Insights and Deep Sighs ,Abu Firas AlHamdani

Mohammad Abdul-karem Yousef
2022 / 3 / 28

Insights and Deep Sighs
***
Abu Firas AlHamdani
***
Translated into English by Mohammad Albdul-karem Yousef.
***
Don t you have an appreciation, dear ladies, for a good deed?
Don t you have forgiveness for a repentant?

The one who places his love in the hands
Of a pretty damsel, has gone astray-;-
And is humiliated by young ladies

Thanks God, I am still firm -;-
I get stronger and maintain self-respect,
when heads utterly surrender to them.

No beautiful woman fully possesses my heart,
Even if I exuding her delicate charm.

I run and flit, without allowing passion
To dominate me-;-
I eagerly desire, but I remain sober and serene

Should a friend abandon you out of boredom,
He has but depart as reproach.

If I do not find in a friend what I need
I seek another who is more rewarding.

I do my best not to leave company ,
But, if inevitable, I depart forever.

I am patient even if I lose myself
I tell my word, even if swords are initiated in my face.

Unperturbed as life’s problems
attack me,
And death struts roundabouts me.

I unerringly read life’s stories,
With an eye that discerns
Between real truth and falsehood

Whom does man trust when disaster strikes?
How can there be friends to a noble-hearted man

People, save only a few, have all become human wolves-;-
With bodies covered with clothes

I delibrately pretended to be unaware
Of what goes on around me-;-
Others think I am ignorant!
Let pebbles and -dir-t cover and smother
The head of the more ignorant among us

If only they knew me some of what I know them,
They would realize that I am fully aware
While they are absentminded

Not every doer is rewarded for his actions-;-
Nor every speaker, in my presence, deserves my answer

Many words fly by my ears,
Like flies whizzing on a hot summer day

Nights roll down, yet my fortune is no where to be found,
No more do I see bounty seekers at my door

No more a horse saddle for me, on back of a swift steed
No more a pavilion erected for me in open spaces

Yet in any case, I am at ease with myself-;-
Truth will finally be revealed and delusion exposed

I continue to be satisfied with even a little portion
Of love from him, knowing that the greater measure
I desire lies hidden and veiled

Pure love is freely given,
With no hope of reward
Nor fear of punishment

I used to fear separation even when we were together-;-
When daily met, and intimately conversed

More so I now entertain apprehension,
With Caesar’s land standing between us
And the sea with its tumultuous waves roars about me

Must my reward,
After sacrificing myself for your sake,
Be severe chiding and bitter reprimand

May you be sweet
Among the bitterness of life,
May you be satisfied
While others are angry.

May our relation is nurtured,
whereas , the relation with others is but ruins.

If the your genuine affection is made correct, all is easy,
And all above earth is but earth




Add comment
Rate the article

Bad 12345678910 Very good
                                                    
Result : 25% Participated in the vote : 6