إِذا قُطِّعَت بَعضُ القُلوبِ تَقَطَّعَت
عَلائِقُ سِرِّ الحُبِّ وَاِنفَضَحَ الحُبُّ
When some hearts are cut apart, severed too are
the bonds that guard love’s secret, and love is laid bare.
وَحَمَّلتُهُ في قَلبِهِ ما تَقَطَّعَت
عَلائِقُهُ عَنهُ وَقَد قُطِّعَ القَلبُ
Yet I made him bear it in his heart; never were severed
its bonds from him, though the heart itself was cut apart.
أَأُونِسُهُ بِشراً فَفي النَفسِ هَيبَةٌ
وَأُلقي لَهُ سَمعاً فَعِندَ الهَوى عَتبُ
Shall I solace him with a drink, when awe dwells within the soul?
And shall I offer him music, when love is attended by reproach?
وَيَستَعذِبُ النُوّامُ طولَ مَنامِهِم
وَسُهدُ الهَوى لَو يَعلَمونَ هُوَ العَذبُ
Sleepers savor the long duration of their sleep,
but love’s sleeplessness—if only they knew—is what is sweet.
فَنادِهِمِ بِالشِعبِ مِن سِنَةِ الكَرى
أَلا أَيُّها النُوّامُ وَيحَكُمُ هُبُّوا
Then call to them in the mountain pass, out of slumber’s drowsiness:
Hark, O sleepers—woe to you—awake!
Sol 5.6