Sol 6.1

  1. طافَ الوُشاةُ بِهِ فَصَدَّ وَأَعرَضا

    وَغَلا بِهِ هَجرٌ أَمَضَّ وَأَرمَضا

    The talebearers gathered around him, so he shunned me and turned away.

    And his estrangement went too far, tormenting and searing me.

  2. وَالحُبُّ شَكوٌ ما تَزالُ تَرى بِهِ

    كَبِداً مُجَرَّحَةً وَقَلباً مُحرَضا

    And love is a malady in which you ever see

    a wounded liver and a wasted heart.

  3. وَبِذي الغَضا سَكَنٌ لِقَلبِ مُتَيَّمٍ

    حُنِيَت أَضالِعُهُ عَلى جَمرِ الغَضا

    And at Dhu al-Ghada dwells the solace of a love-enslaved man's heart,

    his ribs bowed over embers of ghada wood.

  4. صَديانَ يُمسي وَالمَناهِلُ جَمَّةٌ

    كَثَباً يُحَلّأُ عَن ذُراها مُجهَضا

    He reaches evening thirsty, though the watering places abound,

    close at hand—yet he is barred from their brinks, driven off.

  5. أَنّى سَبيلُ الغَيِّ مِنكَ وَقَد نَضا

    مِن صِبغِ رَيعانِ الشَبيبَةِ ما نَضا

    How can folly's path be yours, now that there has faded

    so much of the hue of youth's first bloom?

  6. يا لَيتَ شِعري هَل يَعودُ كَما بَدا

    زَمَنُ التَصابي أَو يَجيءُ كَما مَضى

    Ah, would that I knew: will it return as it first appeared,

    the season of youthful dalliance, or come again as it went?

  7. كانَت لَيالي صَبوَةٍ فَتَقَطَّعَت

    أَسبابُها وَأَوانُ لَهوٍ فَانقَضى

    There were nights of youthful passion; then were severed

    their bonds; and a season of pleasure, which passed away.

  8. بِأَبي عَلِيٍّ ذي العَلاءِ تَحَبَّبَت

    أَيّامُ دَهرٍ كانَ قَبلُ مُبَغَّضا

    Abu Ali, of lofty rank, has made dear

    the days of an age that once was hated.

  9. خِرقٌ يُرَجّى نَيلُهُ لِعُفاتِهِ

    سَحّاً إِذا ما النَيلُ كانَ تَبَرُّضا

    A generous man whose suppliants expect his bounty

    in torrents, when giving elsewhere is a mere trickle.

  10. يُمضي العَزيمَةَ لَو يُباشِرُ حَدَّها

    فَلَّت غِرارَيهِ الحُسامُ المُنتَضى

    He sharpens his resolve: were its edge to be touched,

    it would blunt both edges of the unsheathed sword.

  11. طَلَبَت مَساعِيَهِ الرِجالُ فَقَصَّرَت

    عَنهُ وَقَصرُ رَسيلِهِ أَن يَغرَضا

    Men sought to match his noble deeds, but fell short

    of him; his rival can do no more than grow weary.

  12. هَل أَنتَ مُستَمِعٌ لِعِذرَةِ تائِبٍ

    مِن ذَنبِهِ مُستَوهِبٍ مِنكَ الرِضا

    Will you listen to the apology of one repenting

    of his fault, begging you to grant him your favor?

  13. ما كانَ ما بُلِّغتَ غَيرَ تَسَرُّعٍ

    مِن نابِلٍ ذَكَرَ الوَفاءَ فَأَنبَضا

    What you were told was nothing but rash haste

    from an archer who remembered loyalty and merely twanged his bow.

  14. بَدَراتُ مَوتورٍ وَهَفوَةُ مُحرَجٍ

    أَكنى عَنِ التَصريحِ فيكَ فَعَرَّضا

    An aggrieved man's outbursts, a hard-pressed man's lapse:

    he avoided plain speech about you and spoke in hints.

  15. فَعَلامَ أَمنَحُكَ الوِصالَ مُقارِباً

    جُهدي وَتَحبوني القَطيعَةَ مُعرِضا

    So why do I offer you closeness, striving

    to my utmost, while you bestow estrangement on me, turning away?

  16. أَدنو وَتَبعُدُ في الوِصالِ مُنَكِّباً

    عَنّي وَتِلكَ قَضِيَّةٌ لا تُرتَضى

    I draw near in friendship, while you draw away, turning aside

    from me; that is a state of affairs no one can approve.

  17. فَتَغَمَّدَن بِالصَفحِ هَفوَةَ مُذنِبٍ

    ضاقَت بِهِ مَعَ سُخطِكَ الأَرضُ الفَضا

    So do cloak in pardon the lapse of an offender

    for whom, under your displeasure, the wide earth has narrowed.