Sol 6.1

  1. كل الأَمر من الَّذي مَلَكَ الأَمرا

    وَصابر عَلَيهِ ما اِستَطَعتَ لَهُ صَبرا

    All affairs come from Him who commands all affairs;

    and endure them with as much patience as you can.

  2. عَلى مِثلِ ما تَشكو الحَياة وَإِنَّما

    أَرى جَزَعَ المَكروبِ كُربتهُ الأُخرى

    Life is made of such things as you lament; I only

    see the sufferer's dismay as his second affliction.

  3. وَأَجمَلَ بِالمَرءِ التَّجَمُّلَ إِنَّهُ

    إِذا عافه طَوعاً تَكلَّفهُ جَبرا

    How becoming is composure in a man! For he,

    if he spurns it by choice, must assume it by force.

  4. هُوَ الدَّهرُ لا يَبقى عَلى شَطرِ حالةٍ

    فَبرْءٌ يَلي سُقماً وَيُسرٌ يلِي عُسرا

    Such is time: it never stays in one condition;

    recovery follows sickness, and ease follows hardship.

  5. وَإِنَّ قُصارى كُلِّ ضيقٍ وَإِن يَطُلْ

    إِلى فرَج يَدعو الكَئيب لَكَ البُشرى

    And the end of every hardship, however long it lasts,

    is relief that calls the sorrowful: 'Glad tidings to you!'

  6. إِذا ما عَدِمنا طَلعةَ البَدرِ لَيلةً

    فَلا بُدَّ بَعدَ اللَّيلِ أَن نُدركَ الفَجرا

    If one night we miss the full moon's face,

    then after night we must surely reach the dawn.

  7. يَمحِّصُ هَذا الدَّهر صَبرَ رِجالهِ

    فَيُوسعُهم سَبكاً لِيُخلِصهُم تِبرا

    This age tests the patience of its men,

    and thoroughly smelts them to refine them into gold.

  8. وَإِن الظُبى تَلَقى عَلى الصَّقلِ شدَّةً

    فَتَخرجَ بِعدَ الصَّقلِ ضاحِكَةً بُشرا

    And though sword-blades endure hardship in polishing,

    they emerge after polishing, smiling and radiant.

  9. فَدَيتَكَ يا مَن باتَ يَشكو مِنَ الضَّنى

    وَبي ما بِهِ مِمَّا طَوَت كَبِدي الحَرّى

    May I be your ransom, you who spend the night lamenting wasting illness,

    and I share his pain, enfolded in my burning liver.

  10. وَمَن عادَه قَلبي الكَليمَ وَإِنَّما

    أحب لِعَيني أَن تُحيط بِهِ خُبرا

    and you whom my wounded heart has visited; I only

    wish my eye to know fully how he fares.

  11. إِذا طالَ مَكث الدَّاءِ عِندَك مُدَّةً

    فَصَبرُك قَد أَلقى عَلى طولِهِ قِصرا

    If the illness has stayed with you a long while,

    your patience has cast brevity upon its length.

  12. وَإِن عَبَثتْ يَوماً بِجسمِكَ علةٌ

    فَما عَبَثت بِالعَرض وَالشِّيمةِ الغَرّا

    And if one day an ailment has toyed with your body,

    it has not toyed with your honor or your radiant character.

  13. أُجلُّكَ أَن أَدعوكَ بَحراً لِأَنَّني

    أَرى أَضعَفَ الأَنفاسِ قَد حرَّك البَحرا

    I esteem you too highly to call you a sea, for I

    see that the faintest breath has stirred the sea.

  14. عَهدتُكَ مِمَّن لا تَروع عَظيمةٌ

    حَشاهُ وَلا يَخشى لنائبةٍ شَرّا

    I have known you as one whom no great calamity alarms

    at heart, and who fears no harm from misfortune.

  15. وَمَن ذاقَ طَعمَيْ حالتيْهِ فَلَم يَكُنْ

    لِيَحفلَ لِلأَيّام خِلّاً وَلا خَمرا

    And one who has tasted both flavors of fortune would not

    care whether the days were vinegar or wine.

  16. وَمَن صَحِبَ الأَخطارَ حَتّى غَدا لَها

    أَليفاً فَما تَلَقى عَلى قَلبِهِ ذُعرا

    And one who has kept company with dangers until he becomes

    their intimate—you find no terror in his heart.

  17. إَلَيكَ سَلامٌ راحَ باسمكَ عاطِراً

    يُطارحُ في البَيداءِ مِن عُرفِهِ العِطرا

    To you, a greeting that goes forth fragrant with your name,

    vying with perfume in the wilderness through its own scent.

  18. سَلام يُؤدّي مِن شَجٍ كُلَّما اِنتَهى

    إَلَيكَ سَلامٌ مِنهُ أَتبَعَهُ عَشرا

    A greeting sent by one who grieves: whenever there comes

    to you a greeting from him, he follows it with ten more.