Sol 6.1

  1. أَكرِم نَزيلَكَ وَاِحذَر مِن غَوائِلِهِ

    فَلَيسَ خِلُّكَ عِندَ الشَرِّ مَأمونا

    Honor your guest, and beware of his treacherous acts;

    For your close friend cannot be trusted when evil comes.

  2. وَغالِبُ الحالِ في الجيرانِ أَنَّهُمُ

    نُكدٌ يَلومونَ جاراً أَو يُلامونا

    And the usual state of affairs among neighbors is that they

    Are ill-natured folk, blaming a neighbor or being blamed.

  3. تَنامُ أَعيُنُ قَومٍ عَن ذَخائِرِهِم

    وَالطالِبونَ أَذاهُم ما يَنامونا

    The eyes of some people sleep, heedless of their treasures,

    And those seeking to harm them do not sleep.

  4. أَحلِل بِمَن شِئتَ لا يَعدِمكَ نائِبَةً

    خانَ اليَمانونَ طُرّاً وَالشَآمونا

    Lodge with whomever you wish; he will not spare you calamity.

    The Yemenis have all proved treacherous, and the people of al-Sham too.

  5. حَيٌّ تَنَوَّعَ مِن نامٍ وَمِن جَمَدٍ

    فَالنَبتُ وَالوَحشُ وَالإِنسِيُّ نامونا

    A community of varied kinds: some growing, some inert;

    For plants, wild beasts, and humankind are growing beings.

  6. هَل تَشعُرُ الأَرضُ ديسَت وَالتُرابُ إِذا

    أُهيلَ مِثلَ أُناسٍ يُستَضامونا

    Does the earth feel when trampled, and the dust when

    It is heaped up, like people who are wronged?

  7. أَم ذَلِكَ العالَمُ الحَسّاسُ خالِصَةً

    فَيَستَحِقّونَ حَمداً أَو يُذامونا

    Or is feeling reserved for that sentient world alone,

    So that its members deserve praise or are censured?

  8. بِتُّم تُسامونَ مِن نَيلِ العُلى رُتَباً

    فَهَل عَلِمتُم يَقيناً ما تُسامونا

    You spent the night being offered ranks of lofty attainment;

    Have you, then, learned for certain what you are being offered?