أَفاطِمَ مَهلاً بَعضَ لَومي وَأَحقادي
وَلا تَعجَلي إِنَّ الصَحابَةَ كالزادِ
O Fatimah, gently—less of my reproach and rancor.
And do not hurry: companionship is like provisions,
يُخَفَّفُ مِنهُ كُلَّما حُلَّ مَنزِلٌ
وَلا يُنتَهى عَن بَعضِهِ دونَ إِنفادِ
diminished whenever a stopping place is reached,
nor does one stop using it before it is exhausted.
أَفاطِمَ وَالمُستَعجِلُ الَبينَ كالَّذي
يُنادي بِإِدلاجٍ وَصاحِبُهُ غادى
O Fatimah, one who hastens parting is like someone
who calls for a night departure while his companion sets out at dawn.
فَإِنَّكِ إِن لا تَعجَلي اليَومَ تَظفَري
بِحَظِّكِ مِنهُ في جَمالٍ وَإِسدادِ
For if you do not hurry today, you will gain
your share of it, with grace and sound judgment.
وَإِنَّ الأُلى يَلحونَكِ النُصحَ مِنهُمُ
فَما مِنهُم داعٍ لِرُشدٍ وَلا هادِ
And those who reproach you with their counsel—
none among them calls to sound judgment or offers guidance.
وَإِنَّكِ إِن لا تَترُكي ما يُريبُني
أُصِبكِ بِشَرٍّ ناجِزٍ غَيرَ أَحقادِ
And if you do not abandon what makes me uneasy,
I shall inflict immediate harm on you, not mere grudges.
Sol 6.1