Sol 6.1

  1. قسما بفرط تلهبي وتلهفي

    لا خالفن على هواك معنفي

    I swear by my fierce burning and yearning:

    I shall surely defy my reproacher over my love for you.

  2. أيلومني حسدا عليك بجهله

    ليس العذول على هواك بمنصفي

    Does he blame me, in his ignorance, out of envy over you?

    The censurer is not fair to me in my love for you.

  3. يا راشقا قلبي بنبل لحاظه

    يكفيك قتلي بالصقيل المرهف

    O you who pierce my heart with the arrows of your glances,

    killing me with the polished, keen-edged blade should suffice you.

  4. ان كان قتلي ترتضيه صبابة

    دعني اموت جوى بغير تكلف

    If my dying of passionate love would please you,

    let me die of heartache, without any effort.

  5. او كان نفسك حدثتك بسلوة

    قلبي يحدثني بانك متلفي

    Or if your soul has whispered to you of forgetting love,

    my heart tells me that you will be my death.

  6. يا هاجري هل وقفة لي رحمة

    لم انسها لك في غد بالموقف

    O you who forsake me, will you pause in pity for me—

    a kindness I shall not forget tomorrow at Judgment?

  7. انا فيك مغرى بالصبابة مغرم

    فليدر بي من لا درى وليعرف

    I am enthralled by longing for you, utterly love-struck.

    So let whoever knew nothing of me learn and understand.

  8. رفقا بصب في الغرام متيم

    مضنى حليف السقم عان مدنف

    Be gentle with a yearning lover, enslaved by passion,

    wasted, sickness's companion, captive and sick unto death.

  9. لا يستقر من البكاء قراره

    وجدا عليك وناره لا تنطفي

    He finds no rest for weeping,

    out of longing for you; his fire never goes out.

  10. وعلى نواك فما له من مسعد

    وعلى هواك فما له من مسعف

    And in separation from you, he has no comforter;

    and in his love for you, he has no one to help.

  11. ولقد اذاب حشاه لحاشاك الجوى

    وعلى سواك فؤاده لم ينطف

    And longing has indeed melted his heart—may yours be spared!

    And for none but you has his heart bled.

  12. لا يشتكي لسوى الدموع مصابه

    وعذوله مما به لا يشتفي

    He confides his affliction to none but tears;

    and his reproacher is not satisfied by his suffering.

  13. لم تدر فيما ذا ابيت من الهوى

    وعلى سواك دموعه لم تذرف

    You do not know how I pass the night in love;

    and his tears have never been shed for anyone but you.

  14. فاستهد في اتلاف مهجته وقل

    عرضت نفسك للبلا فاستهد في

    So seek guidance in destroying his life's blood, and say:

    “You exposed yourself to affliction, so seek guidance in...” [ending unclear]

  15. قل للمعنف عن هواه بجهله

    زد من ملامك يا عذول وعنف

    Say to the man who ignorantly reproaches him for his love:

    “Increase your blame, O censurer, and rebuke me harshly!

  16. وحديث هاتيك المناطق لي أعد

    وبذكر ذاك القرط سمعي شنّف

    And repeat to me the tale of those girdles;

    and adorn my hearing with mention of that earring.”

  17. من لي به ذهبي لون خده

    ديناره عن ناظري لم يصرف

    Who will bring me him whose cheek is golden in hue?

    His dinar has never passed out of my sight.

  18. رشأ محياه يريك اذا انثنى

    بدرا على غصن بغير تكلف

    A young gazelle whose face, when he sways, shows you

    a full moon upon a branch, without affectation.

  19. ساق عن المصباح بغني وجه

    وعن النديم بقوله المستظرف

    A cupbearer whose face makes a lamp needless,

    and whose witty speech replaces a boon companion.

  20. وتنوب عن اقداحه احداقه

    والريق منه عن السلاف القرقف

    And his eyes take the place of his goblets,

    and his saliva replaces choice wine that makes one shiver.

  21. فكأنما اعتصر المدام بثغره

    او فيه اودع ذلك السر الخفي

    So it is as though wine had been pressed within his mouth,

    or that hidden secret had been lodged there.