Sol 6.1

  1. إِنَّ طَيفَ الحَبيبِ زارَ طُروقاً

    وَالمَطايا بَينَ القِنانِ وَشِعبِ

    Indeed, the beloved's phantom came visiting by night,

    while the mounts were between al-Qinān and Shiʿb.

  2. فَوقَ أَكوارِهِنَّ أَنضاءُ شَوقٍ

    طَرَقوا بِالغَرامِ دونَ الرَكبِ

    Upon their saddles were men wasted by longing,

    stricken with passion, unlike the rest of the caravan.

  3. كُلَّما أَنَّتِ المَطِيُّ مِنَ الإِع

    ياءِ أَنّوا مِنَ الجَوى وَالكَربِ

    Whenever the mounts groaned from exhaustion,

    they groaned from burning heartache and anguish.

  4. زارَني واصِلاً عَلى غَيرِ وَعدٍ

    وَاِنثَنى هاجِراً عَلى غَيرِ ذَنبِ

    He visited me, granting union without a promise,

    and turned away, forsaking me though I had done no wrong.

  5. كانَ قَلبي إِلَيهِ رائِدَ عَيني

    فَعَلى العَينِ مِنَّةٌ لِلقَلبِ

    My heart had been my eye's guide to him,

    so my eye owes my heart a debt of gratitude.

  6. بِتُّ أَلهو بِناعِمِ الجيدِ غَضٍّ

    وَفَمٍ بارِدِ المُجاجَةِ عَذبِ

    I spent the night dallying with one tender and soft-necked,

    and a mouth with cool, sweet moisture.

  7. بَلَّ وَجدي وَمَن رَأى اليَومَ قَبلي

    نافِعاً لِلغَليلِ مِن غَيرِ شُربِ

    He quenched my longing—and who before me today has seen

    a remedy for burning thirst without drinking?

  8. سامِحاً لي عَلى البِعادِ بِنَيلٍ

    كانَ يَلويهِ في زَمانِ القُربِ

    Freely granting me, despite our separation, a favor

    he used to withhold in days of closeness.

  9. كانَ عِندي أَنَّ الغُرورَ لِطَرفي

    فَإِذا ذَلِكَ الغُرورُ لِقَلبي

    I thought my eye was the one deceived;

    but behold, it was my heart that was deceived.