Sol 6.1

  1. نفسي الفِداءُ لظالمٍ مُتَعتّبٍ

    مُتباعِدٍ بالهجر وَهوَ قريبُ

    My soul be ransom for a reproachful tyrant,

    who keeps aloof through estrangement, though he is near.

  2. فقَمَرٌ عليهِ من ذوائبِهِ دُجًى

    يهتزُّ منهُ على القَضيبِ كثيبُ

    For he is a moon, veiled in the night of his tresses;

    in him, a sand dune sways upon a slender bough.

  3. يمشي وقد فعل الصبا بقوامه

    فعل الصبا بالغصن وهو رطيب

    He walks, and youth has worked upon his form

    as the east wind works upon a tender bough.

  4. في وجهِهِ ماءُ الملاحةِ حائِرٌ

    فقلوبُنا الظَّمأَى عليه تلوبُ

    The water of beauty pools upon his face,

    so our thirsty hearts circle around it.

  5. لِلِحاظِهِ في القلبِ وَقعُ سهامِهِ

    لكنَّ تلكَ تطيشُ وَهيَ تُصيبُ

    His glances strike the heart with the force of his arrows;

    yet those arrows miss, while his glances strike true.

  6. أشتاقُهُ وهو السَّوادُ بناظري

    مَن لي بحُسنِ الصَّبر حينَ يغيبُ

    I long for him, though he is the dark pupil of my eye;

    who can grant me noble patience when he is absent?

  7. أَحبَبتُ فيه اللائِمينَ لأَنَّهُ

    يحلو بسمعي ذكرُهُ ويَطيبُ

    For his sake I have loved even those who reproach me, because

    the mention of him is sweet and pleasing to my ear.

  8. ومنحتُهُ كلَّ الهوى دونَ الورى

    طُرّاً ومالي من هواهُ نصيبُ

    And I gave him all my love, to the exclusion of all others,

    without exception—yet I have no share of his love.

  9. ومنَ العجائبِ فعلُهُ بي في الهوى

    ما تفعلُ الأعداءُ وهو حبيبُ

    And one wonder is that, in love, he does to me

    what enemies do, though he is my beloved.

  10. إن جارَ إذ حَكَّمتُهُ في مُهجَتي

    فالعَدلُ في حُكمِ الغرامِ غريبُ

    If he is unjust, now that I have made him arbiter of my soul,

    then justice is a stranger to the rule of passion.

  11. والصَّبُّ يَستَحلِي مراراتِ الهوى

    فيه ويعذبُ عنده التّعذيبُ

    And the lovesick lover finds the bitter pangs of love sweet

    for his sake, and even torment is sweet to the lover.