فَما ساءَني شَيءٌ كَما ساءَني أَخي
وَلَم أَرضَ لِلَهِ الَّذي كانَ صانِعا
Nothing grieved me as my brother grieved me,
nor could I approve before God of what he was doing.
وَلَكِن إِذا ما اللَهُ أَمضى قَضاءَهُ
فَلا بُدَّ يَوماً أَن تَرى الأَمرَ واقِعا
Yet when God puts His decree into effect,
the day must come when you see the matter come to pass.
وَلَو أَنَّني شووِرتُ فيهِ لَما رَأَوا
قَريبَهُم إِلّا عَنِ الأَمرِ شاسِعا
Had I been consulted about it, they would have found
their own kinsman far removed from such a course.
وَلَم أَكُ أَرضى بِالَّذي قَد رَضَوا بِهِ
وَلَو جَمَعَت كُل إِلَيَّ المَجامِعا
Nor would I have accepted what they had accepted,
even had all the assembled hosts been mustered against me.
وَلَو حُزَّ أَنفي قَبلَ ذَلِكَ حَزَّةً
بِموسى لَما أَلقَيتُ لِلصُلحِ تابِعا
Even had my nose been slashed before then in a single stroke—
with a razor—I would never have cast myself as a follower of peace.
Sol 5.6