Sol 6.1

  1. قف يا مثير العيس ان غبارها

    اورى بمهجتي الضحى واثارها

    Halt, O driver of the white camels, for their dust

    has kindled morning light within my heart and stirred it.

  2. سارت بأثر السائرين وانما

    جذاب صوتك حين قلت اطارها

    She followed in the travelers’ tracks; it was only

    the lure of your voice, when you spoke, that sent her flying.

  3. تركت لي الجسم السقيم وازمعت

    وغدوت ارقب دائما اخبارها

    She left me the sickly body and resolved to depart,

    and I began always watching for news of her.

  4. معذورة أي والغرام لانها

    قد فارقت من بعد وصل جارها

    She is excused—yes, by love!—for she

    has parted from her neighbor after union.

  5. ما ذا يقول الائمون بشأنها

    والله يقبل رحمة اعذارها

    What do the reproachers say about her,

    when God accepts her excuses out of mercy?

  6. كتب الفراق لها وبعد وقوعه

    القى بها في كل جزء نارها

    He decreed separation for her, and after it befell,

    cast her fire into every part of her.

  7. كتمت معاناة الغرام وعنوة

    فالعين تفضح دائما اسرارها

    She concealed love’s suffering, yet against her will

    the eye forever lays bare her secrets.

  8. لهفي عليها انها لمهجة

    سلبت بحزن دارها وقرارها

    Alas for her! She is indeed a soul

    robbed in sorrow of her home and resting place.

  9. يا حادي العيس اتئد وارفق بها

    فالبعد ابعد حيها ومزارها

    O driver of the white camels, go slowly and be gentle with her,

    for distance has put her camp and her visiting-place far away.

  10. وعسى الذي كتب الفراق يعيده

    وصلا وبرحم دمعها ولوارها

    And may He who decreed separation turn it back

    to union, with mercy for her tears and burning anguish,

  11. فتطيب بعد شتاتها مجموعة

    والقرب يصلح طوره اطوارها

    so she may be well, gathered together after her scattering,

    and nearness, by its nature, may set her states aright.

  12. قسما بهاتيك الوجوه وان تكن

    بالهجر عنا غيبت اقمارها

    I swear by those faces, even though

    estrangement has hidden their moons from us:

  13. انا على العهد القديم بحبها

    نهوى منازلها ونعشق دارها

    indeed, we keep the old covenant in our love for her.

    We love her dwellings and adore her home,

  14. ونحب من زار الديار لاجلها

    ورأى ولو بحجابها انوارها

    and we love whoever visited the abodes for her sake

    and saw her lights, even through her veil.

  15. يا صاحبيّ قفا انظرا عين امرءٍ

    بعثت كسيل هامل امطارها

    O my two companions, halt and behold the eye of a man

    that has sent forth its rains like a freely flowing torrent.