Sol 6.1

  1. عبثت بمهجة صبّك الأشواق

    لمّا رَمَته بسحرها الأحداق

    Longings toyed with the heart of your lovesick lover,

    when eyes struck him with their magic.

  2. وبدا بروض الخدّ ورد يانع

    خُلعت لجمال غصنه الأوراق

    And in the cheek's garden a blooming rose appeared;

    the leaves were shed for the beauty of its bough.

  3. يا مَن بعقرب صدغه لسع الحشا

    عندي رضابك للشفا درياق

    O you who stung the heart with your temple's scorpion,

    to me, your saliva is a healing antidote.

  4. قد حُزت ثغراً ذا رضاب عمّه

    بالحُسن خال صانع الخلاّق

    You possess a mouth with saliva, wholly graced

    with beauty by a beauty mark that sought the Creator's favor.

  5. فالثغر كأس والرضاب رحيقه

    والخال مسك خِتامه العبّاق

    So the mouth is a cup, and the saliva its pure wine;

    and the beauty mark is the fragrant musk of its seal.

  6. يا سيداً أصبحت عبد جماله

    لاكان منك الدهر لي إعتاق

    O master, I have become the slave of your beauty;

    may no freedom ever come to me from you.

  7. سلطان حُسنك مُذ سطا بذوي الهوى

    ذلّت لعزّة شأنه العشّاق

    Since the sultan of your beauty assailed those in love,

    lovers have been humbled before the majesty of his rank.

  8. أطلقت أدمع مقلتي فتسلسلت

    بقيود فكر دأبها الإطلاق

    You loosed my eye's tears, and they became chained

    in thought's fetters, whose habit is release.

  9. وأثرت نار الوجد بين جوانحي

    رفقاً فهذا منك ليس يُطاق

    And you stirred up the fire of passion between my ribs.

    Be gentle, for this from you cannot be borne.

  10. وانظر سلمت لمُقلة ولمُهجة

    أضناهما الإغراق والإحراق

    And look—may you be safe—upon an eye and a heart,

    both worn down by drowning and burning.