Sol 6.1

  1. أَيا السَيِّدُ ما ساعِ

    دُ أَيمانِكَ مُشتَدُّ

    O master, the arm

    behind your oaths is not strong;

  2. وَلا ماؤُكَ مَسكوبٌ

    وَلا ظِلُّكُ مُمتَدُّ

    nor is your water poured forth,

    nor does your shade extend.

  3. وَبابُ الخَيرِ وَالتَوفي

    قِ في وَجهِكَ مُنسَدُّ

    And the gate of goodness and success

    is barred in your face.

  4. وَلا فيكَ بِحَمدِ اللَ

    هِ لا هَزلٌ وَلا جِدُّ

    Nor in you—praise be to God—

    is there either jest or earnestness.

  5. وَسِيّانِ لَدَيكَ الذَم

    مُ مِن جَهلِكَ وَالحَمدُ

    And equal in your eyes are blame

    and praise, through your ignorance.

  6. وَلَمّا غَلَبَ اليُبسُ

    عَلى رَأسِكَ وَالبَردُ

    And when dryness took hold

    of your head, along with cold,

  7. تَعَرَّضتَ لِمَن تَفرَ

    قُ مِن أَعراضِهِ الأُسدُ

    you challenged one whose flanks

    even lions fear.

  8. وَلَو زاحَمَهُ الطَودُ

    لَأَمسى وَهوَ مُنهَدُّ

    And even if a towering mountain jostled him,

    it would end the day shattered.

  9. فَخُذ دالِيَّةً وَجهُ

    كَ مِنها اليَومَ مُسوَدُّ

    So take an ode rhyming in dāl: your face

    is blackened by it today.

  10. وَلا تَحسَبُ أَنّي بِ

    هِجائي لَكَ مُعتَدُّ

    And do not think that I,

    in satirizing you, take pride.

  11. فَما عِندي عَلى مِثلِ

    كَ لا غَيظٌ وَلا حِقدُ

    For I feel toward the likes

    of you neither anger nor rancor.

  12. وَلَكِن أَسرَفَ الظالِ

    مُ وَالظُلمُ لَهُ حَدُّ

    But the wrongdoer went too far,

    and wrongdoing has a limit.

  13. فَعاجَلتُ بِذَبحِ التَي

    سِ حَتّى يَفزَعَ القِردُ

    So I hastened to slaughter the he-goat,

    so that the monkey would take fright.