Sol 6.1

  1. مَسَني الضُرُّ مِن صُدودك عَني

    وَأَشتَفي حاسِدي بِذَلِكَ مني

    Affliction has touched me through your turning away from me,

    and through that my envier has found satisfaction at my expense.

  2. فَأَجرني بِحُرمة الوِد وَالعَهد

    الَّذي كانَ بَينَنا وَأَغتني

    So shelter me, by the sanctity of affection and the pledge

    that was between us, and come to my aid.

  3. وَتَلافى ما غادَرَ الشَوق مني

    بِوِصال إِن كانَ عَني يُغني

    And save what longing has left of me

    through union, if it can avail me.

  4. إِنَّني قانع مِن الوَصل أَن تَسمع

    مني شَكوى هُمومي وَحُزني

    I am content with this much union: that you hear

    from me the complaint of my cares and sorrow.

  5. إِلفَ القَلب نارَ حُبك حَتّى

    كُل نار عِندي كَجَنَة عَدن

    The heart has grown used to the fire of your love, until

    every fire to me is like the Garden of Eden.

  6. يا نَديمي أَغب بِذِكراهُ لَبي

    فَلَعَلي أَرتاح إِن غِبت عَني

    O my boon companion, banish my reason through remembrance of him,

    for perhaps I may find rest if I lose myself.

  7. ما صفت مثل جِسمِهِ أَو حكتهُ

    فَوقَ ثَغر الأَقاح قَطرة مُزن

    Never as limpid as his body, nor resembling it,

    was a raindrop upon the daisies' mouths.

  8. وَتَجافى غُصن الأَراكة لَما

    قامَ يَحكي قوامهُ بِالتَثَني

    And the arak-tree's bough drew back when

    it rose to mimic his stature with its swaying.

  9. ما بَدا لي إِلّا بهت إِلَيهِ

    بِعُيوني فَلَيسَ بِطَرف جِفني

    Whenever he appeared to me, I gazed at him in wonder

    with my eyes, my eyelid never blinking.

  10. سَيدي مِن لمهجة فيك ذابَت

    بَينَ نار الهَوى وَنار التَجَني

    My lord, who will aid a heart that melted for you

    between passion's fire and the fire of unjust reproach?

  11. أَتَمَنى رُضاكَ عَني وَهَيها

    ت وُقوع العَنقاءِ لِلمُتَعني

    I long for your favor toward me—but far beyond reach

    is the Anqa bird's alighting for the weary seeker.