Sol 6.1

  1. أَلا مَن مُبلِغٌ صَخرَ بنَ لَيلى

    فَإِنّي قَد أَتاني مِن نَثاكا

    Ah, who will convey to Sakhr ibn Layla—

    for reports of you have indeed reached me—

  2. رِسالَةَ ناصِحٍ لَكَ مُستَجيبٍ

    إِذا لَم تَرعَ حُرمَتَهُ رَعاكا

    a message from a well-wisher, responsive to you,

    who cares for you when you neglect his due;

  3. وُصولٍ لَو يَراكَ وَأَنتَ رَهنٌ

    تُباعُ بِمالِهِ يَوماً فَداكا

    a devoted kinsman who, if he saw you held in pledge,

    being sold one day, would ransom you with his wealth;

  4. يَرى خَيراً إِذا ما نِلتَ خَيراً

    وَيَشجى في الأُمورِ بِما شَجاكا

    who sees good fortune whenever you gain good fortune,

    and in all matters is grieved by what grieves you.

  5. فَإِنَّكَ لا تَرى أسماءَ أَختاً

    وَلا تَرَيَنَّني أَبَداً أَخاكا

    For you do not regard Asma as a sister,

    nor shall you ever regard me as your brother.

  6. فَإِن تُعنَف بِها أَولا تَصِلها

    فَإِنَّ لِأُمِّها وَلَداً سِواكا

    For if you treat her harshly or fail to keep ties with her,

    her mother has a son besides you,

  7. يَبَرُّ وَيَستَجيبُ إِذا دَعَتهُ

    وَإِن عاصَيتَهُ فيها عَصاكا

    who is dutiful and answers when she calls him;

    and if you defy him over her, he will defy you.

  8. وَكُنتُ أَرى بِها شَرَفاً وَفَضلاً

    عَلى بَعضِ الرِجالِ وَفَوقَ ذاكا

    And through her I thought I had honor and preeminence

    over some men—and more than that.

  9. جَزاني اللَهُ مِنكَ وَقَد جَزاني

    وَمِنّي في مَعاتِبِنا جَزاكا

    May God give me my due from you—and He already has—

    and, in our mutual reproaches, give you your due from me;

  10. وَأَعقَبَ أَصدَقَ الخَصمَينِ قَولاً

    وَوَلّى اللؤمَ أَولانا بِذاكا

    and grant a good outcome to the more truthful of the two disputants,

    and assign baseness to whichever of us most deserves it.

  11. فَلا وَاللَهِ لَو لَم تَعصِ أَمري

    لَكُنتَ بِمَعزِلٍ عَمّا هُناكا

    No, by God, had you not disobeyed my command,

    you would have been far removed from what is there.