Sol 6.1

  1. علقت مفترس الصراغم فارساً

    رحب المدى والصدر والميدان

    I fell in love with a lion-devouring knight,

    Broad in reach, in breast, and in the field.

  2. قمرٌ من الأتراك تشهد أنّه ال

    خود الحصان على أقبّ حصان

    A moon among the Turks—you would swear he was the

    Chaste maiden upon a lean-bellied steed.

  3. ييرمي بلحظيه القلوب وسهمه

    فعجبت كيف تشابه السهمان

    He shoots at hearts with his glances and his arrow;

    So I marveled at how alike the two arrows were.

  4. البدر في ظل الغمامة والنقا

    في سرجه والغصن في الخفتان

    The full moon in the cloud's shade, and the sand dune

    In his saddle, and the bough within the quilted coat.

  5. ألفت طرته وغرته وما

    كان الدجى والصبح يأتلفان

    I grew fond of his forelock and radiant brow, though

    Darkness and dawn had never been in harmony.

  6. ورمى بلحظيه القلوب وسهمه

    فعجبت كيف تشابه السهمان

    And he shot at hearts with his glances and his arrow;

    So I marveled at how alike the two arrows were.

  7. بطل حمائله كعارضة وحا

    جبه الأرج كقوسه المرنان

    A champion, his sword-belts like a crossbeam, and his

    Fragrant eyebrow like his resounding bow.

  8. حييته فدنا وأمطر راحتي

    قبلا فليت فمي مكان بناني

    I greeted him; he drew near and rained upon my palm

    Kisses—if only my mouth had been where my fingertips were!

  9. وخدعته بالكأس حتى ارتاض لي

    ودرأت عني الحد بالكتمان

    And I beguiled him with the cup until he yielded to me;

    And through concealment I spared myself the legal penalty.

  10. والمرء ما شغلته فرصة لذة

    ناسى العواقب آمن الحدثان

    And a man, while a chance for pleasure engrosses him,

    Forgets the consequences, feeling safe from time's calamities.