Sol 6.1

  1. لَعَلَّ نُجومَ اللَيلِ تُعمِلُ فِكرَها

    لِتَعلَمَ سِرّاً فَالعُيونُ سَواهِدُ

    Perhaps the stars of night put their thoughts to work

    to learn a secret, for the eyes are sleepless.

  2. خَرَجتُ إِلى ذي الدارِ كُرهاً وَرِحلَتي

    إِلى غَيرِها بِالرَغمِ وَاللَهُ شاهِدُ

    I came into this abode unwillingly, and my journey

    to another is against my will—God is witness.

  3. فَهَل أَنا فيما بَينَ ذَينَكَ مُجبَرٌ

    عَلى عَمَلٍ أَو مُستَطيعٌ فَجاهِدُ

    So am I, between those two, compelled

    to act, or able, and therefore striving?

  4. عَدَمتُكِ يا دُنِّيا فَأَهلُكِ أَجمَعوا

    عَلى الجَهلِ طاغٍ مُسلِمٌ وَمُعاهِدُ

    May I be rid of you, O world! Your people are united

    in ignorance: Muslim and non-Muslim under covenant alike transgress.

  5. فَمُفتَضِحٌ يُبدي ضَمائِرَ صَدرِهِ

    وَمُخفٍ ضَميرَ النَفسِ فَهُوَ مُجاهِدُ

    So one, disgraced, reveals the secrets of his breast,

    and one conceals his soul's secret, and thus is a striver.

  6. أَخو شَيبَةٍ طِفلُ المَرادِ وَهِمَّةٌ

    لَها هِمَّةٌ في العَيشِ عَذراءُ ناهِدُ

    A gray-haired man is a child in desire, and an aged woman

    who yearns for life is a maiden with budding breasts.

  7. فَوا عَجَباً نَقفو أَحاديثَ كاذِبٍ

    وَنَترُكُ مِن جَهلٍ بِنا ما نُشاهِدُ

    So how astonishing! We follow a liar's tales,

    and, through our ignorance, abandon what we see.

  8. لَقَد ضَلَّ هَذا الخَلقُ ما كانَ فيهُمُ

    وَلا كائِنٌ حَتّى القِيامَةِ زاهِدُ

    This human race has indeed gone astray; never was there among them,

    nor will there be until the Resurrection, an ascetic.