Sol 6.1

  1. قَد ضَجَّ جَيشُكَ مِن طولِ القِتالِ بِهِ

    وَقَد شَكَتكَ إِلَينا الخَيلُ وَالإِبِلُ

    Your army has cried out at the long fighting you have put it through,

    And horses and camels have complained of you to us.

  2. وَقَد دَرى الرومُ مُذ جاوَرتَ أَرضَهُمُ

    أَن لَيسَ يَعصِمُهُم سَهلٌ وَلا جَبَلُ

    And the Byzantines have known, since you drew near their land,

    That neither plain nor mountain can protect them.

  3. في كُلِّ يَومٍ تَزورُ الثَغرَ لاضَجَرٌ

    يَثنيكَ عَنهُ وَلا شُغلٌ وَلا مَلَلُ

    Every day you visit the frontier; no weariness

    Turns you from it, nor occupation nor boredom.

  4. فَالنَفسُ جاهِدَةٌ وَالعَينُ ساهِدَةٌ

    وَالجَيشُ مُنهَمِكٌ وَالمالُ مُبتَذَلُ

    So your soul is striving, and your eye is sleepless,

    And your army is fully engaged, and your wealth freely spent.

  5. تَوَهَّمَتكَ كِلابٌ غَيرَ قاصِدِها

    وَقَد تَكَنَّفَكَ الأَعداءُ وَالشُغُلُ

    Kilab imagined you were not heading toward them,

    While enemies and duties had surrounded you,

  6. حَتّى رَأَوكَ أَمامَ الجَيشِ تَقدُمُهُ

    وَقَد طَلَعتَ عَلَيهِم دونَ ما أَمِلوا

    Until they saw you in front of the army, leading it,

    And you had come upon them sooner than they had hoped.

  7. فَاِستَقبَلوكَ بِفُرسانٍ أَسِنَّتُها

    سودُ البَراقِعِ وَالأَكوارُ وَالكِلَلُ

    So they met you with riders whose spearheads

    Were black face-veils, camel saddles, and canopies.

  8. فَكُنتَ أَكرَمَ مَسؤولٍ وَأَفضَلَهُ

    إِذا وَهَبتَ فَلا مَنٌّ وَلا بُخُلُ

    So you were the most generous and best of those petitioned:

    When you give, there is neither reproach for the gift nor stinginess.