Sol 6.1

  1. I am the youth of the universe, I am the son of the sun.

    I burn whoever seeks to touch me with ill intent.

  2. And this is the noblest lineage and pedigree,

    and title in the East and West.

  3. So if you are a bear of great bulk,

    then I am a deadly serpent, fierce in spitting venom.

  4. And if you are an old man with a long beard,

    then I am a youth of handsome appearance.

  5. And if you outnumber me,

    then I surpass you in armaments.

  6. There is no good in one who holds fast to a faith

    if his worldly life is not firmly established.

  7. For the statues we revere

    and the lofty monuments we honor

  8. are but symbols of powerful life

    and of belief in the reckoning of the hereafter.

  9. So if we worship, it is the one God;

    and if we hope, it is in the Merciful, the Eternal.

  10. The three faiths have indeed bestowed on us

    their rights, as though they were an inheritance:

  11. the Christians' zeal and the Jews' wealth,

    and Islam's protective fervor in the world.

  12. As though Muhammad were present among us,

    urging us to battle and coming to our aid.

Sol 6.1