Sol 6.1

  1. تَنَكَّرَ صالِحٌ فَضَبابُ قَيسٍ

    ضَبابٌ يَتَّقينَ مِن اِحتِراشِ

    Salih has turned hostile; so the Dabab of Qays

    are lizards guarding themselves against being lured out.

  2. فَقَد ظَعَنوا وَما زَجَروا بِصَوتٍ

    فَيَذعَرَهُم وَلا طُعِنوا بِراشِ

    For they have departed, not driven off by a shout

    to frighten them, nor pierced by a feathered shaft.

  3. لِضَربَةُ فارِسٍ في يَومِ حَربٍ

    تُطيرُ الرَوحَ مِنكَ مَعَ الفِراشِ

    Surely a horseman's blow on a day of war,

    sending your soul flying with your skull's splinters,

  4. أَخَفُّ عَلَيكَ مِن سُقمٍ طَويلٍ

    وَمَوتٍ بَعدَ ذاكَ عَلى الفِراشِ

    is easier on you than a long illness

    and death afterward upon a bed,

  5. وَحَتفٌ مِثلُ حَتفِ أَبي ذُؤَيبٍ

    وَنكزٌ مِثلُ نَكزِ أَبي خِراشِ

    and a death like that of Abu Dhu'ayb,

    and a snakebite like that of Abu Khirash.

  6. أَرانا في مُضَلِّلَةٍ وَيَأبى

    رَدى الإِنسانِ رَشوَةَ كُلَّ راشِ

    I see us in a bewildering wilderness, and

    man's death refuses every briber's bribe.

  7. أُسُودُ الدَهرِ تَفرِسُ كُلَّ حَيٍّ

    وَنَحنُ الآنَ أَجرٍ في اِحتِراشِ

    The lions of time devour every living thing,

    and we are now young beasts being baited.

  8. غَدا الخَصمانِ يَجتَذِبانِ أَمراً

    فَقُل ما شِئتَ في كَلبَي هِراشِ

    The two adversaries began tugging at a matter;

    so say what you will of two dogs locked in a fight.

  9. كَأَثمارٍ وَما اِقتَرَشَت ذُنوباً

    وَأَرماحُ التَنازُعِ في اِقتِراشِ

    Like fruits, though they have committed no sins,

    while the spears of contention clash,

  10. فَطَوراً يُنسَبونَ إِلى مَعَدٍّ

    وَطَوراً يُنسَبونَ إِلى إِراشِ

    so at times their descent is traced to Ma'add,

    and at times their descent is traced to Irash.