Sol 6.1

  1. وفَدَتْ عَقيلَتُكَ التي أهْدَيْتَها

    حسْناءَ تسْحَب للبَيانِ ذُيولا

    Your noble lady, whom you sent as a gift, arrived,

    a beauty trailing the skirts of eloquence.

  2. فهَفا لَها النّادي وحلّ لَها الحُبا

    أهْلُ الكَلامِ مصاعِباً وقُيولا

    The assembly thrilled to her, and for her the knee-bands were loosened

    by the masters of speech, proud chiefs and princes.

  3. وهِيَ العَقيلَةُ منْ قُرَيْشٍ أحْرَزَتْ

    منْ مَنْصِبِ الشّرَفِ المُنيفِ حَليلا

    And she, the noble lady of Quraysh, has won

    a consort of lofty, honorable station.

  4. فبَلَغْتُ لمّا أنْ ظفِرْتُ بقُرْبِها

    أمَلاً ملأتُ بهِ يَدَيَّ وسُولا

    So, when I gained closeness to her, I attained

    a hope with which I filled both my hands, and a cherished wish.

  5. وكأنّني لمّا سمِعْتُ بَديعَها

    ورشَفْتُ منْها قَرْقَفا مَشْمولا

    And it was as though, when I heard her wondrous artistry

    and sipped from her wine cooled by the north wind,

  6. دَنِفٌ تَناءَتْ بالأحبّةِ دارُهُ

    حِقَباً ووجّهَ مَنْ يُحبُّ رَسولا

    I were a lovesick man whose home, with his loved ones, lay far away

    for ages, and whose beloved had sent a messenger.

  7. وحَبَوْتُ منْكَ يَداً حبَتْني بالمُنى

    منْها ثَناءٌ دائِماً موْصولا

    And to a hand of yours that granted me my wishes I offered

    praise born of it, forever unbroken.