Sol 6.1

  1. أَعاذِلٌ إِن ظَلَمَتنا المُلوكُ

    فَنَحنُ عَلى ضُعفِنا أَظلَمُ

    O reprover, if kings have wronged us,

    we, despite our weakness, are more unjust.

  2. تَوَسَّط بِنا سائِراتِ الرِفاقِ

    لَعَلَّ رَكائِبَنا تَسلَمُ

    Lead us into the midst of the traveling bands,

    so that our mounts may come through safely.

  3. أَلَم تَرَ لِلشِعرِ وَهوَ الكَلا

    مُ يَبقى عَلى الدَهرِ لا يُكلَمُ

    Have you not seen how poetry, which is speech,

    endures through the ages, unwounded,

  4. وَآخِرُ أَوتادِهِ موبَقٌ

    بِقَطعٍ وَأَوَّلَها يُثلَمُ

    though the last of its metrical pegs is destroyed

    by cutting, and the first of them is notched?

  5. فَلا تُسرِعَنَّ فَإِنَّ السَري

    عَ يُقَفُ حَقّاً كَما تَعلَمُ

    So do not hasten, for the Swift meter

    is indeed brought to a stop, as you know.

  6. فَإِن قُلتَ ثانيهِ لاوَقفَ في

    هِ قُلنا وَثالِثُهُ أَصلَمُ

    Then if you say, "Its second ending has no stopping

    in it," we say, "And its third is shorn."

  7. فَلا تَغبِطَنَّ ذَوي نِعمَةٍ

    فَخَلفَهُمُ وَقعَةٌ صَيلَمُ

    So do not envy those who enjoy good fortune:

    for behind them lies a devastating blow.

  8. تَسامَت قُرَيشٌ إِلى ما عَلِم

    تَ وَاِستَأثَرَ التُركُ وَالدَيلَمُ

    Quraysh rose to the heights you know,

    and the Turks and the Daylamites took exclusive control.

  9. وَهَل يُنكِرُ العَقلُ أَن يَستَبدِ

    دَ بِالمُلكِ غانِيَةٌ غَيلَمُ

    And can reason deny that sole rule

    over the kingdom might be held by a fair, lovely maiden?

  10. وَما ظَفَرُ المَلِكِ في جَيشِهِ

    سِوى ظَفَرٍ بِالرَدى يُقلَمُ

    And the king's triumph amid his army

    is but a fingernail clipped by death.