زَعَموا أَنَّ ما يُذَكَّرُ إِن قا

زَعَموا أَنَّ ما يُذَكَّرُ إِن قا

رَنَ أُنثى لَم يَعدَمِ التَغليبا

رَنَ أُنثى لَم يَعدَمِ التَغليبا

They claim that what is treated as masculine, if paired

They claimed that if what's masculine is made feminine, it won't lack masculinization

with a female, never fails to predominate.

That's falsehood, for my tendency is towards life, a companion, and it remains plundering continuously

باطِلٌ ذاكَ إِنَّ لُبّي إِلى الدُن

باطِلٌ ذاكَ إِنَّ لُبّي إِلى الدُن

يا قَرينٌ وَما يَزالُ سَليبا

يا قَرينٌ وَما يَزالُ سَليبا

That is false: my mind is joined to the

And death is like a lion that preys upon the living altogether, and does not spare the timid

world, and remains despoiled.

Like what was said about Jarir, my eloquent friend who hunts the partridge and the lark

وَالمَنايا كَالأُسدِ تَفتَرِسُ الأَح

وَالمَنايا كَالأُسدِ تَفتَرِسُ الأَح

ياءَ جَمعاً وَلا تَعافُ الكليبا

ياءَ جَمعاً وَلا تَعافُ الكليبا

And death's visitations, like lions, devour the

How much we quenched the thirst of the pigeon, drinking water or wine or one who's given milk

living altogether, and do not disdain the little dog.

The towering, useful palm tree branches out from the backbone and inclines so it makes the heart compliant

مِثلَ ما قيلَ في جَريرٍ أَخي القَو

مِثلَ ما قيلَ في جَريرٍ أَخي القَو

لِ يَصيدُ الكُركِيَّ وَالعَندَليبا

لِ يَصيدُ الكُركِيَّ وَالعَندَليبا

As was said of Jarir, master of

An appointed divine decree called out to the Christians until they held the cross in high esteem

speech: he hunts the crane and the nightingale.

And the King of Abyssinia became king of people after he had intended to prepare a fleet

كَم سَقَينا الحِمامَ شارِبَ ماءٍ

كَم سَقَينا الحِمامَ شارِبَ ماءٍ

وَمُدامٍ أَو مَن يُسَقّى حَليبا

وَمُدامٍ أَو مَن يُسَقّى حَليبا

How often have we given death as drink to a drinker of water

And the youth is like his name, the declension, this body experiences change and vicissitude

and wine, or to one given milk to drink!

تَفرَعُ الشامِخَ المُنيفَ مِنَ الشُ

تَفرَعُ الشامِخَ المُنيفَ مِنَ الشُ

مِّ وَتَهوي فَتَستَبيحُ القَليبا

مِّ وَتَهوي فَتَستَبيحُ القَليبا

They scale the towering, lofty peak among the

high mountains, and plunge down to seize the well.

قَدَرٌ نازِلٌ مِنَ الجَوِّ نادى

قَدَرٌ نازِلٌ مِنَ الجَوِّ نادى

بِالنَصارى حَتّى أَجَلّوا الصَليبا

بِالنَصارى حَتّى أَجَلّوا الصَليبا

A decree descending from the sky called

to the Christians, until they revered the cross.

وَالنَجاشِيُّ صارَ مَلكَ أُناسٍ

وَالنَجاشِيُّ صارَ مَلكَ أُناسٍ

بَعدَما هَمَّ أَن يُعِدَّ جَليبا

بَعدَما هَمَّ أَن يُعِدَّ جَليبا

And the Negus became king of a people

after he had almost been reckoned an imported slave.

وَالفَتى كَاِسمِهِ المُصَرِّفِ هَذا ال

وَالفَتى كَاِسمِهِ المُصَرِّفِ هَذا ال

جِسمِ يَلقى التَغييرَ وَالتَقليبا

جِسمِ يَلقى التَغييرَ وَالتَقليبا

And a youth is like his inflected name: this

body undergoes change and reversal.