي وَالحَديثُ يُشيعُ

    So leave that—but has Umm Malik heard

    the tales of my people—news spreads abroad—

  5. وُمُجنَبُنا جُرداً إِلى أَهلِ يَثرِبٍ

    عَناجيجَ مِنها مُتلَدٌ وَنَزيعُ

    and how we led sleek horses toward the people of Yathrib,

    noble steeds, some home-bred and some brought from afar,

  6. عَشيةَ سِرنا في لُهامٍ يَقودُنا

    ضَرورُ الأَعادي لِلصَديقِ نَفوعُ

    on the evening we marched in a vast host, led by

    a scourge of enemies, a boon to friends?

  7. نَشُدُّ عَلَينا كُلَّ رَغفٍ كَأَنَّها

    غَديرٌ بِضَوجِ الوادِيَينِ نَقيعُ

    We fasten every coat of mail upon ourselves, as though it were

    a still pool at the bend of the two valleys.

  8. فَلَمّا رَأونا خالَطَتهُم مَهابَةٌ

    وَعايَنَهُم أَمرٌ هُناكَ فَظيعُ

    Then, when they saw us, dread filled them,

    and a terrible ordeal confronted them there.

  9. وَوَدّوا لَو اَنَّ الأَرضَ يَنشَقُّ ظَهرُها

    بِهم وَصَبورُ القَومِ ثَمَّ جَزوعُ

    And they wished the earth's surface would split open

    beneath them; even the steadfast among them were panic-stricken there.

  10. وَقَد عُرِّيَت بِيضٌ كَأَنَّ وَميضَها

    حَريقٌ تَرَقّى في الأَباءِ سَريعُ

    And bright swords had been unsheathed, their flashing like

    a swift fire climbing through the reeds.

  11. بِأَيمانِنا نَعلو بِها كُلَّ هامَةٍ

    وَمِنها سِمامٌ لِلعَدوِّ ذَريعُ

    With our right hands, we strike every head with them,

    and from them comes swiftly fatal poison for the foe.

  12. فَغادَرنَ قَتلى الأَوسِ عاصِبَةً بِهُم

    ضِباعٌ وَطَيرٌ يَعتَفينَ وُقوعُ

    So they left the slain of Aws, surrounded

    by hyenas and birds that alight to seek food.

  13. وَجَمعُ بَني النَجارِ في كُلِّ تَلعَةٍ

    بَأَبدانِهم مِن وَقعِهِنَّ نَجيعُ

    And the host of Banu al-Najjar, in every gully,

    bore fresh blood on their bodies from the blades' blows.

  14. وَلَولا عُلوُّ الشِعبِ غادَرنَ أَحمَدا

    وَلَكِن عَلا وَالسَمهَريُّ شَروعُ

    But for the height of the mountain pass, they would have left Ahmad slain—

    but he climbed high while the stout lances were leveled—

  15. كَما غادَرَت في الكَرِّ حَمزَةَ ثاوياً

    وَفي صَدرِهِ ماضي الشَباةِ وَقيعُ

    just as they left Hamza lying fallen in the charge,

    with a keen-pointed, honed weapon in his chest.

  16. وَنُعمانَ قَد غادَرنَ تَحتَ لِوائِهِ

    عَلى لَحمِهِ طَيرٌ يَجُفنَ وَقوعُ

    And Nu'man they had left beneath his banner,

    on his flesh birds alighting and tearing into it,

  17. بِأُحدٍ وَأَرماحُ الكُماةِ يُرِدنَهُم

    كَما غالَ أَشطانَ الدِلاءِ نُزوعُ

    at Uhud, while the warriors' spears sought them out,

    as hauling wears away the ropes of buckets.