Sol 6.1

  1. وفَدَتْ عَقيلَتُكَ التي أهْدَيْتَها

    حسْناءَ تسْحَب للبَيانِ ذُيولا

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

    a beauty trailing the skirts of eloquence.

  2. فهَفا لَها النّادي وحلّ لَها الحُبا

    أهْلُ الكَلامِ مصاعِباً وقُيولا

    So the assembly yearned for her, and knee-bindings were loosened for her

    by the masters of speech, proud lords and chieftains.

  3. وهِيَ العَقيلَةُ منْ قُرَيْشٍ أحْرَزَتْ

    منْ مَنْصِبِ الشّرَفِ المُنيفِ حَليلا

    And she is the noble lady of Quraysh, who has won

    a husband from the lofty station of honor.

  4. فبَلَغْتُ لمّا أنْ ظفِرْتُ بقُرْبِها

    أمَلاً ملأتُ بهِ يَدَيَّ وسُولا

    So when I gained nearness to her, I attained

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

  5. وكأنّني لمّا سمِعْتُ بَديعَها

    ورشَفْتُ منْها قَرْقَفا مَشْمولا

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

    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 I bestowed upon your hand, which granted me my wishes,

    praise born of it, forever unbroken.