Sol 5.6

  1. ..

    Come with me; let us watch the spectacle,

    strange indeed, and worthy of being witnessed.

  2. ،

    And what shall we witness? The House of the mote,

    clouding the eyes—would that it were death.

  3. "" ""

    ""

    The king’s era is like the age of the Mamluks;

    the age of the emirates is its echo.

  4. And in the name of the masses, a falsehood:

    copper counterfeited as fine gold,

  5. "" ..

    like a foundling who knows neither parent,

    nor motherhood’s home... nor her birthplace;

  6. and toil-worn, she curses the pampered,

    and curses whoever would have her toil;

  7. scorching to some like the sting of whips,

    but cool to others as dewfall.

Sol 5.6