ما غَيَّرَ الرَّبعَ وَالمَغاني
إِلا صُروفٌ مِن الزَّمانِ
Nothing has changed the deserted campsite and its old dwellings
except the vicissitudes of time.
يا صاحِبَيَّ وَأَنتما لي
كَمَوضِعِ الكَفِّ مِن بَناني
O my two companions—you are to me
as the palm is to my fingers—
قِفا عَلَيَّ فَمَتِّعاني
أَو لا فَسيرا وَوَدّعاني
stop beside me and let me enjoy your company;
or else go on, and bid me farewell.
لا تُعجِلاني فَتُغرِياني
شَأنكُما اليَوم غَيرُ شاني
Do not hurry me and thereby inflame me;
what concerns you today is not what concerns me.
يا ظَبيُ أَحبالُهُ بقاع
إِنِّي وَإِيّاكَ موثِقانِ
O gazelle whose tethering cords lie in an open plain,
surely you and I are both bound.
يُحزِنُني أَن أَراكَ تَعطو
إِلَيَّ مِنها وَأَنتَ عاني
It saddens me to see you reaching
toward them from it, while you are captive.
إِنَّ الغَواني وَكُلُّ شَيءٍ
يُقالُ فَاِقبَلهُ في الغَواني
Indeed, fair women—and whatever
is said, believe it of fair women—
يَنَلنَ حاجاتِهِنَّ عِندي
بِلَمحَةِ الأَعيُنِ الحِسانِ
obtain what they desire from me
with a single glance from lovely eyes.
Sol 5.6