Sol 6.1

  1. من العقيقِ ومن تذكار ذي سلم

    براعةُ العين في استهلالها بدمِ

    From al-ʿAqīq and remembrance of Dhī Salam

    comes the eye's eloquence as it begins to weep blood.

  2. ومن أهيل النقى تمَّ النقى وبدا

    تناقضُ الجسم من ضرٍّ ومن ضرمِ

    And through the dear folk of the dunes, purity was perfected, and there appeared

    the body's disintegration from suffering and flame.

  3. صحيحُ جسمي من فرط الجرى عَضُلا

    ومرسل الدمع من عَيني قد اتصلا

    My sound body grew gravely afflicted from excessive running,

    and the tears released from my eye became an unbroken stream.

  4. تواترتْ قِصتي في الناس قاطبةً

    حتى لضعفي رثى للي كلُّ من عذلا

    My story spread among all the people,

    until everyone who reproached me pitied me for my weakness.

  5. تعنعنَ السحب عن عيني روايتها

    كما يسلسلُ عنها القَطرُ إذ هَملا

    The clouds transmit their account on my eye's authority,

    as rain streams from them in chains when it pours.

  6. رفعتُ أمري إلى قاضي الهوى فأبى

    وقال مالي على هذا المليح ولا

    I brought my case before the judge of love, but he refused,

    and said, 'I have no authority over this handsome one.'

  7. يا قلبُ صبراً على ما فيك من عللٍ

    ولا تشذ وتجزعْ واترك الملا

    O heart, bear patiently the ailments within you;

    do not stray or despair, and leave the crowd.

  8. ودعْ بقيةَ ما أبقاهُ من رمقٍ

    لديه لا تعتبر تعنيفَ من عدلا

    And leave the remnant of life that he has spared

    with him; heed no rebuke from one deemed upright.

  9. فذاك لاحٍ وبالتدليس مشتهرٌ

    وقولُه منكرُ زورٌ وما قُبلا

    For that man is a reproacher, notorious for deceit;

    his words are rejected falsehood and have found no acceptance.

  10. وقفتُ حُبي عليه لا يُجاوزه

    وهكذا شأنُ صبٍّ في الهوى كَمُلا

    I have devoted my love to him; it never goes beyond him.

    And such is the way of a lover perfected in love.