Sol 6.1

  1. قَلَّمتُ ظِفرِيَ تاراتٍ وَما جَسَدي

    إِلّا كَذاكَ مَتى ما فارَقَ الروحا

    I have clipped my nail time and again; and my body is nothing

    but its like, whenever it parts from the spirit.

  2. وَمِن تَأَمَّل أَقوالي رَأى جُمَلاً

    يَظَلُّ فيهِنَّ سِرُّ الناسِ مَشروحا

    And whoever ponders my sayings finds statements

    in which the secret of humankind remains laid bare.

  3. إِنَّ الحَياةَ لَمَفروحٌ بِها طَلَقاً

    يُغَادِرُ الخَلدَ الجَذلانَ مَقروحا

    Life is indeed greeted with unrestrained joy,

    which leaves the jubilant heart wounded.

  4. قَد اِدَّعَيتُم فَقُلنا أَينَ شاهِدُكُم

    فَجاءَ مَن باتَ عِندَ اللُبِّ مَجروحا

    You have made your claims, so we said, 'Where is your witness?'

    Then came one already discredited in reason's judgment.

  5. إِن صَحَّ تَعذيبُ رَمسٍ مَن يَحُلُّ بِهِ

    فَجَنِّبانِيَ مَلحوداً وَمَضروحا

    If it is true that a grave torments whoever dwells in it,

    then spare me both niche-grave and trench-grave.

  6. الوَحشُ وَالطَيرُ أَولى أَن تَنازَعَني

    فَغادِراني بِظَهرِ الأَرضِ مَطروحا

    Better that wild beasts and birds should fight over me;

    so leave me cast upon the earth's surface.

  7. شُدّا عَلَيَّ دَريساً كَي يُوارِيَني

    ثُمَّ اِغدوا بِسَلامِ اللَهِ أَو روحا

    Fasten a threadbare garment over me to cover me;

    then depart in God's peace, in the morning or the evening.

  8. يا نَفسِ يا طائِراً في سِجنِ مالِكِهِ

    لَتُصبِحَنَّ بِحَمدِ اللَهِ مَسروحا

    O my soul, O bird in its master's prison,

    you shall surely be set free, praise be to God.