Sol 6.1

  1. بانَت لُبَينى فَهاجَ القَلبُ مَن بانا

    وَكانَ ما وَعَدَت مَطلاً وَليّانا

    Lubayna departed, and the one who left stirred the heart.

    And what she promised proved delay and evasion.

  2. وَأَخلَفَتكَ مُنىً قَد كُنتَ تَأمُلُها

    فَأَصبَحَ القَلبُ بَعدَ البَينِ حَيرانا

    And hopes you had cherished have failed you,

    so after parting the heart was left bewildered.

  3. اللَهُ يَدري وَما يَدري بِهِ أَحَدٌ

    ماذا أَجَمجَمُ مِن ذِكراكِ أَحيانا

    God knows—and no one else knows it—

    what I sometimes keep hidden as I remember you.

  4. يا أَكمَلَ الناسِ مِن قَرنٍ إِلى قَدَمٍ

    وَأَحسَنَ الناسِ ذا ثَوبٍ وَعُريانا

    O most perfect of people, from crown to foot,

    and fairest of people, clothed or naked.

  5. نِعمَ الضَجيعُ بُعَيدَ النومُ تَجلُبُهُ

    إِلَيكَ مُمتَلِئً نَوماً وَيَقظانا

    How fine is the bedfellow whom, soon after sleep, you draw

    to your side, whether heavy with slumber or awake!

  6. لا بارَكَ اللَهُ فيمَن كانَ يَحسَبُكُم

    إِلّا عَلى العَهدِ حَتّى كانَ ما كانا

    May God not bless the one who believed you

    to be nothing but faithful to your pledge, until what happened happened.

  7. حَتّى اِستَفَقتُ أَخيراً بَعدَما نُكِحَت

    كَأَنَّما كانَ ذاكَ القَلبُ حَيرانا

    Until I finally came to my senses, after she was wed,

    as though that heart had been bewildered.

  8. قَد زارَني طَيفَكُم لَيلاً فَأَرَّقَني

    فَبُتُّ لِلشَوقِ أُذري الدَمعَ تَهتانا

    Your phantom visited me by night and kept me awake,

    so I spent the night in longing, shedding tears in torrents.

  9. إِن تَصرِمِ الحَبلَ أَو تُمسي مُفارِقَةً

    فَالدَهرُ يُحدِثُ لِلإِنسانِ أَلوانا

    If you sever the cord or are parted come evening,

    then time brings a person changes of many hues.

  10. وَما أَرى مِثلَكُم في الناسِ مِن بَشَرٍ

    فَقَد رَأَيتُ بِهِ حَيّاً وَنِسوانا

    And I see no human being among people like you,

    for I have seen clansfolk and women there.