Sol 6.1

  1. O Lubayna, kindle the fire;

    indeed, the one you love has grown bewildered.

  2. Many a fire I spent the night watching,

    gnawing Indian wood and laurel;

  3. beside it, a gazelle stokes the fire,

    with a girdle tied about his waist;

  4. a young gazelle, his eyes dark against brilliant whites,

    and you would take his face for a gold dinar.

  5. Convey to the young men a message:

    sincere counsel from me, and tidings.

  6. As a youth, I sought out life's trials,

    and found life to have many phases.

  7. No one lives a life

    without encountering privation in it,

  8. from a friend or a trusted brother,

    or an enemy whose dwelling is far away,

  9. or calamities that keep besetting him,

    so familiarity turns to estrangement.

Sol 6.1