Sol 6.1

  1. عش أنت أني مت بعدك

    وأطل إلى ماشئت صدك

    Live on; I have died in your absence.

    And prolong your rejection as long as you wish.

  2. ماكان ضرك لو عدلت

    أما رأت عيناك قدك

    What harm would it have done you, had you been fair,

    (Have your eyes not seen your figure?)

  3. وجعلت من جفني متكأً

    ومن عيني مهدك

    And made of my eyelid a resting place,

    And of my eye your cradle,

  4. ورفعت بي عرش الهوى

    ورفعت فوق العرش بندك

    And raised through me the throne of love,

    And raised your banner above the throne,

  5. وأعدت للشعراء سيدهم

    وللعشاق عبدك

    And restored to poets their master,

    And to lovers your slave?

  6. أغضاضه ياروض إن

    أنا شاقني فشممت وردك

    Is it a disgrace, O garden, if

    I was enticed and so smelled your roses?

  7. أنقى من الفجر الضحوك

    فهل أعرت الفجر خدك

    Purer than the laughing dawn—

    Have you then lent the dawn your cheek?

  8. وأرق من طبع النسيم

    فهل خلعت عليه بردك

    And gentler than the nature of the breeze—

    Have you then bestowed your cloak upon it?

  9. وألذ من كأس النديم

    فهل أبحت الكأس شهدك

    And sweeter than a drinking companion's cup—

    Have you then granted the cup your honey?

  10. وحياة عينك وهي عندي

    مثلما الأيمان عندك

    By the life of your eye, which to me is

    What oaths are to you,

  11. ماقلب أمك إن تفارقها

    ولم تبلغ أشدك

    Not even your mother's heart, if you left her

    While you were not yet fully grown,

  12. فهوت عليك بصدرها

    يوم الفراق لتستردك

    Then she flung herself upon you, breast first,

    On the day of parting, to reclaim you,

  13. بأشد من خفقان قلبي

    يوم قيل:خفرت عهدك

    Would beat harder than my heart did

    On the day it was said, 'You broke your pledge.'