Sol 6.1

  1. جَهلٌ مَرامِيَ أَن تَكونَ مُوافِقي

    وَشُكوكُ نَفسي بَينَهُنَّ تَعادي

    My wish that you should agree with me is folly,

    And my soul's doubts are at odds with one another.

  2. لَيسَ التَكَثُّرُ مِن خَليقَةِ صادِقٍ

    فَاِذهَب لِعادِكَ أَستَمَرَّ لِعادي

    Seeking greater numbers is not in a truthful 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

    If I had a cloud, it would generously give its water,

    Without lightning or thunder.

  4. أَخلِف إِذا أَوعَدتَ غافِرَ زَلَّةٍ

    مِن جارِمٍ وَأَنِل بِلا ميعادِ

    When you threaten, leave it unfulfilled, forgiving a lapse

    By an offender; and give without a prior promise.

  5. وَلَقَد غَدَوتُ بِأُمَّةٍ وَبِإِمَّةٍ

    قَزميَّتَينِ وَهِمَّةٍ مِن عادِ

    And indeed I have come to have stature and circumstances,

    Both dwarfish, yet an ambition like ʿĀd's.

  6. وَالجُسمُ يَهوي بِالطِباعِ إِلى الثَرى

    وَيَبينُ فيهِ تَكَلُّفُ الإِصعادِ

    And the body falls by nature toward the earth,

    And the strain of ascending is evident in it.

  7. وَأَخالُ نَفسي حينَ تَفقِدُ شَخصَها

    تَلقى الَّذي عَمِلَتهُ قَبلَ مَعادِ

    And I think my soul, when it loses its bodily form,

    Will meet its deeds before the resurrection.

  8. لا تَشرَبَن ماعِشتَ مِن دَمِ أَبيَضٍ

    سَبِطٍ وَلا سودٍ يَلُحنَ جِعادِ

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

    Smooth-skinned, nor of black ones that appear wrinkled.

  9. دَعَةٌ لِمِثلِكَ تَركُ دَعدٍ لِلنَوى

    وَسَعادَةٌ لَكَ هِجرَةٌ لِسُعادِ

    Leaving Daʿd to separation is repose for one like you,

    And abandoning Suʿād is happiness for you.

  10. لَم تَبلُغِ الآرابَ شِدَّةُ ساعِدٍ

    ما لَم يُعِنها اللَهُ بِالإِسعادِ

    Strength of arm does not attain its aims

    Unless God aids it by granting success.