Sol 6.1

  1. لَقَد مَرَّ بي أَمسِ بِالصُدفَةِ

    فَتاةٌ لَها الحُسنُ في الوُجنَةِ

    Indeed, yesterday, by chance, there passed by me

    A maiden with beauty in her cheek.

  2. فَلَم تَتَرَدَّد بِأَن قَطَفَتني

    فَشَعَّت عَلى شعرِها نِجمَتي

    And she did not hesitate to pluck me,

    So my star shone upon her hair.

  3. وَلم يَمضِ يَومانِ حَتّى ذَبلتُ

    فَأُسقِطتُ صَفراءَ كَالميتَةِ

    And not two days had passed before I withered,

    So I was dropped, yellow, as though dead.

  4. وَصِرتُ أُداسُ بِاَقدامِها

    إِلى أَن رَمَتني مِن الشُرفَةِ

    And I came to be trampled beneath her feet,

    Until she threw me from the balcony.

  5. وَفي الصُبحِ أَبصَرَني عابِرٌ

    وَقد شَمَّ بي أَرَجَ النَكهَةِ

    And in the morning a passerby saw me,

    And had caught my fragrant scent.

  6. فَحَنَّ عَلَيَّ وَقَرَّبَ مِنّي

    عُيونَ التَساؤُلِ عَن حالَتي

    Then he took pity on me and brought near me

    Eyes questioning my condition.

  7. وَقد لَمَّني بِخُشوعٍ وَقال

    تَعالَي أُرَوِّكِ مِن دَمعَتي

    And he gathered me up reverently and said:

    Come, let me water you with my tear.

  8. تَعالي فَإِنَّك رَمزٌ لِقَلبي

    وَرَمزٌ لِعمريَ في شَقوَتي

    Come, for you are a symbol of my heart,

    And a symbol of my life in my misery.

  9. يعفِّرُكِ الناسُ تَحتَ النِعالِ

    وَأَنتِ تجودينَ بِالنَفحَةِ

    People soil you with dust beneath their sandals,

    Yet you give freely of your fragrance.

  10. فَكُلُّ الَّذينَ أَساؤوا إِلَيكِ

    أَجدتِ عَلَيهِمِ بِالرَحمَة

    Thus, all those who wronged you—

    You lavished mercy upon them.

  11. تَعالَي فَبُستانُكِ الصَدر

    وَالقَلبُ يروّيكِ مِن منهلِ المُهجَةِ

    Come, for your garden is the breast,

    And the heart will water you from the wellspring of lifeblood.