Sol 6.1

  1. ما أَمسِ بِالشَبَحِ الَّذي إِن مَرَّ بي

    فَرُجوعُهُ مِن بَعدِ ذَلِكَ مُمكِنُ

    Yesterday is no phantom that, should it pass me by,

    Could return thereafter.

  2. وَالناسُ بَينَ حَياتِهِم وَمَماتِهِم

    مِثلُ الحُروفِ مُحَرَّكٌ وَمُسَكَّنُ

    And people, between their life and their death,

    Are like letters: some vowelled and moving, others unvowelled and still.

  3. لِلَّهِ طاعَةُ رَبِّنا مِن خَلَّةٍ

    فيها اِستَوى فُصَحاؤُنا وَالأَلكُنُ

    How wondrous a virtue is obedience to our Lord,

    In which our eloquent speakers and the tongue-tied are equal!