Sol 6.1

  1. يا قبرُ اتباع الرئيسِ توافدوا

    فانظر أيأذن أن يكون خطابُ

    O grave, the leader's followers have come in throngs;

    So see whether he permits an address to be given.

  2. مثلوا كعادتهم لديهِ وإِنما

    قد حالَ من دونِ اللقاءِ حجابُ

    They stood before him as was their custom, but

    A veil had barred the way to meeting him.

  3. قد أَوحشَت أسماعهم أَلفاظهُ

    فتسارعوا متشوّقين فخابوا

    Their ears had grown lonely for his words,

    So they hastened, full of longing, only to be disappointed.

  4. غفلوا وكان كليمُهم مستيقظاً

    فاستيقظوا وإذا الكليمُترابُ

    They were heedless while their speaker was awake;

    Then they awoke, and behold, the speaker was dust.

  5. إِخلع حذاءَكَ فالمقام مقدسُ

    فهنا إِمام الشعر والمحرابُ

    Remove your footwear, for this place is sacred;

    For here are poetry's imam and the prayer niche.

  6. يا كعبةَ الادباء عفوكَ عن فتىً

    ساقتهُ نحوَ ضريحكَ الآدابُ

    O Kaaba of men of letters, pardon a youth

    Whom literature has led toward your tomb.

  7. حسبي بها زُلفى إليك وان يكُن

    من دونِ مرقاك الرفيع سحابُ

    It suffices to bring me near you, even if

    Clouds lie beneath your lofty station.

  8. قد جئتُ فيمن جاءَ لحدكَ راثياً

    لكنَّ شعري بالقصورِ يُشابُ

    I have come among those who came to your grave to lament,

    But my verse is marred by shortcomings.

  9. فأذَن لروحك أن تشارفَ منطقي

    فيشوقَ منهُ رونقٌ وشبابُ

    So allow your spirit to draw near my speech,

    So that its radiance and youth may enchant.

  10. فرضٌ على الشعراءِ ذكركَ خالداً

    ما دامَ يُذكرُ شاعرٌ وكتابُ

    Poets are duty-bound to keep your memory immortal,

    As long as a poet and a book are remembered.