Sol 6.1

  1. هذي الربى كم ضاق في  فضاؤها

    مـالـي عـلى جـنباتها أتـعثر

    These hills—how their expanse has narrowed within me!

    What ails me, that I stumble along their slopes?

  2. شـب الحصى فيها ودون  زحامه

    درب  يـغيب و آخـر  يـتكسر

    The pebbles there have grown; beneath their throng,

    One path vanishes, and another breaks apart.

  3. ومـلاعبي  ومـجر أذيـالي  بها

    بـعدت  فـما ترقى إليها  الأنسر

    And my playgrounds there, and the ground where I trailed my hems,

    Have grown remote; eagles cannot soar up to them.

  4. مـا كـنت أحـسب أنـها  تتغير

    وأرى الـشتاء تـطاولت  أيـامه

    I never thought they would change.

    And I see winter—his days have lengthened,

  5. وازداد  عـسفا قـلبه  الـمتحجر

    كم زارني وكشفت عن صدري له

    And his stony heart has grown more cruel.

    How often he visited me, and I bared my breast to him;

  6. فـأقـام لا يـزهـو ولا  يـتكبر

    مـا  زلـت أذكر كيف كان لهاثه

    Then he would stay, neither boastful nor arrogant.

    I still remember how his panting

  7. من  دفء أضلاعي يذوب ويقطر

    مـا كـنت أحـسب انـه  يتغير

    Would melt and drip from the warmth of my ribs.

    I never thought he would change.

  8. وأتـيت مرآتي وعطري في  يدي

    فـبصرت  ما لا كنت فيها أبصر

    And I came to my mirror, my perfume in my hand,

    And saw in it what I had never seen before.

  9. فـخفضت طـرفي ذاهلا متوجعا

    ونـفرت مـنها غـاضبا  استنكر

    So I lowered my gaze, dazed and aching,

    And recoiled from it in anger, protesting.

  10. خـانت  عـهود مودتي  فتغيرت

    مـا كـنت أحـسب أنـها  تتغير

    It betrayed the pledges of my affection and changed.

    I never thought it would change.