Sol 6.1

  1. قسما بفرط تلهبي وتلهفي

    لا خالفن على هواك معنفي

    I swear by the intensity of my burning and yearning:

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

  2. أيلومني حسدا عليك بجهله

    ليس العذول على هواك بمنصفي

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

    The reproacher does not treat me fairly in my love for you.

  3. يا راشقا قلبي بنبل لحاظه

    يكفيك قتلي بالصقيل المرهف

    O archer who pierces my heart with the arrows of his glances,

    Killing me with the polished, keen-edged blade suffices you.

  4. ان كان قتلي ترتضيه صبابة

    دعني اموت جوى بغير تكلف

    If killing me through longing meets your pleasure,

    Let me die of heartache, without any effort.

  5. او كان نفسك حدثتك بسلوة

    قلبي يحدثني بانك متلفي

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

    My heart tells me that you are my destroyer.

  6. يا هاجري هل وقفة لي رحمة

    لم انسها لك في غد بالموقف

    O you who forsake me, will you pause a moment in mercy for me?

    I shall not forget that favor of yours tomorrow at the place of judgment.

  7. انا فيك مغرى بالصبابة مغرم

    فليدر بي من لا درى وليعرف

    For you I am enthralled by longing, love-stricken.

    Let whoever did not know learn of me and recognize me.

  8. رفقا بصب في الغرام متيم

    مضنى حليف السقم عان مدنف

    Be gentle with a lover enslaved by passion,

    Wasted, companion to sickness, captive and gravely ill.

  9. لا يستقر من البكاء قراره

    وجدا عليك وناره لا تنطفي

    He finds no rest for weeping,

    In 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 love for you, he has no helper.

  11. ولقد اذاب حشاه لحاشاك الجوى

    وعلى سواك فؤاده لم ينطف

    Indeed, love's anguish has melted his heart for yours;

    And for no one but you has his heart shed a drop.

  12. لا يشتكي لسوى الدموع مصابه

    وعذوله مما به لا يشتفي

    He complains of his affliction to tears alone,

    And his reproacher finds no satisfaction in his suffering.

  13. لم تدر فيما ذا ابيت من الهوى

    وعلى سواك دموعه لم تذرف

    You do not know how I pass the night because of love,

    And his tears have been shed for no one but you.

  14. فاستهد في اتلاف مهجته وقل

    عرضت نفسك للبلا فاستهد في

    So seek guidance in destroying his lifeblood, and say:

    "You exposed yourself to affliction—so become its target."

  15. قل للمعنف عن هواه بجهله

    زد من ملامك يا عذول وعنف

    Tell the one who ignorantly rebukes him for his love:

    "Increase your blame, O reproacher, and be harsh!"

  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 him to me, whose cheek is golden in hue?

    His dinar has never been turned away from my gaze.

  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 artifice.

  19. ساق عن المصباح بغني وجه

    وعن النديم بقوله المستظرف

    A cupbearer whose face suffices in place of a lamp,

    And whose charming speech suffices in place of a drinking companion.

  20. وتنوب عن اقداحه احداقه

    والريق منه عن السلاف القرقف

    And his pupils take the place of his cups,

    And his saliva takes the place of choice, shiver-inducing wine.

  21. فكأنما اعتصر المدام بثغره

    او فيه اودع ذلك السر الخفي

    As though wine had been pressed in his mouth,

    Or that hidden secret had been lodged within it.