Sol 6.1

  1. مَسَني الضُرُّ مِن صُدودك عَني

    وَأَشتَفي حاسِدي بِذَلِكَ مني

    Affliction has touched me through your turning away from me.

    And through it my envier has gloated over me.

  2. فَأَجرني بِحُرمة الوِد وَالعَهد

    الَّذي كانَ بَينَنا وَأَغتني

    So protect me, by the sanctity of affection and the pledge

    That was between us, and come to my aid.

  3. وَتَلافى ما غادَرَ الشَوق مني

    بِوِصال إِن كانَ عَني يُغني

    And rescue what longing has left of me

    With union, if it can bring me relief.

  4. إِنَّني قانع مِن الوَصل أَن تَسمع

    مني شَكوى هُمومي وَحُزني

    I am content with this much union: that you hear

    From me the lament of my cares and sorrow.

  5. إِلفَ القَلب نارَ حُبك حَتّى

    كُل نار عِندي كَجَنَة عَدن

    The heart has grown used to the fire of your love, until

    Every fire, to me, is like the Garden of Eden.

  6. يا نَديمي أَغب بِذِكراهُ لَبي

    فَلَعَلي أَرتاح إِن غِبت عَني

    O my boon companion, banish my reason with remembrance of him,

    So perhaps I may find rest if I am absent from myself.

  7. ما صفت مثل جِسمِهِ أَو حكتهُ

    فَوقَ ثَغر الأَقاح قَطرة مُزن

    Never was it as clear as his body, nor did it resemble it—

    A raincloud's drop upon the mouths of daisies.

  8. وَتَجافى غُصن الأَراكة لَما

    قامَ يَحكي قوامهُ بِالتَثَني

    And the arak bough drew away when

    It rose to imitate his stature by swaying.

  9. ما بَدا لي إِلّا بهت إِلَيهِ

    بِعُيوني فَلَيسَ بِطَرف جِفني

    He never appeared to me without my gazing, dumbfounded, at him

    With my eyes, for my eyelid does not blink.

  10. سَيدي مِن لمهجة فيك ذابَت

    بَينَ نار الهَوى وَنار التَجَني

    My lord, who will aid a heart that has melted for you

    Between the fire of passion and the fire of unjust reproach?

  11. أَتَمَنى رُضاكَ عَني وَهَيها

    ت وُقوع العَنقاءِ لِلمُتَعني

    I long for your favor toward me; yet far beyond reach

    Is the Anqa bird's alighting for one who toils.