Sol 6.1

  1. وَصاحِبٍ غَيرِ نِكسٍ قَد نَشَأتُ بِهِ

    مِن نَومِهِ وَهُوَ فيهِ مُمهَدٌ أَنِقُ

    And many a companion, no weakling, I have roused

    From his sleep, while he lay comfortably bedded and content.

  2. فَقُمتُ أُخبِرُهُ بِالغَيثِ لَم يَرَهُ

    وَالبَرقِ إِذ أَنا مَحزونٌ لَهُ أَرِقُ

    So I rose to tell him of rain he had not seen,

    And lightning, while I was sorrowful over it and sleepless:

  3. مُزنٌ تَسَيَّحَ في ريحٍ شَآمِيَةٍ

    مُكَلَّلٌ بِعَماءِ الماءِ مُنتَطِقُ

    A raincloud drifting on a wind from al-Sham,

    Crowned with cloudy masses of water, girdled round.

  4. لَمّا إِكفَهَرَّ شُرَيقِيُّ اللَوى وَأَوى

    إِلى تَواليهِ مِن سُفّارِّهِ رُفَقُ

    When the eastern part of al-Liwa darkened, and there came for shelter

    To its trailing masses bands of its wandering clouds,

  5. تَربَّصَ اللَيلَ حَتّى قالَ شائِمُهُ

    عَلى الرُويشِدِ أَو خَرجائِهِ يَدِقُ

    It awaited night, until its watcher said:

    “On al-Ruwayshid or its Kharja' it beats down.”

  6. حَتّى إِذا المَنظَرُ الغَربيُ صارَ دَماً

    مِن حُمرَةِ الشَمسِ لَمّا إِغتالَها الأُفُقُ

    Until, when the western vista turned to blood

    From the sun’s redness, when the horizon slew her,

  7. أَلقى عَلى ذاتِ أَجفارٍ كَلاكِلَهُ

    وَشَبَّ نيرانَهُ وَإِنجابَ يَأَتَلِقُ

    It cast its heavy breasts upon Dhat Ajfar,

    And kindled its fires, and parted, flashing:

  8. نارٌ يُعاوِدُ مِنها العودُ جِدَّتَهُ

    وَالنارُ تَسفَعُ عيداناً فَتَحتَرِقُ

    A fire through which the branch regains its freshness,

    Whereas fire scorches branches, and they burn.