Sol 6.1

  1. الدهر يرفع ثمّ يخفض تارة

    وبصرفه الإدبار والإقبال

    Time raises, then in turn brings low;

    its turns bring ill fortune and good.

  2. دع من سمعت به وخذ فيمن ترى

    جمعت له ولقومه الآمال

    Leave the one you have heard of; consider the one you see:

    hopes were gathered for him and his people.

  3. سارت بعزمته الجيوش وأمره

    وتقطعت بسيوفه الأوصال

    Armies marched by his resolve and command,

    and limbs were severed by his swords.

  4. أهدى الزمان إليهم تحف الغنى

    وأتتهم بجمامها الأموال

    Time offered them the precious gifts of wealth,

    and riches came to them in full abundance.

  5. ثم اثنى ذاك الزمان فخانهم

    من بعد ما فخروا عليه وصالوا

    Then that same Time turned back and betrayed them,

    after they had boasted over it and swaggered.

  6. أعطاهم قرضاه هنيا وانثنى

    متقاضيا فأتتهم الأهوال

    It gave them its loan to enjoy, then returned

    to exact repayment, and terrors came upon them.

  7. ما كان بين ثوابه وعقابه

    إلا مدى في طيه إمهال

    Between its reward and its punishment there was nothing

    but an interval with respite folded within it,

  8. حتى رأيتهم شتيتا جمعهم

    والدهر فيه مراهب ووبال

    until I saw them, their company scattered—

    and Time holds terrors and calamity.

  9. وضع الزمان بنى بقيّة بعدما

    ضربت بهم في الدولة والأمثال

    Time brought the sons of Baqiyya low, after

    proverbs about them had been coined in the realm.

  10. فكأنّهم وكأنما ايامهم

    حلم تخيّله النيام فقالوا

    So it is as though they, as though their days,

    were a dream the sleepers imagined, then spoke of.