لَقَد سَرَّني لَمّا سَرى طَيفُ مَيَّةِ
أَلَمَّت فَأَحيَت مَيِّتاً حينَ حَيَّتِ
I was truly delighted when Mayya's apparition journeyed by night;
She visited and revived a dead man when she greeted him.
وَرَدَّت عَذولي تائِباً وَهوَ قائِلٌ
يَدا العاذِلِ المَغرورِ في الحُبِّ تَبَّتِ
And she made my reproacher repentant, and he said:
May both hands of the deluded reproacher of love perish!
كَذا ما رَأَت عَينٌ وَإِلّا فَأُعمِيَت
وَلا سَمِعَت أُذُنٌ وَإِلّا فَصُمَّتِ
No eye has seen the like—or else may it be blinded;
Nor has an ear heard the like—or else may it be deafened.
فَقُل لِلَّذي يَلقاكَ في الحُبِّ لا هِياً
أَردتَ بِعَذلي مِنحَتي وَهوَ مِحنَتي
So tell the one who meets you, heedless of love:
You meant a boon for me by reproaching me, yet it is my ordeal.
عَذابُ الهَوى عَذبٌ وَما أَعجَبَ الهَوى
وَما هُوَ إِلّا مُنيَةٌ في مَنِيَّةِ
The torment of passion is sweet—and how wondrous passion is!
And it is nothing but a cherished wish within death.
وَكَم خائِضٍ في النارِ حُبّاً لِجَنَّةٍ
وَوَجنَةُ مَن أَهواهُ ناري وَجَنَّتي
And how many wade through fire for love of paradise!
And the cheek of the one I love is my fire and my paradise.
فَمَجنونُ لَيلى ماتَ في الحُبِّ مَوتَةً
وَلي كُلَّ يَومٍ في الهَوى أَلفُ مَوتَةِ
For Layla's Majnun died a single death in love;
But I have a thousand deaths each day in passion.
Sol 6.1