Sol 6.1

  1. مَوْلايَ تَصْبِرُ عَنْ أَدِيبِكْ

    حَقّاً وَتُعْرِضُ عَنْ حَبِيبِكْ

    My lord, can you bear to be without your man of letters,

    truly, and turn away from your beloved?

  2. أَوَ ما نِصابُكَ مِنْ عَلِ

    يٍّ وَالْعُلى أَدْنى نَصِيبِكْ

    And is your lineage not from Ali,

    and eminence your smallest share?

  3. أَوَ ما ضَرَبْتَ فَهَلْ قَدِرْ

    تَ عَلَى شَبِيهِكَ أَوْ ضَرِيبِكْ

    And have you not journeyed—were you able

    to find your like or your equal?

  4. مَنْ مِثْلُ شاعِرِكَ الَّذِي

    بَهَرَ الْبَرِيَّةَ أَوْ خَطِيبِكْ

    Who is like your poet, who

    has dazzled creation—or your orator?

  5. يُهْدِي إِلَيْكَ مَحاسِناً

    تَدَعُ الْمَحاسِنَ مِنْ عُيُوبِكْ

    He offers you beauties

    that make other beauties count among your flaws:

  6. نَفَحاتِ مَدْحٍ لَمْ تَزَلْ

    تُغْنِيكَ عَنْ نَفَحاتِ طِيبِكْ

    wafts of praise that have never ceased

    to spare you the need for wafts of your perfume.

  7. أَمّا دِمَشْقُ فَقَدْ حَوَتْ

    قَمَراً تَطَلَّعَ مِنْ جُيُوبِكْ

    As for Damascus, it has embraced

    a moon that rose from the bosoms of your robes.

  8. لَوْلا طُلُوعُكَ لَمْ تُنِرْ

    فَاللهُ يُؤْمِنُ مِنْ مَغِيبِكْ

    Were it not for your rising, it would not shine;

    so may God protect us from your setting.

  9. للهِ رَوْحُ صَباكَ كَمْ

    تَرِدُ الْمُنى وَنَدى جَنُوبِكْ

    God be praised for your east wind's refreshing breath! How often

    hopes and the dew of your south wind arrive!

  10. كَمْ تَكْتُمُ النُّعْمى وَما

    يَنْفَكُّ جُودُكَ أَنْ يَشِي بِكَ

    How often you conceal your favors, yet

    your generosity never ceases to give you away.