Sol 6.1

  1. يا زَورَةً بِمَصابِ المُزنِ مِن إِضَمٍ

    مَحفوفَةً مِن عَذارى الحَيِّ بالمُقَلِ

    O visit where the rain clouds pour in Iḍam,

    Encircled by the eyes of the tribe's maidens!

  2. هَل أَنتِ عائِدَةٌ لَيلاً أَبيتُ بِهِ

    في ذِمَّةِ النَّجمِ بَينَ الحَلْيِ وَالحُلَلِ

    Will you return one night, that I may spend it

    In the star's keeping, amid jewels and robes?

  3. يَهمي عَلى وَجَناتٍ غَيرِ شاحِبَةٍ

    مالا يُفارِقُهُ التَّقوى مِنَ القُبَلِ

    Upon cheeks untouched by pallor rain down

    Kisses that piety never forsakes.

  4. وَيَكشِفُ الرَّوعَ عَنِّي صارِمٌ خَذِمُ

    وَالسَّيفُ نِعمَ مُجيرُ الخائِفِ الوَجِلِ

    And a keen, cleaving sword dispels my dread;

    And the sword is a fine protector of the fearful and trembling.

  5. بِمَنزِلٍ خالَطَ المِسكُ البَليلُ بِهِ

    ثَرىً يَنُمُّ بِرَيّا رَوضِهِ الخَضِلِ

    At a dwelling where moist musk mingled

    With earth revealing its dewy garden's fragrance.

  6. وَالصُبحُ نَفَّرَ سِربَ اللَّيلِ حينَ لَوى

    تَليلَهُ مِن دياجِيهِ عَلى الكَفَلِ

    And dawn startled night's herd, as it twisted

    Its neck of deep darkness back over its rump.

  7. لَمّا تَبَلَّجَ مُفتَرّاً مَباسِمُهُ

    نَضَحْتُ غُرَّتَهُ بالمَدمَعِ الهَطِلِ

    When it shone forth, its lips parting in a smile,

    I splashed its bright brow with streaming tears.

  8. وَوَدَّعَتْنِي سُلَيمَى وَالرَّقيبُ يَرى

    بِقِّدِها ما بِعَينَيها مِنَ الثَّمَلِ

    And Sulaymā bade me farewell, while the watcher saw

    In her figure the same intoxication as in her eyes.

  9. ثُمَّ اِنصَرَفَتُ عَل ذي مَيعَةٍ فَمَشى

    طَوراً روَيداً وَأَحياناً عَلى عَجَلِ

    Then I departed on a spirited mount, and it went

    At times slowly, and sometimes in haste.