Sol 6.1

  1. نُورٌ بِخَدِّكَ أَم تَوَقُّدُ نارِ

    وَضَنىً بِجفنِكَ أَم كُؤوس عُقارِ

    Is that light on your cheek, or a blazing fire?

    And is that languor in your eyelid, or goblets of heady wine?

  2. وَشَذاً بريقكَ أَم تأرجُ مِسكةٍ

    وَسنا بِثَغرك أَم شعاعُ دراري

    And is that fragrance in your saliva, or the wafting scent of musk?

    And is that radiance at your mouth, or the light of brilliant stars?

  3. جُمِعَت مَعاني الحُسنِ فيكَ فَأصبَحَت

    قيدَ القُلوبِ وَفتنةَ الأَبصارِ

    The qualities of beauty were gathered in you, and became

    A fetter for hearts and a temptation to the eyes.

  4. متصاوِنٌ خَفِرٌ إِذا ناطقتَهُ

    أَغضى حَياءً في سَكون وَقارِ

    He is reserved and bashful; when you speak to him,

    He lowers his gaze in shyness, in dignified stillness.

  5. في وَجهِهِ زَهراتُ رَوضٍ تُجتلى

    مِن نَرجس مَع وَردةٍ وَبَهارِ

    On his face, the blossoms of a garden are seen:

    Narcissus, with a rose and oxeye flowers.

  6. خافَ اِقتِطافَ الوَردِ مِن وَجناته

    فَأدارَ مِن آسٍ سياجَ عِذارِ

    He feared the roses would be plucked from his cheeks,

    So he ringed them with a myrtle hedge of cheek-down.

  7. وَتسللت نَمل العِذارِ بِخدِّه

    ليرِدنَ شَهدةَ ريقِهِ المعطارِ

    And the ants of his cheek-down crept across his cheek,

    To drink from the honeycomb of his fragrant saliva.

  8. وَبِخَدِّه وَردٌ حَمَتها وردها

    فَوقَفنَ بَينَ الوِرد وَالإِصدارِ

    But roses on his cheek barred them from their drink,

    So they halted between coming to drink and being turned away.

  9. كَم ذا أَواري في هَواه مَحَبتي

    وَلَقَد وَشى بي فيهِ فَرطُ أواري

    How long shall I conceal the love I bear him?

    Yet the excess of my burning ardor has surely given away my love for him.