Sol 6.1

  1. نَهنِه عِتابَكَ إِلّا إِن هَفا جَرَمُ

    بَعضُ العِتابِ عَلى الإِخلاصِ مُتَّهَمُ

    Restrain your reproach unless a fault has occurred;

    Some reproach is suspect in its sincerity.

  2. ما لي أَقولُ فَلا تُصغي بِسامِعَةٍ

    تَصامُمٌ بِكَ عَن ذا القَولِ أَم صَمَمُ

    How is it that I speak, yet you lend no ear?

    Are you feigning deafness to these words, or truly deaf?

  3. رِفقاً بِأَنفِكَ لا تَشمَخ عَلى مُضَرٍ

    وَاِنظُر بِعَينِكَ مَن زُمّوا وَمَن خُطِموا

    Spare your nose; do not lift it proudly above Mudar.

    And see with your own eyes those who were haltered and those who were bridled.

  4. فَلَستَ أَوَّلَ مَن راقَت لَهُ حُلَلٌ

    وَلَستَ أَوَّلَ مَن راحَت لَهُ نَعَمُ

    For you are not the first to delight in fine robes,

    Nor are you the first whose herds have returned at dusk.

  5. مَن أَضمَرَ الصَدَّ عَمَّن لَيسَ يُضمِرُهُ

    بَغياً مَشى في نَواحي سِرِّهِ النَدَمُ

    Whoever harbors estrangement from one who harbors none,

    unjustly, will find remorse walking through the recesses of his heart.

  6. مَن أَنهَضَتهُ لِقَطعِ الوُدِّ عُذرَتُهُ

    كانَ المُذَمَّمَ مِنهُ الكَفُّ وَالقَدَمُ

    He whose excuse spurs him to sever affection—

    His hand and foot alike deserve reproach.

  7. مَن ساءَ ظَنّاً بِمَن يَهواهُ فارَقَهُ

    وَحَرَّضَتهُ عَلى إِبعادِهِ التُهَمُ

    Whoever thinks ill of one he loves will part from him,

    And suspicions will urge him to drive him away.

  8. مَتى تَهَجَّمَ غَدراً سِرُّ عَهدِكُمُ

    فَإِنَّ عَهدي عَلى غَدرٍ بِكُم حَرَمُ

    Should the hidden heart of your pledge ever rush into treachery,

    My pledge is a sacred precinct, closed to treachery against you.

  9. يَصُدُّ عَنِّيَ مَن وُدّي لَهُ صَدَدٌ

    وَلا أَؤُمُّ الَّذي وَدّي لَهُ أَمَمُ

    The one who has my love close at hand turns away from me,

    Yet I do not seek the one who has my love within easy reach.