أَظَلُّ كَئيباً لَو تَشوكُكَ شَوكَةٌ
وَتَفرَحُ لَو دُهدِهتُ مِن رأسِ حالِقِ
I would remain sorrowful if a thorn were to prick you.
And you would rejoice if I were tumbled down from a towering mountain’s summit.
لَشتّانَ ما بَيني وَبَينِكَ في الإِخا
صَدَقتُكَ في نَفسي وَلَستَ بِصادِقِ
How great the gulf between me and you in brotherhood!
I have been sincere with you at heart, but you are not sincere.
أَفِق عَنكَ لا يَذهَب بِكَ التّيهُ سالِماً
فَإِنَّكَ مَخلوقٌ وَلَستَ بِخالِقِ
Come to your senses; conceit will not leave you unscathed.
For you are a created being, and not a creator.
وَكُلُّ أَخٍ عِندَ الهوَينا مُلاطِفٌ
وَلَكِنَّما الاخوان عِندَ الحَقائِقِ
And every brother is affectionate in times of ease.
But true brothers are known in times of trial.
Sol 6.1