Sol 6.1

  1. وأَغَنَّ من أربابِه أُرزى به

    قلبي إلى أَوصابه أَوصَى به

    And a sweetly nasal-voiced beloved, one of its masters, by whom I am humbled;

    my heart he commended to his afflictions.

  2. ذي شافعٍ يوم النَّوى أضحى به

    شُكرُ الهَوَى العُذرِيِّ من أَصحَابِه

    With an intercessor on the day of parting, through whom arose

    his companions’ gratitude for chaste, ʿUdhri love.

  3. أسلى به عن كلِّ مَن أحبَبتُه

    وأَظلُّ دون الخلقِ من أَسلابِه

    Through him I find consolation for all whom I have loved,

    and, apart from all others, I remain among his spoils.

  4. ويُغيرُني في الحُبِّ ما ألقى بهِ

    فأَوَدُّ لو وُرِّيتُ عن ألقابه

    And what I encounter through him changes me in love,

    so I wish I were veiled from his epithets.

  5. كم مَنزلٍ بالأَبرقين ثَوى بهِ

    لم يَقضِ فيه الصَّبُّ حقَّ ثوابهِ

    Many a dwelling at al-Abraqayn he inhabited,

    where the lovesick lover never rendered its due recompense.

  6. أَتُرى به الحبيب نخوة قادرٍ

    فيَسُومني للعزِّ لثمَ تُرابه

    I wonder: has the beloved the pride of one with power,

    so that, for glory’s sake, he demands that I kiss his dust?

  7. فرحا به الطللان حين رآهما

    ما بين رَملَةِ عالج فرحابه

    The two ruined dwellings rejoiced in him when he saw them,

    between the sandy tract of ʿĀlij and its broad reaches.

  8. ووَشى به خَطُّ العذارِ بخدِّه

    مالا أعارت لحظه فوشَى به

    And the line of cheek-down on his cheek betrayed him;

    she lent his glance wealth; then it betrayed him [wording unclear].

  9. وَجَوَى به قلبٌ تَضاعَفَ حُبُّه

    وبِردِّ جوَّاه لرد جوابه

    And a heart whose love redoubled pined for him,

    and with a rebuff he tormented it, to reject its answer.

  10. إن كنتَ تطمعُ في هواه فغابه

    فالليثُ لا يُسطَى عليه بغابه

    If you hope for his love, then humor him,

    for the lion is not assailed in his thicket.

  11. بَصَري وسمعي في الهوى طلابه

    عَبثاً كما طلت دماء طُلاَبه

    My sight and hearing pursue him in love,

    in vain, as the blood of his seekers went unavenged.

  12. وشرى به قلبي غداةَ فراقه

    صبرٌ مرير بين كأسِ شَرَابهِ

    And in exchange for him, on the morning of his parting, my heart was bought

    by bitter patience amid the cup of his drink.

  13. وجنى به ثَمَرَ الصَّبَابة يانعاً

    صب ألم بدارِه وَجَنابِهِ

    And through him the ripe fruit of longing was plucked

    by a lovesick lover who visited his dwelling and his precincts.

  14. ومن العجائبِ مَنزِلٌ أَزوي به

    وأذوبُ من ظمأ فلا أَزوي بِهِ

    And among the wonders is a dwelling where I withdraw,

    and I melt with thirst, yet do not withdraw there.