Sol 6.1

  1. ونَغْمَةٍ من أيمنِ الحَيِّ أتَتْ

    حَكَتْ لنا كيفَ يَذوبُ العاشقُ

    By a melody that came from the right side of the encampment,

    and told us how the lover melts;

  2. وفَجْرِهِمْ إذْ طَلَعَتْ طَلْعَتُهُ

    وأنَّهُ والله فجرٌ صادقُ

    and by their dawn, when its countenance rose,

    and it is, by God, a true dawn;

  3. وسابقٍ من دَمْعَتي ولاحِقٍ

    يا نِعْمَ ذاكَ سابقٌ ولاحقُ

    and by an earlier tear of mine and a later one;

    Ah, how fine are that earlier tear and the later one!

  4. وطارقٍ من لَوعَةِ الوَجْدِ أتى

    وقد يَريعُ العاشقينَ الطَّارقُ

    and by a night visitor who came from the anguish of yearning;

    and the night visitor may frighten lovers;

  5. وبارقٍ لألأَ من سَمائِهِمْ

    فَفَجَّ في الأكوانِ ذاكَ البارِقُ

    and by a lightning flash that glittered from their sky;

    then that flash cleaved a path through the worlds;

  6. وشارِقٍ طَلَّ على سَريرَتي

    أعْشَقُهُ ما ذَرَّ منِّي شارقُ

    and by a dawning light that looked down upon my innermost self;

    I adore it as long as a light dawns from me;

  7. إنِّي على عَهدي وَثيقُ هِمَّةٍ

    أجلْ ومثلي في الرِجالِ الواثِقُ

    I am true to my pledge, steadfast in resolve;

    yes, among men, one like me is steadfast.

  8. يا سائقَ الأَظْعانِ خذْ مُهْيَجَتي

    وحُطَّها ببابِهِمْ يا سائِقُ

    O driver of the departing caravans, take my heart,

    and set it down at their door, O driver.

  9. صاعَ العَزيزِ سَرَقْتهُ عُصبَةٌ

    وها أَنا يُقالُ فيَّ السَّارِقُ

    A band stole al-Aziz's measuring cup,

    and here I am, called the thief.

  10. بقيَّةً للقلب في رِحالهِمْ

    أودَعَها وجدٌ ودمعٌ طالِقُ

    A remnant of the heart within their baggage—

    yearning and unrestrained tears deposited it.

  11. لو كنتُ فيهِمْ نَطَقَ الصَّاعُ لهُمْ

    فبُهِتوا إذِ الجَمادُ ناطِقُ

    Had I been among them, the measuring cup would have spoken to them,

    and they would have been astounded, for the lifeless thing was speaking.

  12. زَمْزَمَ روحي مذ حَدا الحادي بهِمْ

    فالحَدْوُ حلوٌ والغَرامُ شائِقُ

    My soul has hummed since the camel-driver sang them onward;

    for the driving-song is sweet, and passion is enthralling.

  13. قد أَنكَرَ الخلِيُّ فيهِمْ لوعَتي

    يعرِفُها ربُّ الغَرامِ الذائِقُ

    One untouched by love has denied my anguish for them;

    the master of passion who has tasted it knows it.

  14. والهْفَتاهُ قد أعاقَني النَّوى

    ورُبَّ يومٍ تَكْثُرُ العَوائِقُ

    Oh, my anguish! Separation has held me back,

    and on many a day, obstacles multiply.

  15. أُعاتِبُ الحَظَّ عليهِمْ والهوَى

    يعرِفُ حَرَّ نارِهِ المُفارِقُ

    I reproach fate and love on their account;

    the one who is parted knows the heat of its fire.

  16. إن أَنكَرَ المَخلوقُ فيهِمْ لوعَتي

    يشهَدُ لي بالصِّدقِ فيها الخالِقُ

    If a creature denies my anguish for them,

    the Creator bears witness for me to its truth.

  17. مهما البقاءُ طالَ بعدهُ الفَنا

    ورُبَّ يومٍ تظهَرُ الحَقائِقُ

    However long existence lasts, annihilation follows it,

    and on many a day, truths become manifest.

  18. يا ساكِنينَ مهجَتي وحقِّكُمْ

    ولليَمينِ في الهَوَى خَوارِقُ

    O you who dwell in my heart, by your sanctity—

    and an oath in love has its wonders—

  19. إنِّي على دينِ هَواكُمْ ثابِتٌ

    شِبْتُ ووجدي في الهَوَى مُراهِقُ

    I am steadfast in the faith of loving you;

    I have grown gray, yet my yearning in love is still a youth.

  20. قد أسكَرَ المَزْكومَ شمُّ مِسْكِكُمْ

    بالغَربِ وهو في العِراقِ عابِقُ

    Smelling your musk has intoxicated even one with a cold,

    in the West, while it wafts its fragrance in Iraq.

  21. يا من إليكُمْ طمَحَتْ أَنْظارُنا

    قد عرَّفَتْنا بكُمُ الخَلائِقُ

    O you toward whom our gazes have aspired,

    creation has made you known to us.

  22. تَدارَكوا رُكْبانَنا فقد وَهَتْ

    أَعْصابُها ومَلَّ فيها السَّائِقُ

    Come to our caravan's aid, for weak have grown

    its sinews, and the driver has grown weary in its midst.

  23. ولاحِظوا بالبأسِ ذُلَّ عجزِنا

    فمنكُمُ تُتَوَّجُ المَفارِقُ

    And with your might, regard the abasement of our helplessness;

    for through you heads are crowned.

  24. وعامِلونا كَرَماً بعدلِكُمْ

    ما كلُّ من يزعُمُ عِشْقاً عاشِقُ

    And treat us generously according to your justice;

    not everyone who claims passionate love is a lover.

  25. وقرِّبوا بسِرِّكُمْ طَريقَنا

    للهِ في أَكْوانِهِ طَرائِقُ

    And shorten our path through your secret;

    God has paths within His worlds.

  26. فحُبُّنا حَقيقةٌ يعرِفُهُ

    مُخالِفُ الزَّمانِ والمُوافِقُ

    For our love is a reality, known to

    the one at odds with the age and the one in accord.

  27. تصدَّقوا تكرَّموا تحنَّنوا

    تفضَّلوا وللقُلوبِ رافِقوا

    Give charity, be generous, show compassion;

    bestow favors, and be companions to hearts.

  28. فكلُّكُمْ لسِرِّنا حَقائِقُ

    وكلُّنا بحُبِّكُمْ رَقائِقُ

    For all of you are realities of our secret,

    and all of us are subtleties through love of you.