من ناشد لي في حديثة شادناً
فارقته بالكره مني لا الرضا
Who will implore on my behalf the young gazelle in Haditha,
He who has addressed me affectionately in his talk
from whom I parted unwillingly, not by choice?
I have left him unwillingly, not with pleasure
واما وجمرة خد وان الحشى
منه قد استعرت بها نار الغضا
And truly, by the ember of a cheek! Indeed, within the breast,
And the glowing embers of his cheek, if the innermost (self)
because of it, the fire of ghada wood has blazed.
Has been set aflame with them, the fire of anger
هام الفؤاد بحبه فأعله
بجفونه المرضى الصحاح وامرضا
The heart went mad for love of him, and he afflicted it
My heart became infatuated with his love, so he made it
with his languishing eyelids—and made the healthy ill.
Sick with his ailing eyelids, though it was healthy and sick
لا تطلبا بظلامتي فأنا الذي
عرضت نفسي للحسام المنتضى
You two, do not seek redress for the wrong done me, for I am the one
Do not blame my darkness, for I am the one
who exposed myself to the unsheathed sword.
Who has exposed myself to the sword I wished for
Sol 5.6