Sol 6.1

  1. لم أنْسَهُ ودموعُهُ تتحدَّرُ

    حَذَرَ العتابِ ولونهُ يتغيَّر

    I have not forgotten him, his tears streaming down,

    in fear of reproach, his complexion changing.

  2. زِيدَ احمرارُ الخدِّ شدَّةَ حُمْرَةٍ

    فغدا المورَّد منه وهو مُعَصْفَر

    His cheek's blush was heightened to a fiercer red,

    so his rose-tinted cheek became safflower-dyed.

  3. وكأَنَّ فيضَ الدمعِ في وَجَناتِه

    دُرٌّ على جنباتِ وردٍ يُنْثَر

    And the flood of tears upon his cheeks seemed like

    pearls scattered along the edges of a rose.

  4. يبكي وفي عَيْنِي بكاءٌ ظاهرٌ

    فإذا يرومُ كلامَهُ يتغيَّر

    He weeps, and tears are plain in my eye;

    and when he tries to speak, his expression changes.

  5. طوراً يبادرُ بالجوابِ مُسَارِعاً

    نحوي وطوراً عن جوابي يَحْصَر

    At times he rushes to answer, hastening

    toward me; at others he is too tongue-tied to answer me.

  6. ويظلُّ أحياناً يَغُضُّ جفونَهُ

    خجلاً وأحياناً يعودُ فينظر

    And sometimes he keeps his eyelids lowered

    in shyness; at other times he looks again,

  7. مستكثراً عتبي عليه وقد يرىَ

    أنَ الذي بي منْ هواه أكثر

    deeming my reproach of him excessive, though he sees

    that what I suffer from love of him is greater.

  8. فضممته عمداً إِليَّ كأنه

    غُصْنٌ على أعلاهُ بدرٌ يزهر

    So I deliberately clasped him to me, as though he were

    a bough with a full moon shining at its top.

  9. وجعلتُ من وجدٍ أُكَفْكِفُ عبرةً

    تجري وفي قلبي لظىً عنبر

    And out of longing I began to wipe away a tear

    that flowed, while in my heart was a flame of ambergris.

  10. ما زلت أرشفُ ريقَهُ وكأَنه

    من طيبه قد ديفَ فيه عنبر

    I kept sipping his saliva, as though

    ambergris had been blended into it, such was its fragrance,

  11. حتى تراضينا وحقَّ له الرضا

    في خفيةٍ ورقيبُنا لا يَشْعُر

    until we were reconciled—and contentment was his due—

    in secret, while our watcher was unaware.