يا أُمَّ عَمرٍو لا تَجُدّي صُرمَنا
وَكَيفَ تَصرِمينَ حَبلَ مَن يَصِل
O Umm ʿAmr, do not be resolved to sever our bond;
O mother of Amr, do not sever our affinity
how can you cut the cord of one who keeps it joined?
How can you sever the rope of one who connects?
وَذاكَ جَهلٌ بِكِ إِلّا أَنَّنا
قاتِلُنا حُبُّكِ إِن حُبٌّ قَتَل
That is folly on your part—save that
That is ignorance of you, except that we
your love is our slayer, if ever love has slain.
Were killed by your love, if love itself kills
باكَرني بِسُخرَةٍ عَواذِلي
وَلَومُهُنَّ خَبَلٌ مِنَ الخَبَل
At daybreak my reproachers came to me with mockery,
My slanderers have chided me with frivolity
but their reproach is madness upon madness.
Yet their blame is madness from the deranged
يَلُمنَني في حاجَةٍ ذَكَرتُها
في عَصرِ أَزمانٍ وَدَهرٍ قَد نَسَل
They blame me for a longing I spoke of
They blame me regarding a need I mentioned
in an age of times gone by, an era that has slipped away.
In an age of time and fate that has flowed away
Sol 5.6