Sol 6.1

  1. ألا قُل لِذى حمق تسربل بالغدرِ

    وجانب أهل العدل والفضل والقدرِ

    Lo, say to a fool who has cloaked himself in treachery

    and shunned the people of justice, virtue, and standing:

  2. تأهب لقد جاشت قريحةُ ماهرٍ

    عليك بأمواج تلاطَمُ كالبحرِ

    Prepare yourself: a master's poetic inspiration has surged

    against you in waves that clash like the sea.

  3. قوافٍ كأمثال السيوفِ قواطعاً

    رجوماً لأهلِ الغدرِ والزيغ والمكرِ

    Rhymes like swords, keen-edged,

    missiles against the people of treachery, deviation, and deceit.

  4. ومن كان ذا حقدٍ فيسودُّ وجهه

    ومن كان ذا وُدٍّ فيعرفُ بالبِشْرِ

    Whoever harbors rancor—his face turns black;

    and whoever bears affection is known by his cheerfulness.

  5. ويعرف أخلاقُ الورى بسماعِها

    وتبدى لنا المكنون في السرِّ والجهرِ

    People's characters are known when these rhymes are heard,

    and they reveal to us what is hidden, in secret and in public.

  6. فَذرْنى وهَجْوى للمخالفِ والذي

    يعنِّفُ أهلَ العدلِ والدين والذكرِ

    So leave me to my satire against the dissenter and him

    who harshly rebukes the people of justice, faith, and remembrance.

  7. سأطلق أَمْراسى عليه سوابقاً

    تفتتُ منه أَعْظُمَ الظهرِ والصدرِ

    I shall loose my stout ropes upon him, racing ahead,

    to shatter the bones of his back and chest.

  8. فأرسلها سَهما على أمِّ رأسه

    فتهوِى به سفلاً إلى أعمق القَعْرِ

    Then I shall send them as an arrow at the crown of his head,

    and they will plunge him downward into the deepest abyss.

  9. إذا قرئت يوماً له وهو حاضرٌ

    يقولُ لهم يا ليتنى كنتُ في القبرِ

    When one day they are recited to him while he is present,

    he will say to them, 'Oh, if only I were in the grave!'

  10. وتعصفهم عصفَ الرياحِ بشدة

    فتتركهم صَرْعى على الأرض بالقَمْرِ

    They buffet them as fiercely as the winds,

    and leave them fallen upon the ground, vanquished.

  11. أحاطَ بهم في دهرهم سوءُ مكرهم

    وأكثر ما أغوتهمُ نخوةُ الكِبْرِ

    The evil of their plotting has surrounded them in their lifetime,

    and, above all, swaggering pride has led them astray.

  12. ولو فكروا في أمرهم لتدبَّرُوا

    ولكنهم حَمْقَى تعَاموا عن الفِكرِ

    Had they thought about their affairs, they would have reflected;

    but they are fools who willfully shut their eyes to thought.

  13. فتبّاً وخسراناً لهم ضلَّ سعيُهم

    ودارت عليهم دائراتٌ مِن الدهرِ

    So ruin and loss be theirs! Their striving has gone astray,

    and the calamities of time have turned upon them.

  14. قد استحوذَ الشيطان جهلا عليهمُ

    فأنساهُمُ ذكرَ القيامةِ والنشْرِ

    Satan has gained mastery over them through ignorance,

    and made them forget the remembrance of Judgment Day and resurrection.

  15. فحادُوا وخانُوا واشرأبُّوا وخالفوا

    وباتُوا وناموا واستقامُوا على النُّكرِ

    So they strayed, betrayed, craned their necks, and defied,

    and passed their nights and slept, persisting in wickedness.

  16. فما نفعتهم رأفةٌ ولطافةٌ

    وهل ينفع المقباسُ في ظلمةِ القبرِ

    So compassion and gentleness availed them nothing;

    and can a firebrand help in the darkness of the grave?

  17. ولسْنَا نُبالى باللئامِ وطعنهم

    علينا وفينا سيدُ البَدْو والحضْرِ

    We care nothing for the base and their attacks

    against us, while among us is the lord of nomads and townsfolk.

  18. فذاكَ إمامُ المسلمين بلعربٍ

    سلالة سلطان الفتى المرتضَى الذَّمْر

    That is the Muslims' Imam, Bilʿarab,

    Sultan's scion, the esteemed, valiant youth.

  19. جوادٌ له كفٌّ إذا انهلَّ جودُه

    على الخلق أغْناهم عن الغيثِ والقَطْرِ

    Generous is he: when his bounty pours from his hand

    upon humankind, it frees them from need of rain or showers.

  20. أياديه لا تُحصى عداداً وكثرةً

    تجلُّ عن الإحصاءِ والعدّ والحصرِ

    His favors cannot be counted in their number and abundance;

    they defy reckoning, counting, and enumeration.

  21. يقيسونه بالبحرِ والبحرُ مالحُ

    وقد يصفون البحر بالمدِّ والجزرِ

    They compare him to the sea, yet the sea is salty,

    and they speak of the sea's flow and ebb.

  22. له الشرفُ الأعلَى على كل باذخٍ

    ولا زالَ في يسرٍ وقاليه في عُسرِ

    His is the highest honor, above every lofty man;

    may he ever enjoy ease, and his hater hardship.

  23. ولا زالَ في مجدٍ وعزٍّ ورِفعةٍ

    مدى العمر منصورَ الكتائب بالنَّصرِ

    May he ever abide in glory, might, and eminence,

    throughout his life, with battalions granted victory.

  24. ولا زالَ من والاهُ في الأمن راتعاً

    وأعداؤُه في البُؤسِ والذُّلِّ والْخُسْرِ

    May whoever is loyal to him ever live at ease in safety,

    and his enemies in misery, humiliation, and loss.

  25. إمامَ الهدى خذها قوافىَ ضمنتْ

    معانىَ محضِ الودِّ والحمدِ والشُّكرِ

    Imam of guidance, accept these rhymes, which hold

    sentiments of pure affection, praise, and gratitude.

  26. وعشْ أبد الدنيا مليكاً مخلّداً

    ودمْ وابقَ دهراً مالكَ النهْىِ في الأمرِ

    And live as long as the world endures, an immortal king,

    and endure and remain for ages, with authority to forbid as you rule.