Sol 6.1

  1. مُضنىً وَلَيسَ بِهِ حِراك

    لَكِن يَخِفُّ إِذا رَآك

    Worn out, without a stir in him,

    Yet he quickens when he sees you.

  2. وَيَميلُ مِن طَرَبٍ إِذا

    ما مِلتَ يا غُصنَ الأَراك

    And he sways with rapture whenever

    You sway, O branch of the arak tree.

  3. إِنَّ الجَمالَ كَساكَ مِن

    وَرَقِ المَحاسِنِ ما كَساك

    Indeed, beauty has clothed you in

    The leaves of loveliness it has bestowed on you.

  4. وَنَبَتَّ بَينَ جَوانِحي

    وَالقَلبُ مِن دَمِهِ سَقاك

    And you sprouted between my ribs,

    And the heart watered you with its blood.

  5. حُلوَ الوُعودِ مَتى وَفاك

    أَتُراكَ مُنجِزَها تُراك

    O giver of sweet promises, when will you keep them?

    I wonder, will you fulfill them—I wonder?

  6. مِن كُلِّ لَفظٍ لَو أَذِن

    تَ لِأَجلِهِ قَبَّلتُ فاك

    For every word, if you granted

    Permission, I would kiss your mouth for its sake.

  7. أَخَذَ الحَلاوَةَ عَن ثَنا

    ياكَ العِذابِ وَعَن لَماك

    It drew its sweetness from your

    Sweet front teeth and from your lips' dusky hue.

  8. ظُلماً أَقولُ جَنى الهَوى

    لَم يَجنِ إِلّا مُقلَتاك

    Unjustly I say that love has done wrong;

    Only your two eyes have done wrong.

  9. غَدَتا مَنِيَّةَ مَن رَأَي

    تَ وَرُحتَ مُنيَةَ مَن رَآك

    They became the death of whomever

    You saw, and you became the desire of whoever saw you.