Sol 6.1

  1. هذي المكَارِمُ والعَليَاءُ تَفتَخِرُ

    بيَومِ مأثرةٍ ساعاتُه غُرَرُ

    These noble deeds and lofty glory take pride

    In a day of noble achievement whose hours are radiant.

  2. يومٌ تَبَسَّمَ عنه الدَّهرُ واجتَمَعَت

    له السُّعودُ أغضتُ دونه الغِر

    A day that Time unveiled with a smile, and there gathered

    For it good fortunes; I, the inexperienced, lowered my gaze before it [text unclear].

  3. حتَّى كأنا نَرَى في كلِّ مُلتَفَتٍ

    رَوضاً تَفَتَّحَ في أثنائِه الزَّهَرُ

    So that we seemed to see, wherever we turned,

    A garden in whose midst the flowers had opened.

  4. لَمَّا تجلىَّ عن الآمالُ مُشرقةً

    قال العلا بك أستَعِلى وأقتدرُ

    When it shone forth, revealing radiant hopes,

    Glory said, “Through you I rise high and gain power.”

  5. وافَى على غيرِ ميعادٍ يُبَشِّرُنَا

    بأن سَتَتبعَهُ أمثالُه الأُخَرُ

    It arrived without an appointed time, bringing us glad tidings

    That others of its kind will follow it.

  6. أهنا الَمسَرَّةَ ما جاءت مُفَاجَأَة

    وما تَنَاجَت بها الألفاظُ والفِكَرُ

    The sweetest joy is that which comes unexpectedly,

    And of which neither words nor thoughts have whispered.

  7. ولو أن بُشرَى تَلَقَّتنا بمورِدِها

    لأَقبَلت نحوها الأفراحُ تَبتَدِرُ

    Had glad tidings greeted us with news of its coming,

    Joys would have rushed toward it, racing one another.

  8. وما يُعَنَّفُ مَن يسخو بُمهجته

    فإنَّ يَومَك هذا وحده عُمُرُ

    And none who freely gives his lifeblood is reproached,

    For this day of yours alone is a lifetime.

  9. لما غَدَوتَ وماءُ العينِ ملتًفتٌ

    إلا إلى منظرٍ يُبهِي ويُحتَبَرُ

    When you went forth, with the eye's moisture turning

    Only toward a sight that dazzles and delights,

  10. ثَنَت مَهَابَتُكَ الأبصارَ حَاسرةً

    حتى تبيَّن في ألحاظِها خَزَرُ

    Your awe-inspiring presence turned gazes back, weary,

    Until a sidelong squint appeared in their glances.

  11. إذا تأمَّلتَهم أغضوا وإن نظروا

    خلالَ ذاك بأدنى لَفتَةٍ نظروا

    When you studied them, they lowered their eyes; and if they looked,

    They looked amid all that with the slightest turn.

  12. في ملبس ما رأتهُ عينُ معترضٍ

    فشكَّ في أَنَّه أخلاقُك الزُّهَرُ

    In a robe that no onlooker's eye beheld

    With any doubt that it was your radiant virtues.

  13. ألبستهُ منك نوراً يستضيء به

    كما أضاءَ نواحي مُزنِهِ القَمَرُ

    You clothed it in light from yourself, by which it shines,

    As the moon lit the edges of its rainclouds.

  14. وقد تقَلَّدتَ عضباً أنت مَضرِبهُ

    وعنك يأخذُ ما يأتي وما يَذَرُ

    And you had girded on a keen sword whose striking edge is you,

    And from you it learns what to do and what to leave undone.

  15. ما زال يزدادُ من إشراق شُفرَتِه

    زَهواً ويظهرُ فيه التِّيهُ والأشَرُ

    It kept growing, from the radiance of its edge,

    In pride, with haughtiness and exuberance showing in it.

  16. والشمسُ تَحسُدُ طرفاً أنت راكبُهُ

    حتى تكادَ من الأفلاكِ تنحدرُ

    And the sun envies a noble steed you ride,

    Till she almost descends from the celestial spheres.

  17. حتى لقد خِلتُ أن الشمسَ أزعجها

    شوقٌ فظلَّت على عِطفَيه تنتَثرُ

    So much that I thought the sun had been stirred

    By longing, and kept scattering herself over its two flanks.

  18. دعوتُ فِكري فلم أحمد إجابتَهُ

    لكنَّه بَعدَ لأي جَاءَ يَعتذِرُ

    I summoned my thought, but did not commend its reply;

    Yet after much difficulty it came, apologizing.

  19. لا تُنكرن مع عاينت لي حَصَراً

    فَلَيسَ يسكرُ في أمثاله الحَصَرُ

    Do not take exception, having witnessed my speechlessness,

    For on such occasions speechlessness does not intoxicate [text unclear].