Sol 6.1

  1. أُلامُ عَلى بُغضي لِما بَينَ حَيَّةٍ

    وَضَبعٍ وَتِمساحٍ تَغَشّاكَ مِن بَحرِ

    I am blamed for my hatred of something between a snake

    And a hyena and a crocodile, engulfing you from the sea.

  2. تُحاكي نَعيماً زالَ في قُبحِ وَجهِها

    وَصَفحَتُها لَمّا بَدَت سَطوَةُ الدَهرِ

    She evokes vanished bliss in the ugliness of her face;

    And her countenance, when revealed, is the ravaging force of time.

  3. هِيَ الضَرَبانُ في المَفاصِلِ خالِياً

    وَشُعبَةُ بِرسامٍ ضَمَمتَ إِلى النَحرِ

    She is throbbing pain in the joints when you are alone,

    And an offshoot of pleurisy you have clasped to your breast.

  4. إِذا سَفَرَت كانَت لِعَينَيكَ سُخنَةً

    وَإِن بُرقِعَت فَالقَفرُ في غايَةِ القَفرِ

    When she unveils, she is a burning pain to your eyes;

    And if she is veiled, she is desolation at the height of desolation.

  5. وَإِن حَدَّثَت كانَت جَميعَ مَصائِبِ

    مُوَفَّرَةٍ تَأتي بِقاصِمَةِ الظَهرِ

    And if she speaks, she is every calamity,

    In full measure, bringing a blow that breaks the back.

  6. حَديثٌ كَقَلعِ الضِرسِ أَو نَتفَ شارِبٍ

    وَغُنجٌ كَحَطمِ الأَنفِ عيلَ بِهِ صَبري

    Speech like pulling a molar or plucking a mustache,

    And coquetry like crushing the nose—my patience is exhausted by it.

  7. وَتَفتَرُّ عَن قُلحٍ عَدِمتُ حَديثَها

    وَعَن جَبَلَي طَيٍّ وَعَن هَرَمي مِصرِ

    And she parts her lips to reveal yellowed teeth—may I be spared her talk!—

    And the two mountains of Tayy, and the two pyramids of Egypt.