Sol 6.1

  1. قاسِ الهُمومَ تَنَل بِها نُجُحا

    وَاللَيلَ إِنَّ وَراءَهُ صُبُحا

    Endure sorrows; through them you will attain success.

    And endure the night: behind it surely lies dawn.

  2. لا يُؤيِسَنَّكَ مِن مُخَدَّرَةٍ

    قَولٌ تُغَلِّظُهُ وَإِن جَرَحا

    Do not be driven to despair of a secluded woman

    By a word she makes harsh, even if it wounds.

  3. عُسرُ النِساءِ إِلى مُياسَرَةٍ

    وَالصَعبُ يُمكِنُ بَعدَ ما رَمَحا

    Women's resistance gives way to compliance,

    And the unruly one yields after kicking.

  4. بَل كَيفَ يَحمِلُ طولَ لَيلَتِهِ

    قَلِقُ الوِسادِ يَبيتُ مُجتَنِحا

    But how can he bear his long night,

    Restless on his pillow, spending the night on his side?

  5. قالَ اِبنُ حاجَتِهِ الَّتي كُتِمَت

    وَطَبيبُهُ لِلقَلبِ إِن قَرِحا

    The confidant of his hidden need said—

    And his physician for the heart, should it be sore—

  6. ما بالُ يَومِكَ لا تُسَرُّ بِهِ

    لِتَروحَ ذاكَ اليَومَ أَو تَلِحا

    What ails your day, that you take no joy in it,

    So you might go your way that day, or linger?

  7. فَأَجَبتُهُ بِمَقالَةٍ صَدَقَت

    وَأَخوكَ تَصدُقُهُ وَإِن كَلَحا

    So I answered him with words that were true—

    And you tell your brother the truth, even if he scowls.

  8. إِنَّ الحَبيبَ طَوى زِيارَتَهُ

    وَشَجيتُ بِالمَكتومِ إِن صَرَحا

    Indeed, the beloved has put an end to his visits,

    And I grieved over what was hidden, should it come to light.

  9. أَرَقي لِشَخصٍ ما يُفارِقُني

    وَيُحِبُّهُ قَلبي وَإِن نَزَحا

    My sleeplessness is for a figure who never leaves me,

    And my heart loves him, even if he is far away.

  10. لَمّا تَبَيَّنَ أَنَّني كَلِفٌ

    بِحَديثِهِ وَبِقُربِهِ صَفَحا

    When he realized that I was infatuated

    With his conversation and his closeness, he turned away.

  11. شَهِدَ اللِسانُ بِما أُجِنُّ لَهُ

    وَالدَمعُ يَشهَدُ كُلَّما سَفَحا

    The tongue bore witness to what I concealed for him,

    And tears bear witness whenever they pour.

  12. أَشقى بِما لاقَيتُ مِن سَكَني

    أَحبَبتُهُ وَأَثابَني نَزَحا

    I suffer from what I encountered from my beloved:

    I loved him, and he rewarded me with distance.

  13. نَدَماً عَلَيهِ غَداةَ فارَقَني

    هَلّا أُباعِدُهُ فَإِن مَلُحا

    In regret for him, the morning he parted from me—

    Why not keep him away, even if he is charming?

  14. يا بُعدَ قَلبي مِن مَوَدَّتِهِ

    أَمسى بِصالِحَةٍ وَما صَلَحا

    Oh, how far my heart is from his affection!

    It came to a good state, yet was not set right.

  15. قَد كانَ يَمنَحُني صَبابَتَهُ

    وَأَثَبتُهُ وُدّي بِما مَنَحا

    He once used to give me his ardent love,

    And I repaid him with my love for what he gave.

  16. فَتَبَدَّلَت سُعدى بِشيمَتِها

    شِيَماً لِتَكدَحَ غَيرَ ما كَدَحا

    Then Su'da exchanged her nature

    For other traits, to toil otherwise than he had toiled.

  17. صَبَرَت سُعَيدَةُ لا تُساعِفُني

    وَجَزِعتُ مِن مَسِّ الهَوى مَرَحا

    Su'ayda held firm, granting me no favor,

    And I grew distraught at love's touch, in my exuberance.

  18. تَعِسَ الفُؤادُ أَلا يُصابِرُها

    حَتّى تَكونَ كَمازِحٍ مَزَحا

    Wretched heart! Will it not outlast her in patience,

    Until she becomes like a jester who has jested?

  19. وَمُسَهِّرٍ في العَينِ تَحسَبُهُ

    يُبدي نَصيحَتَهُ وَما نَصَحا

    And one who keeps the eye awake—you think

    He offers counsel, yet gives no sincere advice.

  20. خَتَمَت عَلى قَلبي بِخاتَمِها

    وَيَلومُني في حُبِّها قَبُحا

    She sealed my heart with her signet,

    And he blames me for loving her—may he be disgraced!

  21. وَظَلِلتُ أَصدُقُهُ وَأَكذِبُهُ

    حَتّى يُبايِعَني وَما رَبِحا

    And I kept telling him the truth and lying to him,

    Until he struck a bargain with me, but gained nothing.

  22. لا تَلحَني حُبّاً وَأَنتَ فَتى

    فَمَشايِعي قَلبي وَإِن طَمَحا

    Do not blame me for loving, while you are young,

    For my ally is my heart, even if it soars.

  23. وَهوَ المُعَلَّقُ عِندَ غانِيَةٍ

    بَعدَ النَوالِ بِبارِقٍ لَمَحا

    And it is held in thrall to a beautiful woman,

    After her favors, by a flash of lightning that gleamed.

  24. لَو زادَهُ رَبّي لِخُلَّتِهِ

    حُبّاً كَعَينِ الذَرَّةِ اِفتَضَحا

    If my Lord added to it, for its beloved,

    Love the size of a tiny ant's eye, it would be exposed.

  25. أَخشى الرَدى حَزَناً إِذا شَحِطَت

    وَأَخافَهُ بِدُنُوِّها فَرَحا

    I fear death from sorrow when she goes far away,

    And fear it from joy when she draws near.

  26. جَدَّ الهَوى فَجَدَدتُ أَطلُبُها

    لِتُريحَ مِن عَيشِ الَّذي سَرَحا

    Love grew earnest, and I earnestly sought her,

    So she might bring relief from a wanderer's life.

  27. لَم يَلقَ مِثلي في مُواظَبَةٍ

    لِشِفائِها مِمَّن صَبا وَصَحا

    He has found no one like me in persistence,

    In seeking her cure, among those who loved and grew sober.

  28. نَهى فُؤادي عَن تَذَكُّرِها

    وَيَزيدُني عِيّاً إِذا جَمَحا

    He forbade my heart to remember her,

    And it makes me more helpless when it runs wild.

  29. لَيتَ المُنى رَدَّت لَنا زَمَناً

    كَزَمانِنا ذاكَ الَّذي نَزَحا

    If only wishes brought back for us a time

    Like that time of ours which has drifted far away,

  30. إِذ مَدخَلي سَرَقٌ أَسارِقُهُ

    لِلِقاءِ أَحوَرَ زَيَّنَ الوُشُحا

    When my entry was furtive, stolen in secret,

    To meet a dark-eyed beauty who adorned the jeweled sashes.

  31. حَسَنُ الدَلالِ عَلى ثَنِيَّتِهِ

    مِسكٌ يُحَيِّيني إِذا نَفَحا

    Charming in coyness; upon his front tooth

    Is musk that greets me when its scent wafts.

  32. بَرِحَت بِأَتلَعَ في قَلائِدِهِ

    وَغَدَت تَهُزُّ رَوادِفاً رُجُحا

    She departed with a long neck amid its necklaces,

    And went on swaying her heavy hips.

  33. لَم أَنسَ مَجلِسَنا وَقَينَتَها

    وَنُباحَ مِزهَرِها إِذا نَبَحا

    I have not forgotten our gathering and her singing girl,

    Nor her lute's barking when it barked,

  34. بِيَدَي مُسَوَّرَةٍ تُزَيِّنُهُ

    بِسَماعِها وَسَماعُها سُرَحا

    In the hands of a bracelet-wearing woman who adorns it

    With her music, her music flowing freely.

  35. حَتّى إِذا أَخَذَت بِرُمَّتِهِ

    وَحَنَت عَلَيهِم لَجيَناً مَرِحا

    Until, when she took full hold of it,

    And bent playful silver over them,

  36. اِرتَجَّ وَاِندَفَعَت تُعارِضُهُ

    غَنّاءَ خالَطَ صَوتُها بُحَحا

    It reverberated, and she burst forth matching it,

    Singing richly, her voice mingled with husky tones.

  37. في مَجلِسٍ رَقَدَت غَوائِلُهُ

    وَصَلَت بِهِ الإِبريقَ وَالقَدَحا

    In a gathering whose dangers slept,

    There she joined the pitcher and the cup.

  38. تَرِدُ السَرائِرَ ثُمَّ تُصدِرُها

    تَحتَ الظَلامِ وَلا تُري كَشَحا

    She reaches the innermost secrets, then draws them forth,

    Under darkness, showing no flank.

  39. حَتّى إِذا اِنكَشَفَت دُجُنَّتُهُ

    وَتَنَبَّهَ العُصفورُ أَو صَدَحا

    Until, when its deep darkness lifted,

    And the sparrow awoke, or broke into song,

  40. طَرَدَ الصَباحُ لِعاشِقٍ غَزِلٍ

    يَهوى جُنوحَ اللَيلِ إِن جَنَحا

    Morning brought banishment to an amorous lover,

    Who loves the onset of night whenever it falls.

  41. سَقياً لِتِلكَ عَلى تَثاقُلِها

    وَلِطيبِ عارِضِها إِذا رَشَحا

    May rain bless that woman, despite her languor,

    And the fragrance of her cheek when it beads with sweat.

  42. بِتُّ النَجِيَّ عَلى نَمارِقِها

    وَسُلِبتُها في الصُبحِ إِذ وَضَحا

    I spent the night as her confidant upon her cushions,

    And was robbed of her in the morning, when it grew bright.