Sol 6.1

  1. ولما رأيت الشيب حل مفارقي

    نذيراً بترحال الشباب المفارق

    And when I saw gray hair settle at the partings of my hair,

    a warning of the departure of youth, now taking leave,

  2. رجعت الى نفسي فقلت لها انظري

    الى ما أتى هذا ابتداء الحقائق

    I turned back to my soul and said to it, “Look

    at what has come: this is where realities begin.

  3. دعي دعوات اللهو قد فات وقتها

    كما قد أفات الليل نور المشارق

    Leave the calls of diversion; their time has passed,

    just as the light of the eastern horizons has dispelled the night.

  4. دعي منزل اللذات ينزل أهله

    وجدي لما ندعي إليه وسابقي

    Leave the abode of pleasures for its people to inhabit,

    and strive earnestly for what we are summoned to, and race ahead.”