Sol 6.1

  1. أَلا اَبلِغا عَنّي حُصَيناً رِسالَةً

    فَإِنَّكَ قَد قَطَّعتَ أُخرى خِلالِكا

    Hear now, you two: convey a message from me to Ḥuṣayn.

    For you have indeed severed the last of your bonds of friendship.

  2. رَأَيتَ زَماناً قَطَّعَ الناسُ بَينَهُم

    عُرى الحَقِّ فيهِ فاقتَدَيتَ بِذالِكا

    You saw an age in which people severed among themselves

    the bonds of justice, and you followed that example.

  3. فَلَو كُنتُ إِذ خُبِّرتُ أَنَّكَ عامِلٌ

    بِمَيسان تُعطي الناسَ مِن غَيرِ مالِكا

    And had I, when told that you were an official

    in Maysan, giving to people from wealth not your own,

  4. سَأَلتُكَ أَو عَرَّضتُ بِالوُدِّ بَينَنا

    لَقَد كانَ حَقّاً واجِباً بَعضُ ذالِكا

    asked you, or hinted at the affection between us,

    some of that would surely have been my rightful due.

  5. وَخَبَّرَني مَن كُنتُ أَرسَلتُ إِنَّما

    أَخذتَ كِتابي مُعرِضاً بِشِمالِكا

    And the one I had sent told me that you merely

    took my letter with your left hand, turning away.

  6. نَظَرتَ إِلى عِنوانِهِ فَنَبَذتَهُ

    كَنَبذِكَ نَعلاً أَخلَقَت مِن نِعالِكا

    You looked at its address, then cast it away,

    as you would cast away a worn-out sandal from among your sandals.

  7. حَسِبتُ كِتابي إِذ أَتاكَ مُعَرِّضاً

    لِسَيبكَ لَم يَذهَب رَجائي هُنالِكا

    I thought, when my letter reached you, hinting

    at your bounty, that my hope there would not be lost.

  8. نُعَيمُ بنُ مَعسودٍ حَقيقٌ بِما أَتى

    وَأَنتَ بِما تَأَتي حَقيقٌ بِذالِكا

    What Nuʿaym ibn Maʿsūd did befits him,

    and what you do likewise befits you.