Sol 6.1

  1. توهمت أن الخال فارق خدها

    وحل بفيها يبتغي جرعة الخضر

    I imagined the mole had left her cheek

    And settled in her mouth, seeking a draught of al-Khidr’s water.

  2. فقالت أصار القس خالاً ظلمته

    فما هو يا هذا سوى راهب عذري

    She said, “Has the priest become a mole? You have wronged him!

    For he, sir, is nothing but a chaste monk,

  3. يعرفني حتى أقر له بما

    فعلت وينهاني عن الصد والهجر

    Who hears my confession until I admit to him what

    I have done, and forbids me coldness and estrangement.”