Sol 6.1

  1. Over what matter does discord return among you,

    when peace has journeyed with you for only a night?

  2. And evening departs with private counsel and contentment,

    And dawn rises with rancor and anger.

  3. Is this a return to a wound of yours, which you widen,

    to distract you after the wound has healed?

  4. And where are the covenants you brought,

    if they contain neither forbearance nor forgiveness?

  5. And has the valley learned of what you are doing,

    And what of it the tyrant establishes, and what he erases?

  6. Yet the caravan and its destination were not entrusted to him,

    Nor were withholding and granting left to him.

  7. And nothing repels an adversary but your unity,

    if sword and spear are beyond your reach in war against him.

  8. And everyone loyal to the country and its people

    Is generous with his eyes and his lifeblood, open-handed.

  9. Stop dividing the spoils before they are won,

    For multiplication, addition, and subtraction have not proved sound in it.

  10. Each faction has its own opinion and reckoning,

    And my lot among you is agonizing toil and hard labor.

  11. And if my admonition and counsel are of no use to you,

    Then the admonition and counsel of events suffice you.

Sol 6.1