Sol 6.1

  1. لِصَفراءَ في قَلبي مِنَ الحُبِّ شُعبَةٌ

    هَوىً لَم تَرُمهُ الغانِياتُ صَميمُ

    For a fair-complexioned woman my heart holds a branch of love,

    a deep-rooted passion no beautiful women have sought.

  2. بِهِ حَلَّ بَيتَ الحَيِّ ثُمَّ اِنثَنى بِهِ

    فَزالَت بُيوتُ الحَيِّ وَهوَ مُقيمُ

    With it my heart settled in the clan's dwelling, then returned with it;

    then the clan's dwellings moved away, while it remained.

  3. وَمَن يَتَهيَّض حُبَّهُنَّ فُؤادَهُ

    يَمُت وَيَعِش ما عاشَ وَهوَ سَقيمُ

    And whoever's heart is shattered anew by love for them

    will die, yet live, as long as he lives, in sickness.

  4. فَحَرّانَ صادٍ ذيدَ عَن بَردِ مَشرَبٍ

    وَعَن بَلَلاتِ الماءِ وَهوَ يَحومُ

    So he is parched and thirsty, driven from a cool drinking-place,

    and from the water's refreshing drops, while he circles round.

  5. بَكَت دارُهُم مِن فَقدِهِم وَتَهَلَّلَت

    دُموعي فَأَيَّ الجازِعَينِ أَلومُ

    Their dwelling wept for their absence, and down streamed

    my tears—so which of the two mourners should I blame?

  6. أَهَذا الَّذي يَبكي مِنَ الهونِ وَالبَلا

    أَم آخَرَ يَبكي شَجوَهُ وَيَهيمُ

    Is it this one, who weeps from humiliation and affliction,

    or another, who weeps his grief and wanders distraught?

  7. إِلى اللَهِ أَشكو حُبَّ لَيلى كَما شَكا

    إِلى اللَهِ فَقدَ الوالِدَينِ يَتيمُ

    To God I complain of my love for Layla, as did

    an orphan to God of the loss of both parents—

  8. يَتيمٌ جَفاهُ الأَقرَبونَ فَعَظمُهُ

    كَسيرٌ وَفَقدُ الوالِدَينِ عَظيمُ

    an orphan spurned by his closest kin, whose bones

    are broken; and the loss of both parents is grievous.

  9. أَفي الحَقِّ هَذا أَنَّ قَلبَكَ فارِغٌ

    وَقَلبِيَ مِمّا قَد أُجَنَّ يَهيمُ

    Is it just that your heart is untroubled,

    while my heart wanders distraught with what it has concealed?

  10. إِذا ذُكِرَت لَيلى أَإِنُّ لِذِكرِها

    كَما أَنَّ بَينَ العائِداتِ سَقيمُ

    Whenever Layla is mentioned, I groan at her mention,

    as a sick man groans among the women visiting him.

  11. عَلَيَّ دِماءُ البُدنِ إِن كانَ حُبُّها

    عَلى النَأيِ في طولِ الزَمانِ يَريمُ

    Upon me be the blood of sacrificial camels if my love for her

    ever fades with distance over the long passage of time.

  12. دَعوني فَما عَن رَأيِكُم كانَ حُبُّها

    وَلَكِنَّهُ حَظٌّ لَها وَقَسيمُ

    Leave me be; my love for her did not arise from your counsel,

    but it is her allotted lot and portion.