كَيفَ صَبري وَأنتَ لِلعَينِ قُرَّهُ
وَهيَ ما إِن تَراكَ في العامِ مَرَّه
How can I endure, when you are the delight of my eye,
yet it sees you scarcely once in a year?
وَبِماذا بُسَرَّ قَلبي إِذا غِب
تَ إِذا كُنتَ لِلقُلوبِ مَسَرَّه
And in what can my heart find joy when you are ab—
—sent, if you are the joy of hearts?
قَسَماً بِالَّذي أَفاضَ عَلى طَل
عَتِكَ النورَ فَهيَ لِلشَمسِ ضَرَّه
I swear by Him who poured light upon your counte—
—nance, making it the sun’s rival bride.
إِنَّ يَوماً أَرى جَمالَكَ فيهِ
هُوَ عِندي في جَبهَةِ الدَهرِ غُرَّه
Indeed, any day on which I behold your beauty
is, to me, a bright blaze upon the brow of Time.
أَيُّها المُعرِضُ الَّذي هانَ عِندي
تَعَبي فيهِ وَاِحتِمالُ المَضَرَّه
O you who turn away, for whom I thought nothing of
my weariness and the harm I bore:
راقِبِ اللَهَ في حُشاشَةِ نَفسي
إِنَّهُ لا يَضيعُ مِثقالُ ذَرَّه
Be mindful of God concerning the last spark of my life;
He does not let even an atom’s weight go to waste.
Sol 5.6