Sol 6.1

  1. ذادَ الكَرى عَن مُقلَتَيكَ حِمامُ

    لَبّاهُ شَوقٌ ساهِرٌ وَغَرامُ

    Doves drove slumber from your eyes;

    sleepless longing and passion answered their call.

  2. حَيرانُ مَشبوبُ المَضاجِعِ لَيلُهُ

    حَربٌ وَلَيلُ النائِمينَ سَلامُ

    Bewildered, his resting places aflame, his night

    is war, while the sleepers' night is peace.

  3. بَينَ الدُجى لَكُما وَعادِيَةِ الدُجى

    مُهَجٌ تُؤَلِّفُ بينَها الأَسقامُ

    Amid darkness and the onslaught of darkness, you two have

    souls that afflictions bind together.

  4. تَتَعاوَنانِ وَلِلتَعاوُنِ أُمَّةٌ

    لا الدَهرُ يَخذُلُها وَلا الأَيّامُ

    You aid each other; cooperation has a nation

    that neither Time nor the days forsake.

  5. يا أَيُّها الطَيرُ الكَثيرُ سَميرُهُ

    هَل ريشَةٌ لِجَناحيهِ فَيُقامُ

    O bird, whose night companions are many,

    is there a feather for his wings, that he may be lifted?

  6. عانَقتَ أَغصاناً وَعانَقتُ الجَوى

    وَشَكَوتَ وَالشَكوى عَلَيَّ حَرامُ

    You embraced branches, and I embraced love's anguish;

    and you complained, while complaint is forbidden me.

  7. أَمُحَرِّمَ الأَجفانِ إِدناءَ الكَرى

    يَهنيكَ ما حَرَّمَت حينَ تَنامُ

    O you who forbid eyelids to let slumber draw near,

    may what you forbade delight you when you sleep.

  8. حاوَلنَ إِلى خَيالِكَ سُلَّماً

    لَو سامَحَت بِخَيالِكَ الأَحلامُ

    They sought a ladder to your image—

    if only dreams would be generous with your image!

  9. فَأذَن لِطَيفِكَ أَن يُلِمَّ مُجامِلاً

    وَمُؤَمَلٌ مِن طَيفِكَ الإِلمامُ

    So give your phantom leave to visit as a kindness;

    and a visit from your phantom is what I hope for.