Sol 6.1

  1. The nights have told us of the adversary,

    and the fates, after the men fell silent.

  2. And we witnessed an act from the play,

    an unmistakable one, by the vigorous actor.

  3. And we learned, while still at the beginning of the leap,

    from him, of its reach and outcome.

  4. What good does he intend for Egypt, that I should welcome

    the people's prosperity and their changed circumstances?

  5. The people dream of hopes fulfilled through his aims,

    yet they have dreamed of nothing but the impossible.

  6. And they see peace from him as a pledge of protection,

    and I see it as the schemer's tool.

  7. And I fear what he wants from a settlement,

    even if he comes as a petitioner.

Sol 6.1