Sol 6.1

  1. ما مَعَالشَيبِ حَديثٌ في غَزَل

    قَد شُغِلنا مِنهُ بِالضَيفِ نَزَل

    With gray hair, there is no talk of love.

    We have been diverted from it by the guest who has arrived.

  2. لَستُ مِمَّن يَنزِلُ الضَيفُ بِهِ

    فَيَراهُ الضَيفُ عَنهُ في شُغُل

    I am not one with whom a guest alights,

    only for the guest to find him too busy to attend to him.

  3. أَنتَ يا شَيبُ كَما السَيفُ سَوا

    أَبيَضُ اللَونِ وَيَستامُ الأَجَل

    You, O gray hair, are just like the sword:

    white in hue, and bidding for death.

  4. وَبشحارٍ زَخَرَت في خاطِري

    وَلهاني لَيسَ فيها مِن بَلَل

    And [seas?] have surged within my mind,

    yet [my palate?] has not a trace of moisture.

  5. وَصَديقٍ لَيسَ لي عَن وُدِّهِ

    حاصِلٌ يَصدُقُني إِلّا الوَجَل

    And a friend from whose affection I gain

    nothing genuine except fear.

  6. الَّذي أَشقى بِهِ مِن عَلقَمٍ

    وَالَّذي أَسمَعُهُ مِنهُ عَسَل

    What makes me suffer is bitter colocynth,

    while what I hear from him is honey.

  7. ساءَهُ ضَربُ يَدٍ تَظلِمُني

    وَاِشتَهى يَحمِلُ عَنّي ما حَمَل

    The blow of a hand that wrongs me distressed him,

    and he wished to shoulder the burden for me.

  8. قالَ شَلَّت وَاِدِّعاها دَعوَةَ

    وَالَّذي يَدعو بِقَلبٍ لا شَلَل

    He said, 'May it be paralyzed!' and claimed this as a prayer,

    while in his heart he prays, 'No paralysis!'

  9. لَستَ لي حَرباً وَلا سَلماً فَما

    كُلُّ مَن يَعتَنِقُ السَيفَ بَطَل

    You are neither foe nor ally to me; for not

    everyone who embraces a sword is a hero.

  10. وَمُخيفي أَنَّهُ يَسهَرُ لي

    موقِظاً فِيَّ عُيوناً لِلحِيَل

    What frightens me is that he keeps vigil for me,

    awakening eyes within me to watch for tricks.

  11. إِنَّ لَيلَ النَيسِ لا أَرهَبُ أَن

    تَرجِعَ الدُنيا بِهِ يَومَ الجَمَل

    As for the night of al-nays [unclear], I do not fear that

    through it the world will relive the Day of the Camel.