Sol 6.1

  1. لَئن حَلَّ في دين الهَوى لَكُم ظُلمي

    فَهَل حَسَنٌ قَتل المُحب بِلا جُرمِ

    Even if wronging me is lawful for you in love's creed,

    is it right, then, to kill a lover without a crime?

  2. كَفى حُزناً أَن لا حَياةً وَلا رَدى

    وَلا أَخراً أَرجوهُ لِلحُزن وَالسقم

    It is sorrow enough that there is neither life nor death,

    nor an end I can hope for to grief and sickness.

  3. الأمَ يُظلُّ البين يَشرَب مِن دَمي

    وَيَأكُل مِن لَحمي وَيَرتاح مِن ظُلمي

    How long will separation keep drinking my blood,

    devouring my flesh and delighting in wronging me?

  4. أَيا وَيحَهُ ما آن أَن يَشتَفي وَقَد

    تَوَلهت حَتّى صِرت أَسأل عَن اِسمي

    Ah, woe to it! Is it not time it was sated, now that I

    have grown so distraught that I ask what my own name is?

  5. تَوَلَعت بي يا سقم حَتّى تَرَكتِني

    أُراجِع بي وَهمي فَيُنكِرُني وَهمي

    You have clung to me, O sickness, until you have left me

    consulting my imagination about myself, yet my imagination fails to recognize me.

  6. وَرُحتُ أُداوي داءَ قَلبيَ بِالصَبا

    كَمَن راحَ يَستَشفي مِن السقم بِالسُمّ

    And I set about curing my heart's sickness with the east wind,

    like one who seeks a cure for sickness with poison.

  7. إِذا ما أَنتَ تَسري أَقول لَعَلَها

    تُخفف مِن كَربي وَتُنقِصُ مِن هَمي

    When you pass by night, I say, 'Perhaps it

    will ease my anguish and lessen my worry.'

  8. فَتَهفو بِريّاهُم فَتَذكي ليَ الأَسى

    وَتَتَرُك رَسم الصَبر اِنحَلَ مِن جِسمي

    But you waft their scent and kindle grief in me,

    and leave the vestige of patience dissolved from my body.

  9. تَعَلَلت بِالأَرواح فَاِزدَدتُ عِلَةً

    فَأَسلَمَت نَفسي لِلمَنون عَلى عِلم

    I sought solace in the breezes, but my sickness grew,

    so I knowingly surrendered my soul to death.

  10. وَراودت قَلبي في التَسَلي بِغَيرِكُم

    فَزايَلَني وَاِزدَدتُ كلماً عَلى كلم

    And I coaxed my heart to find solace in others than you,

    but it deserted me, and I suffered wound upon wound.

  11. فَمَن لي بِقَلب غَير قَلبي أُعارهُ

    يَكونُ وَلَو يَوماً مِن الدَهر في حُكمي

    Who, then, will lend me a heart other than my own,

    one that would be under my command, if only for a day?

  12. وَكَيفَ التَسَلي بِالسَراب مَع الظَما

    عَن الماءِ أَو عَن طَلعة البَدر بِالنجم

    And how, in thirst, can one find solace in a mirage

    instead of water, or in a star instead of the full moon's face?

  13. عُهودي عَلى عَجم النَوى كَقُلوبِكُم

    وَعَهدِكُم في الحُب أَوهَن مِن عَظمي

    My vows, despite separation's testing, are as firm as your hearts,

    while your pledge of love is frailer than my bones.

  14. لَقَد وَسمت أَيدي النَوى الربع بِالبَلى

    فَباكرهُ يا دَمعي وَراوحهُ يا وَسمي

    Indeed, separation's hands have marked the dwelling with decay;

    so visit it at dawn, my tears, and at evening, my autumn rain.

  15. تَجَنَب صَبر الصَب في جانب اللَوى

    وَأَلوى البَلا بِاللُب في ذَلِكَ الرَسم

    The lover's patience withdrew beside al-Liwa,

    and affliction swept away reason at that ruined site.

  16. ذَكَرت بِهِ أَيام وَصل تَصَرَمَت

    فَوَجدي لَها يَنمو وَدَمعي لَها يَهمي

    There I recalled days of union that had passed away;

    so my longing for them grows, and my tears for them pour down.

  17. وَأَغيد يَرمي العاشِقينَ بِظَنِهِ

    فَيَسطو بِلا ذَنب وَيَقضي بِما يَرمي

    And a graceful youth accuses lovers on his suspicions,

    then assails the guiltless and judges by his own accusations.

  18. تَهيم قُلوب العاشِقين بِطَنِهِ

    فَتُصلى سَعير الصَد مِنهُ بِلا إِثم

    Lovers' hearts are bewildered by his [unclear word],

    and burn in the blaze of his rejection, though innocent.

  19. يُباح لَهُ بِالحُبّ قَسراً إِذا رَنا

    وَتَظهَر عَيناهُ الضَمائر بِالرَغم

    Love is confessed to him by force when he gazes,

    and his eyes reveal hidden thoughts against one's will.

  20. إِذا بَسَطتهُ سورة الراح وَاِنتَشى

    أَراكَ التَصابي كَيفَ يَلعَب بِالحلم

    When wine's surge makes him exuberant and he grows tipsy,

    he shows you how youthful dalliance toys with reason.

  21. يُخالس لُب الشُرب سِحرَ جُفونِهِ

    وَتَسكر مِنهُ في الكُؤوس اِبنة الكَرَم

    The magic of his eyelids steals the drinkers' wits,

    and in the cups the vine's daughter grows drunk on him.

  22. لَئِن كانَ أَضحى قسمهُ الحسن كُلُهُ

    فَإِنَّ الهَوى وَالوَجد قَد أَصبَحا قَسمي

    If indeed all beauty has become his allotted share,

    then love and longing have become my share.

  23. وَإِن كانَ مِن حَربي الزَمانُ مَع النَوى

    فَإِن الضَنا وَالحُزن وَالدَمع مِن سَلمي

    And if Time, with separation, is among my foes,

    then wasting sickness, grief, and tears are among my allies.

  24. سَلام عَلى عَهد التَلاقي وَإِن نَما

    لِتِذكارِهِ حُزني وَمُتُّ مِن الغَمِّ

    Peace be upon the time of meeting, though greater grows

    my grief at its remembrance, and I die of anguish.