غِنايَ غِنى نَفسي وَمالِي قَناعَتي
وَكَنزِيَ آدابي وَزِيّي عَفافِيا
My wealth is the wealth of my soul, and my fortune is my contentment;
My treasure is my learning, my adornment my chastity;
وَفَخرِيَ إِسلامي وَذُخري أَمانَتي
وَجُندِيَ أَشعاري وَسَيفي لِسانِيا
My pride is my Islam, and my reserve my trustworthiness;
My troops are my poems, and my sword is my tongue.
وَلي عَزَماتٌ كَالسُيوفِ قَواضِباً
إِذا عَنَّ خَطبٌ وَالحُتوفُ قَواضِيا
I possess resolves like keen-edged swords
When a grave crisis arises and deadly fates pass judgment;
وَتَغشى صُدورَ النائِباتِ صُدورُها
كَما غِشِيَت سُمرُ العَوالي التَراقِيا
Their fronts charge headlong at the breasts of calamities,
As the dusky shafts of lofty spears assail the collarbones.
أَلا لا يَذُمَّ الدَهرَ مَن كانَ عاجِزاً
وَلا يَعذِلِ الأَقدارَ مَن كانَ وانِيا
Let no helpless man condemn the course of time,
Nor let a fainthearted man blame the decrees of fate.
فَمَن لَم تُبَلِّغهُ المَعالِيَ نَفسُهُ
فَغَيرُ جَديرٍ أَن يَنالَ المَعالِيا
For whoever is not brought to lofty heights by his own soul
Is unworthy of attaining those lofty heights.
Sol 5.6