صادني من كان فكري صاده
ما له والله عنه من محيصِ
The one I thought my mind had caught has caught me;
by God, there is no escaping him.
صابراً في كل سوءٍ وأذى
في كيانٍ من عمومٍ وخصوص
Patient through every evil and hurt,
within a being both universal and particular.
صُرةٌ أودعتُ قلبي علمها
في كتاب وسمتُه بالفُصوص
A bundle—I lodged its knowledge in my heart,
in a book I entitled The Bezels.
صيرتُ قهراً وعجزاً وأبتُ
غيرةً منها عليه أنْ تنوص
I fashioned it under compulsion and helplessness; yet
my jealous care concerning her, in relation to it, refused to retreat.
صيرته واحداً في دهرِه
ثم رامتْ عنه عزاً أن تبوص
I made it peerless in its age;
then my jealous care proudly sought to outstrip it.
صادفتْ والله في غيرتها
عينَ ما جاء به لفظ النصوص
By God, in her jealousy she encountered
the very truth conveyed by the wording of the texts.
صدقتُها فلها النورُ الذي
ما له في كونها ذاك الوبيص
I believed her; hers is the light—
what a gleam it has within her being!
صلبتْ في الدين فانقاد لها
كل معنى هو في البحث عويص
She stood firm in the faith, and to her yielded
every meaning abstruse to inquiry.
صلّى القلبُ اشتعالاً بعد ما
كان ذا عزمٍ عليه وحريص
The heart was seared into flame, after
it had set its resolve upon it, eager.
صامت النفس وصلت فلها
لمعان من سناها وبصيص
The soul fasted and prayed; thus hers is
a flashing of her radiance, and a glimmer.
Sol 5.6