Sol 6.1

  1. وَشامِتٍ بِيَ لا تَخفى عَداوَتُهُ

    إِذا حِمامِيَ ساقَتهُ المَقاديرُ

    And many a man will gloat over me, his enmity plain,

    when fate's decrees bring on my death;

  2. إِذا تَضَمَّنَني بَيتٌ بِرابِيَةٍ

    آبوا سِراعاً وَأَمسى وَهوَ مَهجورُ

    when a house upon a rise encloses me,

    they will return in haste, and by evening it will stand deserted.

  3. فَلا يَغُرَّنكَ جَرِّيَ الثَوبَ مُعتَجِراً

    إِنّي اِمرُؤٌ فِيَّ عِندَ الجِدِّ تَشميرُ

    So do not be fooled when I trail my robe with my head wrapped:

    I am a man who, when matters turn grave, girds himself for action.

  4. كَأَنّي لَم أَقُل يَوماً لِعادِيَةٍ

    شُدّوا وَلا فِتيَةٍ في مَوكِبٍ سيروا

    As though I had never once told a raiding troop,

    "Charge!" or told young men in a cavalcade, "Ride on!"

  5. ساروا جَميعاً وَقَد طالَ الوَجيفُ بِهِم

    حَتّى بَدا واضِحُ الأَقرابِ مَشهورُ

    They rode on together, their swift riding long drawn out,

    until dawn appeared, bright-flanked and plain to see.

  6. وَلَم أُصَبِّح جِمامَ الماءِ طاوِيَةً

    بِالقَوم وِردُهمُ لِلخِمسِ تَبكيرُ

    Nor brought a lean she-camel at dawn to brimming pools,

    with men for whom a fifth-day watering counted as early.

  7. أَورَدتُها وَصُدورُ العيسِ مُسنَفَةٌ

    وَالصُبحُ بِالكَوكَبِ الدُرِيِّ مَنحورُ

    I brought her to water, the pale camels' chests secured with breast-straps,

    while dawn's throat was pierced by the brilliant star.

  8. تَباشَروا بَعدَما طال الوَجيفُ بِهِم

    بِالصُبحِ لَمّا بَدَت مِنهُ تَباشيرُ

    They rejoiced together after their long, swift ride,

    at dawn, when its first gleams appeared.

  9. بَدَت سَوابِقُ من أولاهُ نَعرِفُها

    وَكِبَرُهُ في سَوادِ اللَيلِ مَستورُ

    Forerunners of its first light appeared; we recognized them,

    while its greater part lay hidden in night's blackness.