Sol 6.1

  1. لما بدا بدر الجمال بعجبه

    يختال تيها بارزاً من حجبه

    When beauty’s full moon appeared in his pride,

    Strutting haughtily, emerging from his veils,

  2. ناديت لما ان دنا من صبه

    من ذا الذي يختار فرقة حبه

    I called out when he drew near his ardent lover:

    Who is it that chooses separation from his beloved?

  3. إلا أنا فاخترت ان تتفرقا

    None but I—so I chose that you should part.

  4. ما كان قصدي بالبعاد لهجره

    لا والدلال ورقة في خصره

    My aim in keeping away was not to forsake him,

    No—by his coquetry and the slenderness of his waist!

  5. لكن تمنى البعد ظاهر سره

    حتى أفوز بقبلة من ثغره

    But the secret of my wish for distance was plain:

    So that I might win a kiss from his lips

  6. عند الوداع ومثلها عند اللقا

    At farewell, and another like it at reunion.