1. After a thousand years, and a few centuries more,

    the genius of the Wandering King was given its due.

  2. The veil was stripped away from the majesty of Imru’

    al-Qays through a splendid tome of eloquent exposition.

  3. Ṣabrī restored his tablets, and they shone forth

    from obscurity—marvels of a beautiful art.

  4. And if something new strays from beauty,

    beauty is sought in the time-honored and authentic.

  5. The bane of art is ignorance of it—how could that be,

    when the great masters bridge the span from generation to generation?

  6. True judgment lies in what you have made clear—and is there

    anything more eloquent than the proof you have set forth?

Sol 5.6