Sol 6.1

  1. شَمس الضُحى وَأَهلة الأَعياد

    لَضِياء وَجهِكَ أَحسد الحُساد

    The midmorning sun and the crescents of the feasts

    are the most envious of all who envy your face's radiance.

  2. وَإِذا شَدا بِكَ مُطرب في مَجلس

    رَقَصت لَكَ الأَرواح في الأَجساد

    And when a singer sings of you in a gathering,

    souls dance for you within their bodies.

  3. جَرَدت مِن سحر العُيون صَوارِماً

    فَأَبَت سِوى الأَكباد مِن أَغماد

    You unsheathed keen blades from the magic of eyes,

    and they would accept no sheaths but livers.

  4. مَسح المُنى مِن زور طَيفك راحَةً

    مِن بَعد ما غَسل البُكاء رُقادي

    Hopes wiped away repose from your phantom's visit,

    after weeping had washed away my slumber.

  5. ما كُنت أَفتَقد الشَباب لَو أَنَّني

    عَوضت مِنكَ بِنَشأة المِيعاد

    I would not miss youth if I

    were recompensed by you with a new life at the appointed time.

  6. إِني وَإِن كُنت المُقيم فَإِن لي

    كِدّاً عَلى هِمَم وَقَطع بَوادي

    Indeed, though I stay in one place, I have

    toil in pursuit of lofty aims, and deserts to cross.

  7. بَيني وَبَين أَحبَتي مِن جلق

    لَجج البُحور وَشامخ الأَطواد

    Between me and my loved ones from Jilliq

    lie the depths of seas and towering mountains.

  8. سَفهاً أَقول أَحبَتي وَضَلالَةً

    إِذ لا حَبيبٌ يُرتَجى لِودادي

    Foolishly and in error, I say 'my loved ones,'

    for there is no beloved I can hope will return my love.

  9. ما ضَرّ لَو هَجروا وَصَبري قاطِنٌ

    عِندي وَصَدوا وَالفُؤاد فوادي

    What harm if they forsake me, while my patience remains

    with me, and they turn away, while my heart is still my own?