Sol 6.1

  1. أَنتَ الحَبيبُ الأَوَّلُ

    وَلَكَ الهَوى المُستَقبَلُ

    You are my first beloved,

    And yours is the love to come.

  2. عِندي لَكَ العوُدُّ الَّذي

    هُوَ ما عَهِدتَ وَأَكمَلُ

    I hold for you the affection that

    Is as you knew it, and fuller still.

  3. القَلبُ فيكَ مُقَيَّدٌ

    وَالدَمعُ فيكَ مُسَلسَلُ

    My heart is bound to you,

    And my tears for you fall in a chain.

  4. يا مَن يُهَدِّدُ بِالصُدو

    دِ نَعَم تَقولُ وَتَفعَلُ

    O you who threaten to turn

    Away—yes, you say it and do it.

  5. قَد صَحَّ عُذرُكَ في

    الهَوى لَكِنَّني أَتَعَلَّلُ

    Your excuse has proved sound in

    Love, yet I keep making excuses.

  6. نَفِدَت مَعاذيري الَّتي

    أَلقى بِها مَن يَسأَلُ

    My excuses have run out—the ones

    With which I face whoever asks.

  7. حَتّامَ أَكذِبُ لِلوَرى

    وَإِلى مَتى أَتَجَمَّلُ

    How long shall I lie to people,

    And how long shall I keep up appearances?

  8. قُل لِلعَذولِ لَقَد أَطَل

    تَ لِمَن تَلومُ وَتَعذُلُ

    Tell the reproacher: you have spoken too

    Long to the one you blame and reproach.

  9. عاتَبتَ مَن لا يَرعَوي

    وَعَذَلتَ مَن لا يَقبَلُ

    You have chided one who will not desist,

    And reproached one who will not accept it.

  10. غَضَبُ العَذولِ أَخَفُّ مِن

    غَضَبِ الحَبيبِ وَأَسهَلُ

    The reproacher's anger is lighter than

    The beloved's anger, and easier to bear.