1. O Abu Sa'id, in the days there is a lesson;

    And time has its two states: serenity and trouble.

  2. What is it with calamities? May their ravages never be,

    And may no fang or claw of theirs ever strike.

  3. Take comfort in patience, and exchange sorrow for solace;

    For the sun is rising, even if the moon has been hidden.

  4. And has time, from its beginning to its end, ever been empty

    Of one upholding guidance, since humankind was created?

  5. Enough! Hold fast to your consolation; do not be robbed of it, for none

    Finds patience sweet except the male serpent.

  6. For he has not died who has, in the Commander of the Faithful,

    A surviving remnant, even if fate has overcome him.

  7. The imam has passed away, and among his subjects there now stands

    An imam of justice, through whom rain is called down.

  8. Indeed, the caliph Harun, for whom came to a halt

    At the depths of his blessings, imaginings and thoughts,

  9. Found you, in aiding him, a dawn by which grew bright

    A murky night of pitch-dark strife.

  10. You quelled the sharpness of men whose edge was blunted

    By a sword's edge that spares nothing and leaves nothing.

  11. You were swift to confirm the pledge of allegiance to him,

    Until its bond and twisted strands were secure.

  12. And many a call, making the deaf among the people hear,

    To which guidance, victory, and triumph lend an ear,

  13. You raised for the Commander of the Faithful with what

    Lies in your sword's blade, when the bearers of glad tidings brought it.

  14. So live in safety; may you, as a king, be rewarded on Islam's behalf

    With good, for you are its might and pride.

Sol 6.1