Sol 6.1

  1. كَأس الحِمام عَلى الأَنام تَدورُ

    وَبِها سقاةُ النائِبات تَمورُ

    The cup of death goes round among mankind,

    And with it the cupbearers of calamities swirl.

  2. وَلكل مَخلوق وَإِن طالَ المَدى

    وِرد عَلى حَوض الرَدى وَصدور

    And for every creature, however long its span,

    There is a coming to death's pool, and a departure.

  3. وَالمَوت مِن أَشراكه لا يُفتدَى

    يَوماً بِما مَلكت يَداه أَسير

    And from death's snares no captive can be ransomed,

    Ever, with whatever his hands have possessed.

  4. وَالدَهر فينا لا تَطيش سِهامه

    أَبَداً وَلا يلوي عَلَيهِ هصور

    And Time's arrows do not miss their mark among us,

    Ever; no fierce lion can prevail against it.

  5. لَو كانَ في الأستاذ يُقبَلُ فديةٌ

    لَفداه مِنا بالنفوس كَثير

    If a ransom could be accepted for the master,

    Many among us would have ransomed him with their lives.

  6. يا ضَيعة الطُلاب بَعد إِمامنا

    مَن كانَ بِالعلم النَفيس يَمير

    Alas for the students after our imam,

    Who nourished them with precious knowledge!

  7. يا ضَيعة المَعقول وَالمَنقول وَال

    تفسير إِذ هُوَ لِلجَميع نَصير

    Alas for rational and transmitted learning, and for

    Exegesis, for he was the champion of them all!

  8. يا ضَيعة التَصحيح بَعد مُدقِّقٍ

    تَسهيله للمعضلات شَهير

    Alas for proofreading after a meticulous scholar,

    Whose simplification of difficult problems was renowned!

  9. دارُ الطِباعة يا خَليفةَ مالكٍ

    يَنعاكَ كَشّافٌ بِها وَشُذور

    The Printing House, O successor of Malik:

    Kashshaf and Shudhur within it announce your death.

  10. دارُ الطِباعة في سَماها طالَما

    لاحَت بفهمك للرشاد بدور

    The Printing House—in its sky how often

    Full moons shone through your understanding to guide aright!

  11. دار الطِباعة كان طائر صيتها

    بِكَ في المَمالك لا يَزال يَطير

    The Printing House—the bird of its renown

    Through you never ceased to fly across the kingdoms.

  12. دار الطِباعة قَد تغير طَبعُها

    مُذ ضَمَّ جسمك بِالعُلوم قبور

    The Printing House—its nature has changed

    Since tombs embraced your body together with the sciences.

  13. كتب التَراجُم باعُ كُل مُترجم

    فيها بِمَوتك يا إِمام قَصير

    Books of translation—every translator's reach

    In them falls short through your death, O imam.

  14. أَنتَ الَّذي لَولاك فيها ما اِهتَدى

    مِنا إِلى حَلِّ الرُموز خَبير

    You are he without whom, in them, no expert

    Among us could have found the way to decipher the symbols.

  15. أَنتَ الَّذي لَولاك ما نَشر اللِوا

    مَنا بَها فَوق الرؤس أَمير

    You are he without whom no commander could unfurl the banner

    Among us, through those books, above people's heads.

  16. أَنتَ الَّذي لِمصابه قَد غلّقت

    أَبواب دار العلم وَهوَ يَسير

    You are he for whose loss were shut

    The doors of the House of Learning—and that is little enough.

  17. أَنتَ الَّذي فُجعَت بفقدك أمةٌ

    أُميِّةٌ وَبَكى عَلَيكَ سَمير

    You are he whose loss bereaved a nation—

    An unlettered one—and a night companion wept for you.

  18. أَنتَ الَّذي عين الموطأِ وَالشفا

    مِن دَمعِها سالَت عَلَيكَ بُحور

    You are he for whom the eye of al-Muwatta and al-Shifa

    Poured seas of its tears over you.

  19. أَنتَ الَّذي عَن حَصر بَعض صِفاته

    قَد عاقَ أَقلام البَليغ قُصور

    You are he whose qualities, even in part,

    The eloquent man's pens were too limited to encompass.

  20. أَنتَ الَّذي يَنعاه مالك عَصره

    وَالشافعيّ وَأَحمَد وَنَظير

    You are he whom his age's Malik mourns,

    And al-Shafi'i, Ahmad, and their like.

  21. أَنتَ الَّذي يَبكيه نعمان الوَرى

    وَلأَنتَ مِنهُ بِالبُكاء جَدير

    You are he whom the world's Nu'man weeps for,

    And you are surely worthy of his tears.

  22. حَيث اِحتَفلت بِنظم درّ جليت

    بعقوده في الخافقين نُحور

    For you took pains to string pearls, and throats were adorned

    With their necklaces throughout East and West.

  23. أَنتَ الَّذي قَبل المهيمن حجة

    أَدّيتها وَلكَ اِستَجاب غَفور

    You are he for whom the Guardian accepted a pilgrimage

    You performed, and the All-Forgiving answered you.

  24. هِيَ حجة مَبرورة بقبولها

    لَكَ زخرفت بَينَ الأَنام قُصور

    It is a blessed pilgrimage; through its acceptance

    Palaces were adorned for you among mankind.

  25. وَلَكَ النَبي محمد بجواره

    في زمرة الرُسل الكِرام بَشير

    And the Prophet Muhammad brings you glad tidings of a place beside him

    Among the company of noble messengers.

  26. وَلَئن تَمُت فَبَقاء نجلك أَحمَدٍ

    وَأَخيه لِلمَجد الأَثيل مُشير

    And though you die, the survival of your son Ahmad

    And his brother points to deep-rooted glory.

  27. فَاللَه يَرفَع قَدر كُلٍّ مِنهُما

    بِمَعارف يَسمو بِهن حَقير

    May God raise the rank of each of them

    Through learning by which the lowly rise,

  28. وَيمدّ كلاً منهما بِعَوارف

    ما اِزداد في دار النَعيم حبور

    And sustain each of them with bounties,

    As long as joy increases in the abode of bliss,

  29. أَو ما حسان الحور نَحوك أَقبَلَت

    بِوجوههن إِلى لقاك تشير

    Or as long as the fair houris approach you,

    Their faces beckoning toward a meeting with you,

  30. أَو قال رضوانٌ لَهُ البُشرى فَقَد

    نال المُنى وَعَلَيه فاحَ عَبير

    Or Ridwan says, 'Glad tidings for him, for he has

    Attained his wishes, and fragrance has wafted over him,'

  31. أَو ما الجبين أَضاء مِنهُ كَأنه

    بَدر بآفاق السُعود مُنير

    Or as long as his brow shines as though it were

    A full moon radiant on the horizons of good fortune.

  32. وَالفَوز في الجَنات أَرخه بِها

    لَكَ يا محمد رحمة وَسُرور

    And triumph in the gardens—date it with these words:

    'For you, O Muhammad: mercy and joy.'