Sol 6.1

  1. غُلامِيَّةٌ مُسْبَلٌ صُدْغُها

    لها وَجْنةٌ مُشْبَعٌ صِبْغها

    A boyish girl, her temple-lock hanging loose;

    she has a cheek whose hue is richly saturated,

  2. وثغرٌ به مضَغَتْ مهجتي

    فيا ليتني دام لي مَضْغها

    and a mouth with which she chewed my lifeblood.

    Oh, if only her chewing would last for me!

  3. تعافُ الطِّرارَ وَتَصْمِيغها

    وكم طُرَّةٍ عَيْبُها صِمْغُها

    She shuns forelocks and coating them with gum;

    and many a forelock's flaw is its gum.

  4. وما مسَّ مِخْنَقَةً جيدُها

    ولا مسَّ دَسْتيْنَجاً رُسْغها

    Her neck has touched no choker,

    nor has her wrist touched a bracelet.

  5. إذا لدغتنيَ ألحاظُها

    أُقيمَ مَقَامَ الرُّقَى لدغها

    When her glances sting me,

    her sting takes the place of healing incantations.

  6. وتنزغُ بيني وبين الكرى

    فيهزمُ جيشَ الكرى نزغها

    And she sows discord between me and sleep,

    so her goading routs the army of sleep.

  7. وقد دبغتنيَ دبغَ الأديم

    عِشْقاً فما ساءَني دَبْغُها

    And she has tanned me as a hide is tanned,

    with passionate love; yet her tanning has not displeased me.

  8. ولو وَلَغَتْ في دم القلب لم

    أرَ القلبَ يُؤْلِمُهُ وَلْغُها

    And even if she lapped at the heart's blood, I would not

    see the heart pained by her lapping.

  9. فكم قد ضَغَتْ فيه من ضغوةٍ

    ولو أَنْصَفَتْنِيَ لم تَضْغُها

    For how many a cry she has uttered within it!

    And had she treated me fairly, she would not have uttered it.