Sol 6.1

  1. بَكرَتْ تُغَازِلُهُ الدُّمى الأبْكارُ

    فهفا له حِلْمٌ وطاشَ وَقَارُ

    The statuesque maidens came early to court him,

    so his self-restraint faltered, and his composure flew away.

  2. وأظنّهُ مترنّحاً من نَشْوَةٍ

    كاساتُها بهوَى العيون تُدارُ

    I think him swaying from an intoxication

    whose cups are passed around through passion for eyes.

  3. يا لُوّمي ومتى بُليت بلوّمٍ

    إلّا وَهُمْ ببليّتي أغمَارُ

    O my reproachers, when have I been plagued by reproachers

    who were not unversed in my affliction?

  4. فُكُّوا الغضَنفَرَ من إسار غزالَةٍ

    قيداه خَلْخَالٌ لها وسِوارُ

    Release the lion from a gazelle's captivity:

    his two fetters are her anklet and her bracelet.

  5. ما أَحْرَقتْ خَدِّي سَواكِبُ أدمُعي

    إلّا بِماءٍ في حَشَاهُ نارُ

    The streams of my tears have burned my cheek

    only with water that holds fire within.

  6. والماءُ مُنفَجِرٌ منَ النارِ الَّتي

    في القلب منها يَسْتَطيرُ شرارُ

    The water gushes from the fire

    within the heart, from which sparks fly.

  7. عَجَبي لأَضدادٍ عَلَيَّ تَناصَرَتْ

    جَوْراً عَلَيَّ وَلَيس لي أنْصارُ

    How I marvel at opposites joining forces against me,

    wronging me, while I have no helpers!

  8. فَخُذوا الهوى عنِّي بِنَقل ملاحةٍ

    عَن أَعيُنٍ يرنو بِهِنَّ صُوَارُ

    Learn love from me through an account of beauty,

    from eyes through which a herd of oryx gazes,

  9. ومباسماً تجلو شقائقَ روضةٍ

    للأقحُوَانَةِ بينها نُوّارُ

    and smiling mouths revealing a garden's anemones,

    among which the daisy has its blossoms.

  10. إنَّ المها تُمْهي سيوفَ جفونها

    فَحَذارِ منها لو يُطاقُ حِذارُ

    The white oryx sharpen the swords of their eyelids:

    beware of them—if only caution were possible!

  11. مِنْ كلِّ مُشْرَبةٍ بجريال الصبا

    لوناً كما لَمسَ اللُّجَينَ نُضارُ

    Each maiden's complexion is suffused with youth's wine-red glow,

    as though pure gold had touched silver.

  12. في خلقها الإنْسيِّ من وحشيّةٍ

    كُحْلٌ وحُسْنُ تَلَفُّتٍ وَنِفارُ

    Within her human form she has, from a wild doe,

    kohl-dark eyes, lovely turning glances, and skittishness.

  13. طَرفي بِرَجْعَتِهِ إِلَيَّ أذاقَني

    مِنها الرّدى لا طَرْفُها السَّحّارُ

    My own gaze, returning to me, made me taste

    death from her—not her enchanting gaze.

  14. وإذا انثى سهمٌ على الرّامي به

    غَرَضاً له فالجُرْحُ منه جبارُ

    When an arrow recoils upon the archer who shot it,

    making him its target, its wound goes uncompensated.

  15. طَرَقَتْ تَهادى في اختيالِ شبيبةٍ

    تُخطِي مُطِيلَ الوجد وهيَ قصارُ

    She came by night, swaying with youthful swagger,

    taking steps that prolong passion, short though they are.

  16. سَفَرَتْ فما دَرَتِ الظنون ضميرها

    أَسُفُورها من صُبحِها إِسفارُ

    She unveiled, and conjecture could not fathom her secret:

    was her unveiling daybreak from her own morning light?

  17. حَتَّى إذا خافَتْ مُرَاقِبَها عَلا

    مِنها عَلى الوجهِ المنيرِ عِجارُ

    Until, when she feared her watcher, there rose

    from her, over her radiant face, a veil.

  18. وَكَأنَّما زُهْرُ النُّجومِ حمائِمٌ

    بِيضٌ مَغارِبُها لَها أَوكارُ

    It was as though the bright stars were doves,

    white, with their setting places as their nests.

  19. وكأنّما تذكي ذُكاءُ تَوَهُّجاً

    فيه يذوبُ من الدُّجُنَّةِ قارُ

    And as though Dhuka, the sun, were kindling a blaze

    in which the pitch of darkness melted.

  20. يا هَذِهِ لا تَسألي عن عَبرَتي

    عَيني على عَيني عَلَيكِ تَغارُ

    O you, do not ask about my tears:

    one eye of mine is jealous of the other over you.

  21. هل كانَ نَهدُكِ صِنوَ قَلبكِ تَتَّقي

    عَن لَمسِهِ في صَدرِكِ الأَزرارُ

    Was your breast your heart's twin, that the buttons

    upon your chest shrink from touching it?

  22. ما كنتُ أحسبُ غُصنَ بانٍ في نَقا

    تشكو أليمَ القطفِ منه ثمارُ

    I never thought a ban-tree bough upon a dune

    would bear fruit complaining of the pain of plucking.

  23. نَصَّلْتِ سَهْمَيْ مُقلَتَيكِ ليُصْمِيا

    بِنِصالِ سِحرِ الطرفِ فهيَ حِرارُ

    You tipped the two arrows of your eyes to kill outright

    with points of your glance's magic, burning hot.

  24. وهما المعلّى والرقيبُ وإنّما

    قلبي المعذَّبُ منهما أعشارُ

    They are the Mu'alla and Raqib gaming arrows;

    my tormented heart is their ten allotted shares.

  25. لا ثأر يدرَك منك في المُّهَجِ الَّتي

    أرديتها أوَ مِنْكِ يُدْرَك ثارُ

    No vengeance is exacted from you for the souls

    you have slain—or can vengeance be exacted from you?

  26. هلَّا التفَتِّ كما تَلَفّتُ مُغْزِلٌ

    لترَى مَكان الخِشْفِ وهيَ نَوَارُ

    Why did you not turn, as a doe with a fawn turns,

    to see where her fawn is, skittish though she is?

  27. وَبرَدْتِ حرَّ الشّوْقِ بالبردِ الَّذي

    شَهدٌ ومِسكٌ دونَهُ وعقارُ

    And cool longing's heat with that cool draught

    beside which honeycomb, musk, and wine fall short?

  28. إِنّي دُفِعْتُ إلى هَواكِ وغُربةٍ

    هَتَفَتْ بها العَزَمَاتُ والأَسفارُ

    I have been driven into love for you and exile,

    to which firm resolves and journeys called aloud.

  29. وغَرستُ عمري في الزَّماعِ فمرّرتْ

    لفمي جَنَاهُ نجائِبٌ وقِفارُ

    I planted my lifetime in departure; they embittered

    its harvest in my mouth—fine riding camels and wastelands.

  30. وَجَعَلتُ دَاري في النَّوى فَمُؤانسي

    وحشُ الفلا وَمَجَالسي الأكوارُ

    I made my home in separation; my companions are

    the wild beasts of the wastes, my seats are camel-saddles.

  31. لولا ذُرَى الحسن الهمامِ وَفَضْلُهُ

    ما قَرَّ بي في الخافِقَينِ قَرارُ

    Were it not for magnanimous al-Hasan's heights and bounty,

    I would have found no resting place in east or west.

  32. هَذا الَّذي بَذَلَتْ أناملُهُ النّدى

    وهُدِيْ الكرامُ إليه لمّا حاروا

    This is he whose fingers lavished bounty,

    to whom the noble were guided when bewildered.

  33. هذا الَّذي سلَّ السيوفَ مجاهداً

    فَبِضْربها للمُشركينَ دَمَارُ

    This is he who drew swords in holy struggle;

    their blows bring destruction to the polytheists.

  34. هذا الذّي جَرّ الرّماحَ لحربهم

    سَعْيَ الأساود جيشُهُ الجرّارُ

    This is he whose spears were trailed to war against them,

    his vast host moving like black serpents.

  35. قَهَرَتْ ظُبَا توحيده تثليثَهمْ

    وقَضى بذاكَ الواحِدُ القهّارُ

    The blades of his monotheism vanquished their Trinity,

    and the One, the All-Subduing, decreed it so.

  36. غَضباً على الأعلاج منه فَرَبّهُ

    يَرْضَى به ونَبِيُّهُ المختارُ

    In wrath against the foreign infidels; his Lord

    is pleased with him, as is His chosen Prophet.

  37. فَلِوَجهِهِ البادي عَلَيهِ سَنا الهدى

    ضَرَبَتْ وُجُوهَ عُداتِهِ الأقدارُ

    For his face, upon which the light of guidance shines,

    the fates struck the faces of his enemies.

  38. أمّا عُلا حسنٍ فبين مَصَامِها

    شَرَفاً وبين الفرقَدَينِ جِوارُ

    As for Hasan's eminence, its station

    in glory neighbors the two Farqad stars.

  39. خَلُصَتْ خلائِقُهُ ولَم يَعْلَقْ بها

    جَبْرِيّةٌ لم يَرْضَها الجبّارُ

    His character is pure, untainted

    by tyranny disapproved by the Almighty.

  40. وَسما لَهُ حلمٌ وَجَلَّ تَفَضُّلٌ

    وَزَكا لَهُ فَرعٌ وَطاب نجارُ

    His forbearance rose high, his generosity grew great;

    his branch flourished, his stock was noble.

  41. يَنْدى بلا وَعْدٍ وكم من عارضٍ

    من غير بَرْقٍ صوبه مدرارُ

    He showers bounty without promise; how many a cloud

    pours abundant rain without lightning!

  42. فربُوعُه بالمُعتَفينَ أوَاهِلٌ

    وَبَنَانُهُ بالمَكرُمات بحارُ

    His abodes throng with seekers of gifts,

    and his fingers are seas of generosity.

  43. وإذا عفا صفحاً عفا عن قُدْرَةٍ

    والحلمُ في الملك القدير فخارُ

    When he grants forgiving pardon, he pardons from power;

    forbearance in a powerful king is glory.

  44. سُلَّتْ صوَارِمُهُ الحِداد ففَلَّقَتْ

    هاماً عليها للجيادِ عِثارُ

    His keen swords were drawn and split

    heads over which the steeds stumble,

  45. في جَحفَلٍ كَالبحرِ ماج بضمَّرٍ

    فتَكَتْ على صَهوَاتِها الأذْمارُ

    amid an army like a sea, surging with lean steeds,

    upon whose backs the champions dealt death.

  46. لا يَجْزَعُونَ مِنَ المَنونِ كَأَنَّما

    آجالُهُمْ لِنُفوسِهِم أعمارُ

    They do not quail at death, as though

    their appointed deaths were lifetimes for their souls.

  47. فَصَعيدُ وجهِ الأرْضِ منه مُبَعْثَرٌ

    وَذَرُورُ عين الشَّمسِ منه غبارُ

    The soil on earth's face is scattered by that host,

    and its dust is powder strewn in the sun's eye.

  48. إنَّ الحروبَ وأنتُمُ آسادُها

    فَتَكاتُكمْ في عُرْبها أبكارُ

    Indeed, wars have you for their lions;

    your deadly feats are virgins among their ardent brides.

  49. أَضحَتْ لِصَونِكُمُ الثغورُ كأعيُنٍ

    وشفاركمْ من حولها أشفارُ

    Under your protection the frontier fortresses became like eyes,

    and your blades around them are eyelashes.

  50. زانَت سِيادَتُكم كرامَةَ بَرِّكم

    خيرُ الملوكِ السادةُ الأبرارُ

    Your lordship adorned the nobility of your beneficence;

    the best kings are virtuous lords.

  51. يا من عِتاقُ الخَيْلِ تُوسَمُ باسمِهِ

    والدرهمُ المضروبُ والدّينارُ

    O you whose name brands thoroughbred horses,

    and the minted dirham and dinar,

  52. وبكلّ أرضٍ تستنيرُ بذكره

    خُطَبٌ منَ الفصحاءِ أو أشعارُ

    and whose mention lights, in every land,

    the orations of eloquent men, or poems.

  53. خدمتْ رئاستَك السعودُ وأصبحتْ

    للفضل تحْسُدُ عَصرَكَ الأعصارُ

    Auspicious stars have served your leadership, and now

    all ages envy your age for its excellence.

  54. ورِجالُ دَولَتِكَ الَّذينَ لِقَدرِهِم

    بكَ في الورى الإجلالُ والإكبارُ

    And the men of your state, whose standing

    through you wins reverence and honor among mankind:

  55. فمن المقدّم والزمام كفايةٌ

    نُجْحٌ بها الإيرادُ والإِصْدارُ

    from al-Muqaddam and al-Zimam comes competence

    through which intake and dispatch succeed.

  56. فَهُما وَزيراكَ اللَّذانِ عَلَيهِما

    لنفوذِ أمْرِكَ في السداد مَدَارُ

    They are your two ministers, upon whom

    the sound execution of your command revolves.

  57. جَبَلانِ يَقتَرِنانِ للرأيِ الَّذي

    لِعِداكَ منه مذلّةٌ وصَغارُ

    Two mountains, joined in counsel,

    from which your enemies receive abasement and humiliation.

  58. فالملك بينهما حديثٌ حُسْنُهُ

    قَطَعَتْ لياليَها به السُّمّارُ

    Between them, kingship is a tale so beautiful

    that night-talkers spend their nights recounting it.

  59. وكأنّ ذا سمعٌ وذا بصرٌ له

    حَسَدتْهُما الأسْماعُ والأبصارُ

    As though one were its hearing and the other its sight,

    envied by all ears and eyes.

  60. واللَّيثُ إبراهيمُ قائدُك الّذي

    تَدمى بِصَولَتِه لهُ أظْفارُ

    And Ibrahim, the lion, is your commander, whose

    claws grow bloody in his onslaught.

  61. يرمي شدادَ المُعْضِلاتِ بنفسه

    بَطَلُ الكفاحِ وَذِمْرُها المغوارُ

    He hurls himself at the hardest tangled trials,

    champion of close combat, its intrepid warrior.

  62. وإذا تَفَجّرَ جدولٌ من غِمْدِهِ

    شَرِقَتْ بماءِ غَمامِهِ الفُجّارُ

    When a stream bursts forth from his scabbard,

    the wicked choke on the water of his cloud.

  63. وعبِيدُكَ الغلمانُ إن نادَيْتَهُم

    نَهَضُوا مُوَاثَبَةَ الأسود وثاروا

    And your young slave-soldiers, when you call them,

    spring up with the bounding of lions and rise.

  64. وَمَشَوْا مع التّأييدِ قاماتٍ إلى

    هيجاءَ مَشْيُ حُماتِها أشبارُ

    They march with divine aid, in fathom-long strides, toward

    a battle whose defenders advance by mere handspans.

  65. سَبَحوا إلى الأعلاج إذ لم ينزلوا

    مِن فُلكهم فَحِجالُها تَيَّارُ

    They swam toward the foreign infidels without disembarking

    from their ships, whose curtained chambers were the current.

  66. وَرَمَوْهُمُ بِجَنادِلٍ فكأنَّها

    لأجورها عندَ الإِلهِ جِمارُ

    They hurled boulders at them, as though these

    were ritual pebbles, for their reward with God.

  67. وَبِكُلِّ سَهمٍ واقعٍ لِكنَّهُ

    بِثلاثِ أجنِحَةٍ له طَيَّارُ

    And every arrow that strikes, though it

    flies with three wings of its own.

  68. وَحمَوْا حِمى الأسوَارِ وهيَ وراءهُم

    حَتَّى كأنَّهُمُ لها الأسوارُ

    They guarded the walls' precincts, the walls behind them,

    until they themselves seemed to be the walls' ramparts.

  69. وكَأنَّما حَرّ المَنايا عِندَهم

    بَرْدٌ إذا ما اشتدَّ مِنهُ أوارُ

    As though death's heat were to them

    a coolness whenever its blaze grew fierce.

  70. لا يتَّقي في الضَّربِ سَيْفُكَ مِغْفَراً

    فله من القَدَرِ المُطاعِ غِرَارُ

    Your sword shuns no mail helmet in its blows,

    for its cutting edge comes from Fate, whose will is obeyed.

  71. لو أنَّ أعْرَاضاً تُجَوْهَرُ أصْبَحَتْ

    في كفّكَ العَزَماتُ وهيَ شِفارُ

    If attributes could take on substance,

    your resolves would become blades within your palm.

  72. أَو أنَّ للأرْضِ الجمادِ تَنقُّلاً

    حَجّتْ إلى أمْصارِكَ الأمْصارُ

    Or if the lifeless earth could move,

    cities would make pilgrimage to your cities.

  73. فليهنِك الشهرُ المعظَّمُ إنّه

    ضيفٌ قِراه البِرُّ والإيثارُ

    May the exalted month bring you joy; it is

    a guest welcomed with goodness and selfless giving.

  74. أَصبَحتَ فيه لِوَجهِ ربِّكَ صائماً

    لَكِن لِكَفِّكَ بالنّدى إفطارُ

    In it you fast for your Lord's sake,

    yet your hand breaks its fast with bounty.

  75. ضيفٌ أتَاكَ به لتعرفَ حَقّهُ

    فَلُكٌ بقدرةِ ربّهِ دَوّارُ

    A guest brought to you, that you might know its due,

    by a sphere revolving through its Lord's power.

  76. لا زالتِ الأيّامُ وافِدةً على

    ما تشْتَهي منها وما تختارُ

    May the days ever come to you bearing

    what you desire of them and what you choose.