مُقِيمٌ لِلمُقِيمَةِ في فُؤَادِي
هَوَىً بَيْنَ السُّوَيْدَا والسَّوَادِ
Abiding for her who abides within my heart
Abiding, for her who dwells in my heart,
is a love lodged between its deepest core and darkness.
is love between the heart's dark core and the eye's black pupil.
وَوَجْدٌ مَا تُغَيِّرُهُ اللَّيَالي
حَفِظْتُ بِهِ عُهُودَ هَوَى سُعادِ
And a passion that the passing nights cannot alter—
And a longing that the nights do not alter;
through it I have kept the covenants of my love for Suʿād.
through it I have kept the pledges of love for Su'ad.
دَعى مَنْ شَاءَ فِيكِ يَلُمْ كَثِيباً
غَرِيقاً في المَدَامِعَ وَهْوَ صَادِ
Let whoever wishes reproach, for loving you, a dune
Let whoever wishes blame a sand dune on your account,
drowned in tears, yet parched with thirst.
drowned in tears, yet thirsty.
وَحَقِّ هَوَاكِ مَا فَقَدَتْ عُيُوني
مَدَامِعَهَا وَلاَ وَجَدَتْ رُقَادِي
By the sanctity of your love, my eyes have never lost
By the sanctity of loving you, my eyes have never lost
their tears, nor have they found my sleep.
their tears, nor have they found my sleep.
سَقَى مَغْنَاكِ مِنْ هَضَبَاتِ نَجْدٍ
كُؤُوسُ القَطْرِ مِنْ أَيْدِي الغَوَادِي
May cups of rain from the highlands of Najd water your dwelling,
May your dwelling among the hills of Najd be watered
poured by the hands of the morning rainclouds.
by cups of rain from the hands of morning clouds.
فَكَمْ لِي فِيهِ مِنْ وَطَرٍ تَقَضَّى
بِأَحْيَانٍ عَلى وَفْقِ المُرَادِ
How many a desire of mine was fulfilled there,
For many a wish of mine was fulfilled there,
in moments that accorded with every wish—
at times in accord with what I desired,
بِحَيْثُ دُنُوُّ سُعْدَى مِنْ تَدَانٍ
كَمَا نَهْوَى وبُعْدٍ مِنْ بُعَادِي
where Suʿdā's nearness came through an intimate drawing-near,
where Su'da's nearness came from drawing together,
just as we desired, and her distance sprang from my own.
as we wished, and from keeping far from separation from me;
وَإِذْ أَنَا والمَلِيحَةُ فِي عِتَابٍ
يُلِينُ بِلُطْفِهِ عِطْفَ الجَمَادِ
And when the lovely one and I exchanged reproaches,
and when the lovely one and I exchanged reproaches,
their tenderness could soften even the unyielding side of stone.
whose gentleness would soften the flank of lifeless matter.
إِذَا ضَلَّتْ بِطُرَّتِهَا عُيُونِي
فَلِي مِنْ ثَغْرِهَا البَسَّامِ هَادِ
Whenever my eyes lose their way within her forelock,
When my eyes lose their way in her forelock,
her smiling mouth provides me with a guide.
I have a guide in her ever-smiling mouth.
مِنَ الشُّعَرَاءِ دَمْعي في هَوَاهَا
تَهِيمُ سُيُولُهُ في كُلِّ وَادِ
My tears are poets in their love for her:
My tears for love of her are among the poets;
their torrents wander, enraptured, through every valley.
their torrents wander through every valley.
فَدَيْتُكِ هَلْ أَذَبْتِ سِوَى جَمِيعي
وَمِنيِّ هَلْ تَرَكْتِ سِوَى وِدَادِي
I would ransom you! Have you melted away anything but the whole of me?
May I be your ransom! Have you melted anything but all of me?
And of me, have you left anything except my love?
And of me, have you left anything but my love?
وكَيْفَ يَكُونُ فِيكِ خَفَاءُ وَجْدي
وَهَذَا حُسْنُكِ الفَتَّانُ بَادِ
How could my passion for you possibly remain concealed,
And how can my longing for you be concealed,
when this bewitching beauty of yours stands manifest?
when this bewitching beauty of yours is plain to see?
Sol 6.1