Sol 6.1

  1. سَأَرحَلُ عَن وَشكٍ وَلَستُ بِعالِمٍ

    عَلى أَيِّ أَمرٍ لا أَبا لَكَ أَقدُمُ

    I shall depart soon, not knowing

    what state I shall enter—may you have no father!

  2. وَهَوَّنَ إِعدامي عَلَيَّ تَحَقُّقي

    بأَنّي وَإِن طالَ التَمَكُّثُ أُعدَمُ

    And my certainty has made my poverty easier to bear:

    that, however long I stay, I shall cease to exist.

  3. فَإِن لَم تَكُن إِلّا الحَياةُ وَبَينُها

    فَلَستُ عَلى أَيّامِها أَتَنَدَّمُ

    So if there is only life and parting from it,

    then I feel no regret for its days.

  4. وَدُنياكَ يَهواها عَلى الهَرَمِ الفَتى

    وَيَخدُمُها فيما يَنوبُ المُخَدَّمُ

    And a man loves your world despite old age,

    and one who is served serves it through whatever befalls him.

  5. أَرى الشَخصَ يَطوي المَمالِكَ تَحتَوي

    وَمَن صَحَّ يَذوي وَالمُجادِلُ تُهدَمُ

    I see the person folded away, the kingdoms engulfed,

    and whoever is healthy withers, and fortresses are demolished.

  6. مَنَعتَ الهَوى مِنّي وَسُمتَنِيَ الهَوى

    وَقَد يَبلُغُ الحاجَ الفَنيقُ المُسَدَّمُ

    You denied me love and consigned me to ruin,

    yet even a muzzled stud camel may attain its needs.

  7. إِذا رُؤَساءُ الناسِ أَمّوا تَنازَعوا

    كُؤوسَ الأَذى هَل في الزُجاجَةِ عِندَمُ

    When the people's chiefs take the lead, they vie over

    cups of harm—is there red dye in the bottle?

  8. وَلَم يُرضِهِم شُربُ المُدامَةِ أَذهَبَت

    حِجى النَفسِ إِلّا أَن يُمازِجَها الدَمُ

    Nor did drinking wine satisfy them, though it swept away

    the soul's reason, unless blood mingled with it.

  9. فَنَحنُ كَأَيمِ الضالِ أَولى مِراسَهُ

    بِما كانَ يَغوي الآخَرَ المُتَقَدِّمُ

    So we are like the wild lote-tree's serpent, whose ways were imparted

    by the earlier one, who used them to lead the other astray.

  10. وَحَوّاءُ أَعطَت بِنتَها البُؤسَ وَاِبنَها

    لِآدَمَ يُغذى بِالشَقاءِ وَيُؤدَمُ

    And Eve gave her daughter misery, while her son

    by Adam is fed on suffering and given it as relish.