Sol 6.1

  1. رمَتني في الصباحِ بوَردَتينِ

    فأغرَتني بلثمِ الوَجنتينِ

    She threw two roses at me in the morning,

    And so tempted me to kiss her cheeks.

  2. ولمّا رمتُ شمَّةَ وَردتيها

    شَمَمتُ الياسمينَ من اليدين

    And when I sought a whiff of her two roses,

    I smelled jasmine from her hands.

  3. تراءينا على المرآةِ حيناً

    فأبصرتُ النضارَ مع اللُّجَين

    We saw one another in the mirror for a while,

    And I saw gold alongside silver.

  4. ونورُ الشمسِ طافَ بمعصَميها

    وفي القرطينِ نورُ الفَرقدين

    And the sun's light circled her wrists,

    And in her earrings shone the light of the two Farqad stars.

  5. فقالت وهي جازعةٌ كرئمٍ

    ترى الصيَّادَ بينَ الربوتين

    Then she said, frightened like a gazelle

    That sees the hunter between the two hills:

  6. أمِن خدِّي تريدُ اللثمَ غصباً

    فقلتُ لها ومن ثغرٍ وعين

    Do you want to kiss my cheek by force?

    So I said to her: And from your lips and eye.

  7. فقالت هل ترى خَفقانَ صَدري

    فقلتُ أرى خفوقَ الخافقين

    Then she said: Do you see my breast fluttering?

    So I said: I see the beating of both hearts.

  8. أيا روميّةً سَلبَت فؤادي

    وأنسَتني عهودَ الرقمتين

    O Roman woman who stole my heart

    And made me forget the vows of al-Raqmatayn,

  9. تعالي ندنِ قَومينا بوصلٍ

    فيَعتنقا لدى مُتَعانِقَين

    Come, let us draw our two peoples close through union,

    So they may embrace beside two embracing lovers.

  10. فإن عانقتُ بنتَ الرومِ أشهَد

    تَعانُقَ أمَّتَينِ ورايتين

    For if I embrace a daughter of the Romans, I witness

    The embrace of two nations and two banners.

  11. أمامَكِ شاعرُ العربِ المرجَّى

    لنهضةِ قومِهِ في المشرقين

    Before you stands the poet of the Arabs, in whom hope is placed

    For his people's awakening in the two Easts.