Sol 6.1

  1. أَفي رَسمِ دارٍ دَمعُكَ المُتَرَقرِقُ

    سَفاهاً وَما اِستِنطاقُ ما لَيسَ يَنطِقُ

    Is it over a dwelling's traces that your tears well up,

    foolishly? And what use is questioning what cannot speak?

  2. بِحَيثُ التَقى جَمعٌ وَأَقصى مُحَسَّرٍ

    مَعالِمُهُ كادَت عَلى البُعدِ تَخلِقُ

    Where Jamʿ and the far end of Muḥassar meet,

    its landmarks have almost worn away with long absence.

  3. ذَكَرتُ بِهِ ما قَد مَضى وَتَذَكُّري

    حَبيباً وَرَسمُ الدارِ مِمّا يُشَوِّقُ

    There I recalled what had passed—and my remembrance

    of a beloved, together with the dwelling's traces, stirs longing—

  4. لَيالِيَ مِن دَهرٍ إِذِ الحَيُّ جيرَةٌ

    وَإِذ هُوَ مَأهولُ الخَميلَةِ مونِقُ

    nights of a time when the clan were neighbors,

    and when its grove was inhabited and it was lovely;

  5. مَقاماً لَنا ذاتَ العِشاءِ وَمَجلِساً

    بِهِ لَم يُكَدِّرهُ عَلَينا مُعَوِّقُ

    a place for us to stay one evening, and a meeting place

    there, unspoiled for us by any interference;

  6. وَمَمشى فَتاةٍ بِالكِساءِ تَكُنُّنا

    بِهِ تَحتَ عَينٍ بَرقُها يَتَأَلَّقُ

    and the walk of a maiden with a cloak, sheltering us

    with it beneath a rain cloud whose lightning glittered.

  7. يَبُلَّ أَعالي الثَوبِ قَطرٌ وَتَحتَهُ

    شُعاعٌ بَدا يُعشي العُيونَ وَيُشرِقُ

    Raindrops wet the garment's upper folds, and beneath it

    a radiance appeared, dazzling the eyes and shining.

  8. فَأَحسَنُ شَيءٍ بَدءُ أَوَّلِ لَيلِنا

    وَآخِرُهُ حَزمٌ إِذا نَتَفَرَّقُ

    So the loveliest thing is our night's very beginning,

    and its end calls for caution when we part.