Sol 6.1

  1. يا عَذْبَةَ الرشفِ هل لمكتئبٍ

    صبٍّ سبيلٌ لفوز لقياكِ

    O you whose kisses are sweet, is there for a sorrowful

    ardent lover a way to win a meeting with you?

  2. يشكو إليكِ الفؤادُ لوعتَه

    وتَشْتكي العينُ فَقدَ رُؤْياكِ

    The heart complains to you of its anguish,

    and the eye laments the loss of seeing you.

  3. بي لوعةٌ منكِ ليس يُطْفِئها

    إلاّ جَنَى الظَّلِمْ من ثَناياكِ

    A burning anguish from you is in me; nothing quenches it

    save the nectar of saliva from your front teeth.

  4. فَنَوِّلِي منْ قَتَلْتِ مُهجَتَهُ

    هدِيَّةً مِنْحَةً على ذاكِ

    So grant him whose soul you have slain

    a gift, a boon in return for that.

  5. أو فابعَثي مِن جَنَى رُضابِك ما

    يَشْفِي غليلي في رَأْسِ مِسْواكِ

    Or send, from the nectar of your saliva, what

    will quench my burning thirst, on the tip of a tooth-stick.

  6. ولو خَشِيتِ الإلهَ ما فَتَكت

    بابن وَصِيِّ النَّبي عيناكِ

    And had you feared God, your eyes would not have slain

    the son of the Prophet's legatee.

  7. ملكتُ مملوكةً وقد طَفِقَتْ

    مَمْلوكَتي وهي بَعْضُ مُلاّكي

    I acquired a slave-girl, and now

    my slave-girl has become one of my masters.

  8. يُطرِب سَمعي مقالُ عائدتي

    لها ألاَ كيف حالُ مولاكِ

    My sickbed visitor's words delight my ear

    as she asks her, 'Tell me, how is your master?'

  9. إِنْ عَبَقَتْ قلتَ مِسْكُ نافجةٍ

    أو سَفَرَتْ قلتَ بدرُ أَفْلاكِ

    If she gives off fragrance, you say, 'Musk from a musk-pod!'

    Or if she unveils, you say, 'A full moon of the heavens!'

  10. كأنّما طَرْفُها إِذا لَحَظَتْ

    مِثليَ في الحبّ مُدنَفٌ شاكي

    It is as though her gaze, when she glances,

    were, like me, languishing with love and lamenting.