Sol 6.1

  1. أُقِلُّ بِمالي وَرَوحي الفِداءَ

    لِبَدرٍ لَهُ الشَمسُ أَضَحتُ ضِياءَ

    I deem my wealth and soul too little a ransom

    For a full moon whose light the sun has become.

  2. عَزيزٌ لَهُ الذُلُّ عِزُّ النُفوسِ

    وَفيهِ الفَناءُ يُنيلُ البَقاءَ

    Exalted is he; abasement before him is the honor of souls.

    And in him annihilation grants permanence.

  3. وَمِنهُ القَبولُ يُديمُ النَعيمَ

    وَعَنهُ الخِلافُ يُزيدُ الشَقاءَ

    And acceptance from him makes bliss endure.

    And opposition to him increases misery.

  4. يَجِنُّ الظَلامُ إِذا ما تَوارى

    وَيُجلى النَهارُ إِذا ما تَرآى

    Darkness falls whenever he withdraws from sight,

    And daylight is unveiled whenever he appears.

  5. فَمِن كُلِّ طَرفٍ لِوَهمٍ تَدانى

    وَعِن كُلِّ قَلبٍ بَفَهمٍ تَنآى

    Thus in imagination he draws near to every eye,

    Yet eludes the understanding of every heart.

  6. بِهِ الأَرضُ صارَت سَماءُ العُقولِ

    وَفيها النُفوسُ تَؤُمُّ السَماءَ

    Through him the earth became the heaven of minds,

    And in it souls make their way to heaven.

  7. وَلَيسَ عَلى قُربِهِ بِالمَكانِ

    بُعدٌ وَمَن حَلَّ فيهِ ثَواءَ

    Nor is his nearness measured by spatial

    Distance; and whoever dwells in him abides.

  8. وَلَو لَم يَكُن حاضِراً لِلعَيانِ

    نَراهُ بِهِ لَم نُسَرَّ الدُعاءَ

    And were he not present to sight—

    We see him through himself—we would not whisper our supplication.

  9. أُغالِطُ عَنهُ الرِجالِ

    وَأَقصِدُ بَدراً وَأَدعو ذُكاءَ

    I mislead men concerning him,

    And I mean the full moon, yet invoke Dhukāʾ, the sun.

  10. وَلَولا التَقِيَّةُ في مَذهَبي

    رَفَضتُ التُقى وَكَشَفتُ الغِطاءَ

    And were dissimulation not part of my creed,

    I would cast aside piety and lift the veil.