Sol 6.1

  1. وَقَفتُ عَلى يَحيى رَجائي وَإِنَّما

    وَقَفتُ عَلى صَوبِ الرَبيعِ رَجائِيا

    I fixed my hope upon Yahya, yet in truth

    I fixed my hope upon spring's pouring rain.

  2. إِذا ما اللَيالي أَدرَكَت ما سَعَت لَهُ

    تَمَطَّيتُ جَدواهُ فَفُقتُ اللَيالِيا

    When the nights attain what they have striven for,

    I take his bounty as my mount and outstrip the nights.

  3. إِذا غابَ جاءَ المُزنُ في الجودِ سابِقاً

    وَإِن آبَ جاءَ المُزنُ في الجودِ تالِيا

    When he is absent, the rain clouds lead in generosity;

    And if he returns, the rain clouds follow in generosity.

  4. إِذا الغَيثُ باراهُ ثَنى الغَيثُ مُقصِراً

    أَوِ البَرقُ جاراهُ ثَنى البَرقُ كابِيا

    If rain vies with him, he turns the rain back, falling short;

    Or if lightning races him, he turns the lightning back, faltering.

  5. فَتىً لَم نَزِنهُ بِالقَوافي وَإِنَّما

    حَطَطنا إِلَيهِ كَي يَزينَ القَوافِيا

    A young man whom we have not adorned with rhymes; rather,

    We alighted before him so that he might adorn the rhymes.

  6. مِنَ الغُرِّ لاحوا أَشمُساً وَمَضوا ظُبىً

    وَصالوا أُسوداً وَاِستَهَلّوا سَوارِيا

    Of the illustrious, who shone as suns and advanced as sword-edges,

    And charged as lions and poured down as clouds raining by night.

  7. إِذا مَعشَرٌ في المَجدِ كانوا هَوادِيا

    فَقيسوا بِهِ في المَجدِ عادوا تَوالِيا

    If a people were leaders in glory,

    Then, compared with him in glory, they became followers.

  8. رَأَيتَ جَمالَ الدَهرِ فيكَ مُجَدَّداً

    فَكُن باقِياً حَتّى تَرى الدَهرَ فانِيا

    You have seen time's beauty renewed in you;

    So endure until you see time perish.