Sol 6.1

  1. فُتِنتُ بِظَبيٍ بَغى خَيبَتي

    بِجَفنٍ تَفَنَّنَ في فِتنَتي

    I was bewitched by a gazelle who sought my disappointment,

    With an eyelid that excelled in bewitching me.

  2. تَجَنّى فَبِتُّ بِجَفنٍ يَفيضُ

    فَخَيَّبتُ ظَنِّيَ في يَقظَتي

    He acted unjustly, so I spent the night with an overflowing eyelid,

    And dashed my hopes in my wakefulness.

  3. قَضيبٌ يَجيءُ بِزِيٍّ يَزينُ

    تَثَنّى فَذُقتُ جَنى جَنَّةِ

    A slender branch, he comes in attire that adorns him;

    He swayed, and I tasted the fruit of a garden.

  4. نَجيبٌ يُجيبُ بِفَنٍّ يُذيبُ

    بِبَضٍّ خَضيبٍ نَفى خيفَتي

    A noble one, he answers with an art that melts,

    With tender, dyed flesh, he banished my fear.

  5. بِجَفنٍ يَجيءُ بِبيضٍ غَزَت

    تَشَجُّ فَتَنفُذُ في جُبَّتي

    With an eyelid, he brings bright swords that have attacked;

    They gash, then pierce into my robe.

  6. غَنِيٌّ يَضِنُّ بِنَضٍّ نَقِيٍّ

    فَيَقضي بِغُبنِيَ في بُغيَتي

    A rich man, he begrudges pure, ready cash,

    Thus decreeing my loss in what I desire.

  7. تَيَقَّظَ بي غُنجُ جَفنٍ غَضيضٍ

    بِفَنٍّ يَشُنُّ ضَنىً جُثَّتي

    The coyness of a downcast eyelid awoke within me,

    With an art that unleashes wasting sickness on my body.

  8. فَبي شَظَفٌ بِتُّ ضَبني ضَني

    خَفي بَينَ جَنبَيَّ في غَشيَتي

    So hardship is mine; I spent the night, my flank ailing,

    Hidden between my two sides in my swoon.

  9. شُغِفتُ بِذي جَنَفٍ بَيِّنٍ

    بِنَزغٍ تَبَيَّنَ في غَيبَتي

    I was consumed by love for one whose injustice was plain,

    With malice that became apparent in my absence.

  10. بِذي شَنَبٍ بِجَبينٍ يُضي

    ءُ تَغنِيَتي فَفَشَت غَيبَتي

    With one whose teeth are cool and lustrous, whose brow lights up

    My singing; then my absence became known.

  11. بِخِشفٍ يُغيظُ بِبَغيٍ يَغيضُ

    بِغِشٍّ يَفيضُ تُقىً نِيَّتي

    With a fawn who angers through oppression and drains

    My intention's piety through overflowing deceit.

  12. قَضَيتُ بِتَشتيتِ بَينٍ قَضى

    فَتىً بَثَّ خَفضِيَ في فِتنَتي

    I resolved to break up a separation decreed

    By a youth who scattered my ease in my infatuation.

  13. غَضِبتُ بِتَبيينِ غِشٍّ جَنى

    فَبِتُّ بِغَيظِيَ في غَضبَتي

    I grew angry at the exposure of deceit he had perpetrated,

    So I spent the night with my fury, in my anger.

  14. نَشِبتُ بِبَغيِ غَنِيٍّ بَغى

    فَذُبتُ بِغَبنِيَ في نَشبَتي

    I was caught in the tyranny of a rich man who transgressed,

    So I melted away through my loss, in my entanglement.

  15. تَخَشَّيتُ غِبَّ تَجَنٍّ يَفي

    يَقينِيَ جَنِّيَ في خَشيَتي

    I grew fearful after an affront that fulfils

    My certainty—my madness amid my fear.