Sol 6.1

  1. أَذكى الغَليل نَسيم الريح حينَ سَرى

    فَحاول الصَبر مُشتاق فَما قَدَرا

    The wind's breeze fanned my burning thirst as it passed by night.

    A yearning lover tried to be patient, but could not.

  2. ناجى فُؤادي بِأَسرار تَأَولها

    فَذابَ وَجداً بِمَعناها وَما شَعَرا

    It whispered secrets to my heart, which interpreted them.

    And it melted with longing at their meaning, unaware.

  3. وَأَومض البَرق مُجتازاً بِذي سلم

    فَباتَ يَنهَلُّ دَمع العَين مُنحَدِرا

    And lightning flashed, passing over Dhu Salam,

    so the eye's tears poured down throughout the night.

  4. مازالَ يُوقد في الأَحشاءِ جَمر جَوى

    حَتّى تَطاير قَلبي كُلُهُ شَرَرا

    It kept kindling embers of anguish in my entrails,

    until my whole heart scattered into sparks.

  5. بِاللَهِ يا لائِمي أَقصر فَلا عَجَب

    إِذا تَذَكر مَحزون فَما صَبَرا

    For God's sake, my reproacher, desist: it is no wonder

    when a sorrowing man remembers and cannot endure.

  6. عَين تَغيَّب عَنها أَلفَها فَبَكَت

    وَقَلبٌ مُكتَئِبٌ مِن خَفقِهِ اِنفَطَرا

    An eye whose beloved had vanished from it wept,

    and a despondent heart split from its own throbbing.

  7. وَأَنتَ يا كَبدي ذوبي في أَسى وَجَوى

    فَقَد تَعَذر ما قَد كانَ مُنتَظِرا

    And you, my liver, melt in sorrow and anguish,

    for what had been awaited has become unattainable.

  8. قَد كثنت مُنتَظِراً دَهري يُساعِدُني

    عَلى اللُقا فَأَتاحَ الدَهر لي سَفَرا

    I had been waiting for Time to help me

    toward reunion, but Time granted me a journey.

  9. وَأَنتَ يا صاحِبي كَرر حَديثهمُ

    فَإِن لِلقَلب شَأناً كُلَّما ذَكَرا

    And you, my companion, tell their story again,

    for the heart has its own state whenever it remembers.

  10. يُذيبُهُ ذِكرَهُم طَوراً وَيَنشُرُهُ

    طَوراً فَتُنعش آمالي إِذا نَشَرا

    Their remembrance melts it at times and brings it back to life

    at others; my hopes revive whenever it returns to life.

  11. وَأَنتَ يا عَيشنا الماضي وَمَعهَدنا

    سَقاكَ دَمعي وَدَمع المُزن مُبتَكِرا

    And you, our bygone life and our familiar abode,

    may my tears and the rain clouds' tears water you at dawn.

  12. وَيا لَيل مَع الأَحباب فيهِ خَلَت

    وَفقَ الأَمانيّ كانَت كُلَها سِحرا

    And O nights with loved ones, which passed

    in accord with our wishes, all of them enchantment,

  13. بِاللَهِ هَل أَنتَ في الأَحلام عائِدَة

    لِمُدنف وَأَصل الأَحزان وَالفِكرا

    for God's sake, will you return in dreams

    to a lovesick man who keeps company with sorrows and thoughts?

  14. أَشكو إِلى اللَهِ أَشواقي إِلى سَكَن

    تَغيب عَنيَ أَحزاني إِذا حَضَرا

    I lament to God my yearning for a comforting beloved;

    my sorrows vanish when he is present.

  15. يَصفينيَ الود مِن دُون الوَرى أَبَداً

    إِذا صَفا الدَهر وَأَبدى لَنا كَدرا

    He gives me pure affection, to the exclusion of all others, always,

    when Time is clear, and when it shows us murk.

  16. إِذا ذكرت لَهُ فاضَت مَدامِعُهُ

    وَذاعَ مِن سِرِهِ ما كانَ مُستَتِرا

    Whenever I am mentioned to him, his tears overflow,

    and what lay hidden of his secret becomes known.

  17. قَد أَلَّف السحر في عَينيهِ سُقمُهُما

    وَالفَتك وَالغَنج وَالتَفتير وَالحورا

    Their languor has woven magic in his eyes,

    with deadly charm, coyness, languid glances, and striking dark-and-white beauty.

  18. وَجَمع الحُب في جفني وَفي بَدَني

    الماءَ وَالنارَ وَالأَسقام وَالسَهرا

    And love has gathered in my eyelids and in my body

    water and fire, sicknesses and sleeplessness.

  19. تَوَد أَن لا تَرى عَيني سِواهُ وَإِن

    تَديم في وَجهِهِ لَو أَمكَنَ النَظَرا

    My eye wishes to see none but him, and, if

    it could, to gaze continually at his face.

  20. لَكن بِعارِضِها دَمعي وَيُدهِشُها

    مِن وَجنَتَيهِ شُعاع يَخطف البَصَرا

    But my tears obstruct it, and it is dazzled

    by a ray from his cheeks that snatches away sight.

  21. كَم لَيلة بِت أَسقيهِ غَياهِبُها

    كَأس العِتاب إِلى أَن رَقَّ وَاِعتَذَرا

    Many a night I spent in its darkness, offering him

    the cup of reproach, until he softened and apologized.

  22. أَذكي بِنار عِتابي نار وَجنَتِهِ

    فَيَقطر الجَمر ماءَ كُلَما اِستَعرا

    I kindle the fire of his cheek with the fire of my reproach,

    so the ember drips water whenever it blazes.

  23. لا عُذر لي في حَياتي بَعدَ فَرقَتِهِ

    لَكنَّ ذَلِكَ أَمر وافق القَدرا

    I have no excuse for living after parting from him,

    but that is a matter that accorded with destiny.

  24. يا مَن لِصَب غَريب قَد بَكى كَمداً

    وَما سَلا اَلفُهُ يَوماً وَلا غَدرا

    O who will help a lovelorn stranger who has wept with grief,

    and never forgot his beloved, even for a day, nor betrayed him?

  25. لَم تَبقَ مِن صَبرِهِ الأَشواق باقية

    وَلم يَدَع سُمُهُ مِن جِسمِهِ أَثَرا

    Longings have left not a remnant of his patience,

    and his poison has left no trace of his body.

  26. تسلَّ يا قَلب عَن عَيش خَلا وَمَضى

    أَوذب فَذاكَ عَيان قَد بَقِيَ خَبَرا

    Console yourself, O heart, for a life now gone and past,

    or melt away: what was once before your eyes remains only a tale.