Sol 6.1

  1. لا تلوموا عليه قلبَ مُحِبٍّ

    فجميع القلوبِ طَوْعُ يَدَيْهِ

    Do not blame a lover's heart for loving him,

    for all hearts are at his hands' command.

  2. لا تظنّوا عِذاره طرّز الخدّ

    فما كان ذا افتقاراً إليه

    Do not think his cheek-down embroidered his cheek,

    for that was not out of any need for it.

  3. إنما لحظُه أَراق دماءً

    وبدا أُثْرها على وَجْنَتَيْه

    It was only that his glance had spilled blood,

    and its trace appeared upon his cheeks.

  4. فرأى وَردَها بقتليَ نمّا

    ماً فأَوْلى بنفسَجاً عارِضَيْه

    Then he saw its roses betraying my murder,

    so he bestowed violets upon both sides of his face.

  5. فتيقنتُ أنني ضاع ثأْري

    حين لم يبق شاهدٌ لي عليه

    So I knew for certain that my vengeance was lost,

    when no witness against him remained for me.

  6. تودُّون عَوْدي لو قَدَرِتْ إِليكم

    وقد أَبْعَد المِقْدار في الَبْين شُقِتّي

    You long for my return to you—if only I could,

    yet fate has lengthened my journey in separation.

  7. كأَنّيَ سَهْمٌ كلّما جرّني الهوى

    إِليكم رمتْني الحادثات فأَقصتِ

    I am like an arrow: whenever love draws me

    toward you, calamities shoot me away and drive me far.

  8. كأَني سأَلتُ الرّيح عن لين قَدِّها

    فهزّت قضيبَ البان لي حين هَبَّتِ

    It is as though I asked the wind about her figure's suppleness,

    so it swayed a bān-tree bough for me when it blew.

  9. له سائِلاً عِلْمٍ وجود يُجيب ذا

    على عَجَل منه وذا عن تَثَبُّتِ

    He has two petitioners, for knowledge and bounty; he answers one

    with haste, and the other with careful consideration:

  10. فذا بنوالٍ للمُؤالف مُنْطِقٍ

    وذا بمَقالٍ للمُخالِفِ مُسْكِت

    the one with a gift that makes the ally speak,

    the other with words that silence the opponent.