Sol 6.1

  1. قُل لِحُبّاءَ إِن تَعيشي فَموتي

    سَوفَ نَرضى لَكِ الَّذي قَد رَضيتِ

    Say to Ḥubbāʾ: if you live, then die.

    We shall accept for you what you have already accepted.

  2. قَد قَبِلنا ما كانَ مِنكِ إِلَينا

    وَبَرينا مِن عَيبِهِ إِن بَريتِ

    We have accepted what came from you to us,

    and we are free of its blame, if you are free of it.

  3. حَدِّثيني فَقَد وَقَعتُ بِشَكٍّ

    أَتَعَمَّدتِ سُخطَنا أَم غَبيتِ

    Tell me, for I have fallen into doubt:

    did you deliberately provoke our displeasure, or were you unaware,

  4. يَومَ تَعصينَ عَزمَتي في أُمورٍ

    لَو تَمَنَّيتِ مِثلَها ما عُصيتِ

    when you defied my resolve in matters

    whose like, had you desired them, you would not have been defied?

  5. هَل تَنَقَّمتِ غَيرَ قَولي اِذا كا

    نَ عِثارٌ وَرَوعَةٌ لا شَقيتِ

    Did you resent anything but my saying, when there

    was a stumble and a fright, 'May you never suffer'?

  6. إِن تَكوني غَنيتِ عَنّا فَإِنّا

    عَنكِ أَغنى فَيَمِّمي حَيثُ شيتِ

    If you have no need of us, then we

    have still less need of you; go wherever you wish.

  7. مَن يُرَجّيكِ بَعدَ بَيعِ مُحِبٍّ

    كانَ يَهوى بِجُهدِهِ ما هَويتِ

    Who would put his hopes in you after you sold off a lover

    who loved with all his might whatever you loved?

  8. لَم تَكوني لِتَصلُحي لِوَدادٍ

    لِكَريمٍ كَحُلَّةِ العَنكَبوتِ

    You were never fit for the love

    of a noble man—you are like a spider's robe.

  9. قَد شَبِعنا مِن وُدِّكِ المُرِّ طَعماً

    وَرَوينا إِن كُنتِ مِنّا رَويتِ

    We have had our fill of your love, bitter to the taste,

    and we have drunk our fill, if you have drunk your fill of us.

  10. لَيسَ بَيني وَبَينَ مَن كانَ وَخماً

    لا يَفي لِلخَليلِ غَيرُ السُكوتِ

    Between me and one who is vile,

    who keeps no faith with a close friend, there is only silence.

  11. ما عِتابي أَصَمَّ لا يَسمَعُ الصَو

    تَ وَشَوقي إِلى البَغيضِ المَقيتِ

    What use is my reproaching a deaf person who cannot hear the

    sound, or my longing for one hateful and loathsome?

  12. يااِبنَةَ العامِرِيِّ قَد كانَ عَهدٌ

    بَينَنا في الهَوى وَلَكِن نَسيتِ

    O daughter of al-ʿĀmirī, there was once a pledge

    between us in love, and yet you forgot.

  13. فَاِذكُري وُدَّنا وَذوقي سِوانا

    تَذكُرينا وَتَندَمي ما بَقيتِ

    So remember our love, and taste others besides us:

    you will remember us and regret it as long as you live.

  14. أَو أَفيقي مِن داءِ ما يَصنَعُ الحُبُّ

    بِصَبٍّ فَطالَما قَد دَويتِ

    Or recover from the sickness love inflicts

    on a lovesick soul, for you have long been ailing.

  15. لَن تَنالي بِوُدِّ هَذا وَهَذا

    سُهمَةً في وِدادِنا ما حَيِيتِ

    By loving this one and that, you will never win

    a share in our love as long as you live.

  16. كَيفَ صَبري وَأَنتِ عِندي كَنَفسي

    بِمَكانِ المُباعَدِ المَمقوتِ

    How can I endure, when you, dear to me as my own soul,

    are in the place of one kept distant and despised?

  17. فَاِرجِعي إِن رَجَعتِ عَن رَأيِ سوءٍ

    بِهَوىً لَيِّنِ الحَواشي ثَبيتِ

    So return, if you turn away from an evil resolve,

    with a love soft at the edges and steadfast.

  18. وَإِذا ما أَرَدتِ وُدّي هَنيئاً

    فَصِليني بِالصَبرِ عَمَّن لَقيتِ

    And if ever you want my love to be sweet,

    then keep ties with me, abstaining from those you have met.

  19. أَنتِ ياقوتَةٌ قَدَرتُ عَلَيها

    لا أُحِبُّ الشَريكَ في الياقوتِ

    You are a ruby I have gained possession of;

    I do not like a partner in the ruby.