Sol 6.1

  1. لا تُنْكِرِي ما بي فَلَيْسَ بِمُنْكَرِ

    عِنْدَ التَفَرُّقِ حَيْرَةُ المُتَحَيِّرِ

    Do not think what ails me strange, for there is nothing strange

    In the bewilderment of the bewildered at parting.

  2. هَا هذِهِ رُوحي إِلَيْكِ هَدِيَّةً

    فتجمَّلي في أَخذها أَوْ فاعْذِري

    Behold, this is my soul, a gift to you;

    So be gracious in accepting it, or pardon me.

  3. وتَأَمَّلي غِيَرَ الزَّمانِ فَإِنَّهُ

    يَحْكي تَغَيُّرَ عَهْدِكِ المُتَغَيِّرِ

    And ponder the vicissitudes of time, for it

    Mirrors the changes in your ever-changing pledge.

  4. فلرُبَّ ليْلٍ ضَلَّ عنهُ صَباحُهُ

    فَكأَنَّهُ بكِ خطرةُ المتفكِّرِ

    For many a night has had its dawn go astray,

    As though it were a thinker's passing thought of you.

  5. والبدرُ أَوَّلَ ما بدا مُتَلَثِّماً

    يُبْدي الضِّياءَ لَنا بِخَدٍّ مُسْفِرِ

    And the full moon, when first it appeared veiled,

    Revealed its radiance to us with an unveiled cheek.

  6. فَكأَنَّما هُوَ خُوذَةٌ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ

    قَدْ رُكِّبَتْ في هامَةٍ من عَنْبَرِ

    So it seemed a helmet of silver,

    Fitted upon a head of ambergris.