Sol 6.1

  1. قالوا لَهُ روحي فِداهُ

    هَذا التَجَنّي ما مَداهُ

    They said to him—may my soul be his ransom—

    "How far will this cruelty go?"

  2. أَنا لَم أَقُم بِصُدودِهِ

    حَتّى يُحَمِّلُني نَواهُ

    I could not bear his coldness,

    let alone the parting he makes me bear.

  3. تَجري الأُمورُ لِغايَةٍ

    إِلّا عَذابي في هَواهُ

    All things run toward an end,

    except my torment in loving him.

  4. سَمَّيتُهُ بَدرَ الدُجى

    وَمِنَ العَجائِبِ لا أَراهُ

    I named him the full moon of the dark night,

    yet, strangely, I do not see him.

  5. وَدَعَوتُهُ غُصنَ الرِيا

    ضِ فَلَم أَجِد رَوضاً حَواهُ

    And I called him a bough of the gardens,

    yet found no garden that held him.

  6. وَأَقولُ عَنهُ أَخو الغَزا

    لِ وَلا أَرى إِلّا أَخاهُ

    And I say of him, "The gazelle's brother,"

    yet see none but his brother.

  7. قالَ العَواذِلُ قَد جَفا

    ما بالُ قَلبِكَ ما جَفاهُ

    The reproachers said, "He has turned cold;

    what ails your heart, that it has not forsaken him?"

  8. أَنا لَو أَطَعتُ القَلبَ في

    هِ لَم أَزِدهِ عَلى جَواهُ

    Were I to obey my heart concerning

    him, I would not add to its anguish.

  9. وَالنُصحُ مُتَّهَمٌ وَإِن

    نَثَرَتهُ كَالدُرِّ الشِفاهُ

    And counsel is suspect, even if

    the lips scatter it like pearls.

  10. أُذُنُ الفَتى في قَلبِهِ

    حيناً وَحيناً في نُهاهُ

    A young man's ear is in his heart

    at times, and at times in his reason.