Sol 6.1

  1. قال لجافٍ كلّما سِي

    مَ وصالاً زاد ضَنّا

    He said to an aloof one who, whenever asked

    for union, grew more withholding:

  2. لَيتَهُ يَزدادُ إِحسا

    ناً كما يزداد حسنا

    Would that he might grow in kindness,

    just as he grows in beauty.

  3. قد لَبِسنا من جوى حُب

    بك ما أبلى وأضْنى

    We have donned, from the burning anguish of loving

    you, what wore us out and wasted us.

  4. لا أَرانا اللَّهُ في نَفْ

    سِك ما أبصرتَ مِنّا

    May God never let us see in you

    what you have seen in us.

  5. بلغَ الكاشحُ بالبي

    نِ الّذي كان تمنّى

    The spiteful foe attained through separation

    what he had wished for.

  6. فَوحقّ الحبِّ لم يَصْ

    دُقْك مَن بلّغ عنّا

    So, by love's sanctity, he did not tell you the truth—

    the one who brought you word about us.

  7. لو درَى العاذلُ أنّي

    لم أُطِعْه ما تعنّى

    Had the reproacher known that I

    would not heed him, he would not have troubled himself.

  8. لم أدعْ في العَذْلِ للحُب

    بِ على أُذْنِيَ إذْنا

    I gave no reproach for love

    permission to reach my ear.

  9. أتُرى عن حسنِ رأيٍ

    زارنا طيفُك وَهْنا

    Was it, do you think, out of sound judgment

    that your phantom visited us late at night?

  10. لم يُفِدنا وطريفٌ

    خادعٌ يوجبُ مَنّا

    It brought us no benefit; strange is

    a deceiver that imposes a debt of gratitude.

  11. إنّما الطّيفُ كلفظٍ

    فارغٍ ما فيه مَعْنى

    The phantom is only like an utterance—

    empty, with no meaning in it.

  12. كَم رَأينا باطلاً نَف

    فَسَ كَرْباً مِنْ مُعَنّى

    How often have we seen something false

    ease the anguish of one tormented!