Sol 6.1

  1. ماذا يُهيَّجُ غُدْوةٌ شَجَني

    من صَوْتِ هاتفةٍ على فَننِ

    What stirs my sorrow at dawn

    in the voice of a calling bird upon a bough?

  2. لم يَبْقَ لي دَمْعٌ فتُجْرِيَه

    لم أَنسَ أَحبابي فَتُذْكِرَني

    No tears remain for you to set flowing;

    nor have I forgotten my loved ones, that you should remind me.

  3. وأنا الفِداءُ لمُقْلتَيْ رشَأٍ

    سَلَب الفؤادَ غداةَ ودَّعني

    And I would give myself for the two eyes of a young gazelle

    who stole my heart the morning he bade me farewell.

  4. ما ضَمَّني يومَ الرَّحيلِ هَوىً

    بلْ كان يُدْنيني لِيُبْعِدَني

    He did not embrace me out of love on departure day;

    rather, he drew me near to send me far away.

  5. تاللهِ لم تَرَ عاشقاً كمَداً

    إن كنتَ يومَ البَيْنِ لم تَرَني

    By God, you have not seen a grief-stricken lover

    if you did not see me on the day of parting.

  6. والقلبُ يَسْبِقُني وأَتبَعُه

    والدَّمْعُ أسرِقُه فيَفْضَحُني

    And my heart outstrips me, and I follow it;

    and I shed my tears by stealth, yet they expose me.

  7. وعلى ركابِهمُ بُدورُ دُجىً

    هَيَّجْنَ يومَ تَحمَّلوا حَزَني

    And upon their camels are full moons of the night

    who stirred my sorrow the day they departed.

  8. بالعيسِ سِرْنَ ولو بكَيْتُ كما

    أَمرَ الفراقُ لَسِرْنَ بالسُّفُن

    They journeyed on pale camels; had I wept as

    parting commanded, they would have journeyed in ships.

  9. قامَتْ تُودِّعُنا وقد سفَرَتْ

    فبدا لنا قَمَرٌ على غُصُن

    She rose to bid us farewell, her face unveiled;

    and a moon appeared to us upon a bough.

  10. وجْهٌ إذا هُوَ صَدَّ عن كَلَفٍ

    قَرَنَ القَبيحَ بهِ إلى الحَسَن

    A face that, when it turns away from passionate love,

    joins ugliness to beauty within itself.

  11. وعزيزةٌ لدَلالِها نُكَتٌ

    تَخْفَى على المُتَأمِّلِ الفَطِن

    And a cherished one whose coquetry holds subtleties

    hidden from the perceptive observer.

  12. تَخْشَى سُلوِّي كلّما بَعُدَتْ

    فتُقيمُ لي طَيْفاً يُشوِّقُني

    She fears my forgetting her whenever she is far away,

    so she conjures for me a phantom that stirs my longing.

  13. وتَغارُ منه إذا أنسْتُ به

    فتَهيجُ لي ذِكْراً يُؤَرِّقني

    And she grows jealous of it when I take comfort in it,

    so she stirs for me a memory that keeps me awake.

  14. يا صاحبيَّ دعا مَلامَكُما

    فسِوى مَلامِكما يُلائمُني

    O my two companions, leave off your reproaches;

    for anything but your reproaches suits me.

  15. لا تُعْلِماني لا عَدِمْتُكُما

    بالدّهرِ إنّ الدّهْرَ عَلَّمني

    Do not instruct me—may I never lose you both—

    about Time; indeed, Time has taught me.

  16. مارسْتُ أيّامي مُمارسَةً

    من لَيّنٍ فيها ومِن خَشِن

    I have grappled with my days in earnest,

    with what was gentle in them and what was harsh.

  17. وذكرتُ فيها غيرَ واحدةٍ

    والنّائباتُ عجيبةُ المِنَن

    And in them I recalled more than one thing;

    and calamities are wondrous in the favors they bestow.

  18. مَنْ لم يُعرِّفْني الخطابَ ولم

    يَكْشِفْهُ لي فالخَطْبُ عَرَّفني

    Whoever speech did not make known to me, nor

    reveal to me, calamity made known to me.

  19. نشَز الجبالُ على مُعانَدتي

    ولطالَما كانتْ تأَلَّفُني

    The mountains have risen in defiance of me,

    though for so long they used to befriend me.

  20. وعجيبةٌ يا أصفهانُ إذا

    نَظَروا وأنتِ رئيسةُ المُدُن

    And it is a wonder, O Isfahan, when

    they look upon you, foremost among cities,

  21. أنْ تُصْبِحي عَيْنَ البلادِ وما

    لي فيكِ إنسانٌ يُلاحظُني

    that you should be the eye of the lands, yet

    I have no one in you who casts a glance at me.

  22. ويُعلِّلُني بصدودهِمْ نَفَرٌ

    قد كان وَصْلُهمُ يُعَلِّلُني

    And some console me with their aversion,

    whose companionship once consoled me.

  23. ولقد يَهونُ عليَّ هَجْرُهمُ

    لو أنّ لي قلباً يُطاوِعُني

    And their abandonment would indeed be easy for me,

    if only I had a heart that obeyed me.

  24. دَعْني وذاك فلستُ مُنتهِياً

    يا صاحِ إلاّ أنْ يُبَدِّلَنى

    Leave me to that, for I will not desist,

    O friend, unless I am changed.

  25. دَأْبي ودَأْبُ الدَّهْرِ أَنّيَ مَنْ

    قاربْتُه في الوُدِّ باعَدَني

    My way and Time's way are this: whoever

    I approach in affection holds me at a distance.

  26. وإذا يَعِزُّ الشَّيْءُ أَطلُبُه

    وإذا تركْتُ الشّيْءَ يَطلُبني

    And when a thing is hard to attain, I seek it;

    and when I abandon a thing, it seeks me.

  27. ومُصادِقي رَجُلانِ إنْ عُرِفا

    من غُرّةِ الإنْصاف والزَّمَن

    And my friends are of two kinds, if judged

    by the bright face of fairness and Time:

  28. إمّا صديقٌ لستُ أُنصِفُه

    أنا أو صَديقٌ ليس يُنْصِفُني

    either a friend whom I do not treat fairly—

    I myself—or a friend who does not treat me fairly.

  29. والدّهرُ أعجِزُ أنْ أُغَيِّرَهُ

    وكذاكَ يَعجِزُ أنْ يُغَيِّرَني

    And Time—I am powerless to change it,

    and likewise it is powerless to change me.

  30. يا شامتاً بي حينَ غَيَّر منْ

    حالي زَمانٌ مُطْلَقُ الرَّسَن

    O you who gloated over me when change was wrought in

    my condition by Time, its halter let loose:

  31. لا تَقْضِ من أحداثهِ عَجبَاً

    طَبْعُ الزّمانِ على العِنادِ بُنِي

    Do not cease to marvel at its happenings;

    Time's nature was founded upon contrariness.

  32. ما عِيبَ بي زَمَنٌ تَنَقّصَني

    يا حاسدِي بل عِيبَ لي زَمَني

    The age that belittled me was not disgraced through me;

    O you who envy me; rather, my age was disgraced for my sake.