Sol 6.1

  1. طللٌ عَكف علَيهِ بِأني

    قَفرٌ مِن الأَحباب خالي

    A ruin upon which my thoughts lingered [reading uncertain],

    desolate, empty of loved ones.

  2. فَبَكيت رَسماً قَد مَحا

    هُ جرُّ أَذيال الشَمال

    So I wept over a trace that had been erased

    by the trailing skirts of the north wind.

  3. ما زِلتُ أَبكي رَسمهُ

    وَعُهودَهُ حَتّى بَكى لي

    I kept weeping over its traces

    and its bygone days, until it wept for me.

  4. يا جيرةً زالوا وَما

    مَنوا عَليَّ مَع الزَوال

    O neighbors who departed and did not

    show me kindness as they departed.

  5. وَتقسمت الحَشاءَ قَل

    بي بَعدَهُم أَيدي الحبال

    And my heart's innermost parts were torn apart

    after them, by the hands of the cords.

  6. مَنَعوا الرُقاد وَلَو بِهِ

    سَمَحوا لَضَنوا بِالخَيال

    They denied me sleep; and even if

    they granted it, they would begrudge their dream-image.

  7. أَفنى تَحملهم غَدا

    ة البين صَبري وَاِحتِمالي

    Their departure exhausted, on the morning

    of separation, my patience and endurance.

  8. كَيفَ اِحتِيالي وَالزَما

    ن مُعانِدي كَيفَ إِحتِيالي

    What recourse have I, when time

    is my adversary—what recourse have I?

  9. أَتراهُمُ قَسَموا اللَيا

    لي بَينَ حل وَاِرتِحالِ

    Did they, I wonder, divide the nights

    between staying and departing?

  10. قالوا الرَحيل فَعانَقَت

    نَفسي الرَدى قَبل الزيال

    They announced departure, and

    my soul embraced death before the parting.

  11. طارَت شُعاعاً عِندَما

    طاروا إِلى شَعبُ الرِحال

    It flew apart in scattered rays when

    they flew toward the mountain pass of the saddles.

  12. وَغَدَت تَحب بِهُم نَوا

    جي العَيش في البيد الخَوالي

    And swift mounts began trotting with them [reading uncertain],

    across the empty desert wastes.

  13. فَكَأَنَّما بيض الهَوا

    دج فَوقَ إِدراج الرِمال

    As though the white howdahs,

    above the folds of sand,

  14. تَطفو وَتَرسب في بِحا

    ر الآل أَصداف اللآلي

    floating and sinking in seas

    of mirage, were shells of pearls.

  15. وَبَقيت أَسأل عَنهُم ال

    ركبان لَو أَغنى سُوالي

    And I kept asking for news of them

    from the riders—if only my asking helped!

  16. وَأَنا الفِداء لِمَن نَأى

    مُتَسَلياً عَن غَير سالي

    And I am the ransom for the one who went far away,

    forgetful of one who cannot forget.

  17. قَد غابَ عَن نَظَري مع

    ب البَدر عَن سَدف اللَيالي

    He vanished from my sight [reading uncertain],

    like the full moon from the darkness of the nights.

  18. فَالدَمع مني في إِنهِما

    لٍ وَالجَوانح في اِشتِعالِ

    So my tears pour down in torrents,

    and my ribs are ablaze.

  19. بِأَبي حَبيب لا يَمل

    مِن التَجني وَالملال

    May my father be ransom for a beloved who never tires

    of unjust blame and weariness.

  20. ما لِلمُتيم في هَوا

    هُ سِوى التَجنُب وَالمطال

    For the love-stricken one, in loving

    him, there is only avoidance and delay.

  21. يَحكيهِ بَدر التَمّ لا

    في الحُسن بَل بُعد المَنال

    The full moon resembles him, not

    in beauty, but in being beyond reach.

  22. يَهَتزُ كَالمُرّانِ مِن

    خَمرِ الشَبيبَةِ وَالدَلال

    He sways like an ashwood lance, intoxicated by

    the wine of youth and coquetry.

  23. فَيَشُكُ حَبات القُلو

    ب بِمثلِ أَطرافِ العَوالي

    Thus he pierces the very cores of hearts

    with points like the tips of long lances.

  24. يا بَدرَ آفاقِ الجَما

    ل وَعَينَ أَرباب الكَمال

    O full moon of beauty's horizons,

    and choicest of the masters of perfection,

  25. هَلّا رَثيتَ لِسوءِ حا

    لي في الهَوى وَكُسوفِ بالي

    would you not pity my wretched state

    in love, and my mind's eclipse,

  26. وَرَحِمتَ مُهجَةَ ناحِلٍ

    مُتَوَقِدِ الأَحشاءِ صالي

    and show mercy to the heart of an emaciated man,

    his inward parts ablaze, burning,

  27. صادٍ إِلى رُؤياكَ يَك

    رعَ مِن حِياض المَوتِ بالي

    thirsting to see you, drinking deeply

    from the pools of death, worn out,

  28. عَف السَرائِرِ راحَ يَر

    ضى مِن خَيالَكَ بِالمُحالِ

    chaste in his secret thoughts, come to be content

    with the impossible from your phantom?

  29. وَلِعَ السِقامُ بِجسمِهِ

    وَلَعَ العَواذِلِ بِالجِدالِ

    Sickness has become infatuated with his body,

    as reproachful women are with dispute.

  30. يا مَن بَذَلتُ لَهُ حَيا

    تي وَهُوَ يَبخَلُ بِالوِصال

    O one to whom I have given my life,

    while he begrudges union,

  31. وَتَسيلُ نَفسي مِن لَوا

    حِظِهِ عَلى حَدِ النِضالِ

    and my lifeblood streams at his glances

    upon the edge of combat.

  32. أَارى حِمامي كامِناً

    في مُقلَتيكَ فَلا أُبالي

    I see my death lying hidden

    in your two eyes, and I do not care.

  33. وَتُراعُ إِن سَرَحتُ طَر

    في مِنكَ في رَوض الجَمالِ

    And you are alarmed if I let my gaze wander

    in the garden of beauty within you.

  34. مَولايَ إِني حامِدٌ

    لَكَ شاكِرٌ في كُلِ حالِ

    My lord, indeed I praise

    you, thankful in every state.

  35. وَحيُ اللَواحظ مِنكَ أَو

    قَفني عَلى السحر الحَلالِ

    The inspiration of your glances

    has made me acquainted with lawful magic.

  36. فَطَبَعتُهُ شِعراً يَرو

    قُ عُقولَ أَمجادِ الرِجالِ

    So I shaped it into verse that delights

    the minds of noble men,

  37. وَنَظمُتهُ غَزَلاً يُغِ

    رُعُقودَ رَبات الحِجالِ

    and composed it as love poetry that beguiles

    the necklaces of ladies in curtained chambers.

  38. وَوَصَفتُ مَبسَمَكَ الشَهي

    بِمِثلِ أَبكارِ اللآلي

    And I described your delectable smiling mouth

    as the like of virgin pearls,

  39. وَوَصَفتُ عارِضَكَ الصَقي

    ل مِن النَعيمِ بِلا صِقالِ

    and described your cheek as polished

    by bliss, without any polishing,

  40. بِبَدائِعٍ مَعسَولَةٍ

    أَصفى مِن الماءِ الزُلالِ

    with honey-sweet marvels,

    clearer than limpid water.

  41. فَلِذاكَ أَصبَحَ مِثلُ وَج

    هِكَ في الوُجوه بِلا مِثالِ

    Thus a face like yours has become

    peerless among faces.