Sol 6.1

  1. إِنّي وَمَن أَحرَمَ الحَجيجُ لَهُ

    وَمَوقِفِ الهَدي بَعدُ وَالبُدُنِ

    Truly, I swear by Him for whom the pilgrims enter consecration,

    and by the place of the offerings, and the sacrificial camels besides,

  2. وَالبَيتِ ذي الأَبطَحِ العَتيقِ وَما

    جُلَّلَ مِن حُرِّ عَصبِ ذي اليَمَنِ

    and by the ancient House at al-Abtah, and the

    fine striped cloth from Yemen in which it is draped,

  3. وَالأَشعَثِ الطائِفِ المُهِلِّ وَما

    بَينَ الصَفا وَالمَقامِ وَالرُكنِ

    and by the disheveled pilgrim circling it, chanting the pilgrim's call, and all

    between al-Safa, the Station, and the Corner,

  4. وَزَمزَمٍ وَالجِمارِ إِذ رُمِيَت

    وَالجَمرَتَينِ اللَتَينِ بِالبَطنِ

    and by Zamzam and the pebbles when they are cast,

    and the two stoning stations on the valley floor,

  5. وَما أَقَرَّ الظِباءَ بِالبَيتِ وَال

    وُرقَ إِذا ما دَعَت عَلى فَنَنِ

    and by what shelters gazelles at the House, and the

    gray doves when they call upon a bough—

  6. ما خُنتُ عَهدَ القَتولِ إِذ شَحطَت

    وَلو أَتَوها بِهِ لِتَصرِمَني

    I did not betray my pledge to al-Qatūl when she went far away,

    even if they brought her word of it to make her forsake me.

  7. يا عَبدَ لا أُقذَفَن بِداهِيَةٍ

    مِنكُم وَلَم آتِها وَلَم أَخُنِ

    O ʿAbd, let me not be accused of an outrage

    by you, when I have neither committed it nor been unfaithful.

  8. لا يَكُنِ البُخلُ لي وُجودُكُمُ

    يَوماً لِغَيري وَأَنتُمُ شَجَني

    Let not withholding be my share, and your generosity

    another's one day, while you are my heartache.

  9. ما كانَتِ الدارُ بِالتِلاعِ وَلا ال

    أَجراعِ لَولا القَتولُ مِن وَطَني

    No dwelling in the ravines, nor on the

    sandy flats, would be my home but for al-Qatūl.

  10. يا قَومُ حُبُّ القَتولِ أَجرَضَني

    وَتارِكي هارِماً بِلا دِمَنِ

    O people, love of al-Qatūl has choked me,

    and leaves me decrepit, without a trace of home.

  11. قَد شُطَّ في الزُبرِ فَاِطلُبوا بِدَمي

    مَن لَم يُقِدني يَوماً وَلَم يَدني

    Injustice has been done in the written records; seek vengeance for my blood

    from one who never granted me redress or paid my blood-price.

  12. عُلِّقتُها ناشِئً وَعُلِّقَت رَجُلاً

    غَيرِيَ غَضَّ الشَبابِ كَالغُصُنِ

    I fell in love with her as a youth, and she loved a man

    other than me, tender in youth, like a bough.

  13. وَعُلَّقَتني أُخرى وَعُلَّقَها

    ناشٍ يَصيدُ القُلوبَ كَالشَطَنِ

    Another woman fell in love with me, while she was loved by

    a youth who hunts hearts, like a long rope.

  14. فَالشَكلُ مِها الغَداةَ مُختَلِفٌ

    ذاكَ طِلابُ الضَلالِ وَالفِتَنِ

    So the pairing [among them?] this morning is mismatched;

    such is the pursuit of waywardness and temptation.

  15. قَد قُلتُ لَمّا سَمِعتُ أَمرَهُمُ

    يا رَبِّ قَد شَفَّني وَأَحزَنَني

    I said, when I heard of their affair:

    O my Lord, it has worn me thin and grieved me.

  16. إِلَيكَ أَشكو الَّذي أُصِبتُ بِهِ

    لِتُدرِكَ التَبلَ لي وَتَنصُرَني

    To You I complain of what I have suffered,

    that You may exact vengeance for me and help me.

  17. أَنكَرتِني اليَومَ بَعدَ مَعرِفَتي

    وَبَعدَ جَرّي إِلَيكُمُ رَسَني

    You treat me as a stranger today, after knowing me,

    and after I drew my halter toward you,

  18. وَمَجلِسي لَيلَةَ الخَميسِ لَدى ال

    خَيماتِ بَينَ التِلاعِ وَالحُصُنِ

    and sat on Thursday night beside the

    tents between the ravines and the forts,

  19. وَلَيلَةَ السَبتِ إِذ رَأَيتِ لَنا

    بِالوُدِّ وَالدَمعُ مِنكِ في سَنَنِ

    and on Saturday night, when you regarded us

    with affection, your tears running in a steady stream.

  20. آثَرتِ غَيري عَلَيَّ ظالِمَةً

    اللَهُ بَيني وَبَينَكُم سَكَني

    You unjustly preferred another to me;

    let God judge between me and you, my solace.

  21. أَبَعدَني اللَهُ إِذ مَنَحتُكُمُ

    وُدّي وَأَصفَيتُكُم وَأَسحَقَني

    May God banish me, since I bestowed on you

    my love and gave you pure devotion—may He cast me far away!