Sol 6.1

  1. عَزائي قِف مكانكَ يا عَزائي

    فإنِّى لا أراك سوى الُمرائي

    My consolation, halt where you are, O my consolation!

    For I see you as nothing but a hypocrite.

  2. هَجرتُكَ مذ خبرتُ صُروفَ دنيا

    تُراوغُنا بألوانِ الفناءِ

    I have forsaken you since I came to know a world's vicissitudes,

    A world that deceives us with the hues of annihilation.

  3. ولستَ بأىِّ حالٍ من تُرجَّى

    لِتزجُي للأخِ الجِّم الإباءِ

    Nor are you, in any circumstance, one to be hoped for,

    To be offered to the brother of great self-respect—

  4. إلى الحِّر الذي صَاحَبتُ فيه

    أحبَّ الشاعريةِ والذكاء

    To the free man in whom I befriended

    The dearest poetic sensibility and intelligence;

  5. ومن يطوِى الفؤادَ على هُمومٍ

    ولكن في ابتسامِ الكبرياءِ

    And one who folds his heart around sorrows,

    Yet with the smile of pride;

  6. ومن نَظراتهُ للكونِ نُورُ

    وإن بعدَ الوُجودُ عن الِضباءِ

    And one whose gaze upon the universe is light,

    Though existence be far from radiance;

  7. ومن عَرَفَ الحياةَ وإن تسامت

    فناءً قد تَطَّورَ عن فَناءِ

    And one who knew life, however high it rose,

    As annihilation that has evolved from annihilation.

  8. فحسبي أن أصوغَ له رَجَاءً

    من الصبَّرِ الُمرنَّقِ بالبكاءِ

    So it is enough for me to fashion him a hope

    From patience clouded with weeping,

  9. ومن قلبٍ وفيٍ لا يداجِي

    ومن حُبٍّ صفيٍّ لا يُرائي

    And from a faithful heart that does not dissemble,

    And from a pure love that makes no false show:

  10. بأن يَحيا ملاذاً للأماني

    ولو وُئدت وضاعت في الهباءِ

    That he may live as a refuge for aspirations,

    Even if they were buried alive and lost in dust.