Sol 6.1

  1. أراني اللهُ وجهَكَ كلَّ حينِ

    ضحوكَ الثغرِ وضاحَ الجبينِ

    May God show me your face at every moment,

    With an ever-smiling mouth and a radiant brow.

  2. وليَّنَ قلبَكَ القاسي لدمعٍ

    إذا كفكفْتُهُ خُضِبَتْ يميني

    And may He soften your hard heart for tears

    That stain my right hand whenever I wipe them away.

  3. فكمْ لي منْ دموعٍ غالياتٍ

    رخصنَ لدرِّ مبسمِكَ الثمينِ

    For how many precious tears of mine

    Have grown cheap for the precious pearls of your smile!

  4. أتفرحني بطيبِ الوصلِ كلاّ

    فما في العاشقينَ سوى حزينِ

    Will you gladden me with the sweetness of union? No!

    For among lovers there is none but the sorrowful.

  5. متى أبصرتُ قبلكَ ظبيَ إنسٍ

    تصيدُ لحاظُهُ أسْدَ العرينِ

    When, before you, did I see a gazelle in human form

    Whose glances hunt lions in their lair?

  6. فأغمدْ سيفَ لحظِك فهْوَ ماضٍ

    فما يُبقي عليَّ ولا يقيني

    So sheath the sword of your glance, for it is keen;

    For it neither spares me nor protects me.

  7. بمنْ ذا أستعينُ عليكَ هلْ منْ

    رشيدٍ ناصرٍ للمستعينِ

    From whom can I seek help against you? Is there

    A wise helper for one who seeks aid?

  8. نحلْتُ فمنْ يعدني لم يجدني

    وليسَ يدلُّهُ إلاّ أنيني

    I have wasted away; whoever visits me does not find me,

    And nothing guides him to me but my moaning.

  9. أعيشُ متيَّماً وأموتُ صَبّاً

    وأُبعَثُ عاشقاً حلفَ الحنينِ

    I live enslaved by love and die an ardent lover,

    And am resurrected a lover, a sworn ally of longing.

  10. حفظْتُ منَ الهوى قلبي زماناً

    ولمْ أعلمْ بأنَّك في الكمينِ

    I guarded my heart against love for a time,

    And did not know that you were lying in ambush.