Sol 6.1

  1. من عادةِ الدُنيا الدنيّه

    إذلالُ ذي النفسِ الأبِيَّه

    It is the way of this base world

    to humble the man of unbowed spirit.

  2. والمرءُ في دنياهُ مِن

    تَعَبِ المطامِعِ في بَليّه

    And man, in his worldly life, through

    the weariness of ambition, is in distress.

  3. ببناهُ يَرتقبُ المنى

    حتى تَخَطَّفه المنيّه

    With his buildings, he awaits his hopes’ fulfillment,

    until death snatches him away.

  4. تَباً لدهرٍ دينُهُ

    إخمالُ ذي الهِمَمِ العَليَّه

    Ruin upon an age whose creed is

    to cast the lofty-minded into obscurity!

  5. فالحُرُّ من دون الوَرى

    لرماحِ قسوتهِ دَريّه

    For the noble man, of all mankind,

    is a target for the spears of its cruelty.

  6. وخطوبُه بذوي الفَضا

    ئلِ دونَ غيرهمُ غَرِيَّه

    And its calamities cling to people of

    virtue, to the exclusion of others.

  7. قد كان لي يا بنَ الهدُى

    والوحيِ والعِتَرِ الزَّكِيَّه

    I had, O son of guidance

    and revelation and the pure lineages,

  8. بَيَّتُّ مُذ عزَمتُ ه

    ذا الأمرَ في التحفيفِ نِيَّه

    harbored, since I resolved upon

    this undertaking, an intention to cut back.

  9. ورأيتُ مسألةَ الرجا

    لِ حطامَهُم حالاً رديّه

    And I deemed asking men

    for their worldly dross a wretched state;

  10. وأنِفتُ منُ ذلِّ السؤا

    لِ بعزِّ نفسٍ هاشميّه

    and I scorned the abasement of begging,

    with the pride of a Hashimite soul.

  11. وظننتُ أنّي في غِنى

    عن قصدِ حضرتِكَ العليّه

    And I thought I had no need

    to seek your exalted presence.

  12. فاغتالَني صرفُ الزما

    نِ فبعتُ شعري بالنَسِيَّه

    But time’s reversals struck me down,

    so I sold my poetry on credit.