Sol 6.1

  1. أذاب فؤادي ذكر ليلى ومن لها

    أجد السرى قصداً وما دونهنا لها

    The memory of Layla and those who are hers has melted my heart.

    I press on purposefully by night, and whatever lies short of her [wording unclear].

  2. أنا الهائم المولوه صبّاً بحبها

    يغادر إيلاهي الخليين ولها

    I am the wandering, love-crazed one, passionately in love with her.

    My God leaves the carefree distraught with longing.

  3. إذا عن لي ركب إليها مشملا

    أبل ثيابي بل عيني وبلها

    Whenever a northbound caravan heading toward her appears to me,

    my eye's moisture, its downpour, drenches my clothes.

  4. ولي كبد حرى إليها متى متى

    أقبل خديها لأنقع غلها

    My liver burns for her—when, when

    shall I kiss her cheeks and quench its burning thirst?

  5. لقد سلبت عقلي اشتياقاً لوصلها

    وعيسي لها شوقاً تقطع عقلها

    She has stolen my reason through longing for union with her,

    and my pale camels, longing for her, break their hobbles.

  6. حياتي مماتي إن تطاول هجرها

    حياتي مماتي إن تجدد وصلها

    My life is my death if her estrangement lasts long;

    my life is my death if union with her is renewed.

  7. سألت الذي أحيا العظام رميمة

    وقد كان أبلاها البلى وأقلها

    I asked the One who revived the decayed bones,

    after decay had worn them away and diminished them,

  8. لينسخ آيات الفارق بآية

    تقربني زلفى وإن شحطت لها

    to replace the signs of parting with a sign

    that brings me close to her, though she is far away,

  9. فألثم خديها وأرشف ظلمها

    وألزم عطفيها وأمسح خدها

    so I may kiss her cheeks and sip her mouth's moisture,

    cling to her sides and stroke her cheek.

  10. أطوف سبوعاً كل ركن مقبلاً

    وللحجر الملثوم أردف قبلها

    I make seven circuits, kissing every corner,

    and on the kissed Stone I lay kiss after kiss.

  11. وأشرب من ما زمزم ثم أنتحي

    إلى مروة المسعى فأدرك فضلها

    I drink of Zamzam's water, then make my way

    to Marwa on the ritual course, gaining its merit.

  12. وعند الوفود الراحلين إلى متى

    أروح أدحى بالأباطح ففلها

    And among the pilgrim companies departing toward [Mina?],

    I set out across the gravelly valleys and their wastes [one word unclear].

  13. وبتنا إلى أن بالجبال بدت ذكا

    ومذ أقلصت فوق السناحب ظلها

    We spent the night until Dhuka, the sun, appeared above the mountains,

    and when she shortened her shadow over the tall mounts,

  14. مررنابوادي محسر ثم مشعر

    وجمع وحادي العيس يزجر فضلها

    we passed through the valley of Muhassir, then Mash'ar

    and Jam', while the camel-driver urged on their stragglers.

  15. ومن عرفات أسأل اللَه رحمة

    ومحو ذنوب قد تعلقت سجلها

    And from Arafat I ask God for mercy

    and the erasure of sins whose record has bound me.

  16. إلهي ومعبودي ومولاي خالقي

    فلا تتركني بالذنوب مولها

    My God, my worshiped Lord, my Master, my Creator,

    do not leave me distraught with sins.

  17. فعفواً وإحساناً ولطفاً ورحمةً

    وستراً لزلات عبيدك زلها

    Grant pardon, goodness, gentleness, and mercy,

    and conceal the slips your humble servant has committed.

  18. وليلة جمع يرحم اللَه جامعاً

    حصاها وفي ما عونها قد أقلها

    And on the night of Jam', may God have mercy on one who gathered

    its pebbles and carried them in their container.

  19. ومن حيث أحللنا على عقب رمينا

    فعجنا ويممنا القلائص هجلها

    And from where we had camped, just after casting our stones,

    we turned and guided the young she-camels toward its open plain.

  20. فراحت بنا الآمال فوق رحالنا

    إلى طيبة طابت بمن قد أحلها

    Our hopes bore us away atop our saddles

    toward Tayba, made sweet by him who dwelt there.

  21. عليه صلاة اللَه ما العيس أرقلت

    إليه وليلى والسرى ما أكلها

    God's blessing be upon him as long as the pale camels hasten

    toward him and Layla, not consumed by night travel.

  22. إليك رسول اللَه مني تحيةً

    ومحمدةٌ إذا أنت قد صرت أهلها

    To you, Messenger of God, a greeting from me,

    and praise, now that you have proved worthy of it.

  23. تزورك عني مذ وقفت محامل

    عليك فملا حيثما السمع ملها

    It visits you on my behalf, since the camel-litters halted

    before you; then [unclear], wherever hearing has tired of it.

  24. أخاتم كل الأنبياء وزلفة

    لباريك بالألطاف قد كنت قبلها

    O Seal of all the prophets, and one brought near

    to your Maker through His favors—you were so before that.

  25. وأنى مديحي فيك واللَه مادح

    فعالك في القرآن رتب فضلها

    How can I praise you, when God praises

    your deeds in the Quran and establishes their excellence?

  26. ولكنني عبد بنى فيك نطقه

    مدائح في كل النوادي أملها

    Yet I am a servant who has built his speech about you

    into praises that I dictate at every gathering.

  27. أرجيك لي يوم القيامة شافعاً

    وقد نظرت فيه الخلائق فعلها

    I look to you as my intercessor on Resurrection Day,

    when all creatures will have looked upon their deeds.

  28. فإن كنت لي يوم القيامة شافعاً

    فلم أخش تكبيل الحجيم وغلها

    If you are my intercessor on Resurrection Day,

    I shall not fear Hell's shackling and its fetters.

  29. سل اللَه لي عفواً يقيني بها برى

    ويمصح في الدنيا من النفس جهلها

    Ask God for pardon for me, to shield me there from wasting away,

    and wipe the soul's ignorance away in this world.

  30. عليك صلاة اللَه حيّاً وميتاً

    ولا عدماً منها ضجيعيك فضلها

    God's blessing be upon you, in life and in death,

    and may your two grave-companions never lack its bounty.

  31. مبارك يا ركني القوي وخنجر

    إذا جئتما ليلى الشريفة قل لها

    Mubarak, my strong pillar, and Khanjar,

    when you two reach noble Layla, tell her:

  32. محبك يقريك التحية كلها

    عسى تردد القبلان عندي لعلها

    "Your lover sends you all his greetings;"

    perhaps she will return the two kisses to me—perhaps she will.

  33. ولا تنسياني في المواقيت كلها

    إذا أنتما وقفتماهن كلها

    Do not forget me at any of the appointed stations,

    when you two have stood at every one of them.

  34. وبالكوكب الأضي لا تغفلانني

    ولا تجعلا في النس إلاي شغلها

    And at the radiant Star, do not neglect me,

    and let no one among people but me be her concern [wording uncertain].

  35. عسى يقبل المختار مني تحيةً

    ومحمدةٌ فيه فيقبل جزلها

    May the Chosen One accept a greeting from me

    and praise of him, accepting it in its fullness.

  36. وقولاً له اللواح عبدك سالم

    لكم طالب من سحب نعماك وبلها

    And tell him: "Al-Lawwah, your servant Salim,

    is your petitioner for the downpour from the clouds of your bounty."

  37. عليه صلاة اللَه والصاحبيه ما

    طوت قصده العيس الحزون وسهلها

    God's blessing be upon him and his two companions, so long as

    the pale camels, bound for him, cross rugged lands and their plains.

  38. وبعد فقد وافى كتاب مبارك

    فغادرني بالشوق صبّاً مدلها

    Now then: a letter from Mubarak has arrived,

    leaving me love-struck and bewildered with longing.

  39. بكيت بكا الخنساء لما قرأته

    وقد كاد عيني دمعها أن يصلها

    I wept as al-Khansa wept when I read it,

    and the tears of my eye almost reached her.

  40. وقل اصطباري والتسلي وأنتما

    لليلى قطعتم حزنها ثم سهلها

    My endurance and consolation dwindled, while you two,

    seeking Layla, crossed her rough country, then her plains.

  41. وطوراً بكم تجري الجواري بشرعها

    وذي في تباربها تلاعب خدلها

    At times the ships carry you along under their sails,

    and this one, amid her [unclear], plays with her rounded limbs.

  42. ويا ليتني في الركب لو كنت راعياً

    وفي السفن لو أني تحملت دقلها

    And oh, would that I had been a herdsman with the caravan,

    and aboard the ships had shouldered their mast.

  43. سألت إله العرش يجمع شملكم

    بأهل لكم لا شتت اللَه شملها

    I asked the God of the Throne to reunite you

    with your family—may God never scatter them—

  44. على عقب لا يقضون فرضاً وسنةً

    وتفل اكتساب بالتجارة جلها

    immediately afterward; they fulfill neither duty nor customary rite [wording unclear],

    and [unclear] gain through trade, the greater part of it.

  45. ولا تغفلوا عن خاطر يوصى به

    خلافكم الأعباء حمل ثقلها

    Do not forget a soul entrusted to your care,

    who, in your absence, has borne the weight of the burdens.

  46. وأصبح فرداً بعد جمع لكم بها

    يكابد من ثقل الكآبة فحلها

    He has become alone, after being gathered with you there,

    grappling with sorrow's weight—its mighty stallion.

  47. فلا بحر ماء من ثناء ولا ندى

    فقد قام بالحسنى وقوم عدلها

    So no sea of water, of praise, nor generosity [wording unclear],

    for he has upheld goodness and set its balance straight.

  48. فوالدكما هذا وهذا أخوكما

    غدا كهل حلم مذ تراءت كهولها

    For this is your father, and this is your brother;

    he became a man of mature judgment when its mature men appeared.

  49. فإن تعطياه الحق حقاً عليكما

    فبئس فروع القوم تظلم أصلها

    If you both give him his due—truly a duty upon you—

    how evil are the branches of a people that wrong their root!

  50. فخاطر هذا في الزمان كخاطر

    غريباً وإن حاز المكارم كلها

    This man's heart, in this age, is like the heart

    of a stranger, though he possesses every noble quality.

  51. فعاش وعشتم كلكم طوع أمره

    مصاحبة ما إن مللتم وملها

    May he live, and all of you live, obedient to his command,

    in companionship, with neither you nor he growing weary of it.