Sol 6.1

  1. ما الثُرَيّا عُنقودُ كَرمٍ مُلاحِ

    يٌّ وَلا اللَيلُ يانِعٌ غِريبُ

    The Pleiades are no cluster of white Mulahi grapes,

    nor is the night a ripe black grape.

  2. وَنَأى عَن مُدامَةٍ شَفَقَ التَغ

    ريبِ فَلِيَتَّقِ المَليكَ اللَبيبُ

    And sunset's glow is far removed from wine;

    so let the discerning man fear the Sovereign.

  3. طالَ لَيلٌ كَأَنَّما قَتَلَ العَق

    رَبَ ساطٍ فَغابَ عَنها الدَبيبُ

    Long is the night, as though the Scorpion had been slain

    by an assailant, and so its creeping had ceased.

  4. سَلَكَ النَجدَ في قِطارِ المَنايا

    قَطَرِيٌّ وَنَجدَةٌ وَشَبيبُ

    Along the high road, in death's caravan, went

    Qatari, Najda, and Shabib.

  5. شَبَّ فِكرُ الحَصيفِ ناراً فَما يَح

    سُنُ يَوماً بِعاقِلٍ تَشبيبُ

    The prudent man's thought has kindled a fire; never

    does love verse befit a man of reason.

  6. أَينَ بِقراطُ وَالمُقَلِّدُ جالي

    نوسَ هَيهاتَ أَن يَعيشَ طَبيبُ

    Where are Hippocrates and his follower Galen?

    How vain to think a physician could live on!

  7. سُبِّبَ الرِزقُ لِلأَنامِ فَما يَق

    طَعُ بِالعَجزِ ذَلِكَ التَسبيبُ

    Sustenance is made available to all creatures; never

    is that provision cut off by incapacity.

  8. وَجَرى الحَتفُ بِالقَضاءِ فَما يَس

    لَمُ لَيثٌ وَلا غَزالٌ رَبيبُ

    And death runs its course by decree; neither

    lion nor hand-reared gazelle escapes.

  9. يَطلَعُ الوافِدُ المُبَغَّضُ وَالعَي

    شُ إِلى هَذِهِ النُفوسِ حَبيبُ

    The loathed visitor appears, while life

    is dear to these souls.

  10. خَبَّبَتها عَلَيهِ نُكدُ الرَزايا

    فَنَبا عَن قُلوبِها التَخبيبُ

    The hardships of calamities incited them against it,

    but that incitement glanced off their hearts.