قال يوماً لنا أبو دلف أب
رد من تطرق الهموم فؤاده
One day Abu Dulaf said to us—the coldest
of those whose hearts are visited by cares—
لي شعر كالماء قلت أصاب ال
شيخ لكن لفظه براده
“My verse is like water.” I said, “Rightly spoke the
elder—but his wording gives it its chill.”
أنت شيخ المنجمين ولكن
لست في حكمهم تنال السعاده
You are the chief of astrologers, and yet
in their judgment you attain no good fortune.
وطبيب مجرب ماله بال
نجح في كلّ ما يجرب عاده
And an experienced physician, who has no
habit of success in anything he tries.
مر يوماً إلى عليل فقلنا
قرّ عيناً فقد رزقت الشهادة
He went one day to a sick man, and we said:
“Be of good cheer, for you have been granted martyrdom!”
Sol 6.1