Sol 6.1

  1. بالله يا كثُبَ اللّوى أنبيني

    ما حالُ هاتيك الظُّبَاء العِين

    By God, O dunes of al-Liwa, tell me:

    How fare those wide-eyed gazelles?

  2. بالله يا كثب اللّوى هل نظرةٌ

    من الِ زينبَ باللّوى يُرضيني

    By God, O dunes of al-Liwa, is there a glance

    From Zaynab's kin at al-Liwa to please me?

  3. هجروا السّنينَ وفارقوا أمثالها

    وصُدود يومٍ واحدٍ يَكفيني

    They shunned me for years, and stayed apart for just as long;

    And one single day's rejection is enough for me.

  4. لو كان قد رد المغير لمغرمٍ

    لغرمت إذ في الحب ما يغريني

    If the raider had made restitution to a lover,

    I would have paid the price, for love holds what entices me.

  5. وأنا الفداءَ لمنْ ثنايا ثغْرِه

    مهما هممت بسلبه يثنيني

    And I would ransom him whose mouth's front teeth

    Turn me back whenever I think of robbing him.

  6. قمرٌ على غُصْنٍ تأوّد بالقنا

    يَرْتجّ اسفلَه نقا يَبْرين

    A moon upon a bough that sways amid the spear-shafts;

    Beneath it quivers a dune of Yabrin.

  7. ما لي أحِنُّ إلى العُذَيب وما به

    ويشَّحّ سَاقيه ومَا يَسقيني

    Why do I yearn for al-ʿUdhayb and all within it,

    While its cupbearer is miserly and gives me no drink?

  8. ما البَان مُخضَرُّ الغصون وقد نأوا

    عنه ولا ماءُ اللَّوى بمَعِينِ

    The bān tree's boughs are not green, now that they have gone

    Away from it; nor does the water of al-Liwa flow.

  9. ما للحمائِم أنْ بَكيْن أثرنني

    أترى الحمامَ شجونهن شجوني

    What ails the doves, that their weeping stirs me?

    Do you think the doves' sorrows are my sorrows?

  10. بالله ضَعْ كفّاً على كبدي وَنحْ

    إن كان يُعْنيك الذي يُعْنيْني

    By God, lay a hand upon my liver and lament,

    If what concerns me concerns you.

  11. وَلَقَدْ مَلَلْتُ الهجرَ في دارِ الأذى

    وحملتُ من أسْماء ما يُعْييني

    And indeed I have wearied of estrangement in the abode of hurt,

    And I have borne from Asma what wears me out.