Sol 6.1

  1. لرسوم الحمى عليهِ حقوق

    مدمعٌ فائضٌ وقلبٌ خفوق

    The traces of the sanctuary have claims upon him:

    An overflowing eye and a throbbing heart.

  2. ذاكَ يغني مولاه إن يسفح الغي

    ث وهذا أن تستهلّ البروق

    That spares its master the need for rain to pour,

    And this, for lightning to begin flashing.

  3. أينَ عيشي والشمل فيه جميع

    ومراحِي وما استقلّ الفريق

    Where is my life, when all were together,

    And my merriment, before the company departed?

  4. يا ديار الشهباء احمرّ دمعي

    كلّ يومٍ إلى هواكَ سبوق

    O dwellings of al-Shahba, my tears have turned red,

    Every day racing ahead in longing for you.

  5. كلما أسعر الغضا قلب صبّ

    سالَ من جفنِه عليكَ العقيق

    Whenever ghada-wood sets a lover's heart ablaze,

    Agate flows from his eyelid over you.

  6. إن داراً كمسجد بصفيِّ الد

    ين يقضي بأن دمعي خلوق

    Indeed, a house made mosque-like by Safi al-Din

    Decrees that my tears are saffron perfume.

  7. الأديب الذي به أدّب الده

    ر فما يشتكى لديه عقوق

    The man of letters through whom Time was schooled,

    So none complains of unfilial conduct in his presence.

  8. والعريق الذي تسامت فروع

    من علا بيته وساخت عروق

    And the noble-born whose branches rose high

    From his house's eminence, while roots sank deep.

  9. فاضلٌ لقطنا له مفرق الحم

    د وفي بحره الخضمّ غريق

    A man of merit—for him we gathered scattered praise,

    Yet in his vast ocean it lies drowned.

  10. ذو نظام له إذا قصر النا

    س على هامة السهى تحليق

    A master of verse: when people fall short,

    His flight is above the crown of al-Suha.

  11. ومعالٍ لو رامها نجم أفق

    عاقه عن لحاقها العيوق

    And heights that, should a horizon's star seek them,

    Al-Ayyuq would bar it from reaching them.

  12. ووداداً إذا جفا الصحب يدنو

    وإذا كدّر الزمان يروق

    And affection that draws near when friends grow distant,

    And shines clear when Time clouds life.

  13. ويرى لي حقًّا عليه وهيها

    ت له لا لحقيَ التحقيق

    He thinks I have a claim upon him—but far from it!

    The true claim is his, not mine.

  14. هو والله سابق ليَ برًّا

    وثناءً وغيره المسبوق

    By God, he is ahead of me in kindness

    And praise; all others are outstripped.

  15. قامت الناس في لقاه على سا

    ق وقامت لحلية الشعر سوق

    People rose, all astir to meet him,

    And a market arose for the adornments of verse.

  16. فأبوه عبد العزيز المرجَّى

    وأخوه زهر الرِّياض الشقيق

    For his father is Abd al-Aziz, on whom hopes rest,

    And his brother is the anemone, flower of the gardens.

  17. وقصيد منه أتى ببديع

    هو حرُّ المقال وهو رقيق

    And a poem from him has brought wondrous art:

    It is noble in expression, yet delicate.

  18. وخليق بجدّه الحسن فاعجب

    لجديدٍ يلقاك وهو خليق

    And worthy of his grandfather al-Hasan—so marvel

    At something new that meets you, yet is worn.

  19. حبس الغيَّ عن وفاه يراعى

    بثلاثٍ كأنه مخنوق

    My reed pen excluded error from its full tribute to him,

    Clasped by three fingers, as though strangled.

  20. كلّ بيتٍ كأنه حان سكرٍ

    حيث صفى سلافه الرَّاوُوق

    Every verse is like a tavern of intoxication,

    Where the strainer has clarified its choicest wine.

  21. ثم نادوا إلى الصبوح فقامت

    قَينة في يمينها إبريق

    Then they called for the morning draught, and up rose

    A singing-girl, an ewer in her right hand.

  22. أيّ نظم صافي الحديث إذا ما

    عاقرته الألباب قيل عتيق

    What verse of limpid speech! Whenever

    Minds drink deeply of it, it is called well-aged.