Leg over Leg. Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq

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      الفصل الثامن

      ڡي سفر معجّل وهَيْنوم عُقْمىّ رَهْبل

      Chapter Eight

      A Voyage Festinate and Language Incomprehensibly and Inscrutably Intricate

      4.8.1

      وظل الفارياق معالجا للبخر وقد ضاق بهم ذرعا * اذ لم يحصل من علاجهم فائدة فاصبح يحاول التملّص من هذه الحرفة ولا سيما انه كان مطبوعا على الملل والجزع * واتفق فى غضون ذلك ان سافر الى فرنسا المولى المعظم * احمد باشا باى والى ايالة تونس المفخم * وفرّق على فقرآ مرسيلية وباريس وغيرهما اموالا جزيلة شاع ذكرها ثم رجع الى مقامه * فراى الفارياق ان يهنئه بقصيدة فنظم القصيدة وبعث بها على يد من بلغها لجنابه * فلم يشعر بعد ايام الّا ورُبّان سفينة حربية يطرق بابه * فلما دخل واستقر به المجلس قال للفارياق قد بلغت قصيدتك لجناب سيدنا الاكرم * وقد امرنى ان احملك اليه فى البارجة *

      The Fāriyāq continued to treat the foul of breath but was at his wits’ end, for the treatment did no good. He tried, therefore, to wiggle his way out of this trade, and all the more so as he was by nature given to boredom and disquiet. During this period, it so happened that the August Master, Aḥmad Pasha, Honored Bāy of the Autonomous Province of Tunis, made a trip to France and distributed vast sums of money, that were everywhere spoken of, to the poor of Marseilles and Paris. Then he returned to his seat. It therefore occurred to the Fāriyāq to write him a congratulatory ode, which he did, sending it by hand with someone to deliver to His Excellency. Before only a few days had passed the captain of a warship knocked on his door. When he had come in and settled himself, he told the Fāriyāq, “Your ode has reached Our Most Noble Master and he has commanded me to bring you to him in my ship.”

      4.8.2

      فلما سمع ذلك استبشر بالفرج من حرفته وقال لعمرى ما كنت احسب ان الدهر ترك للشعر سوقا ينفق فيه * ولكن اذا اراد الله بعبد خيرا لم يعقه عنه الشعر ولا غيره * اَلا فَاهزقى يافارياقية المِهزاق * واسلُقى فما يضرنى اليوم اسلاق * ونفّجى ما اسطعت ان تنفّجى * وضرّجى وضمّجى ودبّجى * هذا يوم يعبق فيه المكتفَن * ويشبق فيه من وهن * ويشمق منه ذو الددن * ويفاز بالغدن * هذا يوم تستحسن فيه الرَّبوخ * ويُلقح فيه من به مُلوخ * وتتئم الجلهوب والسلقلق * وتُنجب الشريم ثم العَفْلق * هلمّى فاتخذى مذ اليوم ظيرا * فانى ارى فى الزند اِيرا * فقال الربّان وقد استعجم عليه الكلام ما هذه اللغة التى تتكلمون بها لعمر الله ما فهمت شيا مما قلتم * اهذا اللسان تحمل فى راسك الى تونس * وبهذه الالفاظ تخاطب سيدنا واهل الفضل من رجال دولته * قال لا وانما هذه لغة اصطلحنا عليها فلا نستعملها الا نادرا * فقال الربّان ينبغى ان تتاهّب الى السفر ولك ان تستصحب ايضا عائلتك اذا شئت * فان سيدنا اكرم الناس لا يسوٓءه ذلك * فتاهب الفارياق هو وعائلته وركبوا فى السفينة وبعد مسير اثنى عشر يوما والريح مخالفة كما جرت العادة بذلك بلغوا حلق الواد * فامر المولى المشار اليه بنزولهم فى دار امير البحر *

      When the Fāriyāq heard this, he took it as an omen that he was soon to be freed from his trade and declared, “I swear I thought the days had left no market where poetry might find a buyer, but if God wishes good fortune for His slave not even poetry can get in the way of it. Rictulate, dear risible Fāriyāqiyyah, and vociferate (though not in alarm)! Today not even she-wolves could do me harm! Dunk yourself in every ounce of unguent you possess; dab it and daub it, and take silk brocade for your dress! On such a day as this, our copulatorium must be redolent of musk—even its limpest occupant must experience lust! The giddy-pate, on such a day, must run amok and enjoy his luck! On such a day as this, the swooning prude¹⁰⁷ faints with pleasure, the stud that shies from service gives full measure, the wide-wooed woofer and back-passage bleeder¹⁰⁸ bear twins, the single-barreled bawd,¹⁰⁹ followed quickly by the termagant, throw pups despite their sins! Up with you, woman, and from today play the mooning she-camel that lives its false calf to lick, for I see curly shavings on the fire stick!”¹¹⁰ The captain, to whom these words sounded like a foreign tongue, asked, “What language is this that you speak? I swear I didn’t understand a word of what you said! Is this the tongue you’ll carry in your head to Tunis? Are these the words with which you will address our master and the great men of his realm?” “No,” replied the Fāriyāq. “It’s just a private language we’ve agreed on between ourselves and use only rarely.” The captain then said, “You must get ready to travel, and you may bring your family with you if you like, for our lord is the most generous of men and such a thing could never upset him.” So the Fāriyāq and his family got ready, embarked on the ship, and after a twelve-day voyage (the wind, as usual, being contrary), reached Ḥalq al-Wād, where the aforementioned master commanded that they be put up at the admiral’s house.

      4.8.3

      وهنا ينبغى ان نلاحظ مزية الكرم التى خص الله تعالى بها جيل العرب دون سائر الاجيال * وذلك ان استدعآ المولى الموما اليه لم يكن لجميع من دبّ ودرج بمنزل الفارياق بل كان خاصّا به وحده * الا انه لما بلغ СКАЧАТЬ