Sol 6.1

  1. خَليلىَّ إِنّى قَد أَرِقتُ ونِمتُما

    فَهَل أَنتُما بالعِيسِ مُدَّلِجَانِ

    My two friends, I have lain sleepless while you slept.

    Will you two travel before dawn with the pale camels?

  2. فقالا أَنِمتَ اللَّيلَ ثُمَّ دَعَوتَنَا

    ونحنُ غُلاَما نَعسَةٍ حَدَثَانِ

    They said, “Did you sleep through the night, then call us,

    while we are two young lads, only just drowsy?

  3. فَقُم حَيثُ تَهوى إِنَّنا حَيثُ نَشتهى

    وإِن رُمتَ تَعرِيسابً بِنَا غَرِضانِ

    Go where you please; we stay where we wish.

    And if you seek a halt for sleep with us, we are both weary.”

  4. خَليلىَّ مِن أَهلِ اليَفاعِ شُفِيتُمَا

    وعُوفِيتُماَ مِن سَيّىءِ الحَدَثانِ

    My two friends from al-Yafaʿ, may you be healed

    and spared the evil turns of time.

  5. أَلا فَاحمِلاَني باركَ اللهُ فيكما

    إِلى حاضرِ القَرعَاءِ ثُمَّ دَعَاني

    Come, carry me—God bless you both—

    to the encampment of al-Qarʿa, then leave me.

  6. مُتَيِّمتايَ حَلَّتا بشَقِيقَةٍ

    مَنصِّفَةٍ بَينَ اللِّوى وقِرَانِ

    My two heart-enslavers have settled at Shaqiqa,

    halfway between al-Liwa and Qiran.

  7. خَليلىَّ كُفَّاالألسُنَ العُوجَ وَاعلما

    مِنَ العِلمِ أَن لاَجُهدَ بي وَذَرَانى

    My two friends, still the crooked tongues, and know

    for certain that no exhaustion afflicts me; leave me alone.

  8. وإِنّى تَدَبَّرتُ الأُمُورَ وَاعلما

    بِنَفسىَ والفٍِتيَانِ مُنذُ زَمَانِ

    I have pondered these matters—and know this—

    in myself and other young men, for some time.

  9. فلم أُحفِ باللَّومِ الرَّفيقَ ولَم أَجِد

    خَلِيَّا ولاَذَا البَثِّ يَستَوِيَانِ

    I have not harried a companion with reproach, nor found

    a carefree man and one burdened with grief to be alike.

  10. أَحَقًّا عِبَادَ اللهِ أَن لَستُ مَاشِياً

    بِمرحَابَ حتّى يُحشَرَ الثَّقَلاَنِ

    Is it true, servants of God, that I shall not walk

    in Marhab until humans and jinn are gathered?

  11. ولاَ لاَهِياً يَوماً إِلَى اللَّيلِ كُلِّهِ

    بِبيضٍ لَطيفاتِ الخُصُورِ رَوانى

    Nor spend a day in pleasure, through the whole night,

    with fair, slender-waisted women whose gazes linger?

  12. يُمَنّينَنا حتّى تَزِيغَ عُقُولُنَا

    ويَخلِطنَ مَطلاً ظاهِراً بلَيانِ

    They fill us with hopes until our minds stray,

    and mingle open delay with gentleness.

  13. وما حُبُّ أُمِّ الغَمرِ إِلاّ سَجِيَّةٌ

    عليها بَرانى اللهُ ثُمَّ طَوَانِى

    My love for Umm al-Ghamr is nothing but an inborn nature,

    upon which God fashioned me, then folded me.

  14. طَوَانِى عَلًَى حُبٍّ لها وسَجِيَّةٍ

    أَجَل وأُنوفُ الكاشحينَ عَوَانِى

    He folded me upon love for her and an inborn nature—

    yes, while the noses of my spiteful foes are humbled.

  15. نَذُودُ النُّفُوسَ الحائماتِ عَنِ الهوى

    إِذا كان قَلبانا بِنَا يَرِدَانِ

    We drive our circling souls away from love,

    when our two hearts lead us to its water,

  16. ذِيادَ الصَّوَادِى عَن قِرى الماءِ بَعدَما

    مضى والفَلا سَبعٌ لَها وثَمانِ

    as thirsty camels are driven from pools of water, after

    seven days and eight have passed for them in the wilderness.

  17. ولَو أَنَّ أُمَّ الغَمرِ اَمسَت مُقيمةً

    بِتَثليثَ أَو بالخَطِّ خَطِّ عُمانِ

    Even if Umm al-Ghamr came to dwell

    in Tathlith or al-Khatt, the Khatt of Oman,

  18. تَمَنَيَّتُ اَنَّ اللهَ جامعُ بَينِنا

    بما شَاءَ فى الدُّنيَا فَمُلتَقِيَانِ

    I would wish for God to bring us together,

    however He wished in this world, so that we two might meet.

  19. وكنّا كَرِيمَى مَعشَرٍ حُمَّ بينَنا

    تَصَافٍ فَصُنّاهُ بِحُسنِ صِوَانِ

    We were two noble members of a clan; between us was ordained

    mutual affection, which we kept well guarded.

  20. سَيَبقى ولا يَبلى ويَخفى ولا يُرى

    فَما عَلِموا من أَمرِنَا بِبَيَانِ

    It will remain unworn, hidden and unseen;

    they have learned nothing clear about our affair.

  21. مِنَ النَّاسِ إنسانانِ دَينى عليهما

    مَلِيّانِ لَو شاءا لَقَد قَضَيَانِى

    Among people are two persons who owe me a debt,

    both solvent; had they wished, they would have repaid me.

  22. خَليلىَّ أَمّا أُمُّ عَمروٍ فمنهما

    وأَمّا عَنِ الأُخرَى فَلاَ تَسَلاَنِى

    My two friends, Umm ʿAmr is one of them;

    but do not ask me about the other.

  23. مَنُوعانِ ظلاّمانِ لا يُنصِفَانِنى

    بِدَلَّيهما وَالحُسنِ قَد خَلَبانِى

    Both are withholding and unjust; neither treats me fairly.

    With their coy charms and beauty, they have bewitched me.

  24. مِنَ البيضِ نَجلاَ والعُيُونِ غَذَاهما

    نَعيمٌ وعَيشٌ ضارِبٌ بِجِرَانِ

    Two fair, wide-eyed women, both nourished by

    luxury and a life firmly settled, its camel-neck laid down.

  25. يَظَلاّنِ حَتّى يَحسِبَ النّاسُ أَنّنى

    قُضِيتُ ولاَ واللهِ مَا قَضَيَانِى

    They persist until people suppose that I

    have been repaid; no, by God, they have not repaid me.

  26. أَفِى كلِّ يَومٍ أَنتَ رَامٍ بلادَهَا

    بِعَينَينِ إِنسَاناهما بالهَمَلاَنِ

    Do you aim at her lands every day

    with two eyes whose pupils stream with tears?

  27. إِذا اغرَورقَت عَينَايَ قَالَ صَحابتى

    لَقَد أُولِعَت عَينَاكَ بالهَمَلاَنِ

    When my eyes brim with tears, my companions say,

    “Your eyes are surely addicted to streaming tears.”

  28. وإِن لَم يُنازِعنى رَفيقاىَ ذِكرَهَا

    تَجَوَّيتُ مِن مِطوَىَّ واجتَوَيانى

    And if my two companions do not share with me in mentioning her,

    I ache from my inward folds, and they both find me intolerable.

  29. أَطَعتُكِ حَتى أَبغَضَتنى عَشِيرتي

    وأَقصَى إِمَامِي مَجلسِى وجَفانِى

    I obeyed you until my clan hated me,

    and my leader moved my seat far away and shunned me.

  30. ورامَيتُ فيكِ النَّفسَ حَتّى رَمَيتنِنى

    مَعَ النّابلِ الحَرّانِ حَيثُ رَمَانى

    I traded arrows with my own soul for you, until you shot me

    with the thirsting archer, where he shot me.

  31. وأكبرُ فَقدٍ مِنكِ قَد رَاحَ أَو غَدَا

    فَبَانَ بلا ذَنبٍ وَلاَ شَنآنِ

    And your greatest loss has departed at dusk or dawn,

    and parted without fault or hatred.

  32. فَوَدّعتُهُ ثُمَّ انصَرَفتُ كأنَّنى

    سُدىً لم تُصِبنى لَوعَةُ الحَدَثَانِ

    I bade him farewell, then turned away, as though I were

    adrift, untouched by the burning anguish of time's turns.

  33. لَعَلَّكِ أَن يَبقى لكِ الذَّنبُ عِندَهُ

    فَتُجزَى بهِ إِن اُخِّرَ الأَجَلانِ

    Perhaps the guilt will remain yours in his eyes,

    and you will be repaid for it, if both life-terms are delayed.

  34. لَعَمرُ أَبي أَشماءَ والنَّأىُ يشتفى

    لَقِدماً أَرَى الهَجرَ الطَّوِيلَ شَفَانى

    By the life of Ashma's father—and distance brings healing—

    I have long seen that prolonged estrangement has healed me.

  35. خَليلىَّ مَكُنُونُ الهوى صَدَع الحَشا

    فكيفَ بمَكنونِ الهوى تَرَيانِ

    My two friends, hidden love has split my inmost heart;

    so what do you two make of hidden love?

  36. بَرَى الحبُّ جِسمى غَيرَ جُثمانِ أَعظُمي

    بَلِينَ وإنّى ناطِقٌ بِلسانِى

    Love has worn away my body, save the frame of my bones;

    they have wasted away, though I still speak with my tongue.

  37. أَلاَ هَل أدُلُّ الوارِدَينِ عَشِيَّةً

    عَلَى مَشرَبٍ غَيرِ الّذِى يَرِدَانِ

    Shall I guide the two who come to water at evening

    to a drinking place other than the one they frequent?

  38. عَلَى مَشرَبٍ سَهلِ الشَّرِيعَةِ بارِدٍ

    هُوَ المُستَقَى لا حَيثُ يَستَقِيانِ

    To a cool drinking place with an easy path to the water:

    it is the place to draw water, not where those two draw.

  39. فإنَّ عَلَى الماءِ الّذِى يَرِدَانِهِ

    غَرِيماً لَوَانى الَّدَّينَ مُنذُ زُمَانِ

    For at the water they come to drink

    is a debtor who has long delayed paying me,

  40. لَطِيفَ الحَشا عَبلَ الشَّوَى طَيِّبَ النَّثا

    لهُ عِلَلٌ ما تَنقَضِى وَأَمانى

    slender-waisted, full-limbed, of good repute,

    with endless excuses and hopes.

  41. لَوَ أنّى جُلِدتُ الحَدَّ فيهِ صَبَرتُهُ

    وَقُيِّدتُ لم أَملَل مِنَ الرَّسَفانِ

    If I were flogged with the prescribed penalty for his sake, I would endure it;

    and shackled, I would not weary of shuffling in fetters.

  42. فَمُرّا فَقُولاَ نحنُ نطلُبُ حاجةً

    وعُودَ فَقُولاَ نحنُ مُنصَرِفَانِ

    Pass by, then, and say, “We seek a favor,”

    and return and say, “We are leaving.”

  43. لَئِن كَانَ فى الهِجرانِ أَجرٌ لقَد مَضَى

    لىَ الأجرُ فى الهِجرانِ يافَتَيَانِ

    If there is reward in separation, surely it has already accrued

    to me—the reward for separation, you two young men.

  44. فَوَاللهِ مَا أَدرِى أكلُّ ذَوِى الهَوى

    عَلَى ما بنا أم نحنُ مُتَلَيانِ

    By God, I do not know whether all lovers

    are as we are, or only we two are afflicted.

  45. وَإِنّا لمشهورانِ مُؤتَمَرٌ بنا

    بُلقيانِ مَن لا نَشتَهِى ظَفِرَانِ

    We are indeed well known, with schemes laid against us,

    both successful in meeting those we do not desire.

  46. وَإِنّا لَمِن حَيَّينِ شَتَّى وَإِنَّنا

    عَلَى ذَاكَ ما عِشنَا لَمُلتَقِيانِ

    We are indeed from two separate clans, yet we,

    despite that, shall surely meet as long as we live.