Sol 6.1

  1. أخذتَ نحوي سَبيلا

    فَسقَتْني سَلْسَبِيلا

    You took a path toward me;

    Then she gave me Salsabil to drink—

  2. بنتُ فِكْرٍ من خليلٍ

    قد شَفتْ مني غليلا

    A daughter of thought from Khalil,

    Who quenched my burning thirst.

  3. ذُقْتُ مِنْها منَّ لَفْظٍ

    كان بالسَلْوى كفيلا

    I tasted from her the manna of speech

    That was sure to bring solace,

  4. ومَعانٍ كنَسيم الرْ

    رَوضِ إذْ هَبَّ أصيِلا

    And meanings like the breeze of the

    Garden when it blew at eventide.

  5. هَيَّجت عِندي شجوناً

    سَكَنتْ دَهراً طَوِيلا

    They stirred within me sorrows

    That had lain quiet for a long time,

  6. وبَنَتْ للشَّوقِ عِندي

    أربُعاً كانت طُلولا

    And built within me, for longing,

    Dwellings that had been ruins.

  7. ما أنا والشِعرَ أصبُو

    والصِّبَى جَدَّ الرَّحِيلا

    Why do I yearn for poetry,

    When youth has hastened its departure?

  8. كُلَّما أنشَدتُ بيتاً

    شِمْتُ لي منهُ عَذُولا

    Whenever I recite a verse,

    I glimpse in it one who reproaches me.

  9. ضاعَ هذا العُمْرُ وَيحي

    ومَضَى إلاّ قَلِيلا

    This life has been wasted—woe is me!

    And has passed, save a little.

  10. إنْ قَتَلْتُ الدَّهرَ خُبْراً

    فَلَكمْ ألقَى قَتِيلا

    Though I have slain Time by knowing it well,

    How often I am found slain!

  11. إنَّما نحنُ نَباتٌ

    يَنقضِي جِيلاً فجِيلا

    We are nothing but plants

    Passing away, generation after generation.

  12. كُلَّما جَفَّ نَضِيرٌ

    أطلعَ الرَّوض بديلاً

    Whenever a verdant plant withers,

    The garden brings forth another.

  13. يا هلالاً قد أرانا

    في الدُّجَى وَجهاً جميلا

    O crescent that has shown us

    In the darkness a beautiful face,

  14. سوفَ نَلقَى منكَ بدراً

    كاملاً يُدعَى خليلا

    We shall behold in you a full moon,

    Complete, called Khalil.