Sol 6.1

  1. نادِ الَّذينَ تَحَمَّلوا كَي يَربَعوا

    كَيما يُوَدِّعَ ذو هَوىً وَيُوَدَّعُ

    Call out to those who have set out, that they may halt,

    so a lover may bid farewell and be bidden farewell.

  2. ما كُنتُ أَخشى بَعدَ ما قَد أَجمَعوا

    وَفُراقُهُم بِالكُرهِ أَن لا يَربَعوا

    I had not feared, after they had made their decision,

    though their parting was against my will, that they would not halt,

  3. أَن يَفجَعوا دَنِفاً مُصاباً قَلبُهُ

    مِن حُبِّهِم في كُلِّ يَومٍ يُردَعُ

    that they would leave a lovesick man bereft, his heart stricken

    by love for them, rebuked each day,

  4. حَتّى رَأَيتُ حُمولَهُم وَكَأَنَّها

    نَخلٌ تُكَفكِفُها شَمالٌ زَعزَعُ

    until I saw their laden camels, as though they were

    palm trees buffeted by a raging north wind.

  5. وَأَقولُ مَن جَزَعٍ لِعَزَّةَ بَعدَما

    ساروا وَسالَ بِهِم طَريقٌ مَهيَعُ

    And in anguish I said to ʿAzza, after

    they had set out and a broad road streamed with them:

  6. لَو كُنتُ أَملِكُ دَفعَ ذا لَدَفَعتُهُ

    عَنّي وَلَكِن ما لِهَذا مَدفَعُ

    ‘Had I the power to ward this off, I would have warded it

    away from me—but there is no warding this away.’

  7. لَمّا تَذاكَرنا وَقَد كادَت بِهِم

    بُزُلُ الجِمالِ بِبَطنِ قَرنٍ تَطلُعُ

    When we spoke together, they were already about to be borne

    up through Qarn’s hollow by the full-grown camels,

  8. تَهوي بِهِنَّ إِذا الحُداةُ تَرَنَّموا

    مَوراً كَما مارَ السَفينُ المُقلَعُ

    rushing with the women whenever the camel-drivers sang,

    swaying as a ship under sail sways.

  9. سَلَّمتُ فَاِلتَفَتَت بِوَجهٍ واضِحٍ

    كَالبَدرِ زَيَّنَ ذاكَ جيدٌ أَتلَعُ

    I greeted her; she turned with a radiant face,

    like the full moon, graced by a long, stately neck,

  10. وَبِمُقلَتَي ريمٍ غَضيضٍ طَرفُهُ

    أَضحى لَهُ بِرِياضِ مَرٍّ مَرتَعُ

    and the eyes of a white gazelle with a downcast gaze,

    now finding pasture in the meadows of Marr.

  11. قالَت تُشِيُّعُنا فَقُلتُ صَبابَةً

    إِنَّ المُحِبَّ لِمَن يُحِبُّ مُشَيِّعُ

    She asked, ‘Are you seeing us off?’ I replied, full of longing:

    ‘Indeed, a lover sees off the one he loves.’

  12. فَاِستَرجَعَت وَبَكَت لِما قَد غالَها

    إِنَّ المُوَفَّقَ فَاِعلَموا مُستَرجِعُ

    Then she said, ‘We belong to God and to Him we return,’ and wept at what had overwhelmed her.

    Indeed, the rightly guided—know this—say, ‘To God we belong and return.’

  13. فَتَبِعتُهُم وَمَعي فُؤادٌ موجَعٌ

    صَبٌّ بِقُربِهِمِ وَعَينٌ تَدمَعُ

    So I followed them, with an aching heart,

    yearning for their nearness, and a weeping eye.