Sol 6.1

  1. صرم الفؤآد بِصارِم قصاص

    من مقلتيه وَلات حين مناص

    He severed the heart with a keen, avenging sword,

    From his two eyes—and no time remained for escape.

  2. صافى الفرند بكف ظبي فاتك

    عمداً بدائي العاشقين وَقاصي

    Its damask gleaming, in the hand of a murderous gazelle,

    Deliberately assailing lovers, [near] and far.

  3. صعب التقاطع طائِع عذله

    لكن لأَرباب الصبابة عاصي

    Unyielding in estrangement, obedient to his reprovers,

    But disobedient to the devotees of ardent love.

  4. صد الكَئيب عَن الوِصال وصال في

    رمح القوام وخطه كدلاصي

    He barred the sorrowful lover from union and charged with

    His spear-like stature, his cheek-down like my polished mail.

  5. ضم عليه القَلب أَضحى عاكِفاً

    من دون عام في الملا أَو خاص

    He drew the heart to himself; it became devoted,

    To the exclusion of anyone, common or distinguished, in the throng.

  6. صدحت بَلابِل حليه وَترنمت

    من فوق مرّ ان عَلى ادعاص

    The nightingales of his ornaments sang out and warbled,

    From atop a spear-shaft set upon sand dunes.

  7. صعدت عفاريت الغدائِر للمى

    فرموا بكوكب قرطه الرّقاص

    The demons of his tresses climbed toward his dusky lips,

    So they were pelted with the star of his dancing earring.

  8. صابَت لحاظي خدّه فَرَمى الحشا

    سَهماً فَكانَ الرمى حكم قصاص

    My glances struck his cheek; he shot into my breast

    An arrow, and the shot was a judgment of retribution.

  9. صالَت افاعي شعره لما رأت

    دبت عقاربه سالفين عقاص

    The vipers of his hair attacked when they saw

    His scorpions—coiled locks—creeping along both sides of his neck.

  10. صدع الحشاشة وَالفؤآد أَما درى

    أَنَّ الوَزير مسارع لخلاصي

    He rent the life-breath and the heart—did he not know

    That the vizier was hastening to rescue me?

  11. صدر المَعالي أَحمد الفضل الَّذي

    يَسمو عَلى كلّ الملا بخواص

    Ahmad of bounty, foremost in noble attainments, who

    Rises above all people through his distinctive qualities.

  12. صنف من الأُعدآء كَم أَرداهم

    بالجلد من آطامهم وَصياصي

    A host of enemies—how many he laid low,

    With fortitude, out of their towers and strongholds.

  13. صبح الفواضِل لَيسَ يحصى فضله

    بين البَريَّة حاصر أَو حاصي

    Dawn of gracious gifts—his bounty cannot be reckoned

    By any reckoner or counter among humankind.

  14. صفة له لا زالَ تتلى في الملا

    في أَلسن الوعاظ وَالقصاص

    A description of him—may it ever be recited in assemblies,

    On the tongues of preachers and storytellers.

  15. صدمت مهابته القَبائِل قبل ما

    وافى فَكانَت منه كالارهاص

    His awe-inspiring majesty struck the tribes before

    He arrived; it was like a foretoken of him.

  16. صحب الوقار فَفاقَ أَملاك الوَرى

    فخراً وَلَيسَ التبر مثل رصاص

    He kept company with dignity and surpassed the kings of humankind

    In glory—and unworked gold is not like lead.

  17. صف الجَماجِم في الطعان فَلَم يَزَل

    لبنآء سور الهام كالرهاص

    He arrayed skulls in spear-combat, and never ceased

    Building a wall of heads like a mason.

  18. صلت صوارمه وَصالَت خيله

    وَالسعد يعقد منهم بنواصي

    His swords were bared and his horses charged,

    And good fortune was bound to their forelocks.

  19. صرف العداة جَريحة يوم الوَغى

    يعدون فوق عملس بصياصي

    He drove the enemies away wounded on the day of battle,

    Racing on swift, sturdy mounts with spurs.

  20. صكت قواضبه الرقاب وَغادر أل

    أَبطال في الهيجآء كالأَشخاص

    His cleaving swords struck necks, and he left the

    Champions in the fray like lifeless figures.

  21. صنع الوَلائِم للطيور فَكُلَمّا

    رجعت بطان الطير غير خماص

    He prepared banquets for the birds, so whenever

    The birds returned, they were full-bellied, not hungry.

  22. صهلت جنائبه فَغادرت العدا

    صرعى بأقطار الفلا وَعراص

    His led horses neighed, leaving the enemy

    Slain across the desert's reaches and open tracts.

  23. صبّ النوال بساحة الزورا لنا

    فكفى نداه لعامهم أَو خاص

    He poured forth gifts for us in al-Zawra's square,

    So his bounty sufficed for their common folk and elite alike.

  24. صغت النظام فَزانَ في أَمداحه

    كالجيد زانَ بدرّة الغوّاص

    I fashioned verse, and in praising him it shone,

    Like a neck adorned with the diver's pearl.

  25. صيغ وَلكن قطّ ما قد شانها

    صوغ وَلا خرص من الخرّاص

    Forms of verse—yet never have they been marred

    By fabrication or a conjecturer's guess.

  26. صوبت للجدوى عنان قصائدي

    وَغدوت أَنضى بالمَسير قَلاصي

    I directed the reins of my poems toward bounty,

    And set out, wearing out my young she-camels with travel.

  27. صحت معانيه وَشرف لفظه

    فخواصه تَسمو عَلى الخواص

    Its meanings were sound and its diction noble,

    So its refinements rise above all refinements.

  28. صادت لواحظ سبكه عقل الوَرى

    فكأَنَّ ذلك ظبية القناص

    The glances of its workmanship ensnared the minds of humankind,

    As though it were the hunter's gazelle.

  29. صرف المهيمن عنه أَعراض الدنا

    ما غنت الأَطيار في الأقفاص

    May the All-Guardian avert the world's afflictions from him,

    As long as birds sing in cages.