Sol 6.1

  1. ما عَلى الدَّهْر بعد رُؤياك عَتْبُ

    مالَهُ بَعْد أَن رأَيتُك ذَنْبُ

    There is no blame upon Time after seeing you;

    it has no fault now that I have seen you.

  2. هذه النَّظرةُ التي كنت أَشتا

    قُ إِليها طولَ الزَّمانِ وأَصْبُو

    This is the sight for which I used to long

    throughout all time, and yearn.

  3. قد رأَى كُلُّ ما يُوالي المُوالِي

    أَو دَرَى كُلُّ مَا يُحِبُّ المحِبُّ

    The devoted man has seen all that he cherishes,

    or the lover has known all that he loves.

  4. شَمِلتْني كُلُّ المَسَراتِ حتَّى

    كلُّ عضو من جُملتي فيه قَلْبُ

    Every joy has encompassed me, until

    each limb of my whole being has a heart within it.

  5. أَقبل البدرُ طالعاً بعد أَنْ كا

    نَ له حين غَاب في الشَّرق غَرْبُ

    The full moon has come rising, after it had

    set in the east when it vanished.

  6. أَقبلَ الغَوثُ أَسبلَ الغيثُ جاءَ الـ

    ـلَّيثُ وافى الوَزيرُ عاد الخِصْبُ

    Relief has come, rain has poured, the

    lion has arrived, the vizier has come, plenty has returned.

  7. لا تَقُل إِنَّ قبلَه الخِصبَ وَافى

    كُلُّ خِصْبٍ مِن قبلِه فَهْو جَدْبُ

    Do not say that plenty came before him:

    all plenty before him was barrenness.

  8. قمرٌ يُجْتَلَى وبِرٌّ يُوَاَلى

    وغَمَامٌ يَهمِي وبَحْر يَعُبُّ

    A moon to behold, and goodness bestowed unceasingly,

    and a cloud pouring rain, and a surging sea.

  9. وعُلاً فوقَ الَّسمواتِ يَسْتعـ

    ـلِي ونارٌ فوقَ الدَّرارِي تُشَبُّ

    And loftiness rising above the heavens,

    and a fire kindled above the brilliant stars.

  10. وصباحٌ من المكارمِ يبْدُو

    ونسيمٌ للمأْثُرات يَهُبُّ

    And a dawn of noble deeds appearing,

    and a breeze of glorious achievements blowing.

  11. سارَ مستصحِبَ النجومِ كذا البد

    رُ إِذا سارَ فالنُّجومُ الصَّحْبُ

    He traveled with the stars attending him; so the full

    moon, when it travels, has the stars as companions.

  12. خُدِمَتْ طُرْفُه بكنسٍ ورَشٍّ

    رَمَثَتها لَه رِياحٌ وسُحْبُ

    His paths were tended with sweeping and sprinkling;

    winds and clouds put them in order for him.

  13. لبسَ الأُفْقُ حُلَّة السُّحبِ للزّيِـ

    ـنةِ حَتَّى لها على الأَرْض سَحْبُ

    The horizon donned a robe of clouds for adornment,

    till its train trailed upon the earth.

  14. وكذا نَوبَةُ البشائِر في الأُفـ

    ـق سُروراً لها عَروضٌ وضَرْب

    And so the fanfare of glad tidings in the horizon,

    in its joy, has its meter and beat.

  15. زعْفرانُ الخَلوق في الأُفق برقٌ

    وثناياهُ بِالتَّبَسُّم شُهبُ

    The saffron perfume on the horizon is lightning,

    and its smiling teeth are shooting stars.

  16. وكأَنَّ الرُّعودَ يُقرأُ منها

    للتَّهاني ولِلبشائِر كُتْبُ

    And it is as though from the thunderclaps are read

    letters of congratulations and glad tidings.

  17. أَخَذَتْ مصرُ حقَّها مِن دِمَشقٍ

    بَعْد ما طَالَ مِنْ دِمَشْقَ الغَصْبُ

    Egypt has taken her due from Damascus,

    after Damascus had usurped it for so long.

  18. ليس مِصْرُ مِصْراً وقَدْ غابَ عَنْها

    لا ولا طعمُ نيلِها العَذْبِ عذبُ

    Egypt is not Egypt when he is absent from her;

    no, nor is the taste of her sweet Nile sweet.

  19. ولَعَمْرِي ما غَابَ مُذْ غاب عَنَّا

    لَمْ يَغِبْ مَنْ نَوالُه لاَ يغِبُّ

    Yet, by my life, he has not been absent since he left us:

    he whose bounty never lapses has not been absent.

  20. إِنَّ مِصْراً إِذ أَنشأَتْه اسْتَطالَت

    وازْدَهاها بِه اختيالٌ وعُجْب

    Egypt, when she brought him forth, grew lofty,

    and pride and self-admiration made her exult in him.

  21. أَنْشَأَتْ مِنه من يَطُوفُ به الوفْدُ

    ويَحْدو بِالمدحِ فِيه الرَّكْبُ

    She raised in him one around whom delegations circle,

    and caravans chant his praises as they travel.

  22. أَنْشَأَتْ منه من يدورُ عليه الـ

    ـمُلكُ دَوْرَ الأَفْلاكِ وهْوَ الْقُطْبُ

    She raised in him one around whom the

    realm turns like the celestial spheres, while he is its pole.

  23. أَنْشأَتْ مِنْه من يُراعُ بهِ الدهْـ

    ـرُ وَمَنْ يَستجِيرُ مِنْهُ الخَطْبُ

    She raised in him one by whom Time is terrified,

    and from whom calamity itself seeks refuge.

  24. وإِذا ما أُزيل عَنْه حِجَابٌ

    فَعليه مِنَ المهابَةِ حُجْبُ

    Whenever a veil is lifted from him,

    veils of awe still lie upon him.

  25. مذ رأَيْنَا مَضَاءَ أَقْلامِهِ الرُّقْ

    شِ عَلِمْنَا أَنَّ المناصِلَ قُربُ

    Since we saw the sharpness of his speckled pens,

    we have known that sword blades are but scabbards.

  26. كلُّ خَلْقٍ في قَلْبِه من سُطاهُ

    ونَدى رَاحَتيه حُبٌّ ورُعْبُ

    Every person bears in his heart, from his might

    and the bounty of his palms, both love and fear.

  27. أَيُّها الطالِبون لن تَلْحقُوه

    إِنَّ مَا تطلبُونَ لا يَستَتِبُّ

    O you who seek, you will never catch him;

    what you seek will never come to pass.

  28. فدعُوا جَهْدَكم فما الَّسعدُ جِنْسٌ

    يُشتَرى نَوعُه ولاَ الحَظُّ كَسْبُ

    So spare your efforts: good fortune is no commodity

    whose kind can be bought, nor is luck something earned.

  29. فالمُعادِي له يُهان ويَهوِي

    وعلى وجْهِه يُكَبُّ ويَكْبُو

    His enemy is humbled and falls,

    is thrown upon his face and stumbles.

  30. من يُعادِي أَيَّامَه ليس يَعدو

    ه سريعاً نفيٌ وقَتْلٌ وصَلْبُ

    Whoever opposes his days will not escape

    exile, killing, and crucifixion, swiftly inflicted.

  31. أَيها الصَّاحِبُ الَّذي أَمرُه الجِدُّ

    وأَمْرُ الأَنام لَهْو ولِعْبُ

    O minister, whose business is earnestness,

    while mankind's business is diversion and play.

  32. عشتُ حتى رأَيتُ ما أَرتجيه

    واشْتفي لِي من البُعادِ الْقُربُ

    I have lived to see what I hoped for,

    and nearness has avenged me on separation.

  33. ورأَيتُ الوجْهَ الذي مُذْ تَجلَّى

    سُرَّ قلبٌ منِّي وسُرِّيَ كربُ

    And I saw the face that, from the moment it appeared,

    gladdened my heart and dispelled my grief.

  34. عَرَّقَتْني الأَيام بَعْدَكَ واجتا

    حَت وللدَّهْر فيَّ أَكْلٌ وشُربُ

    The days gnawed me to the bone after you left and ravaged me;

    Time has eaten and drunk its fill of me.

  35. ونعم كُنتُ أَبيضَ الحالِ لكن

    سوَّدتْه تِلكَ السنونَ الشَّهبُ

    Yes, my lot was white, but

    those ashen years blackened it.

  36. آهِ مما لاقيتُ بعدَكَ مِمَّا

    مِنْ أَقلَّ منه يُهدُّ الهُضبُ

    Ah, what I suffered after you—afflictions

    far less than which would shatter rocky heights!

  37. لا حبيبٌ لا مُسِعدٌ لا مُواسٍ

    لا أَنيسٌ لا صاحبٌ لا تِرْبُ

    No beloved, no helper, no consoler;

    no intimate, no companion, no friend of my age.

  38. ولعمرِي مذ عُدْتَ أَيقنتُ أَنِّي

    سأَرى ما أَودُّه وأُحِبُّ

    By my life, since you returned I have been certain that I

    shall see what I desire and love.

  39. وتحقَّقْتُ من إِيابِك هذا

    أَنَّ صَدْرِي رحْبٌ وعيشي رَطْبُ

    And from this return of yours I knew for certain

    that my breast is spacious and my life is lush.

  40. وسيأَتي ما كنتُ أَعهدُ من عيـ

    ـشي قديماً لا بلْ يزيدُ ويَربُو

    What I used to know of my life will return,

    as of old—no, it will increase and grow.

  41. وسيعْدو لِطائر القلبِ مِنْ جو

    دِك عِندي عُشٌّ وعَيْشٌ وعُشْبُ

    And for the bird of my heart, through your bounty,

    a nest, sustenance, and grass will come to me.

  42. أَنا أَرجو نصري على الدّهر إِذ جئـ

    ـتَ وبَيْني دَهْرِيَ حَرْبُ

    I hope for victory over Time, now that you have come,

    while there is war between me and my Time.

  43. بك يعلو الوليُّ يُسْتَنْزَلُ النصرُ

    يُنالُ المُنى يَهونُ الصَّعْب

    Through you the loyal friend rises, victory is called down,

    wishes are attained, and hardship grows easy.

  44. أَوَمَا أَنْت خيرُ من وطِئَ التُّر

    بَ ومَنْ قُبِّلت لديه التُّربُ

    Are you not the best of those who trod the dust,

    and of those before whom the dust was kissed?

  45. كُلُّ نجم في نُور نَجمِك يَخْفَى

    كلُّ نارٍ في ضوءِ نَارِكَ تَحْبُو

    Every star is hidden in the light of your star;

    every fire burns low in the radiance of your fire.