Sol 6.1

  1. يا صاحِ قُل لِلرَبعِ هَل يَتَكَلَّمُ

    فَيُبينَ عَمّا سيلَ أَو يَستَعجِمُ

    O friend, speak to the campsite: will it speak,

    and answer what it was asked, or remain mute?

  2. فَثَنى مَطيَّتَهُ عَلَيَّ وَقالَ لي

    إِسأَل وَكَيفَ يَبينُ رَسمٌ أَعجَمُ

    Then he turned his mount toward me and said:

    “Ask—but how can a speechless trace give answer?”

  3. دَرَجَت عَلَيهِ العاصِفاتُ فَقَد عَفَت

    آياتُهُ إِلّا ثَلاثٌ جُثَّمُ

    Storm winds have swept over it; gone are

    its traces, save three crouching hearthstones.

  4. عُجتُ القَلوصَ بِهِ وَعَرَّجَ صُحبَتي

    وَكَفَفتُ غَربَ دُموعِ عَينٍ تَسجُمُ

    I turned the young she-camel toward it, and my companions turned aside,

    and checked the flood of tears from a streaming eye.

  5. أُدمُ الظِباءِ بِهِ تُراعي خِلفَةً

    وَسِخالُها في رَسمِهِ تَتَبَغَّمُ

    White gazelles there keep watch in turn,

    and their fawns bleat softly amid its traces.

  6. وَثَنى صَبابَةَ قَلبِهِ بَعدَ البِلى

    وَرَقاءُ ظَلَّت في الغُصونِ تَرَنَّمُ

    And his heart’s longing, after fading, was revived

    by a gray dove that kept singing among the branches.

  7. غَرِدَت عَلى فَنَنٍ فَأَسعَدَ شَجوَها

    وُرقٌ يُجِبنَ كَما اِستَجابَ المَأتَمُ

    She sang upon a bough; her lament was joined

    by gray doves answering like a gathering of mourners.

  8. هَل عَيشُنا بِمِنىً يَعودُ كَعَهدِنا

    إِذ لا نُراعُ وَلا يُطاعُ اللُوَّمُ

    Will our life at Mina return as we knew it,

    when we knew no fear and reproachers went unheeded—

  9. أَيّامَ هِندٌ لا تُطيعُ مُحَرِّشاً

    خَطِلَ المَقالِ وَسِرُّنا لا يُعلَمُ

    those days when Hind obeyed no mischief-maker,

    reckless in his speech, and our secret was unknown?

  10. وَعَشيَّةً حَبَسَت فَلَم تَفتَح فَما

    بِكَلامِها مِن كاشِحٍ يَتَنَمَّمُ

    And one evening she held back, not opening the mouth

    of a spiteful talebearer through her words.

  11. نَظَرَت إِلَيكَ وَذو شِبامٍ دونَها

    نَظراً يَكادُ بِسِرِّها يَتَكَلَّمُ

    She looked at you, with Dhu Shibam before her,

    with a gaze that almost spoke her secret.

  12. فَأَبانَ رَجعُ الطَرفِ أَن لا تَرحَلَن

    حَتّى يُجِنَّ الناسُ لَيلٌ مُظلِمُ

    Her returning glance made plain: “Do not depart

    until a dark night enfolds the people.

  13. فَلَعَلَّ غِبَّ اللَيلِ يَستُرُ مَجلِساً

    فيهِ يُوَدَّعُ عاشِقٌ وَيُسَلَّمُ

    Perhaps the late hours of night will conceal a meeting

    where a lover is bid farewell and greeted.”

  14. فَأَتيتُ أَمشي بَعدَما نامَ العِدى

    وَأَجَنَّهُم لِلنَومِ جونٌ أَدهَمُ

    So I came on foot after the foes had fallen asleep,

    and a pitch-black night had shrouded them in sleep.

  15. فَإِذا مَهاةٌ في مَهاً بِخَميلَةٍ

    أُدمٍ أَطاعَ لَهُنَّ وادٍ مُلحِمُ

    And behold: an oryx doe among oryx in a thicket,

    white-coated; a lush valley lay at their command.

  16. حَيَّيتُها فَتَبَسَّمَت فَكَأَنَّها

    عِندَ التَبَسُّمِ مُزنَةٌ تَتَبَسَّمُ

    I greeted her; she smiled, as though she were,

    in her smile, a raincloud smiling.

  17. وَتَضَوَّعَت مِسكاً وَسُرَّ فُؤادُها

    فَسُرورُها بادٍ لِمَن يَتَوَسَّمُ

    Musk wafted from her, and her heart rejoiced;

    her joy was plain to a discerning eye.

  18. فَغَنيتُ جَذلاناً وَقَد جَذِلَت بِنا

    نَبغي بِذَلِكَ رَغمَ مَن يَتَرَغَّمُ

    I lingered in delight, while she rejoiced in our company;

    we sought through this to spite whoever resented it.

  19. ثُمَّ اِنصَرَفتُ وَكانَ آخِرُ قَولِها

    أَن سَوفَ يَجمَعُنا إِلَيكَ المَوسِمُ

    Then I departed, and her last words were:

    “The pilgrimage season will bring us together with you.”