Sol 6.1

  1. الذكر أبقى لكم والمال عارية

    فاشروا الحياة به أو للتراث بقي

    Your good name is more lasting; wealth is only a loan.

    So buy life with it, or it remains as an inheritance.

  2. ما أشبه المال بالأكمام في غصن

    أيان ينفق عن الأزهار ينفتق

    How like the flower-sheaths on a branch is wealth!

    Whenever it is spent, it splits open to reveal flowers.

  3. والزهر مختلف لونا ورائحه

    ما كان منتشقا او غير منتشق

    And blossoms vary in color and fragrance,

    Whether their scent is breathed in or not.

  4. كذلك المال في الوجهات مصرفه

    مدنس بعضه والبعض منه نقي

    So too with wealth, in the ways it is spent:

    Some of it is tainted, and some of it is pure.

  5. اللّه في قسمي بالسيف منصلتا

    في كف مستبسل يرمي برأس شقي

    God is my witness as I swear by the unsheathed sword,

    In a dauntless warrior’s hand, sending a wretch’s head flying.

  6. شاهد أباة يخاف الدهر سطوتهم

    لم تخفهم سحب الأعدا ولم تعق

    Behold the unbowed, whose might Time itself fears;

    The clouds of enemies neither frightened nor hindered them.

  7. شاهد ضراغم ذبت عن عرائنها

    شاهد صواعق من لاقته ينصعق

    Behold lions that defended their lairs;

    Behold thunderbolts—whoever they meet is blasted.

  8. شاهد مشاة أجن الجو عشيرهم

    والخيل في خبب والبزل في عنق

    Behold foot soldiers whose company shrouded the sky;

    And horses at a trot, and mature camels at a brisk walk.

  9. انظر لجرحى وأشلاء مبعثرة

    ما بين منثلم منها ومحترق

    Look at the wounded and scattered limbs,

    Some of them mutilated, others burned.

  10. مستبسلين تراهم وسط ملحمة

    صرعى وهم بين مفؤود ومختنق

    Dauntless men you see amid the carnage,

    Fallen, some struck in the heart, others suffocated;

  11. مبتورة في الوغى الأعضاء تاركة

    فينا عواجز تسترعي بمرتزق

    Their limbs severed in battle, leaving

    Helpless people among us, seeking care and sustenance.

  12. في هؤلاء من الجنس اللطيف ولا

    تثريب إن نحن أنشدنا فان تفق

    Among these are members of the gentle sex; and no

    Reproach if we recite—then, if you awaken:

  13. أبلت بلاء وما أدراكمو حسنا

    ما بين ذي وجل منها وذي فرق

    She acquitted herself nobly—if you only knew how well—

    Amid some of them filled with dread, and others with fear.

  14. باتت تجرر أطمارا لها ولقد

    كانت تجره من خز ومن سرق

    She came to trail her rags, though once

    She trailed robes of silk-blend cloth and fine silk.

  15. تأوي لكوخ بلا رجل ولا بصر

    ملتفة في اشتداد البرق بالخرق

    She shelters in a hut, lacking a leg and sight,

    Wrapped in rags as the lightning intensifies.

  16. إزاءها البعل تسقيه وتطعمه

    مما تجمعه في ثوبها الخلق

    Beside her is her husband; she gives him drink and food

    From what she gathers in her threadbare garment.

  17. هي اليدان له وهو العيون لها

    كل لثانيه بالباقي لديه يقي

    She is his two hands, and he her eyes.

    Each protects the other with what each still has.

  18. للّه درهما شخصين قد بذلا

    للّه ما بذلا فاذكرهما تفق

    God bless them both, two people who have given;

    What they gave was for God; remember them both and awaken.

  19. هي الحروب أثارتها مطامعهم

    فاسأل أخا الحرب عما في الحروب لقي

    Such are the wars their greed has stirred up;

    So ask war’s brother what he has faced in wars.

  20. هذا تدافع عن حق بسالته

    وذاك تجعله الأطماع في حنق

    This man’s valor defends a right,

    While that one is driven into rage by greed.

  21. هذي هي الحال والأقدار جارية

    دارت عليها شؤون الخلق كالخلق

    Such is the state of things, and fate runs its course;

    Around it human affairs have turned, as has human character.

  22. والحق حق ولكن في تعدده

    أضر بالناس فاستجلوه نتفق

    Right is right; yet, in its multiplicity,

    It has harmed people; clarify it, and we shall agree.

  23. لولا اختلاف الورى ما ثار ثائرهم

    فاسلك صراطك بالإيمان واستبق

    Without discord among humankind, their fury would not flare.

    So follow your path in faith, and race ahead.

  24. واسرع لبر ولا تمنن فتحبطه

    وبالكرام إذا ما شئت فالتحق

    And hasten to charity; do not vaunt your favor, lest you nullify it.

    And join the noble whenever you wish.

  25. لمثل هذا ترى الأحرار عاملة

    فامسك بأذيالها تعتز واعتلق

    For deeds like this you see the freeborn at work;

    So grasp their hems, and you will gain honor; hold fast.

  26. واظهر بمظهرها السامي ومديدا

    في الصالحات وبمم سوقها وسق

    And assume their lofty bearing, and extend a hand

    In good deeds, and [head toward] their market and lead on.

  27. يا صالحا بيننا طبق اسمه عملا

    وفقت للاكتتاب اليوم فلتثق

    O Salih among us, whose deeds live up to his name,

    You have succeeded in today’s subscription drive; be confident.

  28. إذ كنت بين كرام الحي في جذل

    مما يشاهد فينا من علا ورقي

    As you stood among the community’s generous people, rejoicing

    At the eminence and progress witnessed among us.

  29. استنهضتنا الليالي وهي مقبلة

    حتى اكتسى غصن الآمال بالورق

    The nights roused us as they approached,

    Until the bough of hopes was clothed in leaves.

  30. يا دعوة البر والآذان مصغية

    جوزي الصدور على الإخلاص واخترق

    O call to charity, with ears listening,

    Pass through hearts with sincerity, and pierce them.

  31. لسنا وإن بعدت أصقاعنا شيعا

    لسنا وشرعتنا السمحاء في فرق

    We are not factions, though our lands lie far apart;

    We are not split into sects, with our tolerant sacred law.

  32. هذي يدي فليمد المسلمون يدا

    نشري رضاك بها يا جد كل تقي

    Here is my hand; let Muslims extend a hand,

    We buy your approval with it, O forefather of all the devout.