Sol 6.1

  1. لَوْ أَنَّ قَلْبَكَ لِي يَرقّ ويَرْحَمُ

    ما بِتُّ مِنْ خَوْفِ الهَوى أَتأَلَّمُ

    Were your heart tender toward me and merciful,

    I would not spend the night suffering for fear of love.

  2. وَمِنَ العَجَائِبِ أنّني والسُّهْمُ لي

    مِنْ ناظِريْكَ وفي فُؤادِي أَسْهُمُ

    And wondrous it is that I have a share

    From your two eyes, yet arrows lodge in my heart.

  3. دَارَيْتُ أَهْلَكَ في هَواكَ وَهُمْ عِدىً

    وَلأَجْلِ عَيْنٍ ألفُ عَيْنٍ تُكْرَمُ

    I placated your family for love of you, though they are foes;

    And for one eye’s sake, a thousand eyes are honored.

  4. يَا جَامِعَ الضّدّينِ في وَجَناتِهِ

    مَاءٌ يَشِفُّ عليه نارٌ تُضْرَمُ

    O you who unite two opposites in your cheeks:

    Translucent water, with a fire kindled upon it.

  5. عَجبي لِطَرْفِكَ وَهْوَ ماضٍ لَمْ يَزَلْ

    فَعلامَ يُكْسَرُ عِنْدَمَا تَتَكَلَّمُ

    I marvel at your gaze, which has always been keen—

    Why, then, is it lowered when you speak?

  6. أَمِنَ المروءَةِ والتَّواصُلُ مُمكِنٌ

    وَالدَّهْرُ يَسمَحُ والحَوادِثُ نُوَّمُ

    Is it honorable—when union is possible,

    And time is generous and misfortunes sleep—

  7. أنّي أروحُ وَسَلْبُ رَدِّي في الهَوَى

    قَدْ حَلَّ والإيجابُ مِنْكَ مُحرَّمُ

    That I depart—denying me a reply in love

    Has become lawful, while your assent is forbidden—

  8. وأَبيتُ مَبْذُولَ الدُّموعِ مُعذّباً

    كَلِفاً وَأَنْتَ مُمنَّعٌ وَمُنعَّمُ

    And spend the night pouring out tears, tormented,

    Love-stricken, while you are guarded and pampered?

  9. يا مُتْهِمَا قَلْبي بِسَلْوةِ حُبِّهِ

    هَيْهَاتَ يُنْجِدُه وَأَنْتَ المُتْهِمُ

    O you who accuse my heart of forgetting its love,

    No one can rescue it while you are the accuser!