يا رجال البلاد من كل حزب
أين من تفزع البلاد إليهِ
O men of the country, from every party,
Where is the one to whom the country turns for help?
اتفاقاً على الخضوع يريد ال
خصم منكم أو اختلافاً عليه
Agreement on submission is what the
adversary wants from you—or disagreement over it.
أنتمُ بين سخطه ورضاه
وله حجتاه في خطتيه
You stand between his displeasure and his approval,
And he has his two arguments for his two plans.
لا يقل واحد أنا الواحد الأد
نى إليه وإن قضى حاجتيه
Let no one say, 'I am the one closest
to him,' even if he has fulfilled his two needs.
وليعد كل واحد منكم بع
د تجاريبكم إلى أخويه
And let each one of you return, after
your experiences, to his two brothers.
إنما الشمل عدتان لمن أخ
لى يديه الزمانُ من عدتيه
Unity is but two resources for one whose
two hands Time has emptied of his two resources.
Sol 6.1