Sol 6.1

  1. ما ارتباط الجمع أنى يوصف

    قصة أولها لا يعرف

    What is the community's bond? How can it be described?

    A tale whose beginning is unknown.

  2. إننا نبصر فردا في الجميع

    زهرة نقطف في هذا الربيع

    We behold an individual in the whole,

    a flower we pluck in this spring.

  3. فطرة تنهج نهج الوحدة

    إنما تزهر وسط الروضة

    An innate nature that follows the path of unity

    blooms only amid the garden.

  4. كل فرد بأخيه ائتلفا

    مثل در في سموط ألفا

    Each individual joined in harmony with his brother,

    like pearls strung together on necklaces.

  5. لفهم في عيشهم معترك

    كل فرد بأخيه ممسك

    An arena of struggle bound them together in life;

    each individual holds fast to his brother.

  6. من جذاب تتوالى الأنجم

    كوكب من كوكب مستحكم

    Through attraction, the stars follow one another;

    one star is held fast by another.

  7. كان ركب الناس مأواه الجبال

    ومروج وسهوب ورمال

    The caravan of humankind once had its home in the mountains,

    and meadows, steppes, and sands.

  8. نسجه ما أحكمت لحمته

    فكره ما فتحت زهرته

    The weft of its fabric was not yet firm;

    the flower of its thought had not yet opened.

  9. عوده ما بلحون رنما

    لحنه لما يؤلف نغما

    Its lute had not yet rung with melodies;

    its tune had not yet formed a melody.

  10. لم يثره من رجاء مضر

    لم يخزه بزباني مطلب

    No harmful hope had stirred it;

    no desire had pricked it with its pincers.

  11. محفل غفل حديث الموت

    جامه من خمره غير ندى

    A gathering heedless of the tale of death;

    its cup was not yet wet with its wine.

  12. يرعرع في ثراه نجمه

    كرمه ما فار فيه دمه

    Its grass grew in its soil;

    the blood within its vine had not yet seethed.

  13. فكره دار لغيلان الخيال

    خائف من وهمه في كل حال

    Its thought was a home to the ghouls of imagination;

    fearful of its own illusions in every circumstance.

  14. ذو وجود ضيق ميدانه

    قد أحاطت فكره جدرانه

    Its existence had a narrow field;

    its walls had hemmed in its thought.

  15. طينه من خيفة قد خلقا

    قلبه من قصف ريح خفقا

    Its clay had been fashioned out of fear;

    its heart fluttered at the roar of wind.

  16. روحه من كل صعب تهرب

    يده في أرضه لا تضرب

    Its spirit fled from every hardship;

    its hand did not till its land.

  17. كل ما ينمو بأرض يقطف

    كل ما ترمى سماء يلقف

    It plucked all that grew on the earth;

    it caught all that the sky cast down.

  18. ثم يهدي الله ذا قلب بصير

    يكتب الأسفار من حرف يسير

    Then God guides one with a discerning heart,

    who writes volumes from a mere letter.

  19. عازف في كل نفس ينفث

    وحياة في موات يبعث

    A musician, he breathes into every soul,

    and awakens life in the lifeless.

  20. تقبس الذرة من أنواره

    كل قدر حال في معياره

    The atom draws a spark from his radiance;

    every value is contained in his measure.

  21. ينشر الأنفس منه نفس

    بشعاع منه يزهى مجلس

    A breath from him brings souls to life;

    with a ray from him, an assembly glows.

  22. شفة تحمى وعين تجذب

    وحدا الأشتات هذا عجب

    A lip that warms and an eye that draws—

    the two united the scattered—what a wonder!

  23. يهب الناس جديد النظر

    يجعل البيد كروض نضر

    He gives people a new vision;

    he makes the deserts like a verdant garden.

  24. فترى الأمة منه سائره

    بلهيب منه حرى ثائره

    Thus you see the community set in motion by him,

    aflame and astir with a blaze from him.

  25. شررا في قلبها قد أشعلا

    فأحال الطين فيها شعلا

    He has kindled sparks within its heart,

    and turned the clay within it into flames.

  26. سيره يعطي التراب البصرا

    فإذا الذرة سيناء ترى

    His course gives sight to the dust;

    and behold, you see the atom as Sinai.

  27. عاري العقل بجدواه كسا

    وهب الثروة هذا المفلسا

    With his bounty, he clothed the one bereft of reason;

    he bestowed wealth on this penniless one.

  28. ينفخ الجمرة في موقده

    ويذيب الغش من عسجده

    He blows upon the ember in his hearth,

    and melts the dross from his gold.

  29. ويفك العبد من أغلاله

    ويجير القن من أقياله

    He frees the slave from his shackles,

    and shields the bondman from his lords,

  30. قائلا أن لست عبدا فاعلم

    أترى قدرك دون الصنم

    saying, 'You are not a slave—know this!'

    'Do you deem your worth below an idol's?'

  31. يجذب الإنسان شطر المقصد

    جاعل الشرع زماما في اليد

    He draws humankind toward the goal,

    placing the sacred law as a rein in the hand.

  32. نكتة التوحيد يوحيها إليه

    أدب الطاعة يمليه عليه

    He imparts to him the subtle truth of God's oneness;

    he dictates to him the discipline of obedience.