Sol 6.1

  1. قَد مالَ كَالغُصنِ في رَوض الصِبا الساقي

    وَالناسُ لِلمَيلِ قَد قامَت عَلى ساق

    The cupbearer swayed like a bough in the garden of youth,

    And at his swaying the people sprang to their feet.

  2. دارَت سواقي عُيون الناظِرين لَهُ

    كَما جَرى النَهرُ مِن جِفني وَآماقي

    The waterwheels of his onlookers' eyes revolved,

    As a river flowed from my eyelid and the corners of my eyes.

  3. وَالنَرجِسُ الغض غض الطرف من خجل

    وَمال ميلة ذي خوف وَاِشفاق

    And the tender narcissus lowered its gaze in shyness,

    And swayed like one in fear and apprehension.

  4. وَلاحَ في حالَةِ الشَجو البَنفسج اِذ

    بَدا بِثَوبٍ مِنَ الاِحزانِ غساق

    And the violet appeared grief-stricken when

    It emerged in a robe of sorrows, dark as night.

  5. وَالزَنبق اِغتاظ من ضحك الوُرود وَقَد

    شق الخُدود فَما يَلقى لَه واقى

    And the lily, enraged by the roses' laughter, had

    Torn its cheeks, finding none to protect it.

  6. وَأَغمَضَت باقة النسرين من أَسف

    فَصار من رَوعِهِ يَشكى اِلى الباقي

    And the bouquet of wild roses closed its eyes in grief,

    Then, frightened, began complaining to the Everlasting.

  7. وَالماءُ لِما رَأى حالَ الزُهورِ غَدا

    يَجري بِقَلب عَظيم الشَوقِ خَفّاق

    And when the water saw the flowers' plight, it began

    To flow with a heart throbbing with immense longing.

  8. وَشَمأل الرَوضِ جول الغُصن دار وَقَد

    تَلا عَلَيهِ لِخَوف رقية الراقي

    And the garden's north wind circled the bough, having

    Recited over it, in fear, a charm-reciter's incantation.

  9. اِن كانَ ذلِكَ حال الزَهر من عَجَب

    فَكَيفَ حال أَخي وَجد وَأَشواق

    If such was the flowers' state in wonder,

    Then how fares a brother to passion and longing?

  10. أَفديهِ لِما صَحا مِن سكرِه سِحرا

    وَلَلطلى أَثر في خَدِّهِ باقي

    I would ransom him, as he sobered from his drunkenness at dawn,

    While a trace of wine still lingered on his cheek.

  11. وَقامَ يخطر وَالاِرداف تقعده

    وَخَصرُه يَشتَكي سَقما لِمُشتاق

    And he rose to saunter, though his hips weighed him down,

    And his waist complained of frailty to a yearning lover.

  12. وَقالَ لي بِلِسان السكر خُذ بِيَدي

    فَعذت مِن لَحظِهِ الماضي بِخَلاقي

    And he said to me in drunken speech, “Take my hand.”

    So I sought refuge in my Creator from his piercing glance.

  13. وَقُمت بِالامر وَالاِلحاظ تُنشِدُني

    لاقى عَظيم الجَوى من فِتنَتي لاقى

    And I obeyed the command, while his glances recited to me:

    Whoever encountered my allure encountered immense heartache.

  14. أَما رَأَيتَ غُصون الرَوض راقِصَة

    وَأَنجُم الاِفق حيتنا بِاِشراف

    Have you not seen the garden's boughs dancing,

    And the horizon's stars greeting us from on high?

  15. وَقَد تُعانِق دوح السرو من طَرب

    وَكادَ يَلتَف ذاكَ الساق بِالساق

    And indeed the great cypresses embrace in rapture,

    And that stem nearly entwined with another stem.