1. O Kinda, I never thought al-Sukun would stir

    after stillness, nor her brother al-Saksak.

  2. Calamities have mauled you; their eyes take no delight

    in robes that gleam as though they were peaches.

  3. Time’s rancor is a thorn in its breast;

    and so the livelihoods of the noble are obstructed.

Sol 6