Sol 6.1

  1. ألا مَن مُبلِغُ النُّعمانَ عَنِّي

    فَبَينَا الَمرءُ أَغَربَ إذ أَراحا

    Ah, who will carry word from me to al-Nu‘man?

    For while a man laughs heartily, suddenly he dies.

  2. أَطعَتَ بَني بُقَيلَةَ في وِثاقي

    وكُنَّا في حُلُوقِهُمُ ذُبَاحا

    You obeyed the sons of Buqaylah in putting me in bonds,

    Though we had been a choking sickness in their throats.

  3. مَنَحتهُمُ الفُراتَ وجانِبَيهِ

    وتَسقينا الأَواجِنَ والمِلاَحا

    You granted them the Euphrates and both its banks,

    And give us stagnant waters and salty waters to drink.