نَقِمتَ عَلى الدُنيا وَلا ذَنبَ أَسلَفَت
إِلَيكَ فَأَنتَ الظالِمُ المُتَكَذِّبُ
You resented the world, though she had committed no sin
against you; for you are the unjust one, the teller of lies.
وَهَبها فَتاةً هَل عَلَيها جِنايَةٌ
بِمَن هُوَ صَبٌّ في هَواها مُعَذَّبُ
Suppose her a maiden—does she bear any guilt
toward one who, lovesick for her, is tormented?
وَقَد زَعَموا هَذي النُفوسَ بَواقِياً
تَشَكَّلُ في أَجسامِها وَتَهَذَّبُ
They claim that these souls endure,
taking shape in their bodies and growing refined,
وَتُنقَلُ مِنها فَالسَعيدُ مُكَرَّمٌ
بِما هُوَ لاقٍ وَالشَقِيُّ مُشَذَّبُ
then passing out of them: the fortunate is honored
by what awaits him, while the wretched is stripped bare.
وَما كُنتَ في أَيّامِ عَيشِكَ مُنصَفاً
وَلَكِن مُعَنّى في حِبالِكَ تُجَذَّبُ
You were never fair in the days of your life,
but tormented, tugged to and fro in your own cords.
وَلَو كانَ يَبقى الحِسُّ في شَخصٍ مَيِّتٍ
لَآلَيتُ أَنَّ المَوتَ في الفَمِ أَعذَبُ
And if sensation remained in a dead body,
I would swear that death is sweeter in the mouth.
Sol 5.6