Sol 6.1

  1. نارُ الشُموعِ تَوَقَّدَت

    في اللَيلِ أَم نورُ الشَموسِ

    Is it the candles' fire that has flared

    in the night, or the light of suns?

  2. شُهُبٌ تُبَشِّرُ بِالسُعو

    دِ وَلَيسَ تَقضي بِالنُحوسِ

    Shooting stars that herald good fortune

    and do not decree ill luck.

  3. شِبهُ الذَوابِلِ قُوِّمَت

    لِلطَعنِ في صَدرِ الخَميسِ

    Like slender spears set straight

    to thrust into the army's breast.

  4. شوسُ النَواظِرِ وَهيَ في

    غَيرِ الدُجُنَّةِ غَيرُ شوسِ

    Fierce-eyed, though when

    outside the darkness, they are not fierce-eyed.

  5. إِن طالَ فَضلُ لِسانِها

    فَجَزاؤُها قَطعُ الرُؤوسِ

    If their tongues grow overlong,

    their reward is the severing of heads.

  6. وَإِذا تَجَلَّت لِلنَوا

    ظِرِ رَجَّحَت رَأيَ المَجوسِ

    And when they shine before the eyes,

    they lend weight to the Magians' belief.

  7. في حَضرَةِ المَلِكِ الَّذي

    جَعَلَ الصَنائِعَ كَالغُروسِ

    In the presence of the king who

    made benefactions like planted trees:

  8. الصالِحِ السُلطانِ وَه

    هابِ النَفائِسِ لِلنُفوسِ

    al-Salih, the sultan, bestower

    of precious things upon souls.

  9. فَضَلَ المُلوكَ بِأَصلِهِ

    فَضلَ الرَئيسِ عَلى الرُؤوسِ

    He surpassed kings through his lineage,

    as the chief surpasses the heads.

  10. وَغَدا ثَناهُ غُرَّةً

    في جَبهَةِ الدَهرِ العَبوسِ

    And praise of him became a white blaze

    on the brow of scowling Time.