Sol 6.1

  1. يا نائح الأفنان طارح مكمَدا

    قد خدّدت بالدمع منه خدودُ

    O mourner in the boughs, exchange laments with a grief-stricken man,

    whose cheeks have been furrowed by tears.

  2. يبكى على ما منهم قد فاتَهُ

    هيهات لو أن البكاء يعيد

    He weeps for what he has lost of them;

    alas—if only weeping could bring it back!

  3. لا كان دهر بالبعاد قد انقضى

    بالحزن موصول عليه جديد

    May a time spent in separation never have been,

    with a new one joined to it in sorrow.

  4. ساعات عمرٍ ضرمَت حسراتها

    ناراً لها بين الضلوع وقود

    Hours of a lifetime whose regrets have kindled

    a fire whose fuel lies between the ribs.

  5. للَه عصرٌ للشباب قد انقضى

    لو ساعدت فيه المراد سعود

    God, what a season of youth has passed—

    if only good fortune had favored desire within it!

  6. عزّ العزاء فمن لقلب مكمد

    يضنيه بعد منكم وصدود

    Consolation is hard to find—who is there for a grief-stricken heart

    worn down by separation from you and rejection?

  7. عودوا عليل بعادكم فزمانهُ

    عرسٌ إذا ما عدتموه وعيد

    Visit the one made ill by your absence, for his days

    are a wedding feast and a festival whenever you visit him.

  8. وإذا رفضتم قربهُ ووصالُه

    فالعيد عند المستهام وعيد

    And if you refuse closeness to him and union with him,

    then, for the love-stricken one, the festival is a threat.

  9. لا تنكروا أن البعاد يميته

    تاللَه لابرح العميد ممرغاً

    Do not deny that separation kills him.

    By God, the lovesick man has not ceased rubbing

  10. بالترب خداً والدموع تجود

    أسفاً على ما كان منه وحسرةً

    his cheek in the dust, while tears flow freely,

    in sorrow and regret for what he had done.

  11. فعسى الليالي بالوصال تجود

    فيحل دوح مقام روضات الرضا

    So perhaps the nights will be generous with reunion,

    and he may dwell in the grove of the abode of contentment's gardens,

  12. ويعفوكم ظل عليه مديدُ

    and a far-reaching shade above it may come to you.