Sol 6.1

  1. سِراجُ الدُجى صِفرُ الحَشا مُنتَهى المُنى

    كَشَمسِ الضُحى نَوّامَةٌحينَ تُصبِحُ

    A lamp in the darkness, slender-waisted, the height of desire,

    Like the midmorning sun, she sleeps late into the morning.

  2. إِذا ما مَشَت بينَ البُيوتِ تَخَزَّلَت

    وَمالَت كَما مالَ النَزيفُ المُرَنَّحُ

    Whenever she walked among the houses, she moved languidly,

    And swayed like a drunken man reeling.

  3. تَعَلَّقتُ عَزًّا وَهيَ رُؤدٌ شَبابُها

    عَلاقَةَ حُبٍّ كادَ بالقَلبِ يَرجَحُ

    I fell in love with Azza while she was tender in her youth,

    With a bond of love that almost weighed my heart down.

  4. أَقولُ وَنِضوي وَاقِفٌ عِندَ رَمسِها

    عَلَيكِ سَلامُ الله وَالعَينُ تُسفَحُ

    I say, as my gaunt mount stands beside her grave:

    God's peace be upon you, while tears pour from the eye.

  5. فَهذا فِراقُ الحَقِّ لا أَن تُزيرَني

    بِلادَكِ فَتلاءُ الذِراعينِ صَيدَحُ

    So this is true parting—not one where I can visit

    Your land on a strong-forelegged, loud-voiced she-camel.

  6. وَقَد كُنتُ أَبكي مِن فِراقِكِ حَيَّةً

    وَأَنتِ لَعمري اليومَ أَنأى وَأَنزَحُ

    And I used to weep at parting from you while you were alive,

    And you, by my life, are farther away and more distant today.

  7. فَيا عَزَّ أَنتِ البَدرُ قَد حالَ دونَهُ

    رَجيعُ تُرابٍ وَالصَفيحُ المضرَّحُ

    So, O Azza, you are the full moon, now veiled by

    Earth heaped back and flat stones laid over the grave.

  8. فَهَلا فَداكِ الموت مَن أَنتِ زينُهُ

    وَمَن هُوَ أَسوا مِنكِ دَلّاً وَأَقبَحُ

    Then why did the one you graced not ransom you from death,

    And whoever is less charming than you, and uglier?

  9. عَلى أُمِّ بَكرٍ رَحمَةٌ وَتَحِيَّةٌ

    لَها مِنكَ والنائي يَوَدُّ وَيَنصَحُ

    Upon Umm Bakr be mercy and a greeting,

    For her from you; the distant one loves and wishes her well.

  10. مُنعَّمةٌ لو يَدرُجُ الذَرُّ بَينَها

    وَبَينَ حَواشِي بُردِها كَادَ يَجرَحُ

    Delicately nurtured—if tiny ants crept between her

    And the edges of her mantle, they would almost wound her.

  11. وَما نَظَرَت عيني إِلى ذي بَشاشَةٍ

    مِن الناسِ إِلّا أَنتِ في العَينِ أَملَحُ

    And never has my eye looked upon someone smiling

    Among people without finding you lovelier in my eyes.

  12. أَلا لا أَرى بَعدَ اِبنةِ النَضرِ لَذَّةً

    لِشيءٍ ولا مِلحًا لِمَن يَتَمَلَّحُ

    Ah, after the daughter of al-Nadr I find no pleasure

    In anything, nor charm in anyone who tries to be charming.

  13. فَلا زَالَ رَمسٌ ضَمَّ عَزَّةَ سائِلاً

    بِهِ نِعمَةٌ مِن رَحمَةِ الله تَسفَحُ

    So may the grave that embraced Azza never cease to flow,

    With a blessing from God's mercy pouring forth within it.

  14. فَإِنَ الَّتي أَحبَبتُ قَد حالَ دونَها

    طِوَالُ الليالي وَالضَريحُ المُصفَّحُ

    For between me and the woman I loved now stand

    The long nights and the tomb covered with stone slabs.

  15. أَرَبَّ بِعينِيَّ البُكا كُلَّ لَيلَةٍ

    فَقَد كادَ مَجرى الدَمعِ عينَيَّ يَقرَحُ

    Weeping clings to my eyes every night;

    For the flow of tears has almost wounded my eyes,

  16. إِذا لَم يَكُن ما تَسفَحُ العينُ لي دَمًا

    وَشرُّ البُكاءِ المُستَعارُ المُسَيَّحُ

    If what the eye sheds for me is not blood.

    And the worst weeping is borrowed, forced to flow.