Sol 6.1

  1. مَتى لا حَ لي مِن أَبرقِ الجزعِ بارِقٌ

    وَلَم تَهمُ أَجفاني فَما أَنا عاشِقُ

    If ever lightning flashes for me from Abraq al-Jizʿ,

    and my eyelids do not stream with tears, then I am no lover.

  2. وَإِن لَم أَمُت مِن بَعدِ سُكّانِ رامَةٍ

    فَما أَنا في دَعوى المَحَبَّةِ صادِقُ

    And if I do not die after Ramah's people have departed,

    then I am not truthful in my claim to love.

  3. وَما عُذرُ مَن يَهوى إِذا لَم يَمُت وَقَد

    أُثيرَت لِتَرحالِ الحَبيبِ الأَيانِقُ

    What excuse has a lover who does not die, when already

    the she-camels have been roused for the beloved's departure?

  4. أُفارِقُهُم عَمداً وَلَم أَدرِ بِالأَسى

    اَروحِيَ أَم تِلكَ الحَمولُ أُفارِقُ

    I part from them deliberately, yet in my grief cannot tell

    whether it is my soul or those laden camels I am leaving.

  5. أَبُثُّكُم يا أَهلَ وُدِّيَ إِنَّني

    حِذارُ نَواكُم لِلتَواصُلِ رامِقُ

    I confide to you, O you I love, that I,

    in dread of your parting, keep watch for reunion.

  6. بَعُدتُم فَلا وَاللَهِ ما أَنا بَعدَكُم

    بِحَيٍّ وَلا جِسمي بِهِ الروحُ واثِقُ

    You have gone far away—no, by God, since you left I am not

    alive, nor does the soul feel secure within my body.

  7. وَهَيهاتَ أَن يَرجو الحَياة مُتَيَّمٌ

    وَهذا غُرابُ البَينِ بِالبَينِ ناعِقُ

    And how vain for one enslaved by love to hope for life,

    while this raven of parting croaks of separation.

  8. أَأَحبابَنا بِنتُم فَما غُصنُ النَقا

    وَريقٌ وَلا ماءَ المَسَرَّةِ رائِقُ

    O our beloved ones, you have departed: the dune's branch is no longer

    leafy, nor is the water of joy clear.

  9. كَفى حَزَناً أَنّي أُخادِعُ بِالكَرى

    جُفوني لَطيفٍ مِنكُم وَأُسارِقُ

    It is sorrow enough that I beguile with sleep

    my eyelids, seeking a dream-vision of you, and furtively snatch sleep.

  10. وَكَيفَ أَراني كُلَّ مَن لَم أُحِبُّهُ

    وَأُبدي لَهُ مَحضَ الوَفا وَأُنافِقُ

    And how do I find myself with each person I do not love,

    offering him unalloyed fidelity, and dissembling?

  11. خَليلَيَّ هَلّا تُسعِدانِ أَخاكُما

    فَما يُرتَجى لِلعَونِ إِلّا الأَصادِقُ

    My two dear friends, will you not aid your brother?

    For only true friends are looked to for help.

  12. فَلَيسَ لَهُ مِن مُسعِدٍ غَير وَجدِهِ

    وَلا مُنجِدٍ إِلّا الدُموعَ الدَوافِقُ

    For he has no comforter but his yearning,

    and no rescuer but the streaming tears.

  13. أَسيرُ غَرامٍ دَمعُهُ وَرُقادُهُ

    طَليقٌ عَلى حُكمِ الغَرامِ وَطالِقُ

    A captive of passion—his tears and his sleep

    are, by passion's decree, set free and divorced from him.

  14. أَيا قَمَراً ما لاحَ إِلّا أَضت لَنا ال

    مَغارِبُ مِن أَنوارِهِ وَالمشارقُ

    O moon, whose every appearance illumines for us the

    western and eastern horizons with its radiance.

  15. فَدَيتُكَ قَد أَوثَقتَ قَلبي مَحَبَّةً

    فَلِم أَنتَ لا ترعى لَدَيهِ المَواثِقُ

    I would ransom you! You have bound my heart with love;

    so why do you not honor your pledges to it?

  16. أُعيذُكَ مِن نارِ اِشتِياقي وَلَوعَتي

    وَلا ذُقتَ مِن وَدجدي الَّذي أَنا ذائِقُ

    I seek protection for you from the fire of my longing and anguish,

    and may you never taste the anguish that I taste.

  17. سَكَنتَ فُؤادي وَهوَ مِن حَذَرٍ عَلى

    جَمالِكَ مِن نارٍ ثَوَت فيهِ خافِقُ

    You dwell in my heart, and it, fearing for

    your beauty because of the fire lodged within it, trembles.

  18. وَحِقِّكَ لا حَدَّثتُ نَفسي بِسَلوَةٍ

    وَلَو قُطِعَت في الحُبِّ مِنّي العَلائِقُ

    By your worth, I shall never entertain thoughts of forgetting,

    even if love's bonds are severed from me.

  19. وَإِنّي لَأُصفيكَ المَوَدَّةَ وَالهَوى

    صَفايَ وَإِن لَم تَصفُ مِنكَ الخَلائِقُ

    And I offer you unalloyed affection and passion,

    in all sincerity, even if your ways are not pure.