Sol 6.1

  1. فَمَن مُبلِغُ الحجّاجِ أَنَّ سَميرَةً

    قَلى كُلَّ دينٍ غَير دينِ الخَوارِجِ

    Who, then, will tell al-Hajjaj that Samira

    Has loathed every faith except the faith of the Kharijites?

  2. رَأى الناسَ إِلّا مَن رَأى مِثلَ رَأيِهِ

    مَلاعينَ تَرّاكينَ قَصدَ المَناهِجِ

    He regarded all people, except those who shared his view,

    As accursed, ever forsaking the straight paths.

  3. فَأَيُّ اِمرِئٍ أَيُّ اِمرِئٍ يا اِبنَ يوسُفٍ

    ظَفَرتَ بِهِ لَم يَأتِ غَيرَ الوَلائِجِ

    So whichever man—whichever man, O son of Yusuf—

    You have subdued has resorted only to covert ways.

  4. إِذَن لَرَأَيتَ الحَقَّ مِنهُ مُخالِفاً

    لِدينِكَ أَن كُنتَ اِمرَءاً غَيرَ فالِجِ

    Then you would surely see the truth from him at odds

    With your faith, if you were a man who had not prevailed.

  5. يُسائِلُني الحجّاجُ عَن أَمرِ دينِهِ

    وَلَيسَ هَواهُ لِلصَوابِ بِواشِجِ

    Al-Hajjaj questions me on the matter of his faith,

    And his desire has no bond with what is right.

  6. فَأَضلِل بِهِ مِن واشِجٍ خَلَجَت بِهِ

    عَنِ الدينِ وَالإِسلامِ إِحدى الخَوالِجِ

    So how astray he is as an adherent, drawn away

    From religion and Islam by one of the distractions!

  7. وَهَيهاتَ فَلجٌ وَالمُقيمُ بِنَهرِها

    إِذا قِستَها في البُعدِ مِن رَملِ عالِجِ

    Far away are Falj and the one dwelling by its river,

    When you measure its distance from the sands of Alij.

  8. فَيا لَيتَني إِذا أَمكَنَتنِيَ فُرصَةٌ

    فَتَكتُ بِهِ فَتكَ اِمرئٍ غَيرِ نافِجِ

    Oh, if only, when an opportunity came within my reach,

    I had slain him with an unboastful man's sudden stroke!

  9. فَقَد كِدتُ لَولا اللَهِ أَن أَمزِجَ الهُدى

    هُدى الحَقِّ مِن قَلبي بِمَذقَةِ مازِجِ

    For, but for God, I almost mingled the guidance—

    The guidance of truth from my heart—with a mixer's diluted draught.

  10. فَعَمَّمتُهُ مِثلَ العَقيقَةِ صارِماً

    تَخالُ عَلى مَتنيهِ ماءَ الصَهارِجِ

    So I made a keen sword, like a lightning flash, his turban,

    You would imagine cistern-water on its two sides.

  11. فَأَقبَلتُ نَحوَ اللَهِ بِاللَهِ واثِقاً

    وَما كُربَتي غَيرُ الإِلهِ بِفارِجِ

    So I set out toward God, trusting in God,

    And none but God can dispel my anguish,

  12. عَلى ظَهرِ مَحبوكِ القَرا مُتَمَطِّراً

    إِلى فِتيَةٍ بيضِ الوُجوهِ مباهِجِ

    On the back of a firm-backed mount, galloping

    Toward fair-faced, radiant young men,

  13. إِلى قَطَرِيٍّ في الشَراةِ مُعالِجاً

    وَلَستُ إِلى غَيرِ الشَراةِ بِعائِجِ

    Toward Qatari among the Shurat, striving,

    And I turn toward none but the Shurat.

  14. إِلى عُصبَةٍ أَما النَهارَ فَإِنَّهُم

    هُمُ الأُسدُ عِندَ الحَربِ أُسدُ التَهايِجِ

    Toward a band who, by day, are

    The very lions of war, lions in the raging fray;

  15. وَأَمّا إِذا ما اللَيلُ جَنَّ فَإِنَّهُم

    قِيامٌ كَأَنواحِ النِساءِ النَواشِجِ

    And when night casts its shroud, they

    Stand in prayer, wailing like sobbing women.

  16. يُنادونَ بِالتَحكيمِ لِلَّهِ إِنَّهُم

    رَأوا حُكمَ عَمروٍ كَالرِياحِ الهَوائِجِ

    They proclaim that judgment belongs to God; indeed, they

    Have seen Amr's judgment as raging winds.

  17. وَحَكَمَ اِبن قيسٍ مِثلَ ذاكَ فَأُعصِموا

    بِحَبلٍ شَديدِ المَتنِ لَيسَ بِناهِجِ

    And Ibn Qays judged likewise; so hold fast

    To a rope of strong fiber, not worn thin.

  18. وَلا خَيرَ في الدُنيا إِذا الدينُ لَم يَكُن

    صَحيحاً وَلَم يَصمُد لِقَصدِ المَخارِجِ

    And there is no good in this world if faith is not

    Sound, and does not seek the straight paths of escape.