Sol 6.1

  1. لَيْلُ شعْرٍ مِنْ فَوقِ صُبْحِ جَبينٍ

    ما لِبَيْنٍ عَلَيْهِما مِنْ طَريقِ

    A night of hair above the dawn of a forehead;

    Parting has no path to them.

  2. فيهِ ضِدَّانِ أُلِّفا فَوْقَ ضِدَّي

    نِ بَهارٌ مُعانِقٌ لِشَقِيقِ

    In him, two opposites are joined above two others:

    A narcissus embracing an anemone.

  3. وَهْوَ نَوْعانِ فيهِما صُفْرَةُ العا

    شِقِ مِنْ فَوْقِ حُمْرَةِ المَعْشُوقِ

    And it is of two kinds, with the lover's yellow pallor

    Above the beloved's redness.

  4. جُمِعا لي مِنْ لَوْنِ مَنْ بَدَّلَ الكا

    فُورَ مِنْ لَوْنِ أَدْمُعي بِالخَلوقِ

    They were joined for me in the hue of one who exchanged the camphor

    Of my tears' color for saffron perfume,

  5. لابِساً وَشْيَ أَدْمُعي وَهْوَ يَدْري

    أَنَّها مُهْجَتي عَلى التَّحقِيقِ

    Wearing the brocade of my tears, while he knows

    That they are truly my lifeblood.

  6. كلُّ نَوْعٍ فيهِ مِنَ الحُسْنِ أَنْوا

    عٌ وَمَجْمُوعُها بِلا تَفْريقِ

    Each kind in him holds many kinds of beauty,

    And all are gathered together without division.

  7. وَإِذا ما بَكَى جَرَى اللؤْلُؤُ المَنْ

    ظُومُ مِنْ جَزْعِ عَيْنِهِ في عَقِيقِ

    And whenever he weeps, strung pearls flow

    From the onyx of his eye, amid carnelian.

  8. وَلَهُ مِنْ زَبَرْجَدِ الشّعْرِ راءٌ

    فَوْقَ ثَغْرٍ كالنُّونِ في التَّفْريقِ

    And from his hair's chrysolite he has a rāʾ

    Above a mouth like a nūn in its separate form.

  9. بَرَدٌ لاَ يَذُوبُ مَا بَينَ خَمْرٍ

    جَامِدٍ مِنْ رُضابِهِ في رَحِيقِ

    Hail that does not melt amid wine

    Congealed, in the nectar of his saliva.

  10. كَمْ صَباحٍ صَبَّحْتُهُ بِصَبُوحٍ

    وَمَساءٍ مَسَّيْتُهُ بِغَبُوقِ

    How many a morning I greeted him with a morning draught,

    And an evening I greeted him with an evening draught,

  11. في أَوانٍ صافٍ وَجَوٍّ صَقِيلٍ

    وَزَمانٍ رَطْبٍ وَدَهْرٍ رَشِيقِ

    In a clear season and a gleaming sky,

    And a time of freshness and an age of grace.