أَوصَيتُ نَفسي وَعَن وُدٍّ نَصَحتُ لَها
فَما أَجابَت إِلى نُصحي وَإِيصائي
I admonished my soul and, out of affection, counseled her;
yet she paid no heed to my counsel and explanation.
وَالرَملُ يُشبِهُ في أَعدادِهِ خَطَئي
فَما أَهُمُّ لَهُ يَوماً بِإِحصاءِ
The grains of sand, in their number, resemble my errors,
so never do I undertake to count them.
وَالرِزقُ يَأتي وَلَم تُبسَط إِلَيهِ يَدي
سِيّانِ في ذاكَ إِدنائي وَإِقصائي
Provision comes though my hand has never reached out for it;
in that, my drawing near and my staying far away are alike.
لَو أَنَّهُ في الثُرَيّا وَالسِماكِ أَو الشِع
رى العَبورِ أَو الشِعرى الغَميصاءِ
Even were it in the Pleiades, al-Simāk, or al-Shiʿ—
—rā al-ʿAbūr, or al-Shiʿrā al-Ghumayṣāʾ.
Sol 5.6