Sol 6.1

  1. ثِقَتي بِغَيرِ هَواكُمُ لا تَحدُثُ

    وَيَدي بِحَبلِ وِصالِكُم تَتَشَبَّثُ

    No trust in any love but yours arises in me;

    and my hand clings to the cord of union with you.

  2. ثَبُتَت مَغارِسُ حُبِّكُم في خاطِري

    فَهُوَ القَديمُ وَكُلُّ حُبٍّ مُحدَثُ

    The roots of your love are established in my mind;

    for it is ancient, and every other love is new.

  3. ثَنَتِ العُهودُ أَعِنَّتي عَن غَيرِكُم

    فَعُقودُها مَنظومَةٌ لا تُنكَثُ

    The vows have turned my reins away from all but you;

    for their bonds are strung together, never broken.

  4. ثَلَجَت عَلى حِفظِ الوَدادِ قُلوبُنا

    وَلَظى الهَوى بِضِيائِها يَتَأَرَّثُ

    Our hearts found cool assurance in preserving affection;

    and passion's blaze is kindled by their radiance.

  5. ثَقُلَ الهَوى وَإِنِ اِستُلِذَّ فَإِنَّهُ

    داءٌ بِهِ تَبلى العِظامُ وَتَشعَثُ

    Love weighs heavily; though savored, it is

    an illness through which bones waste away and crumble.

  6. ثَوبٌ خَلَعتُ العِزَّ حينَ لَبِستُهُ

    إِذ كانَ إِذ ذُلُّ الصَبابَةِ يورَثُ

    A robe: I cast off honor when I put it on,

    for it was then that ardent longing's abasement was bequeathed.

  7. ثَلبَ الوَرى عِرضي المَصونَ وَحَبَّذا

    لَو صَحَّ ما قالَ العِدى وَتَحَدَّثوا

    People slandered my guarded honor—how welcome it would be

    if what the foes said and recounted were true!

  8. ثاروا بِنا فَطَفِقتُ حينَ أَراهُم

    حَذِراً أُذَكِّرُ ذِكرَكُم وَأُؤَنِّثُ

    They rose against us; whenever I saw them, I began,

    cautiously, to mention you in masculine and feminine forms.

  9. ثَكِلَ الوَرى طَرفي المُسَهَّدَ فَاِبعَثوا

    طَيفَ الخَيالِ إِلَيَّ أَو لا تَبعَثوا

    May mankind be bereft of my sleepless eye! Send

    a dream-phantom to me—or do not send it.

  10. ثَجَّ الهَوى فَأَنا الغَريقُ بِلُجَّهِ

    لَكِنَّني بِحِبالِكُم أَتَشَبَّثُ

    Love poured forth, and I am drowned in its depths;

    yet I cling to your ropes.

  11. ثَلَمَ الهَوى حَدّي وَكُنتُ مُهَنَّداً

    ماضي الغِرارِ بِغِمدِهِ لا يَمكُثُ

    Love blunted my edge, though I was a sword of Indian steel,

    keen-edged, never lingering in its sheath.

  12. ثُمَّ اِغتَدَت أَيدي اِبنِ أَرتَقَ قِصَّتي

    كُلٌّ بِها بَينَ الأَنامِ يُحَدَّثُ

    Then the benefactions of Ibn Artaq became my tale,

    of which everyone among mankind is told.

  13. ثَبتُ الجَنانِ يَكادُ يُبعَثُ مُرسَلاً

    لَو أَنَّ بَعدَ مُحَمَّدٍ مَن يُبعَثُ

    Steadfast of heart, he could almost be sent as a messenger,

    were there anyone to be sent after Muhammad.

  14. ثَغرُ الفَلا مِن نورِهِ مُتَبَسِّمٌ

    وَفَمُ الزَمانِ بِفَضلِهِ مُتَحَدِّثُ

    The mouth of the wilderness smiles with his light;

    and the mouth of Time speaks of his excellence.

  15. ثَخُنَت جِراحُ النُجلِ مِنهُ وَبَعدَها

    وافى وَوَجهُ الحورِ أَغبَرُ أَشعَثُ

    The wide-eyed ones' wounds grew deep at his hands; afterward

    he arrived, the fair ones' faces dusty and disheveled.

  16. ثُرِمَت ثُغورُ المُلكِ لَولا أَنَّهُ

    يُنشي لَها العَدلَ العَميمَ وَيُحدِثُ

    The realm's frontiers would be breached, were he not

    creating all-embracing justice for them and bringing it forth.

  17. ثَهلانُ إِن عُدَّ الحُلومُ أَوِ النُهى

    بَحرٌ إِذا عُدَّ النَدى وَالمَبحَثُ

    He is Thahlan when forbearance or wisdom is reckoned;

    an ocean when generosity and inquiry are reckoned.

  18. ثَمَنُ البِحارِ السَبعِ جودُ يَمينِهِ

    وَجَبينُهُ لِلنَيِّرَينِ يُثَلِّثُ

    His right hand's bounty is the price of the seven seas;

    and his brow adds a third to the two luminaries.

  19. ثاني عِنانِ الحادِثاتِ وَفارِسٌ

    أَمسى جَوادُ الدَهرِ مِنهُ يَلهَثُ

    He turns the reins of calamities—a horseman

    who has left the steed of Time panting.

  20. ثَوَتِ الخُطوبُ مَخافَةً مِن بَأسِهِ

    صَرعى وَذَلَّ بِها الزَمانُ الأَحنَثُ

    Calamities lay in fear of his might,

    fallen, and oath-breaking Time was humbled through them.

  21. ثَمِلٌ بِصَهباءِ السَماحِ فَهَمَّهُ

    مالٌ يُقَسَّمُ أَو عُلومٌ تُبحَثُ

    Drunk on the tawny wine of generosity, what concerns him is

    wealth to be divided, or sciences to be explored.

  22. ثَمَراتُ مَجدٍ مَدَّ نَحوَ قِطافِها

    كَفّاً بِإِسداءِ الصَنائِعِ تَعبَثُ

    Fruits of glory—toward their harvest he stretched

    a hand playfully bestowing favors.

  23. ثَقَّفتَ زَيغَ المُلكِ يا نَجمَ الهُدى

    بِأَسِنَّةٍ سَمَّ المَنِيَّةِ تَنفُثُ

    You straightened the realm's crooked ways, O star of guidance,

    with spearheads that spit the poison of death.

  24. ثِب لِلعُلى وَاِستَخدِمِ الدَهرَ الَّذي

    إِن تَدعُهُ لِمُلِمَّةٍ لا يَلبَثُ

    Leap to the heights, and command Time, which

    will not delay if you summon it to a crisis.

  25. ثُبنا إِلَيكَ عَلى هِجانٍ ضُمَّرٍ

    شِبهِ القِسِيِّ إِلى حِماكَ تُحَثَّتُ

    We returned to you on lean, white thoroughbred camels,

    bow-like, urged onward to your sanctuary.

  26. ثارَت بِنا تَطوي القِفارَ فَعِندَما

    آنَستُ نارَكَ قُلتُ لِلرَكبِ اُمكُثوا

    They sped with us, folding up the deserts; and when

    I saw your fire, I said to the caravan, 'Stay.'

  27. ثُمَّ اِقتَسَمنا بِالسُرورِ وَأُشرِكَت

    في طيبِ بُشرانا النِياقُ الدُلَّثُ

    Then we shared in joy, and a share was given

    in our sweet glad tidings to the slow-paced she-camels.

  28. ثِقَةً بِأَنَّ يَدَ الرَدى إِن غادَرَت

    مَيتاً فَعِندَكَ بِالمَكارِمِ يُبعَثُ

    With confidence that, if the hand of death should leave

    a dead man, he would be revived at your side through noble favors.

  29. ثَبُتَت وَلَو حَلَفَت بِأَنَّكَ ناعِشٌ

    بِنَوالِكَ الأَرواحَ لَم تَكُ تَحنَثُ

    That confidence stood firm; even if it swore that you revive

    souls with your bounty, it would not swear falsely.