Sol 6.1

  1. يا كاتب الوادي وحسبك عزةً

    في الناس أنك أكبر الكتّاب

    O writer of the valley, it is honor enough for you

    among people that you are the greatest of writers.

  2. قاسيت يوم قضى وحيدك وحشة

    لم تغن فيها كثرة الأصحاب

    On the day your only son died, you suffered loneliness

    that a multitude of friends could not ease.

  3. أخذت من المهج الخطوب نصيبها

    همّاً وما هانت على الألباب

    Calamities took their share from hearts,

    in anguish, and were no light burden upon minds.

  4. إن راح للوادي وحيدك فدية

    فلك العزاء بألفة الأحزاب

    If your only son departed as a ransom for the valley,

    then yours is consolation in the harmony of the parties.

  5. عزّاك فيه العالمون وإنني

    لأرى مصابك فيه بعض مصابي

    The world consoled you for his loss, and I

    indeed see your loss of him as part of my own loss.

  6. صنت الوفاء لأهله ولغيرهم

    حتى شغلت بما لهم عمّا بي

    I upheld loyalty to those worthy of it and to others,

    until I was absorbed in their concerns, distracted from my own troubles.