مرضت يوماً فقالوا أزمة وقعت
وأنه غضب المأزوم لا المرضُ
You fell ill one day, and they said a crisis had struck,
and that it was the distressed one's anger, not illness.
سلمت للوطن الغالي فأنت له
نعم المجير ونعم العون والعوض
May you remain safe for the cherished homeland, for you are to it
a fine protector, a fine support and recompense.
لئن مرضت فمن أعباء ما تركوا
وإن غضبت فللخير الذي اعترضوا
If you have fallen ill, it is from the burdens of what they left behind;
and if you have grown angry, it is for the good they opposed.
وإن شفيت فكل المخلصين شفوا
وإن رضيت فكل المخلصين رضوا
And if you recover, all the devoted recover;
and if you are pleased, all the devoted are pleased.
دع الغضاب لما اعتادوا فما نقصوا
لك الوسائل والعقبى ولا نقضوا
Leave the angry to their accustomed ways; they have not diminished
your means or your final outcome, nor have they undone them.
وكل ما كان من سر ومن علن
فإنه غير ما ظنوا وما افترضوا
And everything that happened in secret or in public
is other than what they thought and what they assumed.
عساهمُ أن يعودوا بعد جفوتهم
أحبة ويسروا بعدما امتعضوا
May they return, after their estrangement,
as dear friends, and be glad after being vexed.
Sol 6.1