1. The collected poems of the Sheikh of al-Maʿarra

    we seek—may disgrace pass you by.

  2. O you who trail the hems of

    glory above the Milky Way!

  3. And you have repeatedly

    sent it, more than once.

  4. And the promise is sweet, but

    how bitter its delay!

  5. May you always remain in bliss,

    everlasting, amid joy.

Sol 6.1