Sol 6.1

  1. اللَومُ مِنكَ وَإِن نَصَحتَ غَرامُ

    إِذ حَظُّهُ مِن مِثلِيَ الإِرغامُ

    Your reproach, though well-intentioned, is torment;

    for its portion from one like me is contempt.

  2. حُبُّ الصِبا لا حُبَّ إِلّا وَهوَ لا

    يَبقى لِمُدَّتِهِ وَأَنتَ لِزامُ

    Love of youth! There is no love that does not

    fade in its season, yet you cling fast.

  3. شُيِّبتَ عَن صِغَرٍ وَلَم يَصغُر هَوى

    نَفسي فَقالَ الجَذعُ أَنتَ غُلامُ

    You were turned gray while young, yet no smaller grew the passion

    of my soul; then the stripling said, 'You are a boy.'

  4. هَيهاتِ ضامَني الزَمانُ وَلَم يَضِم

    شَوقي أَشَوقُ القَلبِ فيكَ يُضامُ

    Far from it! Time has oppressed me, but not

    my longing—can the heart's longing for you be oppressed?

  5. يا دَمعُ قِف عَن طولِ جَريِكَ في الصِبا

    بَل فِض لِذاكَ فَما عَلَيكَ مَلامُ

    O tears, cease your long flowing over youth;

    rather, overflow for it—no blame rests on you.

  6. إِن كانَ حَلَّ لِمَن هَويتُ صَنيعُهُ

    فيما يَرى فَالصَبرُ عَنهُ حَرامُ

    If my beloved's conduct is lawful to him

    in his own eyes, then enduring his absence is forbidden.

  7. تَاللَهِ إِنَّ الشَوقَ يَفعَلُ دَهرَهُ

    بِالجِسمِ ما لا تَفعَلُ الأَسقامُ

    By God, longing continually does

    to the body what illnesses cannot do.

  8. رَحَلَ الحَبيبُ فَطالَ لَيلٌ لَم يَكُن

    لِقَصيرِهِ بَعدَ الرَحيلِ مُقامُ

    The beloved departed; night grew long, and there was no

    place for a short night after that departure.

  9. أَينَ الَّتي كانَت لَواحِظُ طَرفِها

    يَصبو إِلَيها القَلبُ وَهيَ سِهامُ

    Where is she for whose sidelong glances

    the heart would yearn, though they were arrows?

  10. وَحَديثُها كَالغَيثِ جادَ بِوَبلِهِ

    في حادِثِ المَحلِ الشَديدِ غَمامُ

    And her speech was like rain, whose downpour was lavished

    by a cloud when severe drought struck.

  11. إِن مُتُّ مِن أَسَفٍ لِشَحطِ مَزارِها

    فَالمَوتُ رَوحٌ وَالحَياةُ حِمامُ

    If I die of grief at the remoteness of her dwelling,

    then death is relief, and life is doom.

  12. قُسِمَ الأَسى لي وَالسَماحُ لِأَحمَدٍ

    قِسمَينِ جَفَّت عَنهُما الأَقلامُ

    Sorrow was allotted to me, and generosity to Ahmad:

    two portions—the pens have dried upon them.

  13. شَرَفاً بَني عَدنانَ أَلسِنَةُ الوَرى

    لَكُمُ بِهِ في مَدحِكُم خُدّامُ

    Glory to you, sons of Adnan! The tongues of humankind

    serve you, for that honor, in singing your praise.

  14. جاءَ الَّذي قَصُرَ التَمَنّي دونَهُ

    مِنهُ فَأَرهِق عِندَهُ الإِعدامُ

    There has come what wishing could not reach,

    from him; before him, poverty itself is overwhelmed.

  15. غَفِرَت ذُنوبُ الدَهرِ فيما قَد مَضى

    أَلآنَ إِذ قَد تابَتِ الأَيّامُ

    Time's sins in all that has passed are forgiven,

    now that the days have repented.

  16. آباؤُهُ ساسوا الخِلافَةَ بِالحِجى

    إِذ لَم يَسُسها مِثلَهُم أَقوامُ

    His forefathers governed the caliphate with wisdom,

    when no other people governed it as they did.

  17. سائِل بِهِ أَرضَ العِراقِ فَكَم لَهُ

    فِعلاً أُقيمُ بِذِكرِهِ الإِسلامُ

    Ask the land of Iraq about him: how many are his

    deeds whose remembrance has upheld Islam!

  18. قَد غابَ عَنها مِنهُ نورٌ ضَوءُهُ

    يَجلو سَوادَ اللَيلِ وَهوَ ظَلامُ

    From it has vanished a light of his, whose radiance

    dispels night's blackness, dark though it is.

  19. سادَ الأَنامَ بِنَفسِهِ وَجُدودِهِ

    لا مِثلَ ما في الناسِ سادَ عِصامُ

    He rose above humankind through himself and his forefathers,

    not as Isam rose to eminence among men.

  20. يَعلو الشَآمَ ثَلاثَةٌ في أَرضِها

    إِفضالُهُ وَجَداهُ وَالإِنعامُ

    Three things tower over Syria within its land:

    his bounty, his largesse, and his beneficence.

  21. وَثَلاثَةٌ تَغشاكَ إِمّا زُرتَهُ

    إِرفادُهُ وَالبِرُّ وَالإِكرامُ

    And three things enfold you if you visit him:

    his gifts, his kindness, and his honoring welcome.

  22. وَثَلاثَةٌ قَد جانَبَت أَخلاقُهُ

    مِنها البَذا وَالزورُ وَالآثامُ

    And three things his character has shunned:

    among them, foul speech, falsehood, and sins.

  23. وَثَلاثَةٌ في الغُرِّ مِن أَفعالِهِ

    تَدبيرُهُ وَالنَقضُ وَالإِبرامُ

    And three stand among the brightest of his deeds:

    his planning, his undoing, and his making firm.

  24. وَالفَخرُ فَهوَ اِثنانِ أَحرَزَ واحِداً

    أَخوالُهُ وَالآخَرَ الأَعمامُ

    And glory is twofold: one share was won

    by his maternal uncles, the other by his paternal uncles.

  25. وَاللَهُ أَفرَدَهُ بِمَجدٍ ذِكرُهُ

    أَبَداً تُجَدِّدُهُ لَهُ الأَعوامُ

    And God has singled him out for glory whose memory

    the years forever renew for him.

  26. يَقَظاتُهُ وَاللَيلُ مُرخٍ سَجفَهُ

    تَرَكَت عُيوناً ما لَهُنَّ منامُ

    His vigils, while night lets fall its curtain,

    have left eyes bereft of sleep.

  27. عَمَّت صَنائِعُهُ فَمِنها جالِبٌ

    شُكراً وَمِنها لِلحَسودِ لِجامُ

    His favors have embraced all: some of them bring

    gratitude, while others are a bridle for the envious.

  28. أَضحى اِبنُ إِبراهيمَ بَدراً لِلعُلا

    وَالبَدرُ ذو نَقصٍ وَذاكَ تَمامُ

    Ibrahim's son has become a full moon of glory;

    the full moon wanes, but he is perfection.

  29. إِفهَم أَبا العَبّاسِ غَيرَ مُفَهَّمٍ

    قَولاً يَشيدُ أَساسَهُ الإِحكامُ

    Understand, Abu al-Abbas, without needing instruction,

    words whose foundation is raised by flawless craft.

  30. ما إِن قَصَدتُ إِلَيكَ حَتّى قالَ لي

    زُرني بِمَدحِكَ وَجهُكَ البَسّامُ

    Scarcely had I made for you when there spoke to me—

    'Visit me with your praise'—your smiling face.

  31. وَسَمِعتُ قَولَ نَعَم بِفيكَ سَريعَةً

    وَفُروعُ أَصلِ نَعَم هِيَ الإِنعامُ

    And I heard a ready 'Yes' from your mouth,

    and the branches of the root 'Yes' are favors.

  32. فَنَظَمتُ فيكَ بَديعَ شِعرٍ فاتَ أَن

    تَرقى إِلى دَرَجاتِهِ الأَوهامُ

    So I composed wondrous verse about you, beyond

    imagination's power to climb to its heights.