Sol 6.1

  1. لَهَوت فِيهِ بِصَوت راكِبه

    نازِلَة وَقت كُل اِيماء

    I took my pleasure there at its rider's call;

    she alighted at every gesture.

  2. تُركية الوَجه حينَ تنعتها

    روميةِ المُقلَتين كَحلاء

    Turkish of face, when you describe her,

    Roman-eyed and naturally dark-rimmed.

  3. أَبرَزَها الحسن في مَشهرة

    قَد فُوِّقت مِثل بُرد صَنعاء

    Beauty brought her forth in a showy robe,

    patterned like a mantle from Sana'a.

  4. يُضاحك الصُبح مِن ملمعها

    داجية شُيبت بِقَمراء

    From her dappling, dawn exchanges smiles

    with a dark night mingled with a moonlit one.

  5. كَأَنَّما شَبك الإِله بِها

    ظُلمة لَيلٍ بِشَمس إِمساء

    As though God had interwoven in her

    night's darkness with an evening sun.

  6. حَتى إِذا اِحتَشَت الظِباء بِها

    أَوذن مِنها بِوَشك اِقناء

    Until, when the gazelles grazed there,

    notice came from her of an imminent catch.

  7. وَخاتلت عِندَ ذاكَ مردفها

    سارِقة نَفسها بِاخفاء

    Then she outwitted the rider who bore her behind him,

    stealing herself away unseen.

  8. تُراقب الوَحش في مَراتِعها

    بِعَين واشٍ وَرَعي حِرباء

    She watches the wild game in their grazing grounds,

    with an informer's eye and a chameleon's vigilance.

  9. طالبة صَيدَها عَلى حنق

    بَحَد شَدٍّ لَها وَتِعداء

    Pursuing her quarry in fury,

    with the force of her rush and swift running,

  10. شَفيقةً بَعدَ ذاكَ تَحفظه

    مِن غَير كلم لَهُ وَاِنداء

    tender afterward, she keeps it safe,

    without wounding it or drawing blood.

  11. كَأَنَّما الظَبي وَهُوَ في يَدها

    أَعقَب مِن سُخطها بِارضاء

    As though the gazelle, while in her grasp,

    had answered her wrath with appeasement.

  12. أُبنا بِها وَالظِباء مُوقرة

    تَفوت عَدّى لَها وَاحصائي

    We returned with her, the gazelles a heavy load,

    surpassing my counting and reckoning.

  13. أَسيرة في الوَثاق طالِبَة

    بِغَير وَتَر لِغَير أَعداء

    A captive in fetters, she pursues

    those who are no enemies, with no blood-feud.