أَحَمامَةَ البَيدا أَطَلتِ بُكاكِ
فَبِحُسنِ صَوتُكِ ما الَّذي أَبكاكِ
O dove of the desert, you have prolonged your weeping.
And by the beauty of your voice, what has made you weep?
إِن كانَ حَقاً ما ظَنَنتُ فَإِنَّ بي
فَوقَ الَّذي بِكِ مِن شَديدِ جَواكِ
If what I have supposed is true, then I bear
more than the fierce anguish you bear.
إِنّي أَظُنُّكِ قَد دُهيتِ بِفُرقَةٍ
مِن مُؤنِسٍ لَكِ فَاِرتَمَضتِ لِذاكِ
Indeed, I think you have been stricken by separation
from one who kept you company, so you burned with grief over that.
لَكِنَّ ما أَشكوهُ مِن فَرطِ الجَوى
بِخِلافِ ما تَجِدينَ مِن شَكواكِ
But the overwhelming anguish I lament
is unlike what you feel in your lament.
أَنا إِنَّما أَبكي الذُنوبَ وَأَسرِها
وَمُنايَ في الشَكوى مَنالُ فَكاكي
I weep only over sins and the bondage they impose,
and my wish in lamenting is to gain my release.
وَإِذا بَكَيتُ سَأَلتُ رَبي رَحمَةً
وَتَجاوزاً فَبُكايَ غَيرُ بُكاكِ
And when I weep, I ask my Lord for mercy
and pardon; so my weeping is unlike yours.
Sol 6.1