لاتسأليني هل أحبّكِ بعدما عبدالناصر عليوي العبيدي

 

Prof. Jamal Assadi ترجمة ادبية لقصيدة الشاعر عبدالناصر عليوي مكارم الاخلاق

السلام عليكم،

بعد استراحة قصيرة اعود اليكم اصحابي وأبدأ لقصيدة أخي شاعرنا السوري الأصيل عبد الناصر عليوي:

For the Arabs ethics was a manner

How bad the situation was, no matter!

It's like a star that guides the virtuous,

And in the distant horizon, it is mountainous

In ethics, courage is rooted,

Without it, the loads wavered.

‘Amr and ‘Antara* are the beacons of men's honor

And a strutting dignity they are.

Dignity’s grounds are not trampled on,

If souls vanished or were slain.

From Iben Kulthoum** lessons are obtained

And with his deeds acts are adorned.

Among the Arabs the covenant was sacred,

To fulfill it heroes battled.

His vows As-Samaw’al*** had not betrayed,

While around his fortresses horrors strayed.

Relieving the frightened was a requisite rule;

Not satisfying a call was verily not possible!

The virility of the knights was a solid matter,

Even thieves never repealed it, never.

One of the generous people’s traits was tolerance;

It increased their morals; people treated them with reverence.

Ma’n and Ahnaf**** among men are most respectful

Like the sea from which the pearls do roll.

And for them receiving the guests was an unceasing pattern,

How much money they spent to maintain this tradition!

Goodness is pride, so is munificence;

And proverbs were told about Hatem’s***** bounteousness!

And for helping the oppressed a banner was held

Behind which armies strolled.

These are our ancestors’ traits of the free,

Through the ages, generations them did carry.

In our infested age, these are mere stories

Or even myths and fantasies.

What shall we say if the most vicious have risen

And our path was led by the villain?

Written by: Abdal Nasser Aliwi

Translated by: Prof. Jamal Assadi

*ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād al-ʿAbsī (AD 525–608) was a pre-Islamic Arab knight and poet, famed for his courageous life and his poetry.

** ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm al-Taghlibi (526–584) was a poet and chieftain of the Taghlib tribe in al-Jāhilīyah period.

*** He was an Arab Jewish poet, who lived in al-Jāhilīyah period famous for his generosity, and keeping promises, and was one of the most famous poets of his time. He owned a fortress in the north of Aljazeera.

**** Generic names.

***** Ḥātim a'ṭ-Ṭāʾiyy was the governing prince and poet of the Tayy tribe of Arabia. Tales about his thrilling generosity have turned him into an icon among Arabs throughout the ages, as expressed in the proverbial phrase "more generous than Ḥātim."

ومكارمُ الأخلاقِ كانتْ منهجاً

للعُربِ مهما ساءتْ الأحوالُ

هي كالنّجومِ بها الأكارمُ تقتدي

وتلوحُ في الأفْقِ البعيدِ جبالُ

إن الشّجاعةَ في المكارمِ أصلُها

وبدونها تتمايلُ الأحمالُ

عمرو وعنترةُ الكرامِ منارةٌ

فخرُ الرجالِ وعزّةُ تختالُ

إنّ الكرامةَ لا يُداسُ حياضُها

لو تُزهقُ الأرواحُ أوتُغتالُ

من ابن كلثوم تكون دروسُها

وبفعلِه تتزيّنُ الأفعالُ

فالعهدُ عندَ العربِ كان مقدساً

بوفائِه يتنافسُ الأبطالُ

رفضَ السّموألُ أن يخونَ عهودَه

وتطوفُ حولَ حصونِه الأهوالُ

وإغاثةُ الملهوفِ عرفٌ واجبٌ

إنّ التقاعسَ في النّداءِ محالُ

ومروءةُ الفرسانِ أمرٌ ثابتٌ

إنّ اللصوصَ عليه لا تحتالُ

والحلمُ من شِيَمِ الكرامِ يزيدُهم

خُلُقاً وفيهم تعقدُ الآمالُ

معنٌ وأحنفُ في الرّجالِ أماجدٌ

كالبحرِ منه الدرُّ قد ينهالُ

وقِرى الضّيوفِ من الثّوابتِ عندهم

ولأجلها كم أُنفقتْ أموالُ

فالجودُ فخرٌ والسّخاءُ فضيلةٌ

وبجودِ حاتمِ تُضربُ الأمثالُ

ولنُصرةِ المظلومِ تُعقدُ رايةٌ

وتسيرُ خلفَ لوائِها أرتالُ

هذي صفاتُ الحرِّ في أسلافِنا

عبرَ العصورِ توارثَ الأجيالُ

وبعصرِنا الموبوءِ محضُ حكايةٍ

وكأنّها أسطورةٌ وخيالُ

ماذا نقولُ إذا الأسافلُ قد علتْ

وتصدّرتْ لأمورِنا الأنذالُ

عبدالناصر عليوي