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A man harbors hopes, though fate divides soul from soul.

يؤمل المرء آمالا ويقطعها

1. A man harbors hopes, though fate divides soul from soul.
So accept what is destined; do not fret or obsess.

١. يُؤملُ المَرءُ آمالاً وَيَقطَعُها
أَمرٌ يُفّرق بَينَ النَفسِ وَالنَفسِ

2. Ibn Sahl and the like teach wisdom
Beyond ambition or vigilance.

٢. فَكُن مَعَ القَدَرِ المَحتوم وَارضَ بِهِ
تَريح نَفسَك مِن فكرٍ وَمِن هَوَسٍ

3. He acquired rare books of knowledge,
Hoping to endow the scholars of Andalusia.

٣. وَفي ابن سَهلٍ وَأَمثالٍ لَهُ عِبَرٌ
يَغنى بِها العَقلُ عَن حِرصٍ وَعَن حَرَسِ

4. But destiny denied what he intended,
And he dwelled far from kith and kin.

٤. كانَ اِقتَنى كتباً في العِلمِ نادِرَةً
كَيما يَخُصّ بِها ناساً بِأَندَلُسِ

5. His friend there was the Qur’an he often recited,
Pilgrimage and spiritual retreat in solitude.

٥. فَعاقَهُ قَدرٌ عَما يُؤمّلُهُ
وَحَلَّ رَمساً بعيدَ الأَهلِ وَالأنسِ

6. None we saw was his equal
In piety and distance from blame and stain.

٦. أَنيسُهُ فيهِ قُرآنٌ يَردّدُه
وَحجةٌ وَاعتمارٌ مِنهُ في الخَلَسِ

7. And how many were his charities in Hejaz
And Egypt, Syria, seeking the needy.

٧. وَما رَأَينا لَهُ في الناسِ مُشبهَه
أَتقى وَأَبعَد مِن ذامٍ وَمِن دَنَسٍ

8. He gave generously in times of calamity,
As when the people of Sorra drowned.

٨. وَكَم لَهُ صدقاتٍ بِالحِجازِ وَفي
مِصرٍ وَفي الشامِ تُسديها لملتَمسِ

9. Fasting, devout, reciting the Qur’an in the night—
O meadow for Ibn Sahl, how singular a man!

٩. سَرى وَفي طيبة إِذ أَهلُها غَرِقوا
أَعطى وَأجزلَ في النعمى لِمُبتَئِسِ

١٠. صَوّامُ هاجرةٍ قوّامُ داجِيَةٍ
تَلاءُ آيٍ مِن القُرآنِ في الغَلَسِ

١١. يا رَوضَةً لابنِ سَهلٍ حَلَّها رجل
ما أَن رَأَينا لَهُ شِبهاً مِن الأنسِ