Sol 6.1

  1. فَأَبلِغ أَبا حَفصٍ رِسالَةَ ناصِحٍ

    أَتَت مِن زيادٍ مُستَبيناً كَلامُها

    So convey to Abu Hafs a well-wisher’s message,

    which came from Ziyad, its words clear.

  2. فإِنَّكَ مَثلُ الشَّمسُ لا سِترَ دونها

    فَكيفَ أَبا حَفصٍ عَلَيَّ ظَلامُها

    For you are like the sun, with no veil before it;

    how then, Abu Hafs, does its darkness fall upon me?

  3. لَقَد كُنتُ أَدعو اللَّهَ في السِرِّ أَن أَرى

    أُمورَ مَعَدٍّ في يَدَيك نِظامُها

    Indeed, I used to pray to God in secret that I might see

    the ordering of Ma‘add’s affairs in your hands.

  4. فَلَمّا أَتاني ما أَردتُ تَباشَرَت

    بَناتي وَقُلنَ العامُ لا شَكَّ عامُها

    So when what I wished for came to me, joy spread among

    my daughters, who said that this year was surely theirs.

  5. فَإِني وَأَرضاً أَنتَ فيها ابنَ مَعمرٍ

    كَمَكَّةَ لَم يَطرَب لِأَرضٍ حَمامُها

    For I, in a land where you dwell, Ibn Ma‘mar,

    am like Mecca’s doves, which have never yearned for another land.

  6. إِذا اِختَرتَ أَرضاً لِلمَقامِ رضيتُها

    لِنَفسي وَلَم يَثقُل عَلَيَّ مُقامُها

    If you choose a land to dwell in, I am content with it

    for myself, and dwelling there is no burden to me.

  7. وَكُنتُ أُمَنِّي النَّفسَ مِنك ابنَ مَعمَرٍ

    أَمانيَّ أَرجو أَن يَتِمَّ تَمامُها

    And I used to fill my soul with hopes of you, Ibn Ma‘mar—

    hopes I long to see fulfilled in full.

  8. فَلا أَكُ كَالمُجري إِلى رَأسِ غايَةٍ

    يُرَجّي سَماءً لَم يُصِبهُ غَمامُها

    So let me not be like one racing to the end of a course,

    hoping for rain whose clouds have not reached him.