Sol 6.1

  1. O Ayn Shams, surely the finest thing built

    In your precincts by builders is this mosque.

  2. Amid gardens and towers, it was erected

    By men showing graciousness to one whose kindness is praised.

  3. A blessing for them, matched in their midst

    By a blessing for him, and one hand racing another.

  4. An offering of devotion that reached God, and a gift

    Of surpassing greatness, received by the Prophet Muhammad.

  5. The richest of God's servants is the God-fearing, and the noblest of those

    Who dwell in palaces is the wealthy, devout worshipper.

  6. Whoever remembered his Lord in a desolate

    Waste saw the angels gathering there.

  7. Under Islam's protection are those invited, and those

    Ushered to this festival and sent as delegates.

  8. They witnessed the sun's rising after its setting,

    And the renewed flourishing of a far-flung place.

  9. And the orators vied in proclaiming what

    Trinitarian and monotheist hope for Egypt.

  10. If anyone once accused the innocent, now erased are

    The charges against the land, by its friendly guest.

Sol 6.1