Sol 6.1

  1. لِلَّهِ يَربوعٌ أَلَمّا تَكُن لَها

    صَريمَةُ أَمرٍ في قَتيلِ اِبنِ خازِمِ

    God bless Yarbūʿ! Have they still no

    Firmness of purpose concerning the man slain by Ibn Khāzim?

  2. تَمَشّى حَرامٌ بِالبَقيعِ كَأَنَّها

    حَبالى وَفي أَثوابِها دَمُ سالِمِ

    Ḥarām walked about at al-Baqīʿ as though they were

    Pregnant women, with Sālim’s blood upon their garments.

  3. إِذا كُنتَ في دارٍ تَخافُ بِها الرَدى

    فَصَمِّم كَتَصميمِ الغُدانِيِّ سالِمِ

    If you are in a land where you fear death,

    Then press on as resolutely as Sālim al-Ghudānī did.

  4. سَخا طَلَباً لِلوِترِ نَفساً بِمَوتِهِ

    فَماتَ كَريماً عائِفاً لِلمَلائِمِ

    He freely embraced his death in pursuit of blood-vengeance,

    So he died nobly, averse to reproach.

  5. نَقِيُّ ثِيابِ الذِكرِ مِن دَنَسِ الخَنا

    يُناجي ضَميراً مُستَدَفِّ العَزائِمِ

    His reputation’s robes were free of indecency’s stain;

    He communed with his conscience, its resolves firmly set.

  6. إِذا هَمَّ أَفرى ما بِهِ هَمَّ ماضِياً

    عَلى الهَولِ طَلّاعاً ثَنايا العَظائِمِ

    When he resolved, he accomplished his intent, pressing on

    Through terror, ever scaling the mountain passes of mighty ordeals.

  7. وَلَمّا رَأى السُلطانَ لا يُنصِفونَهُ

    قَضى بَينَ أَيديهِم بِأَبيَضَ صارِمِ

    And when he saw the authorities would not give him justice,

    He settled it before them with a bright, keen sword.

  8. وَلَم يَتَأَرَّ العاقِباتِ وَلَم يَنَم

    وَلَيسَ أَخو الوِترِ الغَشومِ بِنائِمِ

    He did not wait to see the consequences, nor did he sleep;

    And one with a cruel blood-wrong to avenge is no sleeper.