لولا اشتياق الماء كفك لم يكن
قلب الندى وحشي السحائب تنزلُ
Were it not for the water’s longing for your palm, there would be no
descent of the heart of dew—bounty estranged from the clouds.
ولقد نثرت على الهوا أمثاله
ذا سجسج صاف وهذا سلسل
Indeed, your hand has scattered its likenesses through the air:
this one mild and clear, that one sweetly flowing.
وكأنما ذهبى زرافاتنا
ترمى بأسهم فضة تتسلسل
It is as though our companies, all gold,
were shooting streaming arrows of silver,
من فوق كل ذؤابتبن سحابة
أو بين كل اثنين منا جدول
with a cloud above every pair of tresses,
or a rivulet between every two of us.
فأرقت حتى ماء وجهي إنه
مع غير ماء الورد لا يتبدل
You poured away even the water of my face—my honor—for it
is exchanged for nothing but rosewater.
فاترك لنا ماء الشباب ولا ترق
ماء الصوارم فهو فيها أجمل
So leave us the bloom of youth, and do not spill
the swords’ bright water: it is lovelier upon them.
Sol 5.6