عَيْنَاكِ إنْ سَلَبَتْ نَوْمي بِلاَ سَبَبِ
فَالنَّهْبُ يَا أُخْتَ سَعْدٍ شِيَمةُ العَرَبِ
If your eyes have stolen my sleep without cause,
Then plunder, O sister of Sa‘d, is the Arabs' custom.
وَقَدْ سَلَبْتِ رُقَادَ النَّاسِ كُلِّهُمُ
لِذَاكَ جَفْنُكِ كَسْلانٌ مِنْ التّعَبِ
And you have stolen the slumber of everyone;
That is why your eyelid is languid with fatigue.
هَلْ ذاكَ لاَمِعُ بَرْقٍ لاَحَ مِنْ إِضمِ
أَمْ ابْتَسَمْتِ فَهَذَأ بَارِقُ الشَّنَبِ
Is that a gleam of lightning flashing from Iḍam,
Or have you smiled, and this is the gleam of pearly teeth?
وَتِلكَ نَارُكِ بِالجَرْعَاءِ سَاطِعَةٌ
أَمْ ذَاكَ خَدُّكِ وَهَّاجُ مِنَ اللَّهَبِ
And is that your fire blazing at al-Jar‘ā’,
Or is that your cheek, glowing with flame?
لاَ أَنْقَذَ اللهُ مِنْ نَارِ الجَوَى أَبَداً
قَلْبي الَّذي عَنْ هَوَاكُمْ غَيْرُ مُنْقَلِبِ
May God never rescue from the fire of love's anguish
My heart, which never turns away from love for you.
إِنْ عَذَبَتْهُ بِنَارٍ مِنَ مَحَبَّتِهَا
نُعْمَ فَذَاكَ نَعِيمٌ غَيْرُ مُحْتَجُبِ
If it is tormented with fire born of love for her
By Nu‘m, then that is bliss unveiled.
منْ رامَ ذِكْرَ سِوَاهَا يَلْتَمِسْ أَحَداً
غَيْرِي فَذِكْرُ سِوَاهَا لَيْسَ مِنْ أَرَبي
Whoever wishes to speak of anyone but her should seek someone
Other than me, for speaking of anyone but her is not my desire.
إِنْ حَدَّثَتْهُ الأَمَانِي أَنَّنِي أَبداً
أَسْلُوا هَوَاهَا فَقَدْ أَصْغَى إِلى الكَذِبِ
If hopes have told him that I would ever
Forget my love for her, then he has listened to falsehood.
Sol 6.1