Sol 6.1

  1. أَفِدَت رِكابُ أَبي سَعيدٍ لِلنَوى

    فَسَعيدَةٌ بِاليُمنِ وَالإيمانِ

    Abu Sa'id's riding camels have hastened to depart;

    so may they be blessed with good fortune and faith.

  2. هَذا مُحَمَّدٌ الَّذي لَم أَنتَصِف

    إِلّا بِهِ مِن نائِباتِ زَماني

    This is Muhammad; I found no redress

    save through him against the calamities of my time.

  3. هَذا الَّذي عَرَفَت يَداهُ ساحَتي

    مِن بَعدِ ما جَهِلَ البَخيلُ مَكاني

    This is he whose two hands knew my courtyard,

    after the miser had known nothing of my whereabouts.

  4. اُنظُرُ إِلَيهِ كَم يَسيرُ وَراءَهُ

    ثِقلٌ مِنَ المَعروفِ وَالإِحسانِ

    Look at him—how much travels behind him:

    a load of kindness and beneficence!

  5. لَأُوَدِّعَنَّكَ ثُمَّ تَدمَعُ مُقلَتي

    إِنَّ الدُموعَ هِيَ الوَداعُ الثاني

    I shall surely bid you farewell; then my eye will weep.

    Indeed, tears are the second farewell.

  6. وَأَصومُ بَعدَكَ عَن سِواكَ وَأَغتَدي

    مُتَقَلِّداً صَومَينِ في رَمَضانِ

    And after you I shall fast from all but you, and go forth at dawn,

    wearing two fasts about my neck in Ramadan.

  7. وَلَتَعلَمَنَّ بِأَنَّ ذِكرَكَ أَو تُرى

    جَذلانَ مُنصَرِفاً نَديمُ لِساني

    And you shall surely know that remembrance of you—until you are seen

    returning joyful—is my tongue's boon companion.

  8. نَسى خَلائِقَكَ الَّتي ثَمَراتُها

    مُتَنَزَّهُ الآمالِ كُلَّ أَوانِ

    He forgot your virtues, whose fruits

    are the pleasure-ground of hopes at all times.

  9. في فُرقَةِ الأَحبابِ شُغلٌ شاغِلٌ

    وَالثُكلُ صِرفاً فُرقَةُ الإِخوانِ

    In parting from loved ones lies an all-consuming care;

    and sheer bereavement is parting from brothers.