Sol 6.1

  1. مَن عانَدَ الحَقَّ لَم يَعضُدهُ بُرهانُ

    وَلِلهُدى حُجَّةٌ تَعلو وَسُلطانُ

    Whoever defies the truth has no proof to support him.

    And guidance has an argument that prevails, and authority.

  2. ما يُظهِرُ اللَه مِن آياتِهِ فَعَلى

    أَتَمِّ حالٍ وَصُنعُ اللَهِ إِتقانُ

    What God reveals of His signs is in

    The most perfect state; God's handiwork is perfection.

  3. مَن لَم يَرَ الشَمسَ لَم يَحصُل لِناظِرِهِ

    بَينَ النَهارِ وَبَينَ اللَيلِ فُرقانُ

    Whoever has not seen the sun finds, with his eyes, no

    Distinction between day and night.

  4. الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ حَمدَ العارِفينَ بِهِ

    قَد نَوَّرَ القَلبَ إِسلامٌ وَإيمانُ

    Praise be to God—the praise of those who know Him;

    Islam and faith have illuminated the heart.

  5. عَقلٌ وَثابِتُ حُسنٍ يَقضِيانِ مَعاً

    لِلأَمرِ أَنَّ سِراجَ الأَمرِ عُثمانُ

    Reason and established goodness together decree

    That in governance, Uthman is its lamp.

  6. السَيِّدُ المُتَعالي كُنهُ سُؤددهِ

    عَمّا تَأَوَّلُ أَلبابٌ وَأَذهانُ

    The lord, the essence of whose eminence rises

    Beyond what intellects and minds can fathom.

  7. مَن راءَ حَضرَتَهُ العُليا رَأى عَجَباً

    المُلكُ في الأَرضِ وَالإيوانُ كيوانُ

    Whoever beholds his exalted presence beholds a wonder:

    Sovereignty is on earth, and the palace hall is Saturn.

  8. مَرأىً عَلَيهِ اِجتِماعٌ لِلنُّفوسِ كَما

    تَشَبَّثَت بِلَذيذِ العَيشِ أَجفانُ

    A sight on which souls converge, just as

    Eyelids cling to the sweetness of life.

  9. لِلعَينِ وَالقَلبِ في إِقبالِهِ أَمَلٌ

    كَأَنَّهُ لِلشَّبابِ الغَضِّ رَيعانُ

    For eye and heart, his coming brings hope,

    As though it were the bloom of tender youth.

  10. كُنّا إِلى المَلَأِ الأَعلى بِنِسبَتِهِ

    لَو ناسَبَ المَلَأ العُلوِيَّ إِنسانُ

    Through kinship with him, we would belong to the highest assembly,

    If a human could be kin to the heavenly assembly.

  11. كَأَنَّما يَتَعاطى فضلَ مَنطِقِهِ

    عِندَ التَكَلُّمِ لُقمانٌ وَسَحبانُ

    As though the excellence of his speech were drawn upon,

    In speaking, by Luqman and Sahban.

  12. يُغضي عَنِ الذَنبِ عَفواً وَهوَ مُقتَدِرٌ

    وَيَترُكُ البَطشَ حِلماً وَهوَ غَضبانُ

    He overlooks wrongdoing in forgiveness, though he is powerful,

    And refrains from violence in forbearance, though he is angry.

  13. بِفِطنَةٍ مِن وَراءِ الغَيبِ صادِقَةٍ

    مِنها عَلى فَضلِها في الحُكمِ عُنوانُ

    With unerring discernment from beyond the unseen,

    From which comes a sign of its excellence in judgment.

  14. مَزِيَّةٌ ما أراها قَبلَهُ حَصَلَت

    لِواحِدٍ مِن مُلوكِ الأَرضِ مُذ كانوا

    A distinction I do not think was attained before him

    By any of the earth's kings since they first existed.

  15. أَستَغفِرُ اللَهَ إِلا قصةً سَلَفَت

    قَد كانَ فُهِّمها يَوماً سُلَيمانُ

    I ask God's forgiveness—save for a story of old,

    Which Solomon was once made to understand.

  16. سارٍ مِنَ النَقعِ في ظَلماءَ فاحِمَةٍ

    وَالشُهبُ في أُفُقِ المرانِ خَرصانُ

    A night-traveller amid the dust, in coal-black darkness,

    And the shooting stars on the horizon of spear-shafts are spearheads.

  17. وَمُغتَدٍ وَمِنَ الخَطِيِّ في يَدِهِ

    عَصا تَلَقَّفَ مِنها الجَيشَ ثُعبانُ

    And one setting out at dawn, with a Khatti spear in his hand—

    A staff from which a serpent swallowed the army.

  18. غَرناطَةٌ شُغِفَت حُبّاً وَمِنكَ لَها

    بِالحَلِّ وَصلٌ وَبِالتِرحالِ هِجرانُ

    Granada is smitten with love; from you she receives

    Union when you stay, and estrangement when you depart.

  19. مَولايَ ماذا عَلَيها مُذ حَلَلَت بِها

    أَن لا يُعاوِنُها ناسٌ وَبُلدانُ

    My lord, what does it matter to her, since you settled there,

    That people and lands do not come to her aid?

  20. إِذا تَذَكَّرتَ أَوطاناً سَكَنتَ بِها

    فَلا يَكُن مِنكَ لِلأَضلاعِ نِسيانُ

    When you remember homelands in which you dwelt,

    Then do not let the ribs be forgotten by you.

  21. مِمَّن لَهُ حَدُّ سَيفٍ أَو شَبا قَلَمٍ

    شَرارُهُ في الوَغى وَالفَهمِ نيرانُ

    Among those who wield a sword's edge or a pen's point,

    Whose sparks are fires in battle and understanding.

  22. يَسلُّ مِقوَلَهُ إِن شامَ مُنصُلَهُ

    وَلِلخِطابِ كَما لِلحَربِ أَوطانُ

    He draws his tongue when he sheathes his blade;

    And speech, like war, has its own homelands.

  23. قَد يَسكُتُ السَيفُ وَالأَقلامُ ناطِقَةٌ

    وَالسَيفُ في لُغَةِ الأَقلامِ لَحّانُ

    The sword may be silent while pens speak,

    And the sword blunders in the language of pens.

  24. عَدلاً مَلَأتَ بِهِ الدُنيا فَأَنتَ بِها

    بَينَ العِبادِ وَبَينَ اللَهِ مِيزانُ

    With justice you have filled the world; in it you are

    A balance between God's servants and God.

  25. أَبياتُ مَعلُوَةٍ في كُلِّها لَكُمُ

    أُسٌّ كَريمٌ عَلى التَقوى وَبُنيانُ

    Lofty verses: in all of them you have

    A noble foundation upon piety, and an edifice.

  26. فَلَو لَحِقتُم زَمانَ الوَحيِ نُزِّلَ في

    تِلكَ الصِفاتِ مَكانَ الشِعرِ قُرآنُ

    Had you lived in the age of revelation, there would have been sent down concerning

    Those qualities, in place of poetry, a Qur'an.

  27. مَن لَم يُصِخ نَحوَها وَالسَيفُ مُلتَحِفٌ

    فَسَوفَ يَقرَؤُها وَالسَيفُ عُريانُ

    Whoever does not heed them while the sword is cloaked

    Will read them while the sword is naked.

  28. مَوتُ العِدا بِالظُبا دَينٌ وَإِن مَطَلَت

    بِهِ سُيوفُكَ فَالأَيّامُ ضُمّانُ

    The foes' death by sword-blades is a debt; though payment be delayed

    By your swords, the days are its guarantors.

  29. فَكُن مِن الظَفَرِ الأَعلى عَلى ثِقَةٍ

    مِنكَ الظُبا وَمِنَ الأَعناقِ إِذعانُ

    So be confident of the highest victory:

    From you come sword-blades; from the necks, submission.

  30. لا زالَ كُلُّ عَدُوٍّ في مَقاتِلِهِ

    دَمٌ إِلى سَيفِكَ الريّانِ ظَمآنُ

    May every foe forever bear within his vital parts

    Blood thirsting for your thirst-quenched sword.