Sol 6.1

  1. هذي مناجاة عبد رق حاسده

    من البلاء الذي أمسى يكابده

    This is the supplication of a servant whose envier has pitied him

    because of the affliction he has come to endure.

  2. لا يطرق النوم أجفاناً لمقلته

    ومقلة الموت من قرب تراصده

    Sleep never visits the eyelids of his eye,

    while the eye of death watches him from close by.

  3. لا يقرع الباب إلا قلت قارعه

    وزارع العمر مهما شاء حاصده

    Whenever the door is knocked, I say: its knocker—

    and the sower of life—is its reaper whenever he wills.

  4. ليلي من الهم ليل لا صباح له

    كأنني فيه أعمى ضل قائده

    My night of anguish is a night without a dawn,

    as though within it I were a blind man whose guide has lost his way.

  5. أردد الظن في يأس وفي طمع

    قد ضج هابطه مني وصاعده

    I turn my thoughts over in despair and in hope;

    their downward and upward turns have cried out against me.

  6. فخوفه منك إشفاقاً يباعده

    وظنه منك بالإحسان واعده

    Fear of you drives them away in apprehension,

    while their expectation of kindness from you holds promise for them.

  7. أما الرجاء فقد جهزت مركبه

    وفداً إلى ملك ما خاب وافده

    As for hope, I have readied its mount,

    as a delegation to a king whose visitor is never disappointed:

  8. الكامل بن أبي الفتح الذي اعتصمت

    به الخلافة لما غاب والده

    Al-Kamil, son of Abu al-Fath, in whom

    the caliphate sought refuge when his father was gone.

  9. حاشا كمالك من نقص تقدمه

    والبدر يعرف بعد النقص زائده

    Far be your perfection from any flaw preceding it;

    whereas the full moon's waxing is known after its waning.

  10. فتش تجد لي نصيراً في الذين هفوا

    وما نظيرك ممن أنت واجده

    Search: you will find a supporter for me among those who have erred;

    but among those you find, there is no equal of yours.

  11. وما أقيم لنفسي حسن معذرة

    أنا المسيء الذي ضلت مقاصده

    And I offer no good excuse for myself;

    I am the wrongdoer whose aims have gone astray.

  12. بعدت عنكم وكانت زلة خطأ

    فاغفر وذلك ذنب لا أعاوده

    I grew distant from you; it was a mistaken lapse;

    so forgive me—that is a sin I will not repeat.

  13. إني شقيت فهل من فضل عاطفة

    علي تسعد جدي أو تساعده

    I have suffered; is there any generous compassion

    toward me, to brighten my fortune or come to its aid?

  14. لست الجليد على ما قد بليت به

    فارحم فلو كنت صخراً ذاب جامده

    I am not strong enough to bear what has afflicted me;

    so have mercy: were I rock, its solid mass would melt.

  15. أنا ابن سبعين قد أشفى على طرف

    من المنية واختلت قواعده

    I am seventy years old, already on the brink

    of death, my foundations shaken.

  16. أنا الفقير فهل من رحمة ورضى

    يجود بالنفس باديه وعائده

    I am the needy one; is there some mercy and favor

    whose first coming and return would generously grant me life?

  17. مولاي أبق على روحي فربتما

    أرضاك طارف إخلاصي وتالده

    My lord, spare my soul, for many a time

    my new and longstanding devotion has pleased you.

  18. هذا الرديني لاهتز عامله

    حتى يقوم بالتثقيف مائده

    This Rudayni spear's tip will not quiver

    until its bent shaft is set straight through correction.

  19. إن خلصتني من البلوى عواطفي

    فتلك في كل ملهوف عوائده

    If my affections rescue me from affliction,

    that is his accustomed way with every distressed soul.

  20. لو قصر الحمد بي عن شكر نعمته

    فالله شاكره عني وحامده

    If my praise falls short of giving thanks for his bounty,

    then God will thank and praise him on my behalf.