Sol 6.1

  1. I entrusted my affairs to the Possessor of power, the Eternal Refuge.

    What an excellent guardian of my wealth and my offspring!

  2. I have resolved to visit the Sacred House, and no one

    but You, O God, is my support in what I seek.

  3. I have stood at the door of supplication, and this

    hand of mine I have stretched out, hoping Your bounty will reach it.

  4. So let my hope in You remain unbroken.

    And bring my wishes to fulfillment through Your aid.

  5. And grant me, O God, gratitude for grace, a reward in this

    world for what You approve for me, and triumph tomorrow.

  6. And ease, O God, my coming and my departure.

    And straighten, O God, all that is crooked within me.

  7. And let my course lead toward every good virtue.

    And guard me, O God, in my nearness and my distance.

  8. And appoint over me a watcher from You to guard me,

    in my stay, my journey, my sleep, and my wakefulness.

  9. And grant success, O God, in the effort I have undertaken; do not

    let my heart be heedless of remembering You.

  10. Whenever I bid my family farewell as I depart,

    be my guardian in my stead over my family in Samad.

  11. And if I offer a farewell prayer, I invoke You, O

    my Lord; accept it, and be my help and my refuge.

  12. And if by night I ride in the belly of a sailing ship,

    or on the back of a swift-striding, hardy Fihrī she-camel,

  13. be a watchful guardian, and shield me from the gaze

    of eyes, and protect me from the plots of whoever schemes.

  14. O You who watch me with guarding eyes in my homeland,

    guard my journey as You guard me in my homeland.

  15. And shorten the distance in my stays and my travels.

    And shield me from enemies' ambushes and those lying in wait.

  16. And make my road safe, so that no harm befalls me

    from any creature, nor aggression from anyone.

  17. And protect us from the evil of anyone we fear and guard against.

    And furnish us with the strongest means of defense.

  18. Or, if I ride overland, make it easy for me; and if

    I take to the sea, let Your kindness be my guide.

  19. May the wind blow for me from behind, without fury,

    with no clashing waves and no foam.

  20. So the sails are filled with a mild breeze that rose early,

    gentle in its flow, neither lessening nor increasing.

  21. It is as though we are in the palace of the Prophet

    Solomon, journeying in the name of the One, the Eternal Refuge.

  22. And we remember our Lord, with plenty

    of time and a life of abundance and ease.

  23. We resolve every difficulty through a clear text,

    among the questions, through transmission backed by a chain of authorities.

  24. At times we tell in rhyme of love for

    Layla, and warble like a melodious bird,

  25. among youths radiant as full moons,

    some most devout and valiant, others pious and steadfast.

  26. They have pledged themselves with clasped hands, yearning for

    union with Layla—Layla, the earnest seeker's desire.

  27. And love of Layla endears to me the road to Layla,

    before everyone, as I fold up the desert with my hand.

  28. Ah, may God gladden my fortune on the day she is glimpsed

    by my eye, even if it revels in streaming tears.

  29. Nor my love and my companions—her scatterings [wording unclear],

    her parting, like coursing, retreating stars arriving in bands.

  30. The caravan includes a longing lover, weeping in hope,

    and an earnest rider upon camel-saddles, from Uhud [reading uncertain].

  31. Until, when we entered ihram with assurance,

    we proceeded gently toward ihram amid a throng.

  32. We circled seven times, left ihram, and there was completed for us

    our release from ihram; we performed our sa‘y, and indeed—

Sol 6.1