Sol 6.1

  1. إِن شِئتُما أَن تَنسُكا فَاِسكُنا

    وَأَنفِقا المالَ الَّذي تُمسِكان

    If you two wish to be devout, be still;

    And spend the wealth you both retain.

  2. وَاِعتَقِدا في حالِ تَقواكُما

    أَنَّكُما بِاللَهِ لا تُشرِكان

    And believe, in your state of piety,

    That you two associate no partners with God.

  3. إِن تَتبَعا في مَذهَبٍ جاهِلاً

    فَالحَقُّ مِن خُلقِكُما تَترُكان

    If you two follow an ignorant man in a creed,

    Then you cast truth out of your character.

  4. وَتَطلُبانِ الأَمرَ يُعيِيكُما

    وَتُفنِيانِ العُمرَ لا تُدرِكان

    And you seek a goal that exhausts you both,

    And use up your lives without attaining it.

  5. لَم يَفدِ سابورَ وَلا تُبَّعاً

    ما وَجَدا مِن ذَهَبٍ يَملِكان

    Neither Shapur nor Tubbaʿ was ransomed

    By the gold they had found and owned.

  6. وَنَيِّرُ اللَيلِ وَشَمسُ الضُحى

    داما وَلَكِنَّهُما يَهلَكان

    And the luminary of night and the morning sun

    Have endured, but both will perish.

  7. سُبحانَ مَن سَخَّرَ نَجمَ الدُجى

    وَالبَدرَ في قُدرَتِهِ يَسلُكان

    Glory to Him who subdued the star of darkness,

    And the full moon—both travel under His power.

  8. هَذا الفَتى أَوقَحُ مِن صَخرَةٍ

    يَبهَتُ مِن ناظِرَهُ حَيثُ كان

    This young man is more shameless than a rock;

    He slanders whoever debates him, wherever he may be.

  9. وَيَدَّعي الإِخلاصَ في دينِهِ

    وَهوَ عَنِ الإِلحادِ في القَولِ كان

    And he claims sincerity in his religion,

    Yet in his speech he alludes to unbelief.

  10. يَزعَمُ أَنَّ العَشرَ ما نِصفُها

    خَمسٌ وَأَنَّ الجِسمَ لا في مَكانِ

    He claims that half of ten is not

    Five, and that a body is in no place.