لوْ كانَ لي في الهَوى اخْتيارُ
ما شَطّ بي عنْكُمُ المَزارُ
Had I any choice in love,
the journey would not have borne me far from you.
رحَلْتُ عنْكمْ ولي فُؤادٌ
لهُ بأحْوازكُمْ قَرارُ
I departed from you, though I have a heart
that rests within your bounds.
ما حسُنَتْ بعْدَكُم وُجوهٌ
عنْدي ولا أعْجَبَتْ دِيارُ
Since leaving you, no faces have seemed fair
to me, nor have any lands delighted me.
وقادَني نحْوَكُمْ غَرامٌ
يُهيجُ أشْواقَهُ ادِّكارُ
And a consuming love led me toward you,
its yearnings stirred by remembrance.
فلَيسَ لي عنْكُمُ بَراحٌ
ما اخْتلَفَ اللّيلُ والنّهارُ
And so I can never part from you,
as long as night and day alternate.
Sol 5.6