Sol 6.1

  1. إِن كُنتَ قَد أوتيتَ لُبّاً وَُحِكمَةً

    فَشَمِّر عَنِ الدُنِّيا فَأَنتَ مُنافيها

    If you have been granted reason and wisdom,

    Then turn away from this world, for you are at odds with it.

  2. وَكَونَن لَها في كُلِّ أَمرٍ مُخالِفاً

    فَما لَكَ خَيرٌ في بَنيها وَلا فيها

    And oppose it in every matter,

    For there is no good for you in its sons, nor in it.

  3. وَهَيهاتَ ما تَنفَكُّ وَلهانَ مُغرَماً

    بِوَرهاءَ لا تُعطي الصَفاءَ مُصافيها

    But far from it! You remain lovesick and infatuated

    With a foolish woman who gives no sincere affection to her devoted lover.

  4. فَإِن تَكُ هَذي الدارُ مَنزِلَ ظاعِنٍ

    فَدارُ مُقامي عَن قَليلٍ أُوافيها

    So if this abode is a wayfarer's lodging,

    Then soon I shall reach my permanent abode.

  5. أُرَجّي أُموراً لَم يُقَدَّر بَلَوغَنُها

    وَأَخشى خُطوباً وَالمُهَيمِنُ كافيها

    I hope for things whose attainment has not been decreed,

    And I fear calamities, though the Guardian suffices to avert them.

  6. وَإِنَّ صَريعَ الخَيلِ غَيرُ مُرَوَّعٍ

    إِذا الطَيرُ هَمَّت بِالقَتيلِ عَوافيها

    And indeed, one slain by horsemen feels no terror

    When scavenging birds make for the slain,

  7. بِغَبراءَ لَم تَحفِل بِطَلٍّ وَوابِلٍ

    وَنَكباءَ تَسفي بِالعَشِيِّ سَوافيها

    In a dusty waste that heeds neither drizzle nor downpour,

    And amid a crosswind whose gusts scatter dust at evening.

  8. أَرى مَرَضاً بِالنَفسِ لَيسَ بِزائِلٍ

    فَهَل رَبُّها مِمّا تُكابِدُ شافيها

    I see a sickness in the soul that will not pass away;

    Will its Lord, then, heal it of what it endures?

  9. وَفي كُلِّ قَلبٍ غَدرَةٌ مُستَكِنَّةٌ

    فَلا تُخدَعَن مِن خُلَّةٍ بِتَوافيها

    And in every heart lies hidden treachery;

    So do not be deceived by a friendship's perfect accord.