أَلا تَتَّفقونَ اللَهَ رَهطَ مُسَلِّمٍ
فَقَد جُرتُمُ في طاعَةِ الشَهَواتِ
Will you not agree concerning God, clan of Muslim?
For you have strayed in obeying your desires.
وَلا تَتبَعوا الشَيطانَ في خُطُواتِهِ
فَكَم فيكُمُ مِن تابِعِ الخُطُواتِ
And do not follow Satan in his footsteps;
How many among you follow those footsteps!
عَمَدتُم لِرَأيِ المَثنَوِيَّةِ بَعدَما
جَرَت لَذَّةُ التَوحيدِ في اللَهَواتِ
You turned to the doctrine of dualism after
the sweetness of God's oneness had passed over your tongues.
وَمِن دونِ ما أَبدَيتُمُ خُضِبَ القَنا
وَمارَ نَجيعُ الخَيلِ في الهَبَواتِ
For less than what you have displayed, spears were stained,
and horses' blood surged through the dust.
فَما اِستَحسَنَت هَذي البَهائِمُ فِعلَكُم
مِنَ الغَيِّ في الأُمّاتِ وَالحَمَواتِ
Even these beasts would not approve your conduct:
your wrongdoing concerning mothers and mothers-in-law.
وَأَيسَرُ ما حَلَلتُمُ نَحرَ دارِعٍ
يَعُمُّكُمُ بِالسُكرِ وَالنَشَواتِ
The least you deemed lawful was to slaughter an armored man
who fills you with drunkenness and rapture.
جَعَلتُم عَلِيّاً جُنَّةً وَهوَ لَم يَزَل
يُعاقِبُ مِن خَمرٍ عَلى حُسُواتِ
You made Ali your shield, though he always
punished even a few sips of wine.
سَأَلنا مَجوساً عَن حَقيقَةِ دينِها
فَقالَت نَعَم لا نَنكِحُ الأَخَواتِ
We asked the Zoroastrians about the truth of their religion,
and they said, ‘Yes, we do not marry sisters.’
وَذَلِكَ في أَصلِ التَمَجُّسِ جائِزٌ
وَلَكِن عَدَدناهُ مِنَ الهَفَواتِ
‘That is permitted under the original Magian creed,
but we count it among errors.
وَنَأبى فَظيعاتِ الأُمورِ وَنَبتَغي
سُجوداً لِنورِ الشَمسِ في الغَدَواتِ
We reject atrocious deeds and seek
to bow to the sunlight at dawn.’
وَأَعذَرُ مِن نُسوانِكُم في اِحتِمالِها
فُضوحَ الرَزايا آتُنُ الفَلَواتِ
More excusable than your women in bearing
disgraceful calamities are the she-asses of the wastes.
فَلا تَجعَلوا فيها الغَوِيَّ مُسَلَّطاً
كَما سُلِّطَ البازي عَلى القَطَواتِ
So do not place a wayward man over them,
as a falcon is set upon sandgrouse.
تَهاوَنتُمُ بِالذِكرِ لَمّا أَتاكُمُ
وَلَم تَحفِلوا بِالصَومِ وَالصَلَواتِ
You took the Reminder lightly when it came to you,
and cared nothing for fasting and prayers.
رَجَوتُم إِماماً في القِرانِ مُضَلَّلاً
فَلَمّا مَضى قُلتُم إِلى سَنَواتِ
You hoped for a misguided imam at the conjunction;
when it passed, you said, ‘In years to come.’
كَذاكَ بَنو حَوّاءَ بَرٌّ وَفاجِرٌ
وَلا بُدَّ لِلأَيّامِ مِن هَنَواتِ
So it is with Eve's children, righteous and wicked;
the days must have their failings.
Sol 6