Sol 6.1

  1. جَهلٌ مَرامِيَ أَن تَكونَ مُوافِقي

    وَشُكوكُ نَفسي بَينَهُنَّ تَعادي

    It is folly for me to wish you to agree with me,

    when the doubts within my own soul are at odds.

  2. لَيسَ التَكَثُّرُ مِن خَليقَةِ صادِقٍ

    فَاِذهَب لِعادِكَ أَستَمَرَّ لِعادي

    Boasting of abundance is not in an honest man's nature;

    so go your accustomed way; I shall keep to mine.

  3. لَو كانَ لي غَيمٌ لَجادَ بِمائِهِ

    مِن غَيرِ إِبراقٍ وَلا إِرعادِ

    Had I a cloud, it would give its water freely,

    without a flash of lightning or a peal of thunder.

  4. أَخلِف إِذا أَوعَدتَ غافِرَ زَلَّةٍ

    مِن جارِمٍ وَأَنِل بِلا ميعادِ

    When you threaten, break your word, forgiving a lapse

    by an offender; and give without a promise.

  5. وَلَقَد غَدَوتُ بِأُمَّةٍ وَبِإِمَّةٍ

    قَزميَّتَينِ وَهِمَّةٍ مِن عادِ

    I find myself with a stature and a fortune,

    both dwarfish, but an ambition like ʿĀd's.

  6. وَالجُسمُ يَهوي بِالطِباعِ إِلى الثَرى

    وَيَبينُ فيهِ تَكَلُّفُ الإِصعادِ

    The body sinks by nature toward the dust,

    and its straining to rise is plain to see.

  7. وَأَخالُ نَفسي حينَ تَفقِدُ شَخصَها

    تَلقى الَّذي عَمِلَتهُ قَبلَ مَعادِ

    And I think my soul, when it loses its body,

    will face its deeds before resurrection.

  8. لا تَشرَبَن ماعِشتَ مِن دَمِ أَبيَضٍ

    سَبِطٍ وَلا سودٍ يَلُحنَ جِعادِ

    Never, while you live, drink the blood of a white one,

    straight-haired, nor of black ones that appear curly-haired.

  9. دَعَةٌ لِمِثلِكَ تَركُ دَعدٍ لِلنَوى

    وَسَعادَةٌ لَكَ هِجرَةٌ لِسُعادِ

    For one like you, ease lies in leaving Daʿd far behind;

    and happiness for you is parting from Suʿād.

  10. لَم تَبلُغِ الآرابَ شِدَّةُ ساعِدٍ

    ما لَم يُعِنها اللَهُ بِالإِسعادِ

    Strength of arm has never attained its aims

    unless God has aided it with success.