Sol 6.1

  1. يا دهر كم تسبُكُ المُصَفَّى

    من أنفسِ الناس والجُسومِ

    O Time, how often you smelt the already refined

    among human souls and bodies!

  2. عليك بالأكدرين ماءً

    فصفِّهم غيرَ ما ملومِ

    Turn to those whose water is murkiest,

    and purify them, with no blame upon you.

  3. أوْ لا فأنت الظلومُ فيما

    تأتي ولا خيرَ في الظَّلومِ

    Otherwise, you are an oppressor in what

    you do; there is no good in an oppressor.

  4. أنِبْ إلى قاسمٍ وإلا

    فالله عَوْنٌ على الغشومِ

    Turn repentantly to Qasim; otherwise,

    God is a helper against the ruthless tyrant.

  5. حَرِّمْ على النائباتِ لحْماً

    منه زكيَّاً من اللحومِ

    Make flesh forbidden to calamities—

    his flesh, pure among all flesh.

  6. أنت متى نلتَ منه أهلٌ

    لكل لَومٍ وكُلِّ لُومِ

    Whenever you harm him, you deserve

    every reproach and all dishonor.

  7. فاقصدْ سواهُ ودعْ حِماهُ

    فهو حِمَى الجودِ والعُلومِ

    So target someone else, and leave his sanctuary,

    for he is the sanctuary of generosity and learning.

  8. واصدِفْ عن الشُّمِّ آل وهْبٍ

    أهل الندى الغَمْرِ والحُلومِ

    And turn aside from the lofty house of Wahb,

    possessors of abundant bounty and forbearance.

  9. ولا تَدَعْ مَنْ بغى عليهم

    إلا لَقىً دائمَ الكلومِ

    And leave no one who wrongs them

    save as a cast-off wreck with unending wounds.

  10. ذوي العلاء الخُصوص تُبنى

    بُناه بالنائل العُمومِ

    Men of singular eminence, whose edifices are built

    with bounty that embraces all.

  11. مُصحوْنَ مُسْتَمْطَرون سحَّاً

    فهمْ غيوثٌ بلا غيومِ

    Clear-skied, yet asked for rain in torrents,

    for they are life-giving rains without clouds.

  12. جادوا وآفاقهم نِقاءٌ

    ليس عليهنَّ من قُتومِ

    They poured out bounty, their horizons clear,

    with not a trace of murk upon them.

  13. ما شئتَ من أنجُمٍ وضاءٍ

    ومُمطِراتٍ ومِنْ رُجومِ

    All the radiant stars you could wish for,

    and rain-bringers, and missiles.