Sol 6.1

  1. فليتَ شِعري عَن النَّوائبِ مَن

    أعلَمَها أنَّني بِها عالِم

    If only I knew, concerning calamities, who

    informed them that I know them.

  2. فهيَ سَواءٌ عِندي ومُعلِمُها

    وظالِمٌ مَن سَعى إلى ظَالِم

    For they and their informer are alike in my eyes,

    and a wrongdoer is whoever goes to a wrongdoer.

  3. ما هوَ إلا استَحدَّها فأتَت

    مُطلَقَة الشَّفرتَينِ كالصَّارِم

    He merely sharpened them, and they came

    with both edges unleashed, like a keen sword.

  4. خائِفٌ أن تكونَ تَعلمُ ما

    يَفعَلُ مُزرٍ بِفِعلِها لائِم

    I fear that they may know what

    a critic who scorns their deeds is doing.

  5. رَضيتُ بَعضَ الخُطوبِ تحكُم في

    بَعضٍ إِذا لم أجِد لها حاكِم

    I am content to let some misfortunes pass judgment on

    others, when I can find no judge for them.

  6. لكلِّ وَقتٍ وقتٌ يَثورُ بهِ

    مُزَعزِعاً قاطِعاً لَه حاسِم

    Each time has another time that rises against it,

    shaking it, cutting it short, bringing it to an end.

  7. والمرءُ ما بينَ ذَينِ مدرجَةٌ

    للشرِّ والخَيرِ يابِسٌ ناعِم

    And man, between those two, is a pathway

    for evil and good—parched and tender.

  8. يودِّع الواخد المجدَّ فَلا

    يَرجِعُ حتَّى يَستَقبلَ القادِم

    He bids the swift, hastening traveler farewell, and does not

    return until he welcomes the newcomer.

  9. وفي تَصارِيفِ حالَتَيهِ فَما

    أقربَهُ مِن نَدى أبي القاسِم

    And amid the turns of his two states, how

    near he is to Abu al-Qasim's bounty!

  10. لا يُحسنُ ابنُ الحُسينِ مَعذرةً

    تُسمعُ منهُ أو يُوجِدَ الغارِم

    Ibn al-Husayn can offer no excuse

    that is heard from him, without enriching the debtor.

  11. كُنتُ كَما في يَدَيهِ من نَشَبٍ

    في عَطَبٍ لا يَغِبُّني لازِم

    I was like the wealth in his hands,

    in ruin, with a clinging affliction that never left me,

  12. حتَّى إِذا ما حَضَرتُ حَضرَتَهُ

    صرتُ كأنِّي مِن عِرضِه سالِم

    until, when I came into his presence,

    I became safe, as though I were part of his honor.