Sol 6.1

  1. باللهِ يا رِيحَ الشَّما

    لِ إذا اشتملتِ الليلَ بُردَا

    By God, O north wind,

    when you wrap yourself in night as a cloak,

  2. وحملتِ من نشر الخُزَا

    مَى مااغتدى للنَّدِّ نِدَّا

    and bear the fragrance of lavender,

    now become a rival to incense,

  3. ونَسجتِ فى الأشجار بي

    نَ غصونهنَّ هوًى وَوُدَّا

    and weave within the trees,

    between their branches, passion and affection,

  4. وَهززتِ عند الصُّبحِ من

    أعطافها قَدَّا فقَدَّا

    and at dawn set swaying

    their supple limbs, slender form after slender form,

  5. ونثرتِ فوق الماءِ من

    أجيادها للزَّهرِ عِقدَا

    and scatter over the water, from

    their necks, a necklace of blossoms,

  6. فملأتِ صفحةَ وجهِهِ

    حتى اكتسى آسًا ووَردَا

    so you fill the surface of its face

    until it is robed in myrtle and roses,

  7. فكأنّما ألَّفتِ في

    ه منهما صُدغاً وخدَّا

    as though you had fashioned within

    it, from those two, a sidelock and a cheek—

  8. مُرِّى على بَرَدى عسا

    هُ يزيدُ من مَسراك بردا

    pass over Barada; perhaps

    it will grow cooler from your night passage.

  9. نهرٌ كنَصل السّيفِ تك

    سُو مَتنَهُ الأزهارُ غِمدَا

    A river like a sword's blade—

    the flowers clothe its back in a sheath.

  10. صقَلَتهُ أنفاسُ النَّسي

    مِ بمرِّهِنَّ فليس يَصدَا

    The breaths of the breeze have polished it

    with their passing, so it does not rust.

  11. أحبابَنا ما بالُكُم

    فينا من الاعداء أعدى

    Our beloveds, why are you

    more hostile to us than enemies?

  12. وحَياةِ حُبِّكُم وتُر

    بةِ وصلكم ما خُنتُ عهَدا

    And by the life of your love, and the soil

    of union with you, I have betrayed no pledge.