Sol 6.1

  1. الدُّرُّ أهْداهُ لي في الْمَنْظَرِ البَهِجِ

    أَمِ الدَّرارِي أَطَاعَتْهُ مِنَ الأَوَجِ

    Is it pearls he has given me, so delightful to behold,

    or have the brilliant stars obeyed him from their zenith?

  2. أَمِ البُدورُ بِطَيِّ الطِّرْسِ طالِعَةٌ

    أَمِ الشُّموسُ تُوافِينا بلاَ حَرَجِ

    Or are full moons rising within the folds of the page?

    Or are suns coming to us unhindered?

  3. أَمْ رَوْضَةٌ صافَحَتْها السُّحْبُ فارتَقَصَتْ

    أَغْصانُها لِتُغَنِّي الرَّعْدَ بالهَزَجِ

    Or a garden with which the clouds shook hands, so that

    its boughs danced to serenade the thunder with lilting song?

  4. أَمِ النّظامُ الذي في سِلْكِهِ انْتَظَمَتْ

    بَلاغَةٌ بَلَّغَتْهُ أَرْفَعَ الدَّرَجِ

    Or is it verse, upon whose thread is strung

    eloquence that raised it to the highest ranks?

  5. تَقُولُ في العِلْمِ صارَ الْمَجْدُ مُنْحَصِراً

    حَقّاً فَعَنْ بحره التيار لا بعج

    You say: glory has become confined to knowledge,

    truly—so do not turn aside from its surging sea [last word uncertain].

  6. ثم انثنى مفرداً بالذكر أحقر من

    لا يعرف السَّبْحَ في طَامٍ مِنَ اللُّجَجِ

    Then he turned, singling out for mention the lowliest of those

    who cannot swim in the surging ocean depths.

  7. لَكَ البِشارَةُ فاخْلَعْ ما عَلَيْكَ فَقَدْ

    ذُكِرْتَ ثَمَّ عَلَى ما فِيكَ مِنْ عِوَجِ

    Glad tidings for you! Cast off what you have on, for indeed

    you have been mentioned there, despite the crookedness in you.

  8. أَهْلاً بما لَمْ أكُنْ أَهْلاً لِمَوْقِعِهِ

    قَوْلَ الْمُبَشَّرِ بَعْدَ اليَأْسِ بالفَرَجِ

    Welcome to what I was unworthy to receive—

    the words of one given glad news of relief after despair.

  9. يا بنَ الأَئِمَّةِ دامَتْ مِنْكَ فائِدَةٌ

    تَأْتِي إلَيْنا وفِيها أَوْضَحُ الحُجَجِ

    O son of the imams, may insights from you ever continue

    to reach us, bearing the clearest proofs.

  10. فَكَمْ أَفَادوا سِواكَ مِنْكَ شارِدَةً

    كانَتْ وَرَاءَ حِجابٍ غَيْرِ مُنْفَرِجِ

    For how many an elusive insight have others gained from you,

    that lay behind an unparted veil!

  11. ولجت أبوابها قبل المجيب ولو

    رام الولوج ابتداء منه لم يلج

    You entered its gates before the respondent; and had he

    sought entry on his own initiative, he would not have entered.

  12. مَنْ لَمْ يكُنْ بِرِياضِ العِلْمِ مُبْتَهِجاً

    عاشَ الزَّمانَ بِحَظٍّ غَيْرَ مُبْتَهِجِ

    Whoever takes no joy in the gardens of knowledge

    lives out his days with a joyless lot.

  13. مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِعُلومِ الدّين مُشْتَغِلاً

    لم يَبْرَحِ الدَّهْرَ في ضِيقٍ وفي حَرَجِ

    Whoever is not occupied with the religious sciences

    remains all his life in straitness and distress.

  14. العِلْمُ رُوحُ الْمَعالي وَهْي إنْ حَصَلَتْ

    بِدونِ علْمٍ بلا رُوحٍ ولا مُهَجِ

    Knowledge is the soul of lofty attainments; and if they are gained

    without knowledge, they have neither soul nor lifeblood.

  15. كَمْ مِنْ فَتىً تَزْدَرِيهِ العَيْنُ وَهُوَ إذا

    أَعْيَاكَ مُعْضِلُ دينٍ جَاءَ بالفَرَجِ

    How many a youth the eye disdains, yet when

    a difficult religious problem baffles you, he brings relief.

  16. ومِنْ فَتىً تَمْلأُ الأَبْصارَ طَلْعَتُهُ

    لا يَعْرِفُ الفَرْقَ بَيْنَ الْمَرْجِ والْمَرَجِ

    And many a youth whose appearance fills the eyes

    cannot tell a meadow from confusion.