Sol 6.1

  1. جَاءَتْ مُعَذِّبَتِي فِي غَيْهَبِ الغَسَقِ

    كَأنَّهَا الكَوْكَبُ الدُرِيُّ فِي الأُفُقِ

    My tormentress came in the blackness of nightfall,

    As though she were the radiant star on the horizon.

  2. فَقُلْتُ نَوَّرْتِنِي يَا خَيْرَ زَائِرَةٍ

    أمَا خَشِيتِ مِنَ الحُرَّاسِ فِي الطُّرُقِ

    So I said, “You have brought me light, O finest visitor!

    Did you not fear the guards along the roads?”

  3. فَجَاوَبَتْنِي وَ دَمْعُ العَيْنِ يَسْبِقُهَا

    مَنْ يَرْكَبِ البَحْرَ لا يَخْشَى مِنَ الغَرَقِ

    Then she answered me, her tears coming first:

    “Whoever sails the sea has no fear of drowning.”

  4. فَقلتُ هذي أحاديثٌ ملفّقةٌ

    موضوعةٌ قدْ أتتْ منْ قولِ مُختَلقِ

    Then I said, “These are fabricated tales,

    Invented, sprung from a fabricator’s words.”

  5. فقالتْ وحقِّ عيوني عزَّ منْ قَسَمٍ

    وما على جَبْهَتي منْ لًؤلؤ الرَّمَقِ

    Then she said, “By the sanctity of my eyes—what a mighty oath!—

    And by the pearls of lingering life upon my brow,

  6. إنّي أحِبُّكَ حباً لا نفادَ لهُ

    ما دامَ في مُهجتي شيءٌ منَ الرَّمَقِ

    Indeed, I love you with a love that has no end,

    As long as any breath of life remains within my soul.”

  7. فقمتُ ولْهانَ منْ وجدي أقبّلُها

    زِحْتُ اللثامَ رأيتُ البدرَ مُعْتَنَقِ

    So I rose, crazed by my longing, to kiss her.

    I drew aside the veil and saw the full moon in my embrace.

  8. قبّلتُها قبّلتني وهي قائلةٌ

    قبلتَ فايَ فلا تبخلْ على عُنقي

    I kissed her; she kissed me, saying:

    “You have kissed my mouth, so do not withhold your kisses from my neck.”

  9. قلتُ العناقُ حَرامٌ في شريعَتِنا

    قالتْ أيا سيّدي واجعَلْهُ في عُنقي

    I said, “Embracing is forbidden under our religious law.”

    She said, “O my lord, then lay it upon my neck.”