Sol 5.6

  1. In you the constellations of high glory shine;

    for you are the full moon of its heaven and its lamp.

  2. In you the family of the East rejoices, whose crown—

    but for you, after your brother—would have been stripped of its adornment.

  3. You both came forward, racing one another toward a goal

    whose path admitted none but you two.

  4. He outstripped all humankind toward it, and you followed close behind;

    while its hosts came all together, striking their faces in grief.

  5. Until the feet of you both stood together upon a summit

    of glory whose ascent was beyond humankind.

  6. He is honor’s chosen one—the man whom, after his brother,

    I found the noblest of all in whom honor makes its home.

  7. You are he from whose character humankind has sipped

    a wine whose blend is sweeter than pure nectar.

  8. Never did the world fall ill with the malady of its barrenness

    but your presence was its medicine and its cure.

  9. Indeed, you protected and sustained generosity, whose—

    but for you—life-veins would not have remained intact.

  10. High glory wove for you the garments of its pride,

    and its embroidered brocade shone proudly upon you.

  11. Never did a night-traveling caravan urge its mounts onward in longing

    unless its nocturnal journey was toward your dwelling.

  12. Mother Hope never visited a hopeful soul by night

    but by morning her offspring was born of your bounty.

Sol 5.6