وَدَّعتُ مَن أَهوى أَصيلاً لَيتَني
ذُقتُ الحِمامَ وَلا أَذوقُ نَواهُ
I bade farewell at eventide to the one I love—if only I
had tasted death, and never tasted the pain of his absence.
فَوَجدتُ حَتّى الشَمس تَشكو وَجده
وَالورقُ تندب شجوها بِهواه
I found even the sun lamenting its longing for him,
and the doves bewailing their sorrow for love of him.
وَعلى الأَصائلِ رقَّةٌ مِن بُعده
فَكأَنَّها تلقى الَّذي أَلقاه
Upon the evening hours lies a tenderness born of his absence,
as though they suffer what I suffer.
وَغَدا النَسيمُ مبلِّغاً ما بَيننا
فلذاك رقَّ هَوى وَطابَ شَذاه
The breeze became a messenger between us,
and so its breath grew gentle and its fragrance sweet.
ما الرَوضُ قَد مُزِجَت بِه أَنداؤُه
سِحراً بأَطيبَ من شَذا ذكراه
No garden, though its dews have been mingled through it
at dawn, is sweeter than the fragrance of his memory.
وَالزَهرُ مبسمُهُ وَنَكهَتُهُ الصبا
وَالوَردُ أَخضَلَهُ النَدى خدّاه
The blossoms are his smiling mouth, and the zephyr is his fragrance;
the rose, drenched by dew, is his two cheeks.
فلذاك أُولع بالرياض لأَنَّها
أَبَداً تذكرني بِمَن أَهواه
That is why I am enamored of gardens: because they
forever remind me of the one I love.
Sol 5.6