Sol 6.1

  1. أَيا عَجَبَ الدُنيا لِعَينٍ تَعَجَّبَت

    وَيا زَهرَةَ الأَيّامِ كَيفَ تَقَلَّبَت

    O wonder of the world to a wondering eye!

    And O bloom of the days—how it has changed!

  2. تُقَلِّبُني الأَيّامُ عَوداً وَبَدأَةً

    تَصَعَّدَتِ الأَيّامُ لي وَتَصَوَّبَت

    The days turn me about, again and anew;

    For me, the days have risen and fallen.

  3. وَعاتَبتُ أَيّامي عَلى ما تَروعُني

    فَلَم أَرَ أَيّامي مِنَ الرَوعِ أَعتَبَت

    And I reproached my days for how they terrify me;

    But I have not seen my days grant me relief from terror.

  4. سَأَنعي إِلى الناسِ الشَبابَ الَّذي مَضى

    تَخَرَّمَتِ الدُنيا الشَبابَ وَشَيَّبَت

    I shall announce to the people the death of youth now gone;

    The world has cut youth short and turned me gray.

  5. وَلي غايَةٌ يَجري إِلَيها تَنَفُّسي

    إِذا ما انقَضَت تَنفيسَةٌ لي تَقَرَّبَت

    And I have an end toward which my breathing runs;

    Whenever a breath of mine is spent, that end draws nearer.

  6. وَتُضرَبُ لي الأَمثالُ في كُلِّ نَظرَةٍ

    وَقَد حَنَّكَتني الحادِثاتُ وَجَرَّبَت

    And in every glance, examples are set before me;

    And misfortunes have seasoned me and put me to the test.

  7. تَطَرَّبُ نَفسي نَحوَ دُنيا دَنِيَّةٍ

    إِلى أَيِّ دارٍ وَيحَ نَفسي تَطَرَّبَت

    My soul yearns for a base world;

    For what abode—alas for my soul!—has it yearned?

  8. وَأُحضِرَتِ الشُحَّ النُفوسُ فَكُلُّها

    إِذا هِيَ هَمَّت بِالسَماحِ تَجَنَّبَت

    And souls have been made to harbor greed, so each of them,

    when it intends to give generously, draws back.

  9. لَقَد غَرَّتِ الدُنيا قُروناً كَثيرَةً

    وَأَتعَبَتِ الدُنيا قُروناً وَأَنصَبَت

    Indeed, the world has deceived many generations;

    And the world has wearied generations and worn them out.

  10. هِيَ الدارُ حادي المَوتِ يَحدو بِأَهلِها

    إِذا شَرَّقَت شَمسُ النَهارِ وَغَرَّبَت

    It is the abode where death's camel-driver leads its people onward,

    as the day's sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

  11. بُليتُ مِنَ الدُنيا بِغولٍ تَلَوَّنَت

    لَها فِتَنٌ قَد فَضَّضَتها وَذَهَّبَت

    I have been afflicted by the world with a ghoul that changes its colors;

    It has temptations that have silvered and gilded it.

  12. وَما أَعجَبَ الآجالَ في خُدَعاتِها

    وَما أَعجَبَ الأَرزاقَ كَيفَ تَسَبَّبَت

    And how astonishing are lifespans in their deceptions!

    And how astonishing are the means of sustenance—how they come about!

  13. رَأَيتُ بَغيضَ الناسِ مَن لا يُحِبُّهُم

    يَفوزُ بِحُبِّ الناسِ نَفسٌ تَحَبَّبَت

    I have seen that the one people hate is the one who does not love them;

    A soul that endears itself wins people's love.