Sol 6.1

  1. هَل عِندَ أَهلِ القُبورِ مِن خَبَرِ

    هَيهاتَ ما مِن عَينٍ وَلا أَثَرِ

    Have the dwellers of the graves any news?

    Far from it! Not a soul, nor a trace.

  2. ما أَقطَعَ المَوتَ لِلصَديقِ وَما

    أَقرَبَ صَفوَ الدُنيا مِنَ الكَدَرِ

    How utterly death cuts off a friend, and how

    close this world's serenity is to trouble!

  3. فَكَّرتُ فيما نَسعى لَهُ فَإِذا

    نَحنُ جَميعاً مِنهُ عَلى غَرَرِ

    I reflected on what we strive for, and behold,

    we are all at risk concerning it.

  4. وَإِن تَفَكَّرتُ وَاِعتَبَرتُ وَأَب

    صَرتُ فَإِنّي في دارِ مُعتَبَرِ

    And if I reflect, take heed, and

    perceive, I am indeed in an abode of lessons.

  5. يا صاحِبَ التيهِ مُنذُ قَرَّبَهُ ال

    سُلطانُ هَذا مِن قِلَّةِ الفِكَرِ

    O man of conceit, since you were drawn close by the

    sultan—this comes of too little reflection.

  6. ما لَكَ لا تَرجِعُ السَلامَ عَلى ال

    زُوّارِ إِلّا بِطَرفَةِ النَظَرِ

    Why do you not return the greeting to the

    visitors, except with a fleeting glance?

  7. تَفعَلُ هَذا وَأَنتَ مِن بَشَرٍ

    فَكَيفَ لَو كُنتَ مِن سِوى البَشَرِ

    You do this, though you are a human being;

    how then, if you were other than human?

  8. ما أَنتَ إِلّا مِنَ الغُبارِ وَإِن

    أَصبَحتَ في إِمرَةٍ وَفي خَطَرِ

    You are nothing but dust, even if

    you now hold authority and high rank.

  9. المُلكُ لِلَّهِ لا شَريكَ لَهُ

    تَجري القَضايا مِنهُ عَلى قَدَرِ

    Sovereignty belongs to God; He has no partner.

    Decrees proceed from Him in due measure.

  10. ما أَقدَرَ اللَهَ أَن يُغَيِّرَ ما

    أَصبَحتَ فيهِ فَكُن عَلى حَذَرِ

    How able God is to change the state

    you are now in—so be on your guard!

  11. وَاِعلَم بِأَنَّ الأَيّامَ يَلعَبنَ بِال

    مَرءِ وَأَنَّ الزَمانَ ذو غِيَرِ

    And know that the days toy with

    man, and that time is full of reversals.