Sol 6.1

  1. أَتى نَبِيَّ اللَهِ يَوماً ثَعلَبُ

    فَقالَ يا مَولايَ إِنّي مُذنِبُ

    One day a fox came to God's prophet.

    And said, “My lord, I am indeed a sinner.

  2. قَد سَوَّدَت صَحيفَتي الذُنوبُ

    وَإِن وَجَدتُ شافِعاً أَتوبُ

    Sins have blackened my record.

    And if I find an intercessor, I shall repent.

  3. فَاِسأَل إِلهي عَفوَهُ الجَليلا

    لِتائِبٍ قَد جاءَهُ ذَليلا

    So ask my God for His great pardon

    For a penitent who has come to Him humbled.

  4. وَإِنَّني وَإِن أَسَأتُ السَيرا

    عَمِلتُ شَرّاً وَعَملتُ خَيرا

    And I, though I have behaved badly,

    Have done evil and have done good.

  5. فَقَد أَتاني ذاتَ يَومٍ أَرنَبُ

    يَرتَعُ تَحتَ مَنزِلي وَيَلعَبُ

    For one day a rabbit came to me,

    Grazing beneath my dwelling and playing.

  6. وَلَم يَكُن مُراقِبٌ هُنالِكا

    لَكِنَّني تَرَكتُهُ مَع ذَلِكا

    And there was no watcher there,

    Yet I left him alone nevertheless,

  7. إِذ عِفتُ في اِفتِراسِهِ الدَناءَه

    فَلَم يَصِلهُ مِن يَدي مَساءَه

    For I loathed the baseness of devouring him,

    So no harm reached him from my hand.”

  8. وَكانَ في المَجلِسِ ذاكَ الأَرنَبُ

    يَسمَعُ ما يُبدي هُناكَ الثَعلَبُ

    And that rabbit was in the assembly,

    Listening to what the fox was saying there.

  9. فَقالَ لَمّا اِنقَطَعَ الحَديثُ

    قَد كانَ ذاكَ الزُهدُ يا خَبيثُ

    So, when the speech ended, he said:

    “That self-denial, you scoundrel, was shown

  10. وَأَنتَ بَينَ المَوتِ وَالحَياةِ

    مِن تُخمَة أَلقَتكَ في الفَلاةِ

    While you were between death and life,

    From a surfeit that had cast you into the wilderness.”