Sol 6.1

  1. لقد رفَّع الله قَدرَ القريضِ

    وشأن حُماة المعاني الحِسَان

    Indeed, God has exalted poetry's rank

    And the standing of the guardians of beautiful meanings:

  2. ملوكُ الكلامَِ دُعاةُ الغرامِ

    هُدَاةُ الانامِ دُهَاةُ الزمان

    Kings of speech, heralds of passionate love,

    Guides of humankind, the shrewd men of the age.

  3. هو الشعرُ سلوانُ قلب الحزين

    وبهجةُ روح غريب المكان

    It is poetry—the solace of the grieving heart,

    And joy for the soul of a stranger in a foreign land,

  4. وجلوةُ صَدرِ الشريد الطريد

    وعزَّةُ نفسِ الذليل المُهان

    And brightness in the breast of the wandering outcast,

    And dignity for the soul of the abased and humiliated,

  5. ونزهةُ فكر أسير الغواني

    وقرَّة احداقِ حُور الجنان

    And diversion for the mind of one captive to beautiful women,

    And delight to the eyes of the houris of Paradise.

  6. فتلهوبهِ الغِيدُ في صَرحِها

    ويزهو ذوو العَرش والصولجان

    So the graceful maidens frolic with it in their palace,

    And those who hold throne and sceptre exult.

  7. ولو لم يكُ الشِعرُ انسَ الوجو

    د ما كان يوجدُ في كلّ آن

    And were poetry not the solace of existence,

    It would not be found at every moment,

  8. وفي كلّ جيلٍ مذ اللهُ قال

    لذي النطق كُن يا مثالي فكان

    And in every generation since God said

    To the one endowed with speech, 'Be, O my likeness!'—and he came to be.

  9. فَنَفثُ اللسانِ بشَدوِ القيا

    نِ يُعيد الصفاءَ رَخِيَّ العنان

    For the tongue's breath, through the songstresses' singing,

    Restores serenity, with slackened reins;

  10. وسِحر البيانِ غداةَ الطَعا

    نِ يردًّ الجبانَ قويَّ الجنان

    And eloquence's magic, on the morning of clashing spears,

    Makes the coward stout of heart.