Sol 6.1

  1. كأن رقيباً منك يرعَى خواطري

    وآخر يرعى ناظري ولساني

    As though a watcher from you guards my thoughts,

    and another watches over my gaze and my tongue.

  2. فما رمقت عيناي بعدك منظرا

    لغيرك إِلا قلتُ قد رمقاني

    So my eyes have never, since you, gazed upon a sight

    of anyone but you without my saying, 'Both have seen me.'

  3. ولا بدرت من فِيَّ دونك لفظةٌ

    بغيرك إِلا قلتُ قد سَمِعاني

    Nor, without you, has a word escaped my mouth

    about anyone else without my saying, 'Both have heard me.'

  4. إذا ما تسلَّى العاذرون عن الهوى

    بشُرب مُدامٍ أو سماع قيان

    When those who pardon distract themselves from love

    by drinking wine or listening to singing girls,

  5. وجدتُ الذي يُسلي سواي يشوقُني

    إِلى قُربكِم حتى أمَلَّ مكاني

    I have found that what consoles others makes me yearn

    for nearness to you, until I tire of where I am.

  6. ولا خَطَرت في السر منيَ خطرةٌ

    لغيرك إِلا عَرَّجا بعِناني

    Nor has a thought of mine stirred in secret

    toward anyone but you without the two turning my reins aside.

  7. وإخوانِ صِدقٍ قد سئمتُ حَديثَهم

    وأمسكتُ عنهم ناظري ولساني

    And true brothers—I have grown weary of their talk,

    and withheld my gaze and my tongue from them.

  8. وما الزهدُ أسلى عنهم غير أنّني

    وجدتُك مشهودي بكل مكان

    It was not asceticism that made me forget them, but that I

    found you the one I behold in every place.