Sol 6.1

  1. السموات شيقات ظماء

    والفضا و النجوم , والأضواء

    The heavens are yearning, thirsty,

    And space, and the stars, and the lights.

  2. وعجيب يسمى يتيماً ويدعى

    وهو نجم قد أنجبته السماء

    And how strange: he is named and called an orphan,

    Though he is a star that heaven has borne.

  3. صنعته يد الإله كما تصـ

    ـنع في البحر درةُ عصماء

    The hand of God fashioned him, just as

    a flawless pearl is fashioned in the sea.

  4. واصطفته لها فماذا عسى أن

    تصنع الأمهات والآباء

    And chose him for itself; what, then, could

    mothers and fathers do?

  5. نفحته بروحها وهو جدب، رياض

    وإذا الأفق , وهو ليل , ضياء

    It breathed its spirit into him: though barren, he became gardens.

    And lo, the horizon, though night, is radiance.

  6. وإذا الغابة المخيفة أمنٌ

    وإذا الأذؤب الخبيثة شاء

    And lo, the fearsome forest is safety.

    And lo, the wicked wolves are sheep.

  7. وإذا الكون بين عينيه سفر

    ناطقات في كنهه الأشياء

    And lo, the universe before his eyes is a book,

    in whose depths all things speak.

  8. علّمت ذلك اليتيم , فما العلم

    وما حكمه , وما الحكماء

    It taught that orphan; what, then, is knowledge,

    And what is its wisdom, and what are the sages?

  9. من رأى الحق سافراً لم تعد تجدي

    لديه الدعوى ولا الأدعياء

    Whoever has seen truth unveiled no longer benefits

    from claims or pretenders.

  10. وذُكاءٌ تسير في الكون لا يهـ

    ـدي سراها علم ولا علماء

    And Dhukāʾ, the sun, travels through the universe, not

    guided on its night journey by knowledge or scholars.

  11. إنما يطلب الأدلاء من تطـ

    ـغي عليه جهالة جهلاء

    Only those seek guides whom

    utter ignorance overwhelms.