Sol 6.1

  1. My prayer came true, and my hope was fulfilled,

    and the leaders' consciences came together.

  2. Long was my suffering in concern for them; it is enough for me

    today that I have witnessed the outcome of my suffering.

  3. And I saw the notables in full muster,

    all together, in a proud, lofty front.

  4. None among them, even were he to know all that lies

    unseen, is a man of arrogance and conceit.

  5. They came forward, the adversary's assent plain,

    after his turning away and long refusal.

  6. He offers kindness after trying

    violence, and seeks amity after estrangement.

  7. And he finds justification for the young in the revolution,

    as he does for the elders and the eminent.

  8. They terrified the overbearing, well-prepared tyrant with it, while

    troops filled the dusty earth and the blue sky.

  9. And they endured its fire, having fought the

    fire with the pure blood that flowed.

  10. And perhaps the one whom I eulogize today

    and mourn is the last of the martyrs.

  11. O men of the momentous, arduous cause

    between the tyrants and the innocent,

  12. no difference in merit remains among you in the

    matter, save the difference in merit among partners.

  13. Every part of the building, when put right,

    completes all the other parts.

  14. The question is not one of small or large

    numbers among close friends who are equals.

  15. The count and the reckoning concern only the things

    each person does well.

  16. Futile is the expectation of success in summer

    by a worker before his success in winter.

  17. And it is mere dust to count the spoils in

    battle before entering the battle.

  18. Sharing the burden is followed by sharing

    authority between the deputies and the ministers.

  19. The rulers' position, with affairs settled by consultation

    among them, is like the position of hired workers.

  20. Your opponent has brought the pledge; accept it,

    and trust his guarantee of fulfillment.

  21. And staying around you has been permitted by one

    who had been demanding withdrawal from you.

  22. And he is preferable for Egypt, if she must

    have those allies.

  23. And when the nation has settled, and you fear

    that you may take it back to bitter enmity,

  24. then rest for a day from the ordeal of governing,

    and leave it to the poets' government.

Sol 6.1