Sol 6.1

  1. بِأَيِّ فَتىً يا اِبنَي حَبيبٍ بَللتُما

    إِذا ثارَ يَوماً لِلغُبارِ عَمودُ

    What a youth you have come up against, O two sons of Habib,

    when one day a column of dust rises!

  2. بِمُنخَرِقِ السِّربالِ كَالسيدِ لا يَني

    يقادُ لِحَربٍ أَو تَراهُ يَقودُ

    One in a tattered tunic, wolf-like, who never flags,

    whether led to war or seen leading.

  3. أَقَلَّ بَنو الإِنسانِ حَتّى عَدَوتُمُ

    عَلى مَن يُثيرُ الجِنَّ وَهيَ هجودُ

    Have the sons of men grown so few that you attacked

    one who rouses the jinn while they sleep?

  4. فَلَولا رِجالٌ يا مَنيعُ رَأَيتُهُم

    لَهُم خُلقٌ عِندَ الجوارِ حَميدُ

    But for men, O Mani‘, whom I have found

    to be of praiseworthy character in neighborly dealings,

  5. لَنالَكُمُ مِنّي نِكالٌ وَغارَةٌ

    لَها ذَنَبٌ لَم تدرِكوهُ بَعيدُ

    punishment and a raid from me would have befallen you—

    with a far-reaching tail you could not overtake.

  6. أَيا أَبرَقَي مَغنى بُثَينَةَ أَسعدا

    فَتىً مُقصَداً بِالشَوقِ فَهوَ عَميدُ

    O two rocky tracts of Buthayna's dwelling, aid

    a youth struck down by longing, for he is lovesick.

  7. وَقَد كانَ في مَغنى بُثَينَةَ لَو بَدَت

    عُيونُ مَهاً تَبدو لَنا وَخُدودُ

    And once, in Buthayna's dwelling, if she appeared,

    oryx eyes and cheeks would show themselves to us,

  8. لَيالِيَ مِنّا زائِرٌ مُتَهالِكٌ

    وَآخَرُ مَشهورٌ فَفيهِ صُدودُ

    on nights when one of us came visiting, consumed with love,

    while another, well known, kept aloof,

  9. عَلى أَنَّهُ مهدِي السَلام وَزائِر

    إِذا لَم يَكُن مِمَّن يَخافُ شُهودُ

    though he sent greetings and paid visits

    when no witnesses he feared were present.