Sol 6.1

  1. قَدْ بَذلْنا النُّفُوسَ يَا أُخْتَ سَعْدِ

    فَاقْبَلِيهَا نَقْداً وَجُودِي بِوَعْدَ

    We have offered our souls, O sister of Saʿd;

    so accept them as ready payment, and be generous with a promise.

  2. وَنَثَرْنَا دُمُوعَنَا فَانْظِمِيهَا

    فَهْيَ أَبْهَى مِنْ كُلِّ لوْلُؤِ عِقْدِ

    And we have scattered our tears, so string them together:

    for they are more radiant than all the pearls of a necklace.

  3. يَا ابنَْةَ القَوْمِ يَكُنْ لَكِ بُرْدٌ

    مِنْ بَدِيعِ الجَمَالِ فَالسُّقْمُ بُرَدِي

    O daughter of the tribe, may you have a mantle

    of wondrous beauty, for sickness is my mantle.

  4. كَيْفَ أَبْغِي وَرْداً بَرَوْضٍ وَوِرْداً

    مِنْ مُدَامٍ وَمِنْكِ وَرْدِي وَوِرْدِي

    How can I seek a rose in a garden, and a draught

    of wine, when from you come my rose and my draught?

  5. جَنَّةٌ حُسْنُهُا كَحُسْنِ وِصَالٍ

    فِيهِ مِنْ خَالِهَا بَقِيَّةُ صَدِّ

    A paradise whose beauty is like the beauty of union,

    in which a trace of rejection remains from her beauty mark.

  6. قَدْ تَعَدَّتْ عَلى النُّفُوسِ وَلَكِنْ

    لاَ يُسَمِّيِهِ عَاشِقُوهَا تَعَدِّي

    She has indeed transgressed against souls, and yet

    her lovers do not call it transgression.

  7. مَا رَأَيْنَا مَنْ صَيَّرِ الجَفْنَ سَيْفاً

    يَخْجِلُ الهِنْدَ غَيْرَ أَجْفَانِ هِندِ

    We have seen none turn an eyelid into a sword

    that puts India to shame, save the eyelids of Hind.

  8. قَالَ لَِي خَدُّهَا الصَّقِيلُ وَقَدْ صَارَ

    مِرْآةً مَاذَا تَرَى قُلْتُ خَدِّي

    Her polished cheek said to me, having become

    a mirror: "What do you see?" I said, "My cheek."