Sol 6.1

  1. أَما وَشفاه من فيها شفائي

    لَقَد ملكت صبابته حشائي

    Indeed, by the lips of the one whose lips hold my healing,

    passion for him has surely possessed my heart.

  2. أَتَطلُب سلوة منى عذولي

    وَقَلبي لا يَميل الى مرآء

    Do you ask me to forget, my reproacher,

    while my heart has no taste for dispute?

  3. أَذوب لفقده والدار دان

    فَمَن لي حين يحكم بالتَنائي

    I melt away at his absence, though his dwelling is near;

    who will help me when he decrees separation?

  4. إِذا ما رامَ أَن يَسلوه قَلبي

    تمثل اللحاظ فزاد دائي

    Whenever my heart seeks to forget him,

    it conjures up his glances, and my sickness grows.

  5. أُطالبه اذا وافى بوصل

    وَلَكِن لا يَميل الى وفآء

    When he comes, I ask him for union,

    but he has no inclination toward fidelity.

  6. أسال عَلى الأَسيل عذار حسن

    كنمنام نما من حول مآء

    He let lovely cheek-down flow over his smooth cheek,

    like namnam growing around water.

  7. أُرى كلى أَسيراً في يديه

    وَهَل لي أَن أَسير بلا فدآء

    I appear wholly captive in his hands;

    and can I depart without a ransom?

  8. أُعاطيه كؤوس الراح صرفاً

    فيمزجها بشهد من لمآء

    I share cups of undiluted wine with him,

    then he blends them with honey from dusky lips.

  9. أَبان بصدغه واوات عطف

    بها عطف القلوب عَلى البهآء

    At his temple he revealed the waws of conjunction,

    with which he turned hearts toward beauty.

  10. أُورى بالرَباب وَذكر سعدى

    وَهَل قَصدي بذاك سوى الخفآء

    I veil my meaning with Rabab and mention of Su'da;

    and is my purpose in that anything but concealment?

  11. أُلوف الهجر ينفر من كئيب

    كذاك الصد من شأن الضبآء

    Fond of estrangement, he shies away from one in sorrow;

    such aversion is the way of gazelles.

  12. أَبرق لاح لي أم ذاك ثغر

    وَقد أَم قضيب ذو التوآء

    Is it lightning that flashed before me, or that mouth?

    And is that a figure, or a curving branch?

  13. أَقامَ غَرامه في القَلب حَتّى

    جرى من مهجتي مجرى الدمآء

    Love for him dwelt within my heart until

    it flowed from my heart as blood flows.

  14. أُعانى كل يوم منه صداً

    وَفي هَذا العنآء بدا عَنآئي

    Each day I endure rejection from him,

    and in this torment my suffering becomes plain.

  15. إِلى وصل له تَرتاح روحي

    كَما ارتاح الوَزير إِلى العطآء

    My soul yearns for union with him,

    just as the minister delights in giving—

  16. أَخا الافضال أَحمد من تسامى

    فَساد الخلق طراً بالعلاء

    Ahmad, brother of beneficence, who rose so high

    and through his eminence became lord of all creation.

  17. أَمام عدله عمّ البَرايا

    فأمسى الذئب يَرعى كل شاء

    A leader whose justice embraced all creatures,

    so the wolf came to tend every sheep.

  18. انادى جوده في كلّ ناد

    فيأتيني وَيصغي للندآء

    I call upon his generosity in every gathering,

    so it comes to me and listens to the call.

  19. أَمير في سما الأَمجاد فرداً

    كَذاكَ البدر فَرداً في السمآء

    A prince, alone in the sky of glories,

    just as the full moon stands alone in the sky.

  20. أسال الجود بالحدبآء حَتّى

    غدت منه الوفود عَلى اِرتواء

    He made generosity flow in al-Hadba until

    the delegations drank their fill from him.

  21. أَغرّ كفه بالبطش مغرى

    ولوع بالنزال وَبالسخآء

    Radiant, his hand eager for mighty blows,

    passionate for combat and generosity.

  22. أَبى أَن يمنع العافي وَلكن

    بيوم الروع مشهور الآباء

    He refused to deny the petitioner, yet

    on the day of terror he is famed for defiance.

  23. أَيَشكو عنده الخطى حراً

    وَقَد يَروى بأكباد ظمآء

    Does the Khatti spear complain of heat at his side,

    while it slakes its thirst on thirsty livers?

  24. أَيَرجو أَن يساميه مليك

    وَقَد قبضت يداه عَلى الوَلاء

    Can a king hope to rival him,

    while his hands have secured allegiance?

  25. اذا اِستسقيت من كفيه غيثاً

    فأَيقن بالثرآء وَبالروآء

    If you ask his two palms for rain,

    then be sure of riches and full refreshment.

  26. أَجل آراؤُهُ فينا سهام

    مصيبات تدافع للقضآء

    Indeed, his counsels among us are arrows,

    unerring, contending against fate.

  27. أَجود بعد حتى فَيَجود فضلا

    بانعام فأرفل بالثرآء

    I give afterward, until he in turn bestows bounty,

    with favors, so I walk proudly in wealth.

  28. أَلفت مديحه فَغَدا لِساني

    كَمصقول القَواضِب ذى امتضآء

    I grew accustomed to praising him, and my tongue became

    like a polished, keen-edged sword drawn from its sheath.

  29. أَدامَ علاه رَبي ما تَبدّى

    حمام الأيك يؤذن بالغنآء

    May my Lord preserve his glory as long as there appear

    the doves of the thicket, heralding song.