Sol 6.1

  1. قد كان عقدٌ ثم قد فسخا

    وكذا الهوى بك شدة ورخا

    There was a bond; then it was undone.

    So love for you is tightening and loosening.

  2. وكفى دموعي كلما نضجت

    كفكفت لي بك مدمعا نضخا

    And my tears sufficed; whenever they grew hot,

    I wiped my eye, gushing because of you.

  3. ولرب خل قد سهرت لهُ

    أعددته دون الأنام أخا

    Many a friend have I kept vigil for,

    counting him a brother apart from all others.

  4. قد آل إلا موردا ثمدا

    وغدا يرود المورد السبخا

    He proved no more than a scant-watered pool,

    and went seeking a brackish watering place.

  5. هل كيف عاد وداده أجناً

    من ودّه كلاماء قد نفخا

    How has his affection turned stagnant—

    he whose love, like water, has gone foul?

  6. ونقي عرض قد عرضت لهُ

    ودّي فاعرض يؤثر الوسخا

    And to one of spotless honor I offered

    my affection; he turned away, preferring filth.

  7. أوليه أنفا كله شمم

    ما شمّ ضيماً لا ولا شمخا

    I show him a nose all noble pride,

    that never scented humiliation—no, nor grew haughty.

  8. ما خفَّ حبك في ضمائره

    إني وحبك في الحشا رسخا

    Your love has not waned in his inmost thoughts;

    indeed, I and your love have taken root in the breast.

  9. قم فاسقنا متروكة حقبا

    منسوخها لمفاصلي نسخا

    Rise, and pour us wine left for ages,

    whose diluted draught has dissolved my joints.

  10. أو عاطنيها صرخدي طلى

    بالهام منه صارخ صرخا

    Or pass me thickened wine from Sarkhad:

    from it, a shrieker screams within our heads.

  11. جرحالعدى لم يعيي سابره

    يعييك أن جرح الأخا شدخا

    A wound from foes never baffled its prober;

    what baffles you is a brother's shattering wound.

  12. ومعامل ما خلت يفخني

    حتى إذا ملك الحشا فسخا

    And one I dealt with—I never thought he would ensnare me,

    until, once he possessed my heart, he broke the bond.

  13. وجدي تنفس قاذفاً شررا

    في مثل كير القين قد نفخا

    My anguish breathed out, casting sparks,

    as though a blacksmith's bellows had been blown.