Sol 6.1

  1. Today, what the devoted desired was fulfilled

    by the Ordainer of destinies throughout the worlds.

  2. I anticipated what he sought for the country,

    and what I wished to happen came to pass.

  3. Nor did he change the state of its governance,

    but he changed the rulers.

  4. And time turned upon the people of the age,

    those seeking respite and those pressing for haste.

  5. Men departed, and men arrived,

    and in the realm are others like them.

  6. And Egypt, fertile in good things,

    is fruitful with noble sons.

  7. Each young man among them has an appointed time,

    yet they converge in the end.

  8. Nor am I one to get ahead of events,

    though I know what they are doing.

  9. Nor do I proclaim hopes at random,

    but I am the fairest of reckoners.

  10. And indeed, for him who bore the burden of

    his trusts, I am the sincerest of the radiant ones.

  11. And among the people is a watchful critic,

    who counts the stars against those who keep vigil.

  12. He seeks perfection from the learned,

    out of loyalty to Egypt—and they are capable.

  13. And nothing is nobler than righteous deeds

    for one who wishes to please the usurpers.

Sol 6.1