"
"مالِي أَراكَ تَكادُ اليَوْمَ تَنهارُ
؟!"
إنْ مَرَّ في شاشَةِ المِرْناةِ أَخْبارُ ؟!"
“Why do I see you on the verge of collapse today
whenever news flashes across the mirror’s screen?!”
: " ؟
فقلتُ : "ما لِي ؟ وهلْ شاهدْتِ نَشْرَتَها
؟!
كيْ تَلْمِسي النّارَ فيما تَحْرِقُ النّارُ ؟!
I said, “What is wrong with me? And did you watch its bulletin
so that you might feel the fire in what the fire consumes?!
يَأْتي أَخو مَبْدَإٍ في الحَقِّ يَنْصُرُني
ولي أَخٌ مِنْ دَمي في الحَقِّ يَحْتارُ
A brother in principle comes to champion me in what is right,
while a brother of my own blood wavers where right is concerned.
لا تَطْلُبي مِنْ ذَوِي القُرْبَى مُناصَرَةً
إنْ لَمْ يَعُدْ بَيْنَهمْ في الرَّأْيِ أحْرارُ
Seek no support from close kin
if no one free in thought remains among them.
إن كانَ يُنكِرُ حَقِّي مَنْ أَبَى نَسَبي
فلَيْسَ لي مِنْ أَخي في الحَقِّ إِنْكارُ
If one of my father’s line denies my right,
then I will not disown my brother where right is concerned.
كُلُّ القَوانينِ إنْ كانتْ عَلى ظُلُمٍ
.
تَمْضِي وَيبقَى لَها مِمّا بِها العارُ .
All laws, if founded upon injustice,
will pass away; of all they bear, only shame remains.
أَقَلُّ ما يَرْتَجِي حُرٌّ لِإِخْوَتِهِ
!" ...
أَلَّا تُفَرِّقَهُمْ عَنْ بَعْضِهِمْ دارُ !" ...
The least a free person hopes for his brothers is
that no land should divide them from one another!” ...
Sol 5.6