Sol 6.1

  1. لمثلِها كانَت الأَيامُ تَنتَظِرُ

    فَما لِداهِيةٍ من بَعدِها خَطَرُ

    For the like of this the days had been waiting.

    So no calamity after it has any weight.

  2. وقَد قَضَت وطَراً منا المنونُ فَهَل

    يُقضى لَنا مِن تَباريحِ الجَوى وَطَرُ

    And Death has satisfied its desire through us—will

    our wish for relief from grief’s torments be fulfilled?

  3. بيتَ المَعالي بِنا ما أنهدَّ منك لنا

    بيتُ الهُموم الذي سُكَّانه الفِكَرُ

    O house of noble deeds, your ruin has left within us

    a house of cares, whose inhabitants are thoughts.

  4. يا يومَه إنَّ أيامَ الأَسى خُلِقَت

    بعدَ انقِضائِكَ لا يَبقى لها عُمَرُ

    O day of his death, surely the days of sorrow were created

    after your passing; no span of life remains to them.

  5. يا ابنَ النبيِّ وفي إِقدام نائبةٍ

    عَليكم لجَميع الناسِ مُعتَبَرُ

    O son of the Prophet, in a calamity’s assault

    upon you all lies a lesson for all people.

  6. هيَ المَنايا إذا ما عيشةٌ عُرِفَت

    بالصَّفوِ خالَطَها مِن صَفوِها كَدَرُ

    Such are death’s decrees: whenever a life is known

    for its clarity, murk from that very clarity mingles with it.

  7. كَم مَعشرٍ لم يَروحوا إذ غَدَت بهم

    وآخرين بهم راحت فما ابتكروا

    How many a company never reached evening, when death took them in the morning,

    and others it took at evening, so they never set out at dawn.

  8. أبا مُحمَّدٍ الصبرَ الجَميلَ فما

    يرتاعُ من غُصُنٍ يَذوي له الشَّجَرُ

    O Abu Muhammad, have noble patience, for no

    tree is alarmed when a branch of its own withers.

  9. يهونُ خَطبُ النجومِ الزُّهرِ إن غربَت

    علَى مُجِدِّ السُّرى ما أسفَرَ القَمَرُ

    The loss of the bright stars, should they set, matters little

    to one pressing on by night, so long as the moon shines.