Sol 6.1

  1. May he never cease to enjoy pardon and well-being;

    Let the nights pass, while that well-being never passes away.

  2. And good fortune whose signs appear

    From him in ratifying and revoking.

  3. And a rank before which the envier's gaze

    Is lowered, and his fingertips are bitten.

  4. This is a spacious field for speech:

    The excellence of piety and the purity of honor.

  5. Knowledge, through his bounty, finds refuge in

    An expanse far-reaching in length and breadth.

  6. His traits, amid thirst, have blended

    Pure reason with unalloyed nobility.

  7. So may God let those who hope in him enjoy his presence,

    And preserve the fresh luster of his learning.

  8. For his continuance, and that of his like,

    Are an age for earth's people and the earth itself.

  9. His eyes keep a sleepless watch

    For eyes filled with slumber.

  10. I have fallen short of the whole that is his due,

    And have conveyed only part of his greatness.

  11. And I see that voluntary devotions are not valid when

    Corruption has undone the validity of the obligatory duty.

  12. And the station of our master and mainstay

    Is more splendid in adornment, yet he is forbearing.

  13. So may you endure, while the enemies are downcast,

    Joyful in ease and in comfort,

  14. As long as the heavy clouds moan, while

    The veins of lightning have begun to throb.

Sol 6.1