Sol 6.1

  1. هُوَ الدَهرُ فَاِصبِر لِلَّذي أَحدَثَ الدَهرُ

    فَمِن شِيَمِ الأَبرارِ في مِثلِها الصَبرُ

    Such is Time: endure what Time has brought about.

    For patience in such a trial is among the virtues of the righteous.

  2. سَتَصبِرُ صَبرَ اليَأسِ أَو صَبرَ حِسبَةٍ

    فَلا تَرضَ بِالصَبرِ الَّذي مَعَهُ وِزرُ

    You will endure, either in despair or in hope of divine reward;

    so do not choose the patience that carries sin.

  3. حِذارَكَ مِن أَن يُعقِبَ الرِزءُ فِتنَةً

    يَضيقُ لَها عَن مِثلِ أَخلاقِكَ العُذرُ

    Beware lest bereavement give rise to a temptation

    for which one of your character can find no excuse.

  4. إِذا أَسِفَ الثَكلُ اللَبيبَ فَشَفَّهُ

    رَأى أَبرَحَ الثَكلَينِ أَن يَحبِطَ الأَجرُ

    When bereavement grieves a wise man and wears him away,

    he sees the harsher of the two losses in forfeiting his reward.

  5. مُصابُ الَّذي يَأسى بِمَيتِ ثَوابِهِ

    هُوَ البَرحُ لا المَيتُ الَّذي أَحرَزَ القَبرُ

    The mourner's affliction at the death of his reward

    is the true anguish—not the dead one whom the grave encloses.

  6. حَياةُ الوَرى نَهجٌ إِلى المَوتِ مَهيَعٌ

    لَهُم فيهِ إيضاعٌ كَما يوضِعُ السَفرُ

    Human life is a broad, open road to death;

    people hasten along it as travelers hasten.

  7. فَيا هادِيَ المِنهاجِ جُرتَ فَإِنَّما

    هُوَ الفَجرُ يَهديكَ الصِراطَ أَوِ البَجرُ

    O guide of the way, you have strayed; for only

    dawn—or dire calamity—guides you to the straight path.

  8. لَنا في سِوانا عِبرَةٌ غَيرَ أَنَّنا

    نُغَرُّ بِأَطماعِ الأَماني فَنَغتَرُّ

    We have a lesson in others, yet we

    are lured by the promises of wishes and let ourselves be deceived.

  9. إِذا المَوتُ أَضحى قَصرَ كُلِّ مُعَمَّرٍ

    فَإِنَّ سَواءً طالَ أَو قَصُرَ العُمرُ

    If death is the final limit of every long-lived soul,

    then it matters not whether life is long or short.

  10. أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ الدينَ ريعَ ذِمارُهُ

    فَلَم يُغنِ أَنصارٌ عَديدٌ وَلا وَفرُ

    Have you not seen religion's sacred domain thrown into terror,

    with neither numerous defenders nor wealth availing?

  11. بِحَيثُ اِستَقَلَّ المُلكُ ثانِيَ عِطفِهِ

    وَجَرَّرَ مِن أَذيالِهِ العَسكَرُ المَجرُ

    Where sovereignty rose, proudly turning its flank,

    and the vast army dragged its trailing skirts.

  12. هُوَ الضَيمُ لَو غَيرُ القَضاءِ يَرومُهُ

    شَآهُ المُرامُ الصَعبُ وَالمَسلَكُ الوَعرُ

    This is an outrage: had anyone but fate sought to inflict it,

    the difficult goal and rugged road would have defeated him,

  13. إِذا عَثَرَت جُردُ السَوابِحِ في القَنا

    بِلَيلِ عَجاجٍ لَيسَ يَصدُعُهُ فَجرُ

    when sleek, swimming-strided steeds stumble among the spears,

    in a night of dust that no dawn can cleave.

  14. لَقَد بَكَرَ الناعي عَلَينا بِدَعوَةٍ

    عَوانٍ أَمَضَّتنا لَها لَوعَةٌ بِكرُ

    Indeed, the death-announcer came early to us with a summons

    heard before, yet piercing us with a grief newborn.

  15. أَأَنفَسَ نَفسٍ في الوَرى أَقصَدَ الرَدى

    وَأَخطَرَ عِلقٍ لِلهُدى أَهلَكَ الدَهرُ

    Has death struck down the most precious soul among humankind,

    and Time destroyed the dearest treasure of right guidance?

  16. هَنيئاً لِبَطنِ الأَرضِ أُنسٌ مُجَدَّدٌ

    بِثاوِيَةٍ حَلَّتهُ فَاِستَوحَشَ الظَهرُ

    May the earth's belly delight in its renewed companionship

    with a woman who settled there, leaving its surface lonely:

  17. بِطاهِرَةِ الأَثوابِ فاتِنَةِ الضُحى

    مُسَبَّحَةِ الآناءِ مِحرابُها الخِدرُ

    pure of robes, enchanting the morning light,

    her hours filled with praise, her secluded chamber her prayer niche.

  18. فَإِن أُنيئَت فَالنَفسُ أَنأى نَفيسَةٍ

    إِذِ الجِسمُ لا يَسمو لِتَذكيرِهِ ذِكرُ

    If she was female, the soul is a precious female [apparent reading; text unclear];

    for the body gains no renown from its masculine designation.

  19. حَصانٌ إِنِ التَقوى اِستَبَدَّت بِسِرِّها

    فَمِن صالِحِ الأَعمالِ يُستَوضَحُ الجَهرُ

    Chaste—if piety held sole sway over her inner life,

    her outward virtue was made clear by righteous deeds.

  20. يُطَأطَأُ سِترُ الصَونِ دونَ حِجابَها

    فَيَرفَعُ عَن مَثنى نَوافِلِها السَترُ

    The curtain of modesty bows low before her veil,

    and the covering is lifted from her voluntary prayers offered in pairs.

  21. لَعَمرُ البُرودِ البيضِ في ذَلِكَ الثَرى

    لَقَد أُدرِجَت أَثناءَها النِعَمُ الخُضرُ

    By the life of the white robes in that soil,

    green blessings have indeed been wrapped within their folds.

  22. عَلَيها سَلامُ اللَهِ تَترى تَحِيَّةً

    يُنَسِّمُها الغُفرانَ رَيحانُها النَضرُ

    God's peace be upon her, greeting following greeting,

    its fresh basil wafting forgiveness to her.

  23. وَعاهَدَ تِلكَ الأَرضَ عَهدُ غَمامَةٍ

    إِذا اِستَعبَرَت في تُربِها اِبتَسَمَ الزَهرُ

    And may a cloud's renewing rain revisit that earth:

    when it sheds tears upon her soil, the flowers smile.

  24. فَدَيناكَ إِنَّ الرِزءَ كانَ غَمامَةً

    طَلَعَت لَنا فيها كَما يَطلُعُ البَدرُ

    May we be your ransom! The bereavement was indeed a cloud

    in which you rose before us as the full moon rises.

  25. أَلَستَ الَّذي إِن ضاقَ ذَرعٌ بِحادِثٍ

    تَبَلَّجَ مِنهُ الوَجهُ وَاِتَّسَعَ الصَدرُ

    Are you not the one who, when calamity strains endurance,

    has a face that shines forth and a breast that opens wide?

  26. تَعَزَّ بِحَوّاءَ الَّتي الخَلقُ نَسلُها

    فَمِن دونِها في العَصرِ يَتبَعُهُ العَصرُ

    Take comfort in Eve, whose children are all humankind;

    then after her, through age followed by age,

  27. نِساءُ النَبِيِّ المُصطَفى أُمَّهاتُنا

    ثَوَينَ فَمَغناهُنَّ مُذ حُقُبٍ قَفرُ

    the wives of the chosen Prophet, our mothers,

    died, and their dwelling has lain deserted for ages.

  28. وَجازَيتَها الحُسنى فَأُمٌّ شَفيقَةٌ

    تَحَفّى بِها اِبنٌ كُلُّ أَفعالِهِ بِرُّ

    You repaid her with goodness: a tender mother

    cherished by a son whose every deed is filial piety.

  29. تَمَنَّت وَفاةً في حَياتِكَ بَعدَما

    تَوالَت كَنَظمِ العِقدِ آمالُها النَثرُ

    She wished to die while you still lived, after

    her scattered hopes followed one another like beads strung on a necklace.

  30. كأَنَّ الرَدى نَذرٌ عَلَيها مُؤَكَّدٌ

    فَإِن أُسعِفَت بِالحَظِّ فيكَ وَفى النَذرُ

    As though death were a binding vow upon her,

    once she was granted good fortune in you, the vow was fulfilled.

  31. تَوَلَّت فَأَبقَت مِن مُجابِ دُعائِها

    نَفائِسَ ذُخرٍ مايُقاسُ بِهِ ذُخرُ

    She departed, leaving from her answered prayers

    precious stores that no treasure can equal.

  32. تَتِمُّ بِهِ النُعمى وَتَتَّسِقُ المُنى

    وَتُستَدفَعُ البَلوى وَيُستَقبَلُ الصَبرُ

    Through this, blessing is completed and hopes fall into harmony,

    and affliction is warded off and patience welcomed.

  33. فَلا تَهِضِ الدُنيا جَناحَكَ بَعدَها

    فَمِنكَ لِمَن هاضَت نَوائِبُها جَبرُ

    So let not the world break your wing after her,

    for you mend those whom its calamities have broken.

  34. وَلا زِلتَ مَوفورَ العَديدِ بِقُرَّةٍ

    لِعَينَيكَ مَشدودٍ بِهِم ذَلِكَ الأَزرُ

    May you ever be strong in numbers, a joy

    to your eyes, with that strength firmly sustained by them.

  35. بَني جَهوَرٍ أَنتُم سَماءُ رِياسَةٍ

    لَعافيكُمُ في أُفقِها أَنجُمٌ زُهرُ

    Sons of Jahwar, you are a sky of leadership;

    for those seeking your bounty, its horizon has radiant stars.

  36. تَرى الدَهرَ إِن يَبطُش فَمِنكُم يَمينُهُ

    وَإِن تَضحَكِ الدُنيا فَأَنتُم لَها ثَغرُ

    You see Time: when it strikes, its right hand is from you;

    and when the world laughs, you are its smiling mouth.

  37. لَكُم كُلُّ رَقراقِ السَماحِ كَأَنَّهُ

    حُسامٌ عَلَيهِ مِن طَلاقَتِهِ أَثرُ

    Among you is every man of shimmering generosity, as though he were

    a keen sword bearing a trace of his cheerful openness.

  38. سَحائِبُ نُعمى أَبرَقَت وَتَدَفَّقَت

    فَصَيِّبُها الجَدوى وَبارِقُها البِشرُ

    Clouds of blessing flash and pour forth:

    their downpour is bounty, their lightning good cheer.

  39. إِذا ما ذُكِرتُم وَاِستُشِفَّت خِلالُكُم

    تَضَوَّعَتِ الأَخبارُ وَاِستَمجَدَ الخُبرُ

    When you are mentioned and your qualities discerned,

    the reports breathe fragrance, and firsthand knowledge gains glory.

  40. طَريقَتُكُم مُثلى وَهَديُكُمُ رِضىً

    وَنائِلُكُم غَمرٌ وَمَذهَبُكُم قَصرُ

    Your way is exemplary, your conduct pleasing;

    your bounty is abundant, your manner restrained.

  41. وَكَم سائِلٍ بِالغَيبِ عَنكُم أَجَبتُهُ

    هُناكَ الأَيادي الشَفعُ وَالسَودَدُ الوِترُ

    Many a questioner about you in your absence have I answered:

    There, favors come in pairs, and preeminence is unmatched:

  42. عَطاءٌ وَلا مَنٌّ وَحِكمٌ وَلا هَوىً

    وَحِلمٌ وَلا عَجزٌ وَعِزٌّ وَلا كِبرُ

    giving without reproach, judgment without caprice,

    forbearance without weakness, might without arrogance.

  43. قَدِ اِستَوفَتِ النَعماءُ فيكُم تَمامَها

    عَلَينا فَمِنّا الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ وَالشُكرُ

    Through you, blessing has attained its fullness

    upon us; so from us come praise and thanks to God.