Sol 6.1

  1. يا أبا نصرٍ وما للمرءِ في

    زِبرج الدنيا من الحمدِ عِوضْ

    O Abu Nasr, a man has nothing in

    the world's finery to take the place of praise.

  2. منعُكَ الطَّحن صديقاً مخلصاً

    تاركٌ عرضكَ للذم غَرضْ

    Your withholding flour from a loyal friend

    leaves your honor a target for blame.

  3. جادَ بالجوهر قومٌ للعلا

    أفترْضى البخل عنها بالعرَض

    Some have given their very substance for glory;

    will you then be content to begrudge it mere worldly goods?

  4. لا لعمري وامتعضْ من خطةٍ

    مثلكَ استنكفَ منِها وامتعض

    No, by my life! Be indignant at a course of conduct

    that one like you has disdained and resented.

  5. لا تكن ممَّنْ أمَرَّتْ كفُّهُ

    حبل ودٍّ ثم ثنَّى فنقض

    Do not be one whose hand twisted tight

    a cord of affection, then followed up by unraveling it.

  6. لا ولا ممَّن إذا ما بُسِطَتْ

    يده بالنَفع والدفع انقبض

    No, nor one who, when

    his hand is outstretched to help and protect, draws back.

  7. وأحق الناس بالحسرةِ من

    رفع اللَهُ بناه فانخفض

    And most deserving of regret is the one

    whose edifice God raised, yet who sank low.

  8. لا تُضيِّع مثل وُدّي إنه

    صادقُ الصحة ما فيه مَرَض

    Do not squander affection like mine, for it

    is truly sound, with no illness in it.

  9. واصطنعْ عندي صنيعاً إنني

    من إذا استُنْهض بالشكر نَهَض

    And bestow a favor upon me, for I

    am one who rises when summoned to give thanks.

  10. وادّخرْ من منطقي أحدوثةً

    تنشرُ الذكر إذا الذّكر انقرض

    And store up from my words a tale

    that revives renown when renown has died out.

  11. لا يراها ساقطٌ نافلةً

    ويراها الحُرُّ فرضاً مُفتَرض

    A base man does not regard it as a voluntary good deed;

    and the noble man regards it as a binding duty.

  12. واتخِذني جُنّةً بل نَجدةً

    لا تجِدني في الملمَّات حَرَض

    And take me as a shield—rather, as a source of aid;

    you will not find me feeble in calamities.