Sol 6.1

  1. A greeting of peace and the offering of salutations are due

    To the purest company, those whom I address;

  2. To those who, when the caller to repentance summons them,

    Each calls others to it and repents.

  3. May God guard this gathering, in secret and openly;

    For in it are all lofty virtues and noble merits.

  4. Through the auspiciousness and bounty of the Commander of the Faithful,

    And the might of this rule, come these coveted gifts.

  5. An imam—in faith's hand he is a sword of Indian steel,

    Whose targets are the heads of oath-breakers.

  6. He embraced the legacies of the imams before him,

    So the shade is not lost, nor is the light absent.

  7. From the Muslims' prayers and their love he has

    Battalions shown favor, and processions.

  8. So ask the land's horizons and its people about him;

    Wonders will appear to you in the course of the reply.

  9. And all this is but power and providential care,

    Which destiny prepares; and God prevails.

  10. Through it these hearts were united in [piety],

    And do any but the stars dispel the darkness?

  11. When the clouds cover both horizons in a downpour,

    Then it is no wonder that the drinking waters turn sweet.

Sol 6.1