Sol 6.1

  1. أَوقَفتُ مِن طَلَلٍ عَلى رَسمِ

    بِلِوى العَقيقِ يَلوحُ كَالوَشمِ

    Have I stopped by the trace of a ruined dwelling,

    At the bend of al-ʿAqīq, gleaming like a tattoo?

  2. أَقوى وَأَقفَرَ بَعدَ ساكِنِهِ

    غَيرَ النَعامِ يَرودُ وَالأُدمِ

    It lay deserted and desolate after its dweller left,

    Save for roaming ostriches and white gazelles.

  3. فَوَقَفتُ مِن طَرَبٍ أُسائِلُهُ

    وَالدَمعُ مِنّي بَيِّنُ السَجمِ

    So I stood, stirred by longing, questioning it,

    And my tears were plainly streaming.

  4. وَذَكَرتُ نُعماً إِذ وَقَفتُ بِهِ

    وَبَكيتُ مِن طَرَبٍ إِلى نُعمِ

    And I remembered Nuʿm as I stood beside it,

    And wept with longing for Nuʿm.

  5. يا نُعمُ آتيهِ أُسائِلُهُ

    فَيَزيدُني سُقماً عَلى سُقمِ

    O Nuʿm, I come to it and question it,

    So it adds sickness to my sickness.

  6. ما بالُ سَهمِكِ لَيسَ يُخطِئُني

    وَيَطيشُ عَنكِ حَزيمَةً سَهمي

    Why does your arrow never miss me,

    Yet my arrow misses you, resolute as you are?

  7. يا نُعمَ ما لاقَيتُ بَعدَكُمُ

    لِمَجالِسِ اللَذّاتِ مِن طَعمِ

    O Nuʿm, since you left I have not found

    Any savor in gatherings of pleasure.

  8. أَمّا النَهارُ فَأَنتِ ما شَجَني

    وَاللَيلُ أَنتِ طَوائِفُ الحُلمِ

    As for the day, you are what grieves me,

    And at night, you are the passing visions of dreams.

  9. لا تُظهِري سِرّي فَإِنَّ حَديثَكُم

    في مَحسَنٍ أَنأى مِنَ النَجمِ

    Do not reveal my secret, for your words

    Are in a fair place, farther off than the stars.

  10. إِنّي رَأَيتُ الحُبَّ يَنقُصُهُ

    طولُ الزَمانِ وَحُبُّكُم يَنمي

    Indeed, I have seen that love is diminished

    By the length of time, yet love for you grows.

  11. سَأَرُبُّ وَصلَكِ إِن مَنَنتِ بِهِ

    في المُخِّ يا سُكنى وَفي العَظمِ

    I shall cherish union with you, if you grant it,

    In my marrow, O Suknā, and in my bones.