Sol 6.1

  1. Man of merit and praiseworthy qualities among us,

    Yours is what pleases you, in worldly life and in faith.

  2. You attain the utmost piety through the pilgrimage,

    Happy, blessed, and fortunate.

  3. The faithful Muslim's journey to the House—

    He fulfills the trust of the Muslims.

  4. Would that I were among your companions in

    Umm al-Qura, circling with those who circle.

  5. I remember God in His sanctuary and call upon

    His righteous saints within the sanctuary.

  6. And I greet the monotheists from the regions,

    Gathered for the two umrah pilgrimages.

  7. And today I see, through the accounts of those I have

    Met among them, the secrets of those absent.

  8. On the two islands, I would ransom with my own life

    A grieving people from severe torment.

  9. It repels oppression wrought of iron and fire,

    With tears at times, and at times with blood.

  10. Time's lesson is that I see the leaders, those comrades,

    Quarreling over the spoils.

  11. And I see the victors on earth, in the wake of

    War, more wretched there than the defeated.

  12. What share of spoils among the ruins

    Do they hope for and seek?

  13. From the madness of annihilating war, they seek

    A peace even madder than the war.

  14. They emerged from two apocalypses, emaciated,

    And they are entering another apocalypse.

  15. I do not know: for the world's comfort did they

    Confer, or for the world's affliction?

  16. Egypt was spared the vicissitudes of the nights,

    And prepared for whatever might come.

  17. And from fate she received, for the outcome,

    A guarantor, and for her destiny a surety.

  18. The finest congratulations on the pilgrimage and your rank

    Are offered to you by the finest of the devoted.

  19. The finest blessing came to you on Farouk's feast day,

    And adorned you with honor and firmly established glory.

  20. One manifestation of eminence after another in

    You—the two met, on the left and on the right.

  21. The power of learning—after it came your appointed time

    Among those who command and those who forbid.

  22. And the people set out with hopes, praying for you,

    And returned to you with those hopes made certain.

  23. And you embraced what was new in her affairs, hoping

    To reach as far as those before and those after.

  24. The country rested assured in you as a minister

    Who handled events with firmness and gentleness.

  25. Wise men, for the people, are best suited

    To be governors and rulers.

  26. And the counselor who is obeyed is one who has kept pace with

    The days and the people, secure and trusted.

  27. Indeed, what your worth deserves, in my estimation,

    Is among the dues of the honored and eminent.

  28. And I am the witness, the reckoner who gives full due,

    And the register of reward for those who labor.

  29. And praises of you, like your favors,

    Have become forms and arts.

  30. Yours, in your pure home and in

    Your family, is what belongs to the pure angels.

  31. And the world's pleasures are for whoever has built up the world

    With knowledge, strength, and sons.

  32. And the reward for what you have done for it is that

    You are among the immortals in its goodness.

  33. You are the reformers' exemplar in what you decide

    And carry through, and the worshippers' model.

  34. And your noble satisfaction is to find the people

    Pleased with what you do.

  35. Your generosity has gathered them from every valley,

    And those nearest and those farthest stand equal.

  36. Love is won only by one who possesses

    This great, steadfast character.

Sol 6.1