Sol 6.1

  1. Under the rule of Abbas the Second and his noble leadership,

    houses of charity rose, as numerous as the stars.

  2. Thus the sick find healing in his bounty,

    and the poor find relief in his generosity.

  3. Blessed is a palace of benevolence and mercy,

    remembered among what the messengers left behind.

  4. The sick among humankind wish, after their recovery,

    that these chambers might never part from them.

  5. If the dead were gathered amid their visible splendor,

    the dead would be there, resurrected.

  6. Gabriel, a healer of wounds, is aided

    by medicines from the likes of Jesus and Hippocrates.

  7. My lord, you—in proportion to what has been wrought

    by your hands in enduring kindness—are thanked.

  8. May health never forsake a people you have tended,

    nor may a land flourishing with learning ever lie deserted.

Sol 6.1