Sol 6.1

  1. وَبروحي شادنٌ مسكَنُهُ

    مُقلةٌ تَهمِي وَقَلبٌ يَجِفُ

    And with my soul I would ransom a young gazelle, whose dwelling is

    An eye streaming tears and a trembling heart.

  2. قَمريُّ الوَجهِ نوريُّ السَنا

    لَو رَآهُ هامَ فيهِ يُوسُفُ

    Moonlike in face, radiant in splendor;

    If Yusuf saw him, he would be lost in love with him.

  3. غُصنُ بانٍ تحتَهُ دعصُ نَقاً

    فَوقَهُ شَمسٌ وَلا تنكَسِفُ

    A bān-tree bough, beneath it a rounded sand dune;

    Above it is a sun that is never eclipsed.

  4. عَينُه صادٌ وَنونٌ حاجِبٌ

    صُدغُهُ واوٌ وَقدٌّ أَلِفُ

    His eye is a ṣād, and his eyebrow a nūn;

    His sidelock is a wāw, and his stature an alif.

  5. عَجباً في الواوِ لا تعطِفُهُ

    وَهيَ وَسطَ خَدِّهِ تَنعطِفُ

    How strange: the wāw does not bend him toward kindness,

    Though it bends in the middle of his cheek.

  6. بانَ عُذري في عِذارٍ حلَّ في

    وَردَةٍ في الخَدِّ ما تُقتَطَفُ

    My excuse became plain in cheek-down that settled in

    A rose upon the cheek that cannot be plucked.

  7. فَتَرى أَخضَرَ في أَحمرَ في

    أَبيضٍ تَحميه سُودٌ وطُفُ

    So you see green within red within

    White, guarded by long, thick black lashes.

  8. إِن تَكُ الأَضدادُ فيه اِتَّفقت

    فَعَلَينا بِالهَوى تَختلِفُ

    If opposites have found harmony in him,

    Then through love they clash against us.

  9. من نَصيري مِن غَزالٍ غَزِلٍ

    عَن هَواهُ الدَهرَ لا أَنصرِفُ

    Who will defend me against an amorous gazelle?

    All my days, I shall not turn from love of him.

  10. قَد كَتَمتُ عَنهُ حُبّي زَمناً

    وَهوَ لا شَكَّ بحبّي يَعرِفُ

    I concealed my love from him for a time,

    Yet he, without doubt, knows of my love.

  11. يا شَقيقَ النَفسِ بَل مالِكَها

    لَكَ بِالرِقِّ أَنا مُعترِفُ

    O brother of my soul—rather, its master—

    I acknowledge my bondage to you.

  12. كُلَّما كلَّفتُ قَلبي عَنكُمُ

    صَبرَهُ زادَ بِقَلبي الكَلَفُ

    Whenever I asked my heart, apart from you,

    For patience, passion grew within my heart.