الغَيبُ مَجهولٌ يُحارُ دَليلُهُ
وَاللُبُّ يَأمُرُ أَهلَهُ أَن يَتَّقوا
The unseen is unknown; its guide is left bewildered,
and reason bids its possessors be wary.
لا تَظلِموا المَوتى وَإِن طالَ المَدى
إِنّي أَخافُ عَلَيكُمُ أَن تَلتَقوا
Do not wrong the dead, however long the span of time;
I fear for you: you may yet meet them.
هَذي المَهابِطُ وَالمَغابِطُ صُوِّرَت
لِلعالَمينَ لِيَهبِطوا أَو يَرتَقوا
These places of descent and enviable abodes were fashioned
for all beings, that they might descend or ascend.
لا تَدَّعوا عِتقاً عَلى مَولاكُمُ
فَالرَأيُ أَوجَبَ أَنَّكُم لَم تُعتَقوا
Do not claim, against your Master, to have been freed,
for reason establishes that you have not been freed.
لَم تَستَطيعوا أَن تَقوا مُهجاتِكُم
فَتَخَيَّروا قَبلَ النَدامَةِ وَاِنتَقوا
You could not guard your very lives;
so choose before remorse—and choose with care.
إِن مَسَّكُم ظَمَأٌ فَقَولُ نَذيرِكُم
لا ذَنبَ لي قَد قُلتُ لِلقَومِ اِستَقوا
If thirst should touch you, your warner's word will be:
“No blame is mine: I told the people, ‘Draw water.’”
Sol 5.6