Sol 6.1

  1. هَل تسمحن منيَتي لَيلى بلقياها

    يَوماً لتشفى بعذب الريق مضناها

    Will my heart's desire, Layla, grant me a meeting with her

    One day, to heal her love-worn lover with her sweet saliva?

  2. هي المَرام فَما أَشهى تدللها

    عليَّ ان اقبلت يوما وأَشهاها

    She is all I seek—how sweet her coyness

    Toward me, should she come one day, and how sweet she is!

  3. هام الفؤاد وَما همت بزورتهها

    فمن عَلى الصبّ بالهجران فَتاها

    The heart was love-struck, but she never meant to visit it;

    Who, then, counseled her to desert the lovesick lover?

  4. هَيفآء عَن علتي مالَت بأدوية

    وانّ ماء الشفا من قبل شافاها

    Slender-waisted, she turned remedies away from my illness,

    Although the water of healing had already cured her.

  5. هانَت لدى الناس بيض الهند لو شهرت

    واِستصعبوا ما قضت بالفتك عَيناها

    India's bright swords seemed trifling to people, even if unsheathed,

    Yet they found unbearable the deadly doom her eyes decreed.

  6. هزت قواماً وَمال الغصن فاِشتبهت

    مَعاطِف البان في لين وَعطفاها

    She swayed her figure; the branch bent, and they seemed alike:

    The bān-tree's curves and her two flanks, in their suppleness.

  7. هلال افق بدا ام تلك غَرَتها

    وَالشمس قد اشرقت ام ذا محياها

    Has a crescent appeared on the horizon, or is that her radiant brow?

    And has the sun shone forth, or is this her face?

  8. هبت رياح الصبا من روض وجنتها

    فاِستنشق الناس منها طيب رياها

    The east winds blew from the garden of her cheek,

    So people inhaled the sweet fragrance that came from her.

  9. هاجَت لواعج شوق القَلب مذ زجرت

    حداتها العيس من اطلال مغناها

    The heart's burning pangs of longing have flared since the cries

    Of her camel-drivers drove the pale camels from her dwelling's ruins.

  10. هدَّت قوى الصب مذ سارَت نجائبها

    وأَصبح القلب حين السير يَرعاها

    The lover's strength was shattered when her fine-bred camels departed,

    And during her departure the heart kept watch over her.

  11. هلا رثت للشجى يوماً اما علمت

    بأن ذاك الشقى من بعض أَسراها

    Would she not pity the sorrowing one someday? Did she not know

    That that wretched man was one of her captives?

  12. هويتها غادة عَذراء فاتنة

    أَلَن تَرى القَلب دون الغيد مأَواها

    I loved her—a tender, virginal, enchanting maiden.

    Will she not see the heart as her refuge, with other beauties excluded?

  13. هَيهات هَيهات أَن تلوى عواذلها

    عنان حبي فَكَيفَ الغير الواها

    Far, far be it that her reproaching women should turn

    The reins of my love—how, then, could anyone else turn them?

  14. همت بقتل الشقي يوماً أَما علمت

    أَنَّ الوَزير بهذا العصر ينهاها

    She once meant to kill the wretched lover; did she not know

    That the vizier in this age forbids her to do so?

  15. هامى الندى أَحمد الاخلاق بحر جدا

    ومن به العصر للأملاك قد باها

    Raining bounty, most praiseworthy in character, an ocean of gifts,

    And he through whom the age has boasted before kings.

  16. هُوَ الرَفيع الذرى المَشكور نائله

    ومن له راحة فاضَت عطاياها

    He is lofty of summit, his bounty gratefully praised,

    And he has a palm overflowing with gifts.

  17. همام حرب جرت في بحر نعمته

    سفن الوفود وَباسم اللَه مجراها

    A hero in battle; on the ocean of his bounty sailed

    The delegations' ships, and in God's name was their course.

  18. هادى الأنام ومهدى الكون أَجمعه

    ومن سما الصيد أَقصاها وأَدناها

    Guide of humankind, bestowing gifts upon the whole creation,

    And he who surpassed the proud lords, both far and near.

  19. هابَت جيوش العدا في الحرب عزمته

    حتى تولى عَلى الاعقاب أَجراها

    The enemies' armies feared his resolve in battle,

    Until even their boldest turned back on their heels.

  20. هال الملا مذ ملا للخصم كأس ردى

    يوم الهياج وَللأعداء افناها

    He terrified the multitude when he filled a cup of death for the foe,

    On the day of battle, and emptied it upon his enemies.

  21. هزبر بطش بدا من غيل معهده

    فراع جمع العدا من حين فاجاها

    A lion of ferocity emerged from the thicket of his lair,

    So he terrified the enemy host the instant he took it by surprise.

  22. هاجر إِلى ربعه واهجر أَخا كرم

    دون الوَزير فللمداح أَغناها

    Journey to his abode, and forsake any generous man

    Other than the vizier, for he has enriched the praise-poets.

  23. هذب بامداحه فكراً فان له

    مَدائِحاً ينعش الافكار معناها

    Refine your thought through praises of him, for he has

    Panegyrics whose meaning revives the mind.

  24. هتون جود لقد عزت نظائره

    ومن رأى لبدور التمّ أَشباها

    A downpour of generosity—his equals are truly rare;

    And who has seen counterparts to moons at their fullest?

  25. هَذا الَّذي عزَّ في الدنيا له شبه

    لما سما من ذرى الافضال اعلاها

    This is the man whose equal is rare in the world,

    Since he rose to the highest summits of beneficence.

  26. هلمّ يا طالب الجود العَميم الى

    دار له غمر الاكوان جدواها

    Come, O seeker of all-embracing generosity, to

    His house, whose bounty has flooded all worlds.

  27. هيىء له المدح واستمسك به سبباً

    واقصد له راحة قدما لثمناها

    Prepare praise for him, and hold fast to it as a cord,

    And seek his palm, which we kissed long ago.

  28. هنيه بالشعر وانظم في مدائحه

    بدائعاً تخجل الاقمار حسناها

    Congratulate him in verse, and compose in his praise

    Masterpieces whose fairest puts the moons to shame.

  29. هنى عيش بقى في نعمة ابداً

    ما شاقَ سود المَطايا طيب مَرعاها

    May his life be happy, enduring forever in blessing,

    As long as the sweetness of their pasture entices the black riding-camels.