Sol 6.1

  1. يا اِبنَ زَيدونَ مَرحَبا

    قَد أَطَلتَ التَغَيُّبا

    Welcome, Ibn Zaydun!

    You have been away so long.

  2. إِنَّ ديوانَكَ الَّذي

    ظَلَّ سِرّاً مُحَجَّبا

    Indeed, your collection of poems, which

    remained a veiled secret,

  3. يَشتَكي اليُتمَ دُرُّهُ

    وَيُقاسي التَغَرُّبا

    its pearls lamenting orphanhood

    and enduring exile,

  4. صارَ في كُلِّ بَلدَةٍ

    لِلأَلِبّاءِ مَطلَبا

    has become, in every town,

    something sought by the discerning.

  5. جاءَنا كامِلٌ بِهِ

    عَرَبِيّاً مُهَذَّبا

    Kamil brought it to us,

    in polished Arabic.

  6. تَجِدُ النَصَّ مُعِجِبا

    وَتَرى الشَرحَ أَعجَبا

    You find the text delightful,

    and the commentary still more wondrous.

  7. أَنتَ في القَولِ كُلِّهِ

    أَجمَلُ الناسِ مَذهَبا

    In every form of expression, you

    have the loveliest style of all.

  8. بِأَبي أَنتَ هَيكَلاً

    مِن فُنونٍ مُرَكَّبا

    My father be your ransom—you are a temple

    composed of many arts.

  9. شاعِراً أَم مُصَوِّراً

    كُنتَ أَم كُنتَ مُطرِبا

    A poet or a painter—

    were you, or were you a singer?

  10. نُرسِلُ اللَحنَ كُلَّهُ

    مُبدِعاً فيهِ مُغرِبا

    We send forth the whole melody,

    inventive and wondrous in it.

  11. أَحسَنَ الناسَ هاتِفاً

    بِالغَواني مُشَبِّبا

    The finest of men in song,

    singing love verses of beautiful women,

  12. وَنَزيلَ المُتَوَّجيـ

    ـنَ النَديمَ المُقَرَّبا

    and a guest of the crowned heads,

    their favored boon companion.

  13. كَم سَقاهُم بِشِعرِهِ

    مِدحَةً أَو تَعَتُّبا

    How often he gave them to drink, through his verse,

    praise or reproach!

  14. وَمِنَ المَدحِ ما جَزى

    وَأَذاعَ المَناقِبا

    And some praise gave recompense

    and proclaimed noble deeds.

  15. وَإِذا الهَجوُ هاجَهُ

    لِمُعاناتِهِ أَبى

    And when satire stirred him,

    he refused to undertake it,

  16. وَرَآهُ رَذيلَةً

    لا تُماشي التَأَدُّبا

    and saw it as a vice

    that does not accord with good manners.

  17. ما رَأى الناسُ شاعِراً

    فاضِلَ الخُلقِ طَيِّبا

    People have never seen a poet,

    noble in character and kind,

  18. دَسَّ لِلناشِقينَ في

    زَنبَقِ الشِعرِ عَقرَبا

    slip, for those who breathe its scent,

    a scorpion into poetry's lily.

  19. جُلتَ في الخُلدِ جَولَةً

    هَل عَنِ الخُلدِ مِن نَبا

    You have made a tour of Paradise;

    is there any news of Paradise?

  20. صِف لَنا ما وَراءَهُ

    مِن عُيونٍ وَمِن رُبى

    Describe for us what lies beyond it,

    of springs and hills,

  21. وَنَعيمٍ وَنَضرَةٍ

    وَظِلالٍ مِنَ الصِبا

    and bliss and freshness,

    and shades of youth.

  22. وَصِفِ الحورَ موجَزاً

    وَإِذا شِئتَ مُطنِبا

    And describe the houris briefly,

    and, if you wish, at length.

  23. قُم تَرى الأَرضَ مِثلَما

    كُنتُمو أَمسِ مَلعَبا

    Rise: you will see the earth, as

    you did yesterday, a playground.

  24. وَتَرى العَيشَ لَم يَزَل

    لِبَني المَوتِ مَأرَبا

    And you will see that life still remains

    an object of desire for death's children.

  25. وَتَرى ذاكَ بِالَّذي

    عِندَ هَذا مُعَذَّبا

    And you will see that one, by what

    this one has, tormented.

  26. إِنَّ مَروانَ عُصبَةٌ

    يَصنَعونَ العَجائِبا

    Indeed, Marwan's house is a band

    who work wonders.

  27. طَوَّفوا الأَرضَ مَشرِقاً

    بِالأَيادي وَمَغرِبا

    They ranged across the earth eastward,

    with benefactions, and westward.

  28. هالَةٌ أَطلَعَتكَ في

    ذِروَةِ المَجدِ كَوكَبا

    A halo that made you rise at

    glory's summit as a star.

  29. أَنتَ لِلفَتحِ تَنتَمي

    وَكَفى الفَتحُ مَنصِبا

    You trace your lineage to the conquest,

    and the conquest is lineage enough.

  30. لَستُ أَرضى بِغَيرِهِ

    لَكَ جَدّاً وَلا أَبا

    I accept no other

    as your grandfather or father.