Sol 6.1

  1. Through remembering You, the desired aim is attained;

    and through Your name, distresses are relieved.

  2. And toward You hands are raised

    whenever calamities befall.

  3. You are the Lord who first brought us forth,

    and to You we return.

  4. You bestow favors, though we have no deeds,

    and show us mercy without any cause.

  5. To You the minds have risen,

    when the veils were lifted for it.

  6. Nor, from the seas of the unseen,

    are there mysteries possessing ranks.

  7. An eye stares fixedly in fear,

    and a heart throbs [unclear wording].

  8. Whenever you leave one marvel behind,

    another marvel appears after it.

  9. A path with no rugged ground,

    and a journey with no weariness.

  10. Yours are the lessons voiced

    by souls and skins.

  11. Yours are the favors under which

    non-Arabs and Arabs have prospered.

  12. Yours are might and sovereignty,

    without doubt or misgiving.

  13. Exalted is the sovereignty of Him to whom

    the signs and scriptures have borne witness.

  14. And from His proofs there shone

    faces that wear no veil.

  15. Written correspondence without error;

    spoken address without falsehood.

  16. So, O you whom the world carries

    far away, while death draws near:

  17. cast your gaze about and gain lessons,

    and do not let looking hold you back.

  18. For some purpose, and some other purpose,

    you grow gray, and the meteors rise.

  19. The reminder passes through your ear,

    yet there is neither fear nor proper conduct.

  20. How can you see its reality

    while the light of reason is veiled?

  21. Death's sentinel keeps watch

    over you, while you keep none.

  22. Awaken, heedless one,

    for pursuit follows behind your life.

  23. And God's shade is spread

    over you, with the ropes of His covering.

  24. He granted you what you hope for,

    without anxiety or toil,

  25. and the warding off of your foes, while hands

    possessed of might are plundering,

  26. through him whose imamate was established,

    without any clamor being heard about it.

  27. The lands submitted to him,

    and their branches were not severed.

  28. Bearing God's command,

    seeking reward in service to God's religion.

  29. His resolutions are supported

    when knees knock together.

  30. He is pure in generosity: no stinginess;

    pure in forbearance: no anger.

  31. And he sheathed his sword when

    good fortune and terror sufficed him.

  32. He became a mercy to the people,

    from what was never expected.

  33. For the light of his brow is a moon,

    and the rain from his right hand is gold.

  34. Thus the cloud of his reign

    pours over the two horizons.

  35. A valiant man: battle dreads

    his onslaught, and so bursts into flame.

  36. Piety upholds his army,

    and terror precedes his army.

  37. Behind his reign there creeps—

    [Unclear wording concerning the Arabs.]

  38. And an army—have you seen the sea,

    with bubbles floating upon it?

  39. It holds the brown Rudayni lances,

    and the Indian swords,

  40. and sleek horses whose gait is a brisk walk,

    and foot soldiers whose march is a trot.

  41. And a company upheld,

    whose allegiance is to God's oneness.

  42. Do not deny their nobility,

    for all of them are noble.

  43. When they mount, you see death

    unfurled, with its banner-tassels.

  44. And you would think the clouds were thundering,

    and flashing lightning, full of din.

  45. With the first surge from them,

    the wells sink and are submerged.

  46. Whenever war leads them

    to it, ecstasy consumes them.

  47. Its watering places are sweet to them;

    its drink was white honey.

  48. So, O you whom folly has deceived,

    and whom ruin has led by the head:

  49. prepare flight from his might,

    for your end holds no escape.

  50. And you shall see, and you shall see,

    even if the ages grant you respite.

  51. You have stirred up a calamity against yourself,

    whose might sends out a flame.

  52. Lions of battle—for the brown spears of al-Khatt

    there is within it a tangled stronghold.

  53. So whatever men you have mustered,

    they are fuel cast into its fire.

  54. And whatever arms you have amassed,

    all of it will be plunder.

  55. Awake! The lion is watching

    you, while you draw near.

  56. And hasten, before a terror

    with neither head nor tail.

  57. Let no little band deceive you

    at your side, for it is mere play.

  58. Had you acted justly, there would not have marched

    against you woe and war.

  59. For the Truth is worshipped

    by hearts that do not turn away.

  60. And whoever has prayers offered for him

    is assured of victory.

Sol 6.1