كِدتُ أَقضي إِذا غابَ عَنّي الحَبيبُ
وَسَواءٌ حُضورُهُ وَالمَغيبُ
I nearly died whenever the beloved was absent from me,
yet his presence and his absence were the same.
كُنتُ إِن جِئتُهُ لِأَشكو إِلَيهِ
مَضَضَ الحُبِّ قالَ أَنتَ كَذوبُ
Whenever I came to him to complain
of love’s torment, he would say, “You are an utter liar.”
وَعَسى اللَهَ أَن يُفَرِّحَ ما أَص
بَحتُ فيهِ وَكُلُّ آتٍ قَريبُ
Perhaps God will gladden the state in which I have—
found myself; everything that is coming is near.
أَنا في أُسرَتي وَأَهلي كَأَنّي
بَينَهُم حينَ لا أَراكَ غَريبُ
Among my family and kin, it is as though I were
a stranger among them whenever I do not see you.
مِن قُروحٍ نَبَتنَ في كَبدٍ جا
دَ عَلَيها مِنَ البُكا شُؤبوبُ
Of my wounds, some sprouted in my liver; there poured—
upon them a torrent of weeping.
فَأَهيني أَو أَكرِمي فَلَعَمري
ما لِأُنثى سِواكِ عِندي نَصيبُ
So abase me or honor me—for, by my life,
no woman besides you has any claim upon me.
Sol 5.6