Sol 6.1

  1. لَكَ العُذرُ إِن لَم أُعِد زَورَةً

    وَلَو قيلَ أَحسَنَ ثُمَّ اِعتَذَر

    Yours is the excuse if I do not visit again,

    even if it is said, “He did well, then apologized.”

  2. عَلِمتُ بِأَنِّيَ جُلمودُ صَخرٍ

    فَلَو أَنَّني عُدتُ قالوا مِكَرّ

    I knew that I was a boulder of rock;

    so if I returned, they would call me “one who returns to the charge.”

  3. فَدَيتُكَ إِنّي اِمرُؤٌ قَد سَرى

    إِلى قَدَمي مِن لِساني حَصَر

    May I be your ransom! I am indeed a man in whom has crept

    from my tongue to my foot a faltering.

  4. لَئِن مَسَّ جِسمَكَ حَرُّ الضَنى

    وَلَوَّحَ ذاكَ المُحَيّا الأَغَرّ

    If indeed the heat of wasting sickness has touched your body,

    and scorched that radiant face,

  5. فَما الحَرُّ في الشَمسِ مُستَغرَبٌ

    وَلا عَجَبٌ لِشُحوبِ القَمَر

    heat in the sun is nothing strange,

    nor is the moon’s pallor any wonder.

  6. وَكَم ذاقَ جَمراً أَخوكَ النُضارُ

    وَمُشبِهُكَ المَشرَفِيُّ الذَكَر

    And how often your brother, pure gold, has tasted embers,

    and your counterpart, the keen Mashrafi sword.

  7. تَطَلَّعتَ كَالصَحوِ بَعدَ الغُيومِ

    وَأَمسَكتَ مِثلَ اِمتِساكِ المَطَر

    You appeared like clear weather after clouds,

    and held back as the rain holds back.

  8. حَديثُ العُلى عَنكَ مُستَحسَنٌ

    حَديثٌ إِذا أَمتَعَ النَفسَ سَرّ

    Glory’s account of you is pleasing—

    a tale that gladdens whenever it delights the soul.

  9. تَحَقَّقَ قَولُكَ وَالفَصلُ فيهِ

    فَصَحَّ العِيانُ وَصَحَّ الخَبَر

    Your word proved true, and in it lies decisive judgment;

    so what was seen proved true, and what was reported proved true.

  10. وَكَم باطِلٍ ذائِعٍ قَيَّضَت

    أَباطيلَهُ تُرَّهاتٌ أُخَر

    And many a widespread falsehood has had

    its fabrications brought forth by other absurdities.

  11. وَكَم أَنبَتَ الشِعرَ وَردُ الخُدودِ

    وَسَلَّ عَلَيها سُيوفَ الحَوَر

    And how often the roses of cheeks have made poetry sprout,

    and drawn against them the swords of dark-eyed beauty!