Sol 6.1

  1. فَلَمّا اِلتَقَينا وَاِطمَأَنَّت بِنا النَوى

    وَغُيِّبَ عَنّا مَن نَخافُ وَنُشفِقُ

    Then, when we met and separation let us rest,

    And those we feared and dreaded were kept away from us,

  2. أَخَذتُ بِكَفّي كَفَّها فَوَضَعتُها

    عَلى كَبِدٍ مِن خَشيَةِ البَينِ تَخفِقُ

    I took her palm in mine and laid it

    Upon a liver throbbing from fear of parting.

  3. فَقالَت لِأَترابٍ لَها حينَ أَيقَنَت

    بِما قَد أُلاقي إِنَّ ذا لَيسَ يَصدُقُ

    Then she said to her companions of the same age, when she was certain

    Of what I might endure, "This man is not telling the truth."

  4. فَقُلنَ أَتَبكي عَينُ مَن لَيسَ موجَعاً

    كَئيباً وَمَن هُوَ ساهِرُ اللَيلِ يَأرَقُ

    They said, "Does the eye of one without anguish weep,

    Without sorrow? And whoever keeps vigil at night lies sleepless."

  5. فَقالَت أَرى هَذا اِشتِياقاً وَإِنَّما

    دَعا دَمعَ ذي القَلبِ الخَلِيِّ التَشَوُّقُ

    She said, "I see this as longing; it was only

    Yearning that summoned the tears of one whose heart is free of love."

  6. فَقُلنَ شَهِدنا أَنَّ ذا لَيسَ كاذِباً

    وَلَكِنَّهُ فيما يَقولُ مُصَدَّقُ

    They said, "We bear witness that this man is no liar,

    But he is to be believed in what he says."

  7. فَقُمنَ لِكَي يُخلينَنا فَتَرَقرَقَت

    مَدامِعُ عَينَيها فَظَلَّت تَدَفَّقُ

    Then they rose to leave us alone, and there welled up

    The tears in her eyes, and they kept on streaming.

  8. فَقالَت أَما تَرحَمنَني لا تَدَعنَني

    لَدَيهِ وَهوَ فيما عَلِمتُنَّ أَخرَقُ

    She said, "Will you not pity me? Do not leave me

    With him—he is, as you know, clumsy."

  9. فَقُلنَ اِسكُتي عَنّا فَغَيرُ مَطاعَةٍ

    لَهُ بِكِ مِنّا فَاِعلَمي ذاكَ أَرفَقُ

    They said, "Hush, leave us be! You will not be obeyed;

    He is gentler with you than we are—know that."

  10. فَقالَت فَلا تَبرَحنَ ذا السِترَ إِنَّني

    أَخافُ وَرَبِّ الناسِ مِنهُ وَأَفرَقُ

    She said, "Then do not move away from this curtain; I

    Fear him—by the Lord of humankind—and am terrified."