Sol 6.1

  1. أَبى أَهلُ جَيرونَ أَلّا يَجوروا

    عَلى جارِهِم وَأَبَوا أَن يُجيروا

    The people of Jayrun insisted on wronging

    their neighbor, and refused to grant him refuge.

  2. فَكَم لي هُنالِكَ ظَبياً غَريراً

    لِهِجرانِهِ دَمعُ عَيني غَزيرُ

    For many a guileless gazelle is mine there,

    for whose desertion my eye sheds abundant tears.

  3. شَرودٌ نَفورٌ وَقَلبي عَنِ ال

    مَلامَةِ فيهِ شَرودٌ نَفورُ

    He is elusive and skittish; my heart, too, flees the

    reproach over him, elusive and skittish.

  4. إِذا اِفتَرَّ عَن ثَغرِهِ أُخجِلَت

    مِنَ الأُقحُوانِ الأَنيقِ الثُغورُ

    When he smiles, revealing his teeth, put to shame are

    the mouths of the lovely daisies.

  5. إِذا لَم يَزُر طَيفُهُ مَضجَعي

    مُلِمّاً فَكُلُّ الزِياراتِ زورُ

    If his dream-image does not visit my bed

    in passing, then all visits are a sham.

  6. وَمِن قَبلِهِ ما رَأى الناسُ في

    غُصونٍ مِنَ البانِ تَبدو بُدورُ

    And before him, people had never seen, among

    branches of the bān tree, full moons appearing.

  7. وَلي في مَحَلَّةِ بابِ الصَغيرِ

    غَزالٌ لَهُ الخَطبُ عِندي كَبيرُ

    And in the quarter of Bab al-Saghir, I have

    a gazelle whose affair is a grave concern to me.

  8. هَوَ الريمُ لَكِنَّهُ ما يُرامُ

    لَدَيهِ يَذُلُّ الهِزَبرُ الهَصورُ

    He is the white gazelle, yet he cannot be attained;

    before him the fierce lion is humbled.

  9. رَضينا بِكُم فَاِعدِلوا أَو فُجوروا

    فَتَركُ الرِضى بِهَواكُم فُجورُ

    We are content with you: be just, then—or be unjust;

    for forsaking contentment in loving you is wickedness.