Sol 6.1

  1. قمرٌ حَييتُ بقربه

    وحياة مثلي موتُهُ

    A moon beside whom I came to life,

    and the life of one like me is his death.

  2. أبكاهُ شكواي الضَّني

    لا كنتُ حين شكوتُه

    My complaint of wasting sickness made him weep;

    would I had not existed when I complained of it!

  3. فلقد جرحتُ فؤادَه

    بعتابه وأسَوتُه

    For I wounded his heart

    by reproaching him, and healed it.

  4. حتى إذا ليلُ الدُّجى

    عنِّي تدارك فَوتُه

    Until, when the night of deep darkness

    made amends for having passed me by,

  5. رَصَّعتُ من فضل العمامة

    تاجَه فجلوتُه

    I studded, with the turban's trailing cloth,

    his crown, then polished it.

  6. ونسجتُ من حُلَلِ الغوالي

    حُلَّةً فكسوتُه

    And from robes of precious perfumes I wove

    a robe, then clothed him in it.

  7. وكتبتُ وَشياً خِفتُ

    فأل حروفهِ فمحوتُه

    And I wrote an ornate pattern; I feared

    the omen of its letters, so I erased it.

  8. والكاسُ تنهب روحها

    والعود يخفت صوتُه

    And the cup's soul is plundered,

    and the lute's voice grows faint.

  9. والند مضروب السَّرادق

    بالعبير حشوتُه

    And the incense, its pavilion pitched—

    with perfume I filled it.

  10. ورايتُ ماء الورد مزق

    ثوبَه فرَفَوتُه

    And I saw that rosewater had torn

    its robe, so I darned it.

  11. والبدر يرقبني ولولا

    غيرتي لدعوتُه

    And the full moon watches me; were it not for

    my jealousy, I would have invited him.

  12. زمن صفا لي عيشُه

    فطربته ولهوتُه

    A time whose life was serene for me:

    so I reveled in it and made merry in it.

  13. ووصفته بلسانه

    فمدحته وهجوته

    And I described it in its own tongue,

    so I praised it and satirized it.

  14. عوذت بالقرآن من

    علّقته فبلوته

    I invoked protection through the Qur'an for the one

    I loved, then put him to the test.

  15. يا رب لو داركتني

    بعذاره لسَلوَتُه

    O Lord, if you would come to my aid

    with his cheek-down, I would forget him.