إِذا كانَ ما قالَ الحَكيمُ فَما خَلا
زَمانِيَ مِنّي مُنذُ كانَ وَلا يَخلو
If what the sage said is true, then never has
my lifetime, since it began, been empty of me, nor will it be.
أُفَرِّقُ طَوراً ثُمَّ أَجمَعُ تارَةً
وَمِثلِيَ في حالاتِهِ السَدرُ وَالنَخلُ
At times I scatter it, then at others gather it;
and like me, through its changing states, are the lote tree and the date palm.
وَأَبخَلُ بِالطَبعِ الَّذي لَستُ
غالِباً وَمِن شَرِّ أَخلاقِ الرِجالِ هُوَ البُخلُ
And I am miserly by a nature that I cannot
overcome; and among the worst traits of men is miserliness.
أَرادَ اِبنَهُ المُثري لِيَأخُذَ إِرثَهُ
وَلَو عَقَلَ الآباءُ ما وَضَعَ السَخلُ
His wealthy son wished for his death, so that he might take his inheritance;
had fathers possessed reason, they would not have begotten offspring.
Sol 5.6