جَوَانِحنَا نَحْوَ اللِّقَاءِ جَوَانِحٌ
وَمِقْدَارُ مَا بَيْنَ الدَّيَارِ قَرِيبُ
Our hearts incline toward reunion, yearning for it.
And the distance between our homes is slight.
وَتَمْضِي اللَّيَالِي وَالتَّزَاوُرُ مُعْوِزٌ
عَلَى الرَّغمِ مِنَّا إِنَّ ذَا لَغَرِيبُ
Yet the nights pass, while visits remain hard to come by—
against our will; truly, how strange this is.
فديتك عجلها العشي زيارة
ولو مثل مارد اللحاظ مريب
I would ransom you—make haste with a visit this evening,
though even the semblance of what glances seek may arouse suspicion.
وَإِنَّ لِقَاءً جَلَّ عَنْ ضَرْبِ مَوْعِدٍ
لأَكْرَمُ مَا يُهْدِي الأَرِيبَ أرِيبُ
For a meeting too exalted to be fixed by appointment
is the noblest gift one discerning soul can offer another.
Sol 5.6