Sol 6.1

  1. أَقُولُ غَداةَ استَقَلَّ الجَمِي

    عُ وَالعَينُ مِن بَينِهِم تَسفَحُ

    I say, on the morning the whole company departed,

    and my eye pours tears at parting from them,

  2. كَدَفعِ دَوالِجَ مِن أُكرَةٍ

    مَواهِبَ جَمٌّ لَها المَنضَحُ

    like water-drawers pouring from a water pit,

    from pools whose watering-place is brimming.

  3. أُكَفكِفُها جاهِداً عَنهُمُ

    وَتَغلِبُ صَبري فَما تَنشَحُ

    I strive to keep it from weeping for them,

    yet it overcomes my patience and will not run dry.

  4. إِذا نَقَصَ الحَزنُ مِن مائِها

    غَطا مَدُّ جَيّاشِهِ يَطفَحُ

    If sorrow depletes some of its water,

    its swelling torrent engulfs it, overflowing,

  5. لِقَلبٍ بِهِ قَرحَةٌ مِنهُمُ

    أَلا إِنَّهُم رُبَّما أَقرَحُوا

    for a heart bearing a wound from them.

    Indeed, they have often inflicted wounds.

  6. أَتَصبِرُ لِلبَينِ أَم تَنتَحي

    لِسَلمى فَذاكَ إِذَن أَروَحُ

    Will you endure separation, or make your way

    to Salma? That, then, would be easier

  7. عَلَيكَ فَإِن يُصبِحُوا أَفسَدُوا

    مِنَ امرِكَ ما قَبلَهُ أَصلَحُوا

    for you; for if they have come to undo

    what they once put right in your affairs,

  8. فَلَلصَّبرُ عِندَ اِنفِتالِ الزَما

    نِ بِالمَرءِ فيما رَجا أَنجَحُ

    then surely patience, when time turns

    against a man, is likelier to win what he hopes for.

  9. مِنَ الآن فَاترُك طِلاب الَّذي

    تَوَلّى مِنَ الأَمرِ إِذ أَصبَحُوا

    From now on, then, give up pursuing what

    has passed in this affair, since they have come to

  10. أَطاعُوا بِهِجرانِكَ الكاشِحينَ

    وَقِدماً أُطِيعَ بِكَ الكُشَّحُ

    obey the spiteful by abandoning you,

    and long before, the spiteful were heeded against you.

  11. وَلا تَبتَئِس بِهِمُ أَن جَرى

    عَدُوٌّ بِأَمرٍ فَلَم يَسجَحُوا

    Nor grieve over them because a scheme was pursued

    by an enemy, and they showed no leniency.

  12. فَسَوفَ إِذا فَكَّروا يَعلَمُونَ

    أَجَيبُكَ أَم جَيبُهُ أَنصَحُ

    So, when they reflect, they will know

    whether your bosom or his is more sincere,

  13. وَمَن هُوَ في قَولِهِ صادِقٌ

    وَمَن أَمرُهُ مُبرَمٌ مُوجَحُ

    and who is truthful in what he says,

    and whose purpose is firmly bound and secured.

  14. فَكادَ لِمَوعِظَتي يَرعوى

    عَنِ الجَهلِ وَالمُرعِوي المُفلِحُ

    So he almost turned back at my admonition

    from folly; the one who turns back prospers.

  15. فَأَدركَهُ مِن هَوى تُكتَمٍ

    عَقابِيلُ أَهوَنُها يَجرَحُ

    Then, from his love for Tuktam, he was overtaken

    by lingering afflictions, the mildest of which wounds.

  16. فَأَودى بِهِ وَثَوَت جُثَّةٌ

    وَعَينٌ بِطَرفٍ لَها تَطرَحُ

    So it ruined him, and a body lay still,

    and an eye kept casting its glance afar,

  17. حِذارَ نَوى وَليِهم أَن نَأوا

    وَمَن سَكَنُوا وَليَهُم أَنزَحُ

    dreading distance from their nearness, since they had gone away;

    and those who dwelt near them are farther still.

  18. كَأَنَّ حُمُولَهُمُ إِذ غَدَوا

    نَخيلٌ عَلى نُهُرٍ دُلَّحُ

    As though their laden camels, when they set out in the morning,

    were date palms beside rivers, bowed low

  19. مِنَ الوُقرِ في وَطَنٍ ما بِهِ

    قِفافُ سِباخٍ وَلا أَبطَحُ

    beneath their loads, in a land with no

    saline rocky ridges or gravelly riverbed.

  20. تَسِيخُ العُرُوقُ بِها وَالفُرُو

    عُ في الجَوِّ رانِيَةٌ تَطمَحُ

    The roots sink deep there, and the branches

    gaze upward in the air, reaching high.

  21. إِذا ذَكرَ النَخلَ أَربابُها

    وَقالوا مُبَكِّرُها المُبلِحُ

    When their owners mention the palms

    and say, 'Their early-fruiting palms, bearing green dates,

  22. تَعَجَّلَ عَن جَريةِ الماذِيانِ

    فَنَوَّرَ أَو بَعضُهُ المُشقِحُ

    have hastened with the irrigation channel's flow,

    and blossomed—or some are turning red or yellow,'

  23. يَرى السائِمُونَ إِذا ما اِشتَرى

    جَناها امرُؤٌ أَنَّهُ يَربَحُ

    the buyers see, whenever a man buys

    their fruit, that he makes a profit.