Sol 6.1

  1. أَنِخ فَهَذِي قِبابُ العِزِّ وَالكَرَمِ

    وَقِل فَكُلُّ العُلا في هَذِهِ الخِيَمِ

    Make your mounts kneel: these are the domes of glory and generosity.

    And rest at noon: all eminence is in these tents.

  2. وَاِعفِ النَجائِبَ مِن نَصٍّ وَمِن عَنقٍ

    فَقَد بَلَغتَ مُلُوكَ العُربِ وَالعَجَمِ

    Spare the noble camels both hard galloping and trotting,

    For you have reached the kings of Arabs and non-Arabs.

  3. فَما وَراءَ بَني فَضلٍ فَتَطلُبَهُ

    غِنىً لِراجٍ وَلا عِزٌّ لِمُهتَضَمِ

    Beyond Banu Fadl there is nothing to seek—

    No wealth for the hopeful, no honor for the oppressed.

  4. هُمُ المُلوكُ وَساداتُ المُلوكِ هُمُ

    وَما رَبى المُلكُ إِلّا في بُيوتِهِمُ

    They are the kings; they are the masters of kings,

    And kingship has flourished only in their houses.

  5. وَقَد نَزَلتَ بِأسراهُم وَأَنبَلِهِم

    عَلى سَراواتِهِم فِينا وَنُبلِهِمُ

    You have alighted with their most illustrious and noblest,

    Above their chiefs among us, for all their nobility.

  6. فَاِنظُر بِعَينِكَ هَذا فَهوَ سَيِّدُهُم

    طُرّاً وَسَيِّدُ عَدنانٍ وَغَيرِهِمُ

    Look at this man with your own eyes: he is their lord,

    Of them all, and lord of Adnan and the rest.

  7. هَذا الهُمامُ عِمادُ الدِّينِ أَكرَمُ مَن

    يُدعى وَيُرجى وَخَيرُ الناسِ كُلِّهِمُ

    This valiant lord, Imad al-Din, is the noblest of those

    Who are called upon and looked to, the best of all mankind.

  8. هَذا هُوَ المَلِكُ المَيمونُ طائِرُهُ

    هَذا المُؤَمَّلُ هَذا كاشِفُ الغُمَمِ

    This is the king whose omen is auspicious;

    This is the hoped-for man, this the dispeller of sorrows.

  9. هَذا هُوَ المُخجِلُ الأَنواءَ نائِلُهُ

    فَما يُشائِمُهُ فَقرٌ إِلى الدِّيَمِ

    This is he whose bounty puts the rain-bringing stars to shame;

    So no need of steady rains attends him.

  10. هَذا هُوَ السالِبُ الجَبّارَ مُهجَتَهُ

    غَصباً وَتارِكُهُ لَحماً عَلى وَضَمِ

    This is he who wrests the tyrant's lifeblood

    By force, leaving him mere flesh upon a butcher's block.

  11. هَذا الَّذي لَو رَأى قُسٌّ فَصاحَتَهُ

    لَقالَ هَذا لَعَمري مَعدِنُ الحِكَمِ

    This is he whose eloquence, had Quss witnessed it,

    Would have made him say: 'By my life, this is wisdom's mine.'

  12. هَذا الَّذي لَو رَآهُ في جَلالَتِهِ

    كِسرى لَفَدّاهُ مِن مَوتٍ وَمِن أَلَمِ

    This is he whom, had he seen him in his majesty,

    Kisra would have ransomed from death and pain.

  13. هَذا الَّذي لَو زُهَيرُ الشِعرِ أَدرَكَهُ

    يَوماً لَعَدّى إِلَيهِ القَولَ عَن هَرِمِ

    This is he whom, had Zuhayr the poet encountered him

    One day, he would have praised instead of Harim.

  14. فَحَيِّهِ بَعدَ تَقبيلِ الصَعيدِ وَقُل

    أَهلاً وَسَهلاً بِمُحيي البَأسِ وَالكَرَمِ

    Then greet him after kissing the earth, and say:

    'Welcome, welcome, reviver of valor and generosity!

  15. أَهلاً بِسَيِّدِ أَهلِ الأَرضِ قاطِبَةً

    وَخَيرِ أَملاكِ أَهلِ الحِلِّ وَالحَرَمِ

    Welcome, lord of all the people of the earth,

    And best of kings over those outside and within the sanctuary!

  16. أَهلاً وَسَهلاً بِمَن في نُورِ غُرَّتِهِ

    غِنىً عَنِ البَدرِ لِلسارِينَ في الظُلمِ

    Welcome, welcome to him whose radiant brow

    Spares night travelers in darkness any need of the full moon!

  17. أَهلاً بِهِ وَبِهَذا اليَومِ إِنَّهُما

    إِن فُوضِلا أَفضَلُ الأَيّامِ وَالأُمَمِ

    Welcome to him and to this day! The two,

    If compared, are best among days and peoples.'

  18. وَكَبِّرِ اللَهَ وَاِشكُرهُ لِذاكَ وَقُل

    اللَهُ أَكبَرُ وَاِسجُد غَيرَ مُحتَشَمِ

    Magnify God and thank Him for this, and say:

    'God is greatest!' Prostrate yourself without reserve.

  19. لِلّهِ دَرُّ عِمادِ الدِّينِ مِن مَلِكٍ

    ما فِيهِ مِن كَرَمِ الأَخلاقِ وَالشِّيَمِ

    God bless Imad al-Din—what a king!

    What noble character and dispositions are his!

  20. سَكِينَةٌ لَو سَرَت في البَحرِ ما اِضطَرَبَت

    بِرِيحِ عادٍ أَواذِيهِ وَلا إِرَمِ

    Such serenity that, were it to spread through the sea, its billows

    Would not stir in the winds of Ad or Iram.

  21. وَهَيبَةٌ لَو سُلَيمانُ النَبيُّ أَتى

    بِها الشَياطِينَ أَهلَ المَسِّ وَاللَمَمِ

    And such awe that, had Solomon the prophet confronted

    With it the devils, bringers of possession and madness,

  22. لَأَوغَلُوا في البِناءِ المُقرَنينَ لَهُ

    وَالغَوصِ أَو تُبعَثُ المَوتى مِنَ الرِّمَمِ

    They would have labored on in building, shackled for him,

    And diving, until the dead were raised from decayed bones.

  23. وَنَجدَةٌ لَو لِلَيثِ الغابِ أَيسَرُها

    عَلا البِقاعَ وَلم يَستَذرِ بِالأُجُمِ

    And such courage that, had the forest lion its slightest share,

    It would have ranged the open lands, not sheltered in thickets.

  24. مَلِكٌ حَمى جَنَباتِ المُلكِ مُعتَزِماً

    بِالسَيفِ لا بِيَراعٍ غُطَّ في جَمَمِ

    A king who resolutely guarded the realm's borders

    With the sword, not a reed pen dipped in ink pools.

  25. وَشَكلَةُ السَيفِ أَمضى في العَدُوِّ وَإِن

    فُلَّت مَضارِبُهُ مِن شَكلَةِ القَلَمِ

    The sword's stroke is more effective against the foe, even

    When its edges are blunted, than the pen's stroke.

  26. مِن بَأسِهِ تَذهَبُ الفُرسانُ شارِدَةً

    شُرُودَ سِربِ القَطا مِن أَجدَلٍ قَطِمِ

    Before his might, horsemen scatter,

    Like a flock of sandgrouse fleeing a ravenous falcon.

  27. كَم سَيِّدٍ في ظَلامِ النَقعِ غادَرَهُ

    شِلواً بِأَبيضَ أَو زَرقاءَ كَالضَرَمِ

    How many a chieftain in the gloom of battle dust he has left

    A torn corpse, with a white sword or a blue spear blazing like fire!

  28. في وَقعَةٍ صاحَ فيها مَن نَجا هَرَباً

    يا خِصبَ عامِكَ لا هُنِّيتَ مِن رَخَمِ

    In a battle where whoever escaped in flight cried:

    'How rich your year, you vultures—may you never enjoy it!'

  29. فَالخَيلُ تَعرِفُ في الهَيجاءِ صَولَتهُ

    بِحَيثُ يَأخُذُ سامي النَقعِ بِالكَظَمِ

    The horses know his onslaught in battle,

    Where towering dust seizes men by the throat.

  30. فَما أَحَسَّت بِهِ إِلّا اِنثَنَت هَزَماً

    وَنَكهَةُ الذِئبِ لا تَخفى عَلى الغَنَمِ

    No sooner do they sense him than they turn in rout:

    The wolf's breath is never hidden from sheep.

  31. كَم صَكَّ بِالسَيفِ وَالأَبطالُ جائِلَةٌ

    مِن مُعلَمٍ في نَدِيِّ الحَيِّ كَالعَلَمِ

    How often, while champions wheeled, he struck with his sword

    A blazoned warrior, a mountain in his clan's assembly!

  32. لَم يَشكُلِ الخَيلَ مُذ جالَت بِشَكلَتِهِ

    إِلّا بِشَعرِ لِحى الأَبطالِ وَاللِّمَمِ

    Since horses wheeled beneath his stroke, he has hobbled them

    With nothing but the hair of champions' beards and locks.

  33. لَقَد زَهَت خُطَطُ البَحرَينِ وَاِفتَخَرَت

    بِهِ عَلى مَأرِبٍ في الأَعصُرِ القِدَمِ

    The districts of Bahrayn have flourished and boasted

    Through him over Marib in the ages of old.

  34. بعَدلِهِ وَالدَمِ المُهراقِ حَصَّنَها

    وَلا يَقِرُّ دَمٌ إِلّا بِسَفكِ دَمِ

    With his justice and spilled blood he fortified them;

    Blood is never made secure except by shedding blood.

  35. لِلّهِ حَدسُ أَبِيهِ إِذ تَأَمَّلَهُ

    في المَهدِ لَمّا يُبن عَن لا وَلا نَعَمِ

    God bless his father's insight when he gazed at him

    In the cradle, not yet able to utter either 'no' or 'yes.'

  36. قَد قالَ وَهوَ يُناغِيهِ لِأُسرَتِهِ

    ثِقُوا بِأَبلَجَ عالي الذِكرِ وَالهِمَمِ

    As he cooed to him, he said to his family:

    'Trust this radiant one, lofty in renown and aspiration.'

  37. أَعطى اللَهى وَعَلَت في المَجدِ هِمَّتُهُ

    قَبلَ اِختِطاطِ عِذارٍ وَاِثِّغارِ فَمِ

    He gave great gifts, and his ambition rose toward glory

    Before a beard traced his cheeks or his new teeth emerged.

  38. وَقادَها لِتَمامِ العَشرِ تَحسِبُها

    آذِيَّ بَحرٍ زَفَتهُ الرِيحُ مُلتَطِمِ

    At ten years old he led them; you would think them

    The billows of a crashing sea, driven onward by the wind.

  39. فَداسَ كُلَّ بِلادٍ لِلعَدُوِّ بِها

    دَوسَ اليَمانِيِّ ما يَخلى مِن الأَدَمِ

    With them he trampled every land of the enemy,

    As a Yemeni treads hides being stripped.

  40. وَما أَلَمَّ إِلى أَن لَم يَدَع مَلِكاً

    لَهُ بِها مِن حِمى حامٍ وَلا حَرَمِ

    Nor did he halt until he had left no king

    With a defended domain there, or a sanctuary.

  41. أَعطَتهُ مَملَكَةَ الأَحساءِ هِمَّتهُ

    وَعَزمُ مُستَبصِرٍ بِالرَأيِ غَيرُ عَمِ

    His ambition gave him the kingdom of al-Ahsa,

    And the resolve of one clear-sighted in counsel, not blind.

  42. فَإِن يَقُولُوا اِختِياراً كانَ ذاكَ فَهَل

    يُختارُ لِلضَربِ غَيرُ الصارِمِ الخَذِمِ

    If they say, 'That came through being chosen,' then is

    Anything chosen for striking but the keen, cleaving blade?

  43. فَغَيرُ لايٍ وَزَجّاها مُلَملَمَةً

    تَدافُعَ السَيلِ سَيلَ اليَأمَنِ العَرِمِ

    Unflagging, he drove them onward in a mass,

    Surging like a torrent, Yemen's overwhelming flood.

  44. فَما أَناخَت إِلى أَن غالَ عِثيَرُها

    ما شيدَ بِالخَطِّ مِن حِصنٍ وَمِن أُطُمِ

    They did not kneel to rest until their dust swallowed

    Every fortress and stronghold built in al-Khatt.

  45. وَما نَضا الدِّرعَ حَتّى حازَ حَوزَتَها

    قَهراً وَآخى بِها الأًحساءَ مِن أَمَمِ

    He did not shed his armor until he seized its territory

    By force, and twinned it with nearby al-Ahsa.

  46. وَلَم يَمُدَّ إِلى هَرمُوزَ مِنهُ يَداً

    وَحاركٌ لَم يَمُدُّوا كَفَّ مُعتَصِمِ

    He had not stretched his hand from there toward Hormuz

    And Harik before they offered a suppliant's palm.

  47. يا آلَ فَضلٍ أَماتَ اللَهُ حاسِدَكُم

    بِغَيظِهِ وَكَفاكُم زَلَّةَ القَدَمِ

    O house of Fadl, may God kill your envier

    With his own rage, and spare you a stumbling foot.

  48. كَم يَمضُغُ الدَهرُ فِيما بَينَ أَظهُرِكُم

    لَحمي وَيَشرَبُ شُربَ الهيمِ فَضلَ دَمي

    How often does Time, in your very midst, chew

    My flesh and drain my remaining blood like thirst-stricken camels!

  49. أَفي المُروءَةِ أَن أَظمى وَحوضُكُمُ

    لِلكَلبِ وَالذِئبِ وَالجِرذانِ وَالبُهَمِ

    Is it noble conduct that I should thirst, while your pool

    Is for dog and wolf, for rats and lambs?

  50. وَيُصطَفى مَن أَبُوهُ كانَ عَبدَ أَبي

    دُوني وَيُقطَعُ فِيما بَينَكُم رَحِمي

    And that a man whose father was my father's slave is favored

    Over me, while my kinship is severed among you?

  51. حاشا اِبنَ مَسعُودٍ المَلكَ المُعَظَّمَ أَن

    أُجفى وَيُقفى بَنُو الداياتِ وَالخَدَمِ

    Far be it from Ibn Masud, the exalted king, to let

    Me be rebuffed while sons of nursemaids and servants are preferred!

  52. فَتىً نَماهُ إِلى العَلياءِ كُلُّ فَتىً

    حامي الذِّمارِ وَفِيِّ العَهدِ وَالذِّمَمِ

    A youth whom every gallant forebear raised to eminence,

    Each defending honor, faithful to covenants and pledges.

  53. مَن مِثلُ مَسعُودٍ القَرمِ الهُمامِ وَمَن

    كَأَحمَدَ المُرتَجى في البَأسِ وَالكَرَمِ

    Who is like Masud, the valiant chief? And who

    Like Ahmad, looked to for valor and generosity?

  54. وَمَن يُباري اِبنَ فَضلٍ في مَكارِمِهِ

    أَبا سِنانٍ غِياثَ الناسِ في القُحَمِ

    Who rivals Ibn Fadl in his noble deeds,

    Abu Sinan, people's succor in desperate trials?

  55. وَخَيرُ قَيسِ بنِ عَيلانٍ خُؤُولَتُهُ

    فَمَن بَغى الفَخرَ فَليَفخَر بِمثلِهِمُ

    The best of Qays ibn Aylan are his maternal kin;

    Whoever seeks pride should take pride in men like these.

  56. قَومٌ أَبُوهُم سِنانٌ خَيرُ ما حَمَلَت

    أُنثى وَمَن قادَها تَختالُ في اللُجُمِ

    A people whose father is Sinan, best of those

    A woman bore, or who led steeds prancing in bridles.

  57. يابا عَلِيٍّ أَجِب مِن غَيرِ نَأنَأَةٍ

    صَوتَ اِمرِئٍ في عُلاكُم غَير مُتَّهَمِ

    O Abu Ali, answer without hesitation

    The voice of a man whose devotion to your eminence is beyond suspicion.

  58. إِلَيكَ شَدّاً مِنَ الأَحساءِ أَنهَضي

    عَزمُ المُلوكِ وَحَظٌّ غَيرُ ذِي كَشَمِ

    Toward you, hastening from al-Ahsa, I was spurred

    By the resolve of kings and a fortune free of flaws.

  59. وَقَد تَحَقَّقتُ أَنَّ الرُشدَ يَصحَبُني

    فَما أُحاذِرُ قَرعَ السِنِّ مِن نَدَمِ

    I knew for certain that right guidance accompanied me,

    So I fear no gnashing of teeth in regret.

  60. كَم جُبتُ دُونكَ مِن تيهٍ يَتِيهُ بِها

    قَلبُ الدَليلِ مِنَ الإِشفاقِ وَالسَأَمِ

    How many a wilderness I crossed to reach you, where

    The guide's heart wanders lost in fear and weariness!

  61. وَمُزبِدٍ يَتَراءى المَوتُ راكِبَهُ

    يَرمي بِمُقلَولبِ الأَمواجِ مُرتَطِمِ

    And many a foaming sea, where Death seems to ride,

    Hurling rolling, crashing waves!

  62. قَد قُلتُ لِلنَفسِ فيهِ وَهيَ مُجهِشَةٌ

    وَالمَوجُ مِن هازِمٍ فيهِ وَمُنهَزِمِ

    There I said to my soul, as it was near tears,

    Amid waves, some routing and some routed:

  63. قِرّي فَلَو شاءَ أَمراً فَهوَ بالِغُهُ

    وَالمَوتُ آتٍ وَما تَلقَينَ كَالحُلُمِ

    'Be still: whatever He wills, He brings to pass;

    Death is coming, and what you suffer is like a dream.'

  64. وَمَن تَكُن صُحبَةُ الأَملاكِ هِمَّتُهُ

    مَضى على الهَولِ مَمضى البازِلِ السَدِمِ

    Whoever makes the company of kings his aim

    Presses through terrors like a raging, full-grown camel.

  65. وَغَيرُ مُستَنكَرٍ لَو زُرتُ حَضرَتَهُ

    سَعياً عَلى الرَأسِ لا سَعياً عَلى القَدَمِ

    It would be no strange thing if I visited his presence

    Hastening on my head, rather than on my feet.

  66. وَقَد بَلَغتُ وَما في المالِ مِن ضَعَفٍ

    وَقَد دَعَوتُ وَما في السَمعِ مِن صَمَمِ

    I have arrived, and wealth is not lacking;

    I have called, and your hearing is not deaf.

  67. وَها أَنا اليَومَ يا خَيرَ المُلوكِ أَنا

    وَأَنتَ أَنتَ وَشَيءٌ قَطُّ لَم يَدُمِ

    Here I am today, O best of kings, still myself,

    And you are you—yet nothing has ever lasted.

  68. وَلَيسَ إِلّاكَ نَدعُوهُ وَنَندُبُهُ

    لِما يُقابِلُنا مِن دَهرِنا الحُطَمِ

    There is none but you whom we invoke and summon

    Against what confronts us from our crushing age.

  69. فَلا خَلَت مِنكَ آفاقُ البِلادِ وَلا

    خَلَوتَ مِن نِعَمٍ تَأتي عَلى نِعَمِ

    May the horizons of the lands never be empty of you,

    Nor you ever lack blessings coming upon blessings.