Sol 6.1

  1. أَمُحَمَّدَ بنَ سَعيدٍ اِدَّخِرِ الأُسى

    فيها رُواءُ الحُرِّ يَومَ ظِمائِهِ

    O Muhammad ibn Sa'id, store up consolations;

    In them is the noble man's draught on the day of his thirst.

  2. أَنتَ الَّذي لا تُعذَلُ الدُنيا إِذا

    ما النائِباتُ صَفَحنَ عَن حَوبائِهِ

    You are the one for whom the world is not reproached when

    Calamities turn aside from his soul.

  3. لَو كانَ يَغنى حازِمٌ عَن واعِظٍ

    كُنتَ الغَنِيَّ بِحَزمِهِ وَذَكائِهِ

    If a prudent man could do without a counselor,

    You would be self-sufficient through your prudence and intelligence.

  4. لَستَ الفَتى إِن لَم تُعَرِّ مَدامِعاً

    مِن مائِها وَالوَجدُ بَعدُ بِمائِهِ

    You are no true man unless you drain the tear ducts

    Of their water, while grief still retains its water.

  5. وَإِذا رَأَيتَ أَسى اِمرِىءٍ أَو صَبرَهُ

    يَوماً فَقَد عايَنتَ صورَةَ رائِهِ

    And when you see a man's sorrow or his patience

    On any day, you have indeed beheld the image of his judgment.

  6. إِنّي أَرى تِربَ المُروءَةِ باكِياً

    فَأَكادُ أَبكي مُعظِماً لِبُكائِهِ

    I see noble virtue's age-mate weeping,

    So I almost weep, in reverence for his weeping.

  7. حَقٌّ عَلى أَهلِ التَيَقُّظِ وَالحِجى

    وَقَضاءُ طَبٍّ عالِمٍ بِقَضائِهِ

    It is a duty upon the vigilant and wise,

    And the verdict of an expert who understands his own verdict,

  8. أَلّا يُعَزّى جاذِعٌ بِحَميمِهِ

    حَتّى يُعَزّى أَوَّلاً بِعَزائِهِ

    That a distraught man not be consoled for his loved one

    Until he is first consoled for the loss of his fortitude.