Sol 6.1

  1. أَنْورُكِ أَمْ أَوْقَدْتِ بالليلِ نارَكِ

    لباغٍ قِراكِ أَوْ لباغٍ جوارَكِ

    Is that your light, or have you kindled your fire by night

    for one seeking your hospitality, or one seeking your protection?

  2. وَرَيَّاكِ أَمْ عَرْفُ المجامر أَشْعَلَتْ

    بعود الكِباءِ والأَلُوَّةِ نارَكِ

    And is that your fragrance, or the scent of braziers that kindled

    your fire with incense wood and aloeswood?

  3. وَمَبسِمُكِ الوضَّاحُ أم ضوءُ بارِقٍ

    حَداهُ دُعائي أن يجودَ ديارَكِ

    And is that your radiant smile, or a flash of lightning

    urged by my prayer to rain generously upon your dwellings?

  4. وخَلْخالَكِ اسْتَنضَيْتِ أَم قَمَرٌ بدا

    وشمْسٌ تبدَّتْ أَمْ أَلَحْتِ سِوَارَكِ

    Have you slipped off your anklet, or has a moon appeared?

    And has a sun revealed itself, or have you displayed your bracelet?

  5. وَطُرُّةُ صُبحٍ أَم جبينُكِ سافِراً

    أَعَرْتِ الصَّباحَ نورَهُ أَمْ أَعارَكِ

    And is that a fringe of dawn, or your unveiled brow?

    Did you lend morning its light, or did it lend light to you?

  6. وَأَنتِ أَجَرْتِ الليلَ إِذْ هزَمَ الضُّحى

    كتائِبُهُ والصُّبحَ لَمَّا استجارَكِ

    And you sheltered the night when forenoon routed

    its battalions, and the dawn when it sought your refuge.

  7. فلِلصُّبح فيما بَيْنَ قرْطَيكِ مطلعٌ

    وَقَدْ سَكَنَ الليلُ البهيمُ خِمارَكِ

    For dawn has a rising-place between your earrings,

    while pitch-black night has settled in your veil.

  8. فيا لِنهارٍ لا يغيضُ ظلامُهُ

    ويا لِظلامٍ لا يُغيضُ نهارَكِ

    Oh, what a day whose darkness never ebbs!

    And what a darkness that never diminishes your daylight!

  9. وَنَجمُ الثُّرَيَّا أم لآلٍ تقسَّمتْ

    يمينَكِ إِذ ضَمَّخْتِها أم يَسارَكِ

    And is that the Pleiades, or pearls spread across

    your right hand when you perfumed it—or your left?

  10. لِسُلطانِ حسنٍ فِي بديع محاسِنٍ

    يصيدُ القلوبَ النَّافِرَاتِ نفارَكِ

    What sovereignty beauty holds amid wondrous charms:

    your aloofness captures the fleeing hearts!

  11. وَجُندِ غرامٍ فِي دروع صبابةٍ

    تقلَّدْنَ أَقْدَارَ الهوى واقتدارَكِ

    And what an army of passion in armor of longing,

    girded with love's decrees and your power!

  12. هو المُلكُ لا بلقيسُ أَدْرَكَ شَأْوُها

    مَداكِ ولا الزَّبَّاءُ شقَّتْ غُبارَكِ

    This is sovereignty: Bilqis's utmost reach never attained

    your range, nor did al-Zabba cleave your dust.

  13. وقَادِمَةُ الجوزاءِ راعَيْتُ مَوْهِناً

    بحَرِّ هواكِ أَم تَرَسَّمْتُ دَارَكِ

    And was it Orion's leading star I watched late at night,

    burning with love for you, or was I tracing your dwelling?

  14. وَطيفُكِ أَسْرى فاستثارَ تَشوُّقي

    إِلَى العهدِ أَم شوقي إليكِ استَثَارَكِ

    Did your phantom travel by night and rouse my yearning

    for our old pledge, or did my longing for you rouse you?

  15. ومُرْتَدُّ أَنْفاسي إِليكِ استطارَني

    أَمِ الرُّوحُ لما رُدَّ فيَّ استطارَكِ

    And did the return of my breaths toward you carry me away,

    or did the soul, restored within me, carry you away?

  16. فكمْ جُزْتِ من بحرٍ إِليَّ وَمَهْمَهٍ

    يكادُ يُنَسِّي المستهامَ ادِّكارَكِ

    How many seas and trackless wastes you crossed to reach me,

    that almost make the love-distraught forget remembrance of you!

  17. أَذُو الحَظِّ من علم الكتاب حدَاك لي

    أَم الفلكُ الدَّوار نحوي أَدارَكِ

    Did one with a share of knowledge of the Book guide you to me,

    or did the revolving firmament turn you toward me?

  18. وكَيف كَتمتِ اللَّيل وَجْهَكِ مظلماً

    أَشْعَرَكِ أَغشيْتِ السَّنا أَم شِعَارَكِ

    And how did you hide your face from the darkened night?

    Was it your hair you laid over the radiance, or your inner garment?

  19. وكيفَ اعتَسَفت البيدَ لا فِي ظعائنٍ

    ولا شَجرُ الخَطِّيِّ حفَّ شِجارَكِ

    And how did you cross the deserts, not in camel-litters,

    nor with a thicket of Khatti lances surrounding your litter?

  20. ولا أذَّنَ الحَيُّ الجميعُ برحلة

    أَراحَ لَهَا رَاعي المخاضِ عِشارَكِ

    Nor did the whole tribe announce a departure

    for which the pregnant-camel herder brought in your near-term camels;

  21. وَلا أَرْزَمَتْ خوصُ المهاري مُجيبةً

    صهيلَ جيادٍ يكتَنِفْنَ قِطارَكِ

    nor did the sunken-eyed Mahri camels rumble in answer

    to the neighing of steeds flanking your camel-train;

  22. ولا أَذْكَتِ الرُّكْبانُ عنكِ عيونها

    حِذارَ عيونٍ لا يَنَمْنَ حِذارَكِ

    nor did riders sharpen their watch on your behalf,

    for fear of eyes that never sleep for fear of you.

  23. وكَيف رضيتِ الليلَ مَلبَسَ طارِقٍ

    وَمَا ذَرَّ قَرْنُ الشمس إِلّا استنارَكِ

    And how did you accept the night as a night-visitor's garment,

    when the sun's first rim never rose without seeking your light?

  24. وكم دُونَ رحلي من قصورٍ مشيدَةٍ

    تُحَرِّمُ من قرب المزار مَزَارَكِ

    And how many lofty palaces stand before my camp,

    their proximity forbidding your visit.

  25. وَقَدْ زَأَرَتْ حوْلي أُسودٌ تَهامَستْ

    لَهَا الأُسدُ أَنْ كُفِّي عن السمع زَارَكِ

    And lions have roared around me; other lions whispered

    to them: 'Keep your roaring out of earshot!'

  26. وأَرْضي سُيولٌ من خُيولِ مُظَفَّرٍ

    وَلَيلي نجومٌ من سَماءِ مُبارَكِ

    And my ground is torrents of Muzaffar's horses,

    and my night, stars from Mubarak's sky,

  27. بحَيثُ وَجدتُ الأمنَ يَهتِفُ بالمُنى

    هَلُمِّي إِلَى عينَيْن جادا سَرَارَكِ

    where I found safety calling to hopes:

    Come to two springs that have watered your inmost ground.

  28. هَلُمِّي إِلَى بَحرَيْنِ قَدْ مَرَجَ النَّدى

    عبابَيْهِما لا يَسأمانِ انتظارَكِ

    Come to two seas: generosity has mingled

    their surging floods; they never tire of awaiting you.

  29. هَلُمِّي إِلَى سيفينِ والحدُّ واحدٌ

    يجيران من صرف الحوادث جارَكِ

    Come to two swords whose edge is one,

    protecting your neighbor from fortune's changing blows.

  30. هَلُمِّي إِلَى طِرْفَيْ رِهانٍ تقدَّما

    إِلَى الأَمَدِ الجالي عَلَيْكَ اختيارَكِ

    Come to two race-steeds that have surged ahead

    toward the finish that makes your choice plain to you.

  31. وَحَيِّي عَلَى دَوْحَيْنِ جادَ نداهُما

    ظِلالَكِ واستدْنى إِليَّ ثمارَكِ

    And hasten to two spreading trees whose dew has enriched

    your shade and brought your fruits within my reach.

  32. وَبُشرَاكِ قَدْ فازَتْ قِداحُكَ بالمُنى

    وأُعطِيت من هَذَا الأَنامِ خِيارَكِ

    And glad tidings to you: your lots have won your wishes,

    and you have been granted your choice of all mankind.

  33. شريكان فِي صِدْقِ المُنى وَكِلاهُما

    إِذَا بارَزَ الأَقْرانَ غيرُ مُشارِكِ

    Partners in fulfilling hopes, yet each of them,

    when he challenges his peers, stands without a partner.

  34. هُما سَمِعا دَعواكِ يَا دعوَة الهدى

    وَقَدْ أَوْثقَ الدهرُ الخؤونُ إِسارَكِ

    They heard your appeal, O summons of right guidance,

    when treacherous Time had tightened your bonds.

  35. وَسَلّا سيوفاً لَمْ تَزَلْ تلتَظي أَسىً

    بثأْرِكِ حَتَّى أَدْركا لكِ ثارَكِ

    And they drew swords that never ceased blazing with grief

    for your vengeance, until they won you your revenge.

  36. وَيهنيكِ يَا دَارَ الخِلافَةِ منهُما

    هِلالانِ لاحا يَرْفَعَانِ منارَكِ

    And may you rejoice, O abode of the caliphate, in them:

    two crescents appeared, raising your beacon.

  37. كِلا القَمَرَيْنِ بَيْنَ عينيهِ غُرَّةٌ

    أَنارَتْ كُسُوفَيكِ وَجَلَّتْ سِرَارَكِ

    Each of the two moons bears a blaze between his eyes,

    lighting your two eclipses and dispelling your moonless darkness.

  38. فقادَ إِليكِ الخيلَ شُعْثاً شَوازباً

    يُلَبِّينَ بالنَّصرِ العزيز انتصارَكِ

    So he led toward you horses, disheveled and lean,

    answering your plea for victory with mighty triumph:

  39. سوابق هيجاءٍ كَأَنَّ صهيلها

    يُجاوبُ تَحْتَ الخافِقَاتِ شِعارَكِ

    foremost racers of battle, whose neighing seemed

    to answer your battle cry beneath the fluttering banners,

  40. بكلِّ سَرِيّ العِتق سَرَّى عن الهدى

    وكل حَمِيِّ الأَنفِ أَحْمى ذِمارَكِ

    bearing every highborn noble who lifted grief from right guidance,

    and every proud defender who guarded your honor.

  41. تحلَّوْا مِنَ المَنصور نصراً وعزّةً

    فأَبلوْكِ فِي يوم البَلاءِ اختِيارَكِ

    They adorned themselves with victory and might from al-Mansur,

    so on the day of trial they vindicated your choice.

  42. إِذا انتَسبوا يومَ الطِّعانِ لِعامِرٍ

    فَعُمرَكِ يَا هامَ العِدى لا عَمارَكِ

    When, on the day of spear-thrusts, they claim descent from Amir,

    then, by your life, O enemy heads, no long life awaits you!

  43. يَقُودُهُم منهم سِراجا كتائِبٍ

    يقولانِ للدنيا أجدِّي افتِخارَكِ

    Two lamps of battalions from among them lead them,

    saying to the world: 'Renew your boasting!'

  44. إِذا افترَّتِ الرَّاياتُ عن غُرَّتَيهِمَا

    فيا لِلعِدَى أَضلَلتِ منهُم فِرَارَكِ

    When the banners part to show their radiant brows,

    woe to the foe—you have lost your escape from them!

  45. وإِنْ أَشْرَقَ النَّادِي بنور سَناهُما

    فَبُشرى الأَماني عَيْنَك لا ضِمَارَكِ

    And when the assembly shines with their radiance,

    then rejoice, O hopes: your riches are at hand, not out of reach.

  46. وكم كَشفا من كُرْبَةٍ بعدَ كُرْبَةٍ

    تقولُ لَهَا النِّيرانُ كُفِّي أُوَارَكِ

    And how many a distress after distress they have dispelled,

    to which the very fires would say: 'Restrain your heat!'

  47. وكم لَبَّيا من دعوةٍ وتَدارَكا

    شَفى رَمقٍ مَا كَانَ بالمُتَدَاركِ

    And how many a call they have answered, rescuing

    a last breath otherwise beyond rescue!

  48. ويا نَفسَ غاوٍ كم أَقَرَّا نفارَكِ

    وَيا رِجْلَ هاوٍ كم أَقالا عِثارَكِ

    O erring soul, how often they have calmed your flight!

    O foot of one falling, how often they have remedied your stumbling!

  49. وَلستُ ببدْع حينَ قلتُ لهمَّتي

    أَقِلّي لإِعتابِ الزَّمَانِ انتظارَكِ

    And I was no innovator when I told my resolve:

    Wait less for Time to make amends.

  50. فَللهِ صدْق العَزْمِ أَيَّةُ غِرَّةٍ

    إِذَا لَمْ تطيعي فِي لَعَلَّ اغتِرارَكِ

    God bless true resolve! What delusion is there

    when you do not heed your own beguilement by 'perhaps'?

  51. وإِنْ غالَتِ البيدُ اصطبارَكِ والسُّرى

    فما غالَ ضيم الكاشِحينَ اصطبارَكِ

    And though deserts and night-travel have exhausted your endurance,

    the oppression of spiteful foes has not exhausted your endurance.

  52. ويا خُلَّة التَّسويفِ قُومي فأغدِقي

    قناعَكِ من دُوني وشُدِّي إِزارَكِ

    O companion Procrastination, rise and let fall

    your veil to shut me out, and bind your waist-wrap tight.

  53. وَحسبك بي يَا خُلَّةَ النَّأْي خاطِري

    بِنَفسي إِلَى الحَظِّ النَّفيسِ خِطَارَكِ

    And I suffice you, O companion of distance: wager

    my life for precious fortune—make your stake.

  54. فقد آنَ إِعْطاءُ النَّوى صَفقةَ الهوى

    وَقَوْلُكِ للأَيَّام حوري مَحارَكِ

    For the time has come to give separation the handclasp of love,

    and for you to tell the days: 'Turn back upon your course.'

  55. ويا سُتُرَ البيضِ النَّواعِمِ أَعْلِني

    إِلَى اليَعْمُلاتِ والرِّحالِ سِرَارَكِ

    O veils of fair, delicate women, reveal

    your secrets to the hard-working she-camels and saddles.

  56. نَواجِيَ واسْتَوْدَعْتُهُنَّ نَواجِياً

    حِفاظَكِ يَا هذي بذي وازدِهارَكِ

    Swift she-camels—to them I entrusted secret confidences:

    Guard that one, you here, and keep watch!

  57. ودُونَكِ أَفلاذَ الفؤادِ فَشَمِّري

    ودُونَك يَا عينَ اللبيب اعتبارَكِ

    Take these pieces of my heart, and gird yourself!

    And take your lesson, O discerning eye!

  58. صَرَفْتُ الكَرى عنها بمُغْتَبَقِ السُّرى

    وَقُلْتُ أدِيري والنُّجومَ عُقارَكِ

    I drove sleep from it with an evening draught of night-travel,

    and said: 'Pass your wine around, together with the stars.'

  59. فإِن وَجَبتُ للمَغْرِبَينِ جُنوبُها

    فداوي برَقراقِ السَّرابِ خُمارَكِ

    Then, if their flanks sink toward the two wests,

    cure your hangover with the shimmering mirage.

  60. وَأَوْرِي بزَندَيْ سُدْفَةٍ وَدُجُنَّةٍ

    إذا كانتا لي مَرْخَكِ وعفارَكِ

    And kindle fire with the two firesticks of dusk and deep darkness,

    when they serve me as your markh and afar.

  61. وإِنْ خَلَعَ اللَّيلُ الأَصائلَ فاخلَعي

    إِلَى المَلِكَينِ الأَكْرَمَينِ عِذَارَكِ

    And if night casts off the late-afternoon hues, cast off

    your bridle toward the two most generous kings.

  62. بَلَنْسِيَةً مثوى الأَمانِيَّ فاطلُبي

    كنوزَكِ فِي أَقطارِها وادِّخَارَكِ

    Valencia, the abode of wishes—seek

    your treasures and your store within its bounds.

  63. سيُنبيكِ زَجري عن بلاءِ نَسِيتُهُ

    إِذَا أَصبَحَتْ تِلْكَ القُصورُ قُصارَكِ

    My camel-urging will tell you of hardship I have forgotten,

    when those palaces become your utmost goal,

  64. وَأُظفِرَ سَعيٌ بالرِّضى من مُظَفَّرٍ

    وبُورِكَ لي فِي حُسنِ رأْي مُبارَكِ

    and striving is granted success through Muzaffar's approval,

    and I am blessed with Mubarak's favorable regard.

  65. فَظِمْء المُنى قَدْ شامَ بارَقَةَ الحَيا

    وأُنشِقْتِ يَا ظِئرَ الرَّجاءِ حُوارَكِ

    For the thirst of hopes has glimpsed rain's lightning,

    and you, O foster-mother of hope, have been made to scent your calf.

  66. وَحَمداً يميني قَدْ تَملَّأْتِ بالمُنى

    وشُكراً يَساري قَدْ حَوَيتِ يسارَكِ

    Praise, my right hand: you are filled with all you wished;

    and thanks, my left: you have gained your wealth.

  67. وقُلْ لسَماءِ المُزن إِنْ شِئْتِ أَقلِعي

    وَيا أَرْضَنَا إِن شئت غيضي بحَارَكِ

    And tell the raincloud sky: 'Cease raining, if you wish,'

    and you, our earth: 'Swallow your seas, if you wish.'

  68. ولا تُوحِشي يَا دَوْلَةَ العزِّ والندى

    مساءَكِ من نُورَيهِمَا وابتكارَكِ

    And, O realm of might and bounty, do not leave desolate

    your evening and early morning, bereft of their two lights.