Sol 6.1

  1. يا شَمسَ دينِ اللَهِ كَم لَكِ مِن يَدٍ

    يُثني بِها بادٍ وَيَشهَدُ حاضِرُ

    O sun of God's faith, how many favors are yours,

    for which the nomad praises you and the townsman bears witness!

  2. وَلَدَيَّ أَعمِدَةٌ قَليلٌ قَدرُها

    جِدّاً وَلِلدِيوانِ والٍ قادِرُ

    And I have some columns of little worth—

    very little—and the revenue office has a powerful administrator.

  3. لا شَيءَ عِندي مَكسُها لَكِنَّني

    أَخشى يَقولُ الناسُ جاهُكَ قاصِرُ

    The tax on them is nothing to me, but I

    fear people will say, 'Your influence falls short.'

  4. وَلَقد جَرى فيها بِواسِطَ وَقعَةٌ

    ما كانَ لي فيها هُنالِكَ ناصِرُ

    Indeed, a clash over them took place at Wasit;

    I had no defender there in that affair.

  5. وَأُعيذُ مَجدَكَ أَن أُقابِلَ مِثلَها

    مِن حَيثُ أَنتَ وَسَيبُكَ المُتظاهِرُ

    And I would shield your glory from my suffering its like

    where you and your abundant bounty are.

  6. وَبِأَمسِ كانَت لِي بِقُربِكَ صَيلَمٌ

    ما لي وَبَيتِ اللَهِ فيها عاذِرُ

    And yesterday a calamity befell me near you,

    in which, by the House of God, I have no one to excuse me.

  7. لَكِنَّني اِستَصغَرتُها وَلَقد أَرى

    أَنَّ الصَغائِرَ بَعدَهُنَّ كَبائِرُ

    But I deemed it trivial, and indeed I see

    that minor troubles are followed by major ones.

  8. فَاِدفَع بِجاهِكَ أَو بِمالِكَ مُنعِماً

    عَنّي فَمالُكَ لِلعُفاةِ ذَخائِرُ

    So graciously ward it off, through your influence or your wealth,

    from me; for your wealth is treasure stored for suppliants.