أرسلَ اللَّحظَ للقِتالِ نَذِيرَا
لَيتَهُ بالوِصَالِ جَاءَ نَذِيرَا
He sent his glance into battle as a herald;
if only it had come heralding union.
فَتَرَى العاشِقِين في الحب إمَّا
شَاكِراً وَصلَهُ وَإمَّا كَفُورَ
Thus you see lovers, in love, either
grateful for his union, or utterly ungrateful.
إنَّ أهلَ الهوَى يَخافونَ يوماً
بِالجَفَا كانَ شَرُّهُ مُستَطيرَا
Indeed, the people of passion fear a day
whose evil, through estrangement, spreads far and wide.
فوَقاهم مِنهُ وَلَقَّاهُمُ مِن
وَجهِهِ اليَومَ نَظرَةً وَسُرُورَا
So he shielded them from it, and granted them, from
his face that day, radiance and joy.
وَجَزَاهُم من وَجنتيه بمَا قَد
صَبَرُوا عَنهُ جَنَّةً وَحَرِيرَا
And from his cheeks he rewarded them, for what they
endured apart from him, with a garden and silk.
عارِضَاهُ وَوجنَتَاهُ أعَدَّا
لِفُؤَادِي سَلاَسِلاً وَسَعِيرَا
His two temples and his two cheeks have prepared
for my heart chains and a blaze.
فإذا ما رَأيتَ فَيضَ دُمُوعي
تَحسَبُ الدَّمعَ لُؤلُؤاً مَنثُورَا
And when you see the flood of my tears,
you take the tears for scattered pearls.
لَيتَهُ لو شَفَى سُقامي برِيقٍ
وَسَقَاني مِنهُ شَرَاباً طَهُورَا
If only he would cure my sickness with his saliva
and give me from it a purifying drink—
من رَحيقٍ ختامُه مِسكُ خالٍ
كَانَ عِندِي مِزَاجُهُ كَافُورَا
of pure nectar whose seal is musk;
to me, its blend was camphor.
كلَّمَا لاَحَ لي رَأيتُ نَعِيمَا
مِن سَنَا وَجهِه ومُلكا كَبيرَا
Whenever he appeared to me, I beheld bliss
in the radiance of his face, and a mighty kingdom.
يا حَبيبِي ارجعَن إلى الله فينا
إنَّهُ كَانَ بِالعِبَادِ بَصِيرَا
My beloved, do return to God in how you treat us;
surely He is ever all-seeing of His servants.
لاَ تُطع من عَوَاذِلِ وَوُشَاةٍ
آثِماً فِي مَلاَمِهِ أو كَفُورَا
Do not obey any of my reproachers or tale-bearers,
whether a sinner in their censure or an ingrate.
ما حلاَ لي سوَى الهَوَى ولِهيبي
لم يَزَل في الهَوَى سراجا مُنِيرَا
Nothing has been sweet to me save love; and my rapture
has ever been, in love, a radiant lamp.
Sol 5.6