Sol 6.1

  1. (1)

    دنيايَ من كتبٍ و أيضا من قلمْ

    (1)

    My world is made of books, and also of a pen.

  2. و لدَى صديقي لم تزلْ كرةَ القدمْ

    كل له دنياه يعشقها ، و لو

    And my friend's world remains football.

    Each has a world they adore; and if

  3. لم نختلف عشنا الحياةَ كما النعَمْ

    (2)

    we did not differ, we would live life like livestock.

    (2)

  4. حبّاً دخلتُ الشعر من بابه

    و المال دوني أوصدَ البابا

    Out of love, I entered poetry through its door;

    and money locked the door against me.

  5. لست أبالي الفقرَ ما دام في

    حضن القريض العيشُ لي طابا

    I do not mind poverty, so long as in

    poetry's embrace, life is sweet to me.

  6. (3)

    ما نالَ مني ذو البذاءِ حذاقةً

    (3)

    The foul-mouthed man has not bested me through cleverness;

  7. لكنَّ من خلقي التغاضيَ عنهُ

    إن البذيء إذا مشيتَ طريقه

    but it is my nature to turn a blind eye to him.

    Indeed, if you walk the path of the foul-mouthed man,

  8. فلأنت عَمْرُ الحقِّأبذأُ منهُ

    (4)

    then, by the life of the Truth, you are surely more foul-mouthed than he.

    (4)

  9. إن الكريم له عدو دائمٌ

    و لربما هو في الصداقة يختفي

    Indeed, the noble person has a constant enemy,

    and he may well hide within friendship.

  10. كالداء لا إطفاءَ يهزِم نارَهُ

    إلا بصبرٍ أو تدبّرِ مُصْحَفِ​

    Like a disease, no quenching can defeat his fire

    except through patience or contemplation of the Qur'an.