Sol 6.1

  1. I remained in sorrow for the loss of Muhammad,

    for he was my father's firstborn and the first of my brothers,

  2. wishing that I had known him

    and gained his companionship and affection,

  3. until this youngest came, his namesake,

    and his likeness in beauty and health.

  4. So I forgot their first through their last, and their eld-

    est through their youngest, and my anguish ceased,

  5. until, when I revived my hopes through him,

    he met death and passed away, swift as a glance.

  6. A likeness he wished to complete—and completed—

    in his lifespan, his death, and the illness.

Sol 6.1