Sol 6.1

  1. شَفَّنِي وَجْدِي وأَبْلانِي السَّهَرْ

    وَتَغَشَّتْنِي سَمَادِيرُ الْكَدَرْ

    My anguish has wasted me, and sleeplessness has worn me down.

    And the dizzying haze of sorrow has shrouded me.

  2. فَسَوادُ اللَّيْلِ مَا إِنْ يَنْقَضِي

    وَبَيَاضُ الصُّبْحِ مَا إِنْ يُنْتَظَرْ

    For the blackness of night never ends,

    And the whiteness of dawn is not to be expected.

  3. لا أَنِيسٌ يَسْمَعُ الشَّكْوَى وَلا

    خَبَرٌ يَأْتِي وَلا طَيْفٌ يَمُرْ

    No companion hears my complaint, and no

    News arrives, and no phantom passes by.

  4. بَيْنَ حِيطَانٍ وَبَابٍ مُوصَدٍ

    كُلَّمَا حَرَّكَهُ السَّجَّانُ صَرْ

    Between walls and a tightly shut door,

    Whenever the jailer moves it, it creaks.

  5. يَتَمَشَّى دُونَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا

    لَحِقَتْهُ نَبْأَةٌ مِنِّي اسْتَقَرْ

    He paces before it until

    A faint sound from me reaches him; then he stands still.

  6. كُلَّمَا دُرْتُ لأَقْضِي حَاجَةً

    قَالَتِ الظُّلْمَةُ مَهْلاً لا تَدُرْ

    Whenever I move about to attend to a need,

    The darkness says, 'Wait! Do not move about.'

  7. أَتَقَرَّى الشَّيءَ أَبْغِيهِ فَلا

    أَجِدُ الشَّيءَ وَلا نَفْسِي تَقَرْ

    I search out the thing I seek, yet do not

    Find the thing, nor does my soul find rest.

  8. ظُلْمَةٌ مَا إِنْ بِهَا مِنْ كَوْكَبٍ

    غَيرُ أَنْفَاسٍ تَرامَى بِالشَّرَرْ

    Darkness, with not a single star in it,

    Except breaths that cast out sparks.

  9. فَاصْبِرِي يَا نَفْسُ حَتَّى تَظْفَرِي

    إِنَّ حُسْنَ الصَّبْر مِفْتَاحُ الظَّفَرْ

    So be patient, O soul, until you triumph;

    Indeed, noble patience is the key to victory.

  10. هِيَ أَنْفَاسٌ تقَضَّى وَالْفَتَى

    حَيْثُمَا كَانَ أَسِيرٌ لِلْقَدَرْ

    It is but breaths that pass away, and a man,

    Wherever he may be, is a captive of fate.