Sol 6.1

  1. اللَه في كلف الأحشاء مفتون

    يهتاجه الشوق من بادٍ ومكنون

    For God's sake, pity one love-stricken at heart, enthralled.

    Yearning stirs him, from things manifest and hidden.

  2. يقوى ويضعف كالآذي آونة

    يطغى وآونة يهدأ في حين

    It grows strong and weak like the surf: at times

    it rages, and at other times grows calm for a while.

  3. يمزق الشوق أحشاه كما فتكت

    بالغيم عجرفة الهوج المجانين

    Longing rends his entrails, as havoc was wreaked

    upon the clouds by the arrogance of mad, raging winds.

  4. مقطب فإذا ما افتر عابسه

    فذاك سخر أسىً في القلب مدفون

    He frowns; and if his scowling face breaks into a smile,

    that is the mockery of sorrow buried in his heart.

  5. قد طارد القلق المضني سكينته

    فبات مهزة خوف غير مأمون

    Exhausting anxiety has chased away his tranquility,

    so he spent the night shaken by a fear that offered no safety.

  6. باع الرجاء ولم يبتع به بدلاً

    سوى قنوط طرير الغرب مسنون

    He sold hope and bought with it no replacement

    save despair, keen-edged and whetted sharp.

  7. في صدره من زمان الصيف وقدته

    لكنه مطلخم جد مدجون

    In his breast is the blazing heat of summertime,

    yet it is pitch-black, utterly shrouded in gloom:

  8. حنادس كظلام الموت باردة

    وهمس يأس كألحان الشياطين

    Cold darkness, like the darkness of death,

    and despair's whisper, like the melodies of devils.

  9. ماضيه أسحم مرهوب وحاضره

    كظته مثل شظيات البراكين

    His past is black and fearsome; and his present—

    its stifling distress is like shards from volcanoes.

  10. يستقر الألم الدامي مساربه

    كأن في كل عضو نصل سكين

    Bleeding pain settles in his body's channels,

    as though a knife blade lay in every limb.

  11. إن نام نغصت الأحلام رقدته

    أو قام ناجاه همّق غير مظنون

    If he sleeps, dreams trouble his slumber;

    or if he rises, an unsuspected worry whispers to him.