Sol 6.1

  1. عُذرُ الهَوى عِندَ العَذولِ رَشا

    فَاليَومَ حُبِّيَ فيهِ حينَ نَشا

    A fawn is love's excuse before the reproacher.

    So today my love for him is as when it first arose.

  2. شَقَّ الظَلامَ البَدرُ حينَ بَدا

    وَاِهتَزَّ غُصنُ البانِ حينَ مَشى

    The full moon cleft the darkness when he appeared,

    and the bān-tree's bough swayed when he walked.

  3. يَسقيكَ مِن خَمرٍ بِمُقلَتِهِ

    كَأساً يَزيدُكَ شُربُهُ عَطَشا

    With his eye he pours you wine,

    a cup whose drinking increases your thirst.

  4. عَجِلَ الرَقيبُ بِلَحظِ عاشِقِهِ

    أَو دامَ في وَجَناتِهِ خَدَشا

    The watcher hastened at his lover's glance,

    or it lingered as a scratch upon his cheeks.

  5. أَدرَجتَ في الأَحشاءِ فِتنَتَهُ

    فَسَعى البُكاءُ بِسِرِّها وَوَشى

    You hid his enchantment in your inmost heart,

    then weeping spread its secret and betrayed it.

  6. يا ناصِرَ الإِسلامِ إِذ خُذِلَت

    دَعَواتُهُ فَاِبتَلَّ وَاِنتَعَشا

    O champion of Islam, when forsaken were

    its appeals—then it was refreshed and revived.

  7. لَمّا اِستَغاثَ وَقَلَّ ناصِرُهُ

    لَبَّيتَهُ وَسَعَيتَ مُنكَمِشا

    When it cried for help and its supporters were few,

    you answered it and hastened energetically,

  8. كَاللَيثِ لا تُبقي مَخالِبُهُ

    يَداً لِجارِحَةٍ إِذا بَطَشا

    like a lion whose claws leave

    no beast of prey a paw when he strikes.

  9. بَسَطَ الخَميسَ بِكَفِّهِ ذَكَرٌ

    عَضبٌ كَأَنَّ يَمينُهُ نَمَشا

    A valiant man spread the army upon his palm,

    resolute, as though his right hand were freckled.