Sol 6.1

  1. And when their suns called one another to set,

    And we rose to bid the westward-bound company farewell,

  2. They greeted the curtain-edges with a sunrise

    Of their own, and the sides of the curtained chambers with a sunset.

  3. So they traveled only amid stained tears,

    Nor did they stand except upon a tormented heart.

  4. It was as though my heart were Qabus’s adversary, terrified

    By his toying with the densely massed army.

Sol 6.1