Sol 6.1

  1. وصالُ شَقيق البَدر كلُّ مَرامي

    وَإِن هُوَ عَني قَد نَأى بِمَرامي

    Union with the full moon's brother is all I seek.

    Though he has gone far from me, taking my hopes with him.

  2. فَإِن فُؤادي ما لَهُ عَنهُ شاغل

    وَما لسِهام العَذل فيهِ مَرامي

    For my heart has nothing to distract it from him,

    And the arrows of reproach find no target within it.

  3. وَكَيفَ وَأَعضائي بِهِ قَد تولهت

    فَفي كُل عضو مِنهُ وَقعُ سِهام

    How could it be otherwise, when my limbs are enraptured with him?

    For every limb bears the strike of arrows from him.

  4. أَجل لست أَبغي غَير حُبَّيهِ مأرباً

    وَإِن وَلعت فيهِ الوَرى بملامي

    Yes, I seek no aim but my love for him,

    Though the world is bent on reproaching me for him.

  5. عَلى أَن لَومي في الهَوى لَيسَ نافِعاً

    إِذا كُنت مَسعوداً برعي ذمام

    Yet reproaching me for love is of no use,

    If I am blessed in keeping a pledge.

  6. فَلا تُطع الواشي وَزخرفَ قَوله

    فَذَلِكَ بُهتانٌ وَزور كَلام

    So do not heed the slanderer or his gilded words;

    For that is calumny and lying talk.

  7. أَلم تدرِ أَني فيكَ قاطَعتُ جيرتي

    وَأَهلي وَأَصحابي وَطيب مَنامي

    Do you not know that for your sake I have forsaken my neighbors,

    And my family, my friends, and my sweet sleep?

  8. وَلا ذَنب لي في الحُب يَقضي بِلَوعتي

    وَهَجري وَتَعذيبي وَطُول سقامي

    I have no fault in love that warrants my anguish,

    And my abandonment, my torment, and my lingering sickness.

  9. فَيا مالكي هَذا البعاد أَضرّني

    وَأَوهى قوى جسمي وَدَقَّ عِظامي

    O my master, this separation has harmed me,

    And weakened my body's strength, and crushed my bones.

  10. وَلم يَستَطع مِن شدّة الشَوق وَالجَوى

    يؤثِّر في وَجدي وَفَرط هيامي

    Yet, because of fierce longing and heartache, it could not

    Affect my passion or my overwhelming love.

  11. وَيا طالما مرّت ليالٍ بِأنسنا

    عَلى رقص عيدان وَناي زنام

    And oh, how many nights passed in our companionship,

    To the dance of lutes and Zunam's flute.

  12. لَيال بَدَت في جَبهة الدَهر غرّةً

    كَما لاحَ بَينَ الناس خَيرُ إِمام

    Nights that appeared as a white blaze on Time's brow,

    As the finest leader shone among mankind:

  13. سميّ خَليل اللَه رَأفتٌ الَّذي

    بِهِ رَقَت العَليا أَجلَّ مَقام

    Ra'fat, namesake of God's Friend, the one

    Through whom glory rose to the noblest station.

  14. أَمير بَدا بَين الكَواكب نجمُه

    فَأَدهش مِنهُ الناظر المُتعامي

    A prince whose star shone among the stars,

    So even the willfully blind onlooker was astounded by it.

  15. وَبَحرٌ محيط بالمَعارف زاخرٌ

    وَحبر لميدان البلاغة حامي

    And a brimming ocean encompassing all knowledge,

    And a scholar guarding the field of eloquence.

  16. وَخير نصير للعلوم يديرها

    بفكر كسهم صائب وحسام

    And the finest champion of the sciences, guiding them

    With thought like an unerring arrow and a keen sword.

  17. وَليث هصور إن سطا جَيشُ فهمه

    عَلى الجهل أَمسى في قيود حمام

    And a fierce lion: if his understanding's army strikes

    At ignorance, it leaves it in death's fetters.

  18. وَشهم غدا للمجد وَالفضل وَالنَدى

    حَليفاً قَرين السَعد نسل كِرام

    And a noble man who has become, to glory, virtue, and bounty,

    An ally, fortune's companion, a scion of noble men.

  19. فَباللَه دَع قسّاً وَمعناً وَحاتماً

    فَمولاي عَنهم بِالفضائل سامي

    So, by God, leave Quss, Ma'n, and Hatim aside;

    For my lord surpasses them in virtues.

  20. وَلا تذكر الكنديَّ فهو وَإِن عَلا

    إِلى ذَلِكَ المَولى العُلَى كَغلام

    And do not mention al-Kindi, for, however high he rose,

    Beside that exalted lord, he is like a boy.

  21. وَإِقليدس لو قيس في أَيّ حالة

    بِهِ لَم يَكُن إِلا كقطر غمام

    And Euclid, were he compared in any respect

    With him, would be as a mere drop from a cloud.

  22. رَعى اللَه أَياماً أَضاءَت بِوجهِهِ

    وَدَهراً بِهِ أَمسى أَسير غَرام

    May God preserve days lit by his face,

    And an age that became, through him, love's captive.

  23. وَأَحيا عُلوماً لَم تَزل في سَما العُلا

    بِهمته تَعلو بحسن نِظام

    And he revived sciences that have never ceased, in glory's heaven,

    To rise through his resolve in beautiful order.

  24. وَحسبي مَقاماتٌ بِهِ قَد تشرفت

    وَقامَت بِما يرضى أَتمّ قِيام

    And it is enough for me that offices are ennobled by him,

    And have carried out what pleases him in the fullest measure.

  25. فَكَم قَد سَمَت فَخراً وباهَت مسرة

    بِهِ وَتعالَت فَوقَ مفرق هام

    And how often they have risen proudly and boasted joyfully

    Through him, and towered above the crowns of heads.

  26. وَلَست أَهنِّي بِالمَناصب فاضِلاً

    سَحابُ يَديه في البَرية هامي

    And I do not congratulate a man of merit on his offices,

    Whose hands' clouds pour rain upon humankind.

  27. وَلكن أهنيها بِه إِذ غَدا لَها

    كدرّة عقد أَشرَقَت بِظَلام

    Rather, I congratulate them on having him, for he has become to them

    Like a pearl in a necklace, shining in darkness.

  28. أَمولاي ها بكراً تتيه بحسنها

    وَتفعل بِالأَلباب فعل مدام

    O my lord, behold a maiden, glorying in her beauty,

    And she works on minds as wine does.

  29. وَلا مَهر تَرجو مِنك غَير قبولها

    فَقابل مُحيّاها بِطيب سَلام

    And she seeks no dowry from you but your acceptance of her;

    So meet her face with a gracious greeting.

  30. فَلا زلت في أُفق السَعادة راقياً

    وَنجمك بَين الزُهر بدر تَمام

    So may you ever rise on the horizon of happiness,

    And your star be a perfect full moon among the shining stars.