Poems
- أروح بتسليم عليك وأغتديI go to greet you in the evening and in the morning;
- ألا هل فؤادي عن صبا اليوم صافحAh, will my heart today turn away from youthful passion?
- إلا يذذ عنها أساق بسيفهNone but the brave deserves the fair
- إن يمكن الدهر فسوف أنتقمIf fate permits, I shall exact my revenge—
- تذكرت من ليلاك ما لست ناسياYou recalled of your Layla what you will not forget,
- تنجو إذا قيل لها يعاطShe speeds away when “Yaʿāṭ!” is called to her.
- دعا الخوصاء توبة والمناياTawba called for al-Khawṣāʾ, while the fates of death
- رماني وليلى الأخيلية قومهاHer people accused me and Layla al-Akhyaliyya
- عفا الله عنها هل أبتين ليلةMay God pardon her! Will I ever spend a night
- عفت نوبة من أهلها فستورهاNawbah lies desolate, bereft of its people, and its Sutur;
- علام تقول عاذلتي تلومWhy does my reproacher speak, laying blame?
- قالت مخافة بيننا وبكت بهShe spoke for fear of our parting, and wept over it;
- كأن القلب ليلة قيل يغدىIt was as though the heart, the night they said they would set out at dawn
- نأتك بليلى دارها لا تزورهاHer home has carried Layla far from you; you do not visit her.
- وبي من هوى ليلى هوى لو أبثهWithin me is such love for Layla that, were I to disclose it,
- وشى واشيا ليلى فقلت صدقتماLayla’s two tale-bearers spread slander; I said, “You both spoke the truth.”
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