Sol 6.1

  1. إِذا ذُكِرَت لُبنى تَجَلَّتكَ زَفرَةٌ

    وَيَثني لَكَ لداعي بِها فَتَفيقُ

    When Lubna is mentioned, a sigh comes over you,

    And the caller repeats her name for you, and you come to.

  2. شَهِدتُ عَلى نَفسي بِأَنَّكِ غادَةٌ

    رَداحٌ وَإِنَّ الوَجهُ مِنكِ عَتيقُ

    I myself have testified that you are a graceful maiden,

    Full-hipped, and yours is a noble face.

  3. وَإِنَّكِ لا تَجزينَني بِصَحابَةٍ

    وَلا أَنا لِلهِجرانِ مِنكِ مُطيقُ

    And you do not repay me with companionship,

    Nor can I endure estrangement from you.

  4. وَإِنَّكِ قَسَّمتِ الفُؤادَ فَنِصفُهُ

    رَهينٌ وَنِصفٌ في الحِبالِ وَثيقُ

    And you have divided my heart: half of it

    Is captive, and half is bound fast in cords.

  5. صَبوحي إِذا ما ذَرَّتِ الشَمسُ ذِكرَكُم

    وَلي ذِكرَكُم عِندَ المَساءِ غَبوقُ

    My morning draught, when the sun rises, is remembrance of you,

    And at evening, remembrance of you is my evening draught.

  6. إِذا أَنا عَزَّيتُ الهَوى أَو تَرَكتُهُ

    أَتَت عَبَراتٌ بِالدُموعِ تَسوقُ

    When I soothe my passion or abandon it,

    Sobs come, driving the tears forth.

  7. كَأَنَّ الهَوى بَينَ الحَيازيمِ وَالحَشا

    وَبَينَ التَراقي وَاللُهاتَ حَريقُ

    As though love between my ribs and entrails,

    And between my collarbones and uvula, were a blaze.

  8. فَإِن كُنتِ لَمّا تَعلَمي العِلمَ فَاِسأَلي

    فَبَعضٌ لِبَعضٍ في الفِعالِ فَأوقُ

    So if you have not yet gained this knowledge, then ask;

    For some are superior to others in deeds.

  9. سَلي هَل قَلاني مِن عَشيرٍ صَحِبتُهُ

    وَهَل مَلَّ رَحلي في الرِفاقِ رَفيقُ

    Ask: has any companion whose company I kept hated me?

    And has any fellow traveler among the company tired of my camp?

  10. وَهَل يَجتَوي القَومُ الكِرامُ صَحابَتي

    إِذا اِغبَرَّ مَخشيُّ الفَجاجِ عَميقُ

    And do noble folk dislike my companionship

    When a deep, dreaded pass turns gray with dust?

  11. وَأَكتُمُ أَسرارَ الهَوى فَأُميتُها

    إِذا باحَ مَزّاحٌ بِهُنَّ بَروقُ

    And I conceal love's secrets, putting them to death,

    When a glib joker divulges them.

  12. سَعى الدَهرُ وَالواشونَ بَيني وَبَينَها

    فَقُطِّعَ هَبلُ الوَصلِ وَهوَ وَثيقُ

    Time and the slanderers strove to come between me and her,

    So the cord of union was severed, though it was strong.

  13. هَلِ الصَبرُ إِلّا أَن أَصُدَّ فَلا أَرى

    بِأَرضِكَ إِلّا أَن يَكونَ طَريقُ

    Is patience anything but turning away, so I no longer see you

    In your land, except when it lies along my route?

  14. أُريدُ سُلُوّاً عَنكُمُ فَيَرُدُّني

    عَلَيكَ مِنَ النَفسِ الشِعاعُ فَريقُ

    I want to forget you, yet am drawn back

    To you by a fragment of my scattered soul.