Sol 6.1

  1. وَما كُلُّ ما مَنَّتكَ نَفسُكَ خالِياً

    تُلاقى وَلا كُلُّ الهَوى أَنتَ تابِعُ

    Not all that your soul has promised you in solitude

    will you attain, nor will you follow every passion.

  2. تَداعَت لَهُ الأَحزانُ مِن كُلِّ وَجهَةٍ

    فَحَنَّ كَما حَنَّ الظُؤارُ السَواجِعُ

    Sorrows converged upon him from every direction,

    so he moaned as the crooning foster-mother camels moan.

  3. وَجانِبَ قَربَ الناسِ يَخلو بِهَمِّهِ

    وَعاوَدَهُ فيها هُيامٌ مُراجِعُ

    And he shunned people's company, withdrawing alone with his grief,

    and recurring love-madness for her seized him again.

  4. أَراكَ اِجتَنَبتَ الحَيَّ مِن غَيرِ بِغضَةٍ

    وَلَو شِئتَ لَم تَجنَح إِلَيكَ الأَصابِعُ

    I see you have shunned the clan, though not from hatred;

    and had you wished, no fingers would have pointed at you.

  5. كَأَنَّ بِلادَ اللَهِ ما لَم تَكُن بِها

    وَإِن كانَ فيها الخَلقُ قَفرٌ بَلاقِعُ

    It is as though God's lands, while you are not there,

    though people dwell there, were barren, desolate wastes.

  6. أَلا إِنَّما أَبكي لِما هُوَ واقِعٌ

    وَهَل جَزَعٌ مِن وَشكِ بَينِكَ نافِعُ

    Indeed, I weep only for what is sure to come;

    and can anguish at your imminent departure do any good?

  7. أَحالَ عَليَّ الدَهرُ مِن كُلِّ جانِبٍ

    وَدامَت وَلَم تُقلِع عَلَيَّ الفَجائِعُ

    Time has assailed me from every side,

    and calamities have kept afflicting me without cease.

  8. فَمَن كانَ مَحزوناً غَدا لِفُراقِنا

    فَمِلآنَ فَليَبكِ لِما هُوَ واقِعُ

    So whoever will grieve tomorrow at our parting,

    then let him weep from this moment for what is sure to come.