Sol 6.1

  1. وليلة كأن السعد فيها ايسنا

    خطفنا بها لذاتنا ايما خطفا

    And a night when fortune seemed to have made us despair [reading uncertain],

    we snatched our pleasures there—what a snatching!

  2. وكان صلاحى والتعفف غايب

    وبت على حال ابي اللّه ان تخفى

    And my righteousness and chastity were absent,

    and I spent the night in a state God would not allow to remain hidden.

  3. وقد جليت بالشمع عذراء تبغه

    فلو شمها لم يبق منا ولا حرفا

    The virgin of his tobacco had been unveiled by candlelight;

    had he smelled her, he would not have left even a trace of us.

  4. عكفنا بها حتى الصباح وتارة

    يناولني حرفا ويمزجه رشفا

    We devoted ourselves to her until morning, and at times

    he hands me a letter [sense unclear], mingling it with a sip.

  5. واقسم لا عن ريبة كلفى به

    ولكن لأني قد عرفت بها عرفا

    And I swear my infatuation with him comes from no dubious motive,

    but because through her I have come to know kindness.