Sol 6.1

  1. لَعَلَّ أُناساً في المَحاريبِ خَوَّفوا

    بِآيٍ كَناسٍ في المَشارِبِ أَطرَبوا

    Perhaps some people in prayer niches stirred fear

    with verses, like others who stirred delight in taverns.

  2. إِذا رامَ كَيداً بِالصَلاةِ مُقيمُها

    فَتارِكُها عَمداً إِلى اللَهِ أَقرَبُ

    If one who performs prayer seeks deceit through it,

    then one who deliberately abandons it is nearer to God.

  3. فَلا يُمسِ فَخّاراً مِنَ الفَخرِ عائِدٌ

    إِلى عُنصُرِ الفَخّارِ لِلنَفعِ يُضرَبُ

    So let no one swell with pride who must return

    to pottery’s clay, pounded for use.

  4. لَعَلَّ إِناءً مِنهُ يُصنَعُ مَرَّةً

    فَيَأكُلُ فيهِ مَن أَرادَ وَيَشرَبُ

    Perhaps a vessel will one day be made from him,

    and whoever wishes will eat and drink from it.

  5. وَيُحمَلُ مِن أَرضٍ لِأُخرى وَما دَرى

    فَواهاً لَهُ بَعدَ البِلى يَتَغَرَّبُ

    And he is carried from one land to another, unaware;

    so alas for him: after decay, he wanders abroad!