Sol 6.1

  1. لَزِمتُ اِنفِرادي إِذ قَطَعتُ العَلائِقا

    وَجالَستُ مِن ذاتي الصَديقَ الموافقا

    I kept to my solitude when I severed the ties,

    And kept company with the congenial friend within myself.

  2. وَآنَسني فكري لِبُعدي عَن الوَرى

    فَلَست إِلى شَيءٍ سِوى العلمِ تائِقا

    My thought kept me company in my distance from humankind,

    So I long for nothing but learning.

  3. أَرى يَقظَتي تُبدي لَطائفَ حكمةٍ

    وَفي هجعتي وَهناً أشيم البَوارِقا

    I see my wakefulness reveal subtleties of wisdom,

    And in my slumber, late at night, I watch the lightning flashes.

  4. بَوارقَ في صُحفٍ مِن العلمِ اجتلي

    مُشاهَدةً مِنها المَعاني الدَقائِقا

    Flashes in pages of learning: I behold,

    Through direct contemplation, the delicate meanings within them.

  5. فأختالُ مِنها في رِياضٍ أَنيقَةٍ

    وَأَقطفُ مِنها الزهرَ أَنورَ فائِقا

    So through them I stroll proudly in lovely gardens,

    And pluck their flowers, radiant and peerless.

  6. إِذا أَحجمَت أَذهانُ قَومٍ عَن الَّذي

    يُعاطَونَ كانَ الذّهن لي فيهِ سابِقا

    When people's minds shrink back from what

    They undertake, my own mind takes the lead.

  7. وَإِن يَشرَبوا طَرقاً لتكدير ذهنِهِم

    شَرِبتُ أَنا صَفواً إِلى العينِ رائِقا

    And if they drink fouled water because their minds are clouded,

    I myself drink pure water, limpid to the eye.

  8. وَأَنقُدُ ما قَد بَهرَجُوا مِن كَلامهم

    كَأنَّ بِذهني عِندَ ذاكُم مَيالِقا

    And I assay what they have counterfeited in their speech,

    As though my mind then held assaying crucibles.

  9. وَمَن يُؤتَ فَهماً في القُرآنِ فَإِنَّهُ

    يَفتحُ مِنهُ بِالذَكاءِ المَغالِقا

    And whoever is granted understanding of the Qur'an indeed

    Opens its locks with intelligence.

  10. وَيَنشَقُ مِن ريّاه عَرفَ أَزاهرٍ

    تَرى الجوَّ مِنها حينَ تَأرج عابِقا

    And inhales, from its fragrance, the scent of blossoms:

    You see the air perfumed by them as fragrance spreads.

  11. وَيُدرِك بِالفكرِ المُصيبِ لَطائِفاً

    تَرى اللَفظَ لِلمَعنى بِهِنَّ مُطابِقا

    And with unerring thought he grasps subtleties

    In which you see the wording match the meaning.

  12. وَيَزدادُ بِالتَكرارِ فيهِ لَذاذةً

    كَما لُكتَ مَعسولاً مِن الحُلوِ صادِقا

    And through repetition he finds ever more delight in it,

    As when you chew a honeyed morsel of genuine sweetness.

  13. مُجيري كِتابُ اللَه يَومِي وَإِنَّهُ

    هَجيري إِذا ما اللَيلُ أظلَم غاسِقا

    God's Book is my protector through the day, and it is

    My constant refrain when night grows deeply dark.

  14. كِتابٌ بِلِسنِ العُربِ أَوحاه جارياً

    عَلى نَهجِهم لَم يَعدُ عَنهُم طَرائِقا

    A book He revealed in the Arabs' tongue, flowing

    Along their course, never departing from their ways.

  15. وَمَن يَجعل القُرآنَ نَصباً لِعينهِ

    يَنَل خَيرَ مَأمولٍ وَيَأمن بَوائِقا

    Whoever keeps the Qur'an before his eyes

    Attains the best of what he hopes for and is safe from calamities.

  16. أَرى الناسَ أَشتاتاً فَبَعضٌ مُعارِضٌ

    لِبَعض يخالُ الحَقَّ في فيهِ ناطِقا

    I see people divided, some opposing

    Others, each thinking truth speaks through his own mouth.

  17. وَما اِفتَرَقوا إِلا لعجزِ فُهومِهم

    وَلَو أَدرَكوا لَم يُبصِروا فيهِ فارِقا

    They differ only because their understanding falls short;

    Had they understood, they would have found no difference within it.

  18. وَإقليدُه حَقاً هُوَ النَحوُ فاقصِدن

    لتَحصيلِهِ إِن كُنتَ للعلمِ عاشِقا

    Its true key is grammar, so strive earnestly

    To master it, if you are a lover of learning.

  19. عَلى قدرِ تَحصيلِ الفَتى فيهِ فَهمُه

    فَأَقلِل وَأَكثِر وَاصِلاً أَو مُفارِقا

    A man's understanding is measured by his mastery of it;

    So acquire little or much, staying with it or parting from it.

  20. وَدَع عَنكَ تَقليدَ الرِجالِ فَإِنَّما

    يُقَلِّدُهم مَن كانَ أَنوكَ مائِقا

    Cast aside the imitation of men, for only

    The foolish and witless imitate them.

  21. وَلا تعدُ عَن كَشّافِ شَيخ زَمَخشَرٍ

    وَكاشِف بِهِ باغي الكراماتِ خارِقا

    Do not pass over the Kashshaf of the shaykh of Zamakhshar;

    And with it reveal a wonder to the seeker of miracles.

  22. فَكَم بكر مَعنىً عَزَّ مِنها اِفتِراعُها

    لَها ذهنُهُ الوقّادُ أَصبَحَ فاتِقا

    For many a virgin meaning, hard to deflower,

    His blazing mind became the one to lay her open.

  23. كَساها مِن اللَفظِ البَديعِ مَلابِساً

    فَجرَّت ذُيولاً للفَخارِ سَوامِقا

    He clothed her in garments of exquisite language,

    And she trailed lofty trains of pride.

  24. لَقَد غاصَ في بَحرٍ فَأَبدى جَواهِراً

    وَلَولا اعتيادُ السبحِ قَد كانَ غارِقا

    He truly dived into a sea and brought forth jewels;

    Had he not been accustomed to swimming, he would have drowned.

  25. وَراضَ لَهُ في العلمِ نَفساً نَفيسَةً

    فَقادَت لَهُ آبي المَقادَةِ آبِقا

    And in learning he trained for himself a precious soul;

    It led to him the fugitive that refused to be led.

  26. وَكَشَّفَ بِالكَشّافِ لا خابَ سَعيُهُ

    مُغَطّى خَبيّاتٍ تَبَدَّت حَقائِقا

    And with al-Kashshaf he unveiled—may his endeavor not fail—

    Veiled secrets, which emerged as truths.

  27. وَلَكنَّهُ فيهِ مَجالٌ لِناقِدٍ

    وَزَلاتُ سَوءٍ قَد أَخَذنَ المَخانِقا

    Yet in it there is scope for a critic,

    And grievous errors that clutch at the throat.

  28. فَيثبِتُ مَوضوعَ الأَحاديثِ جاهِلاً

    وَيَعزُو إِلى المَعصومِ ما لَيسَ لائِقا

    He ignorantly accepts fabricated hadiths,

    And attributes to the infallible one what is unfitting.

  29. وَيَشتِم أَعلامَ الأَئِمَةِ ضَلَّةً

    وَلا سِيما أَن أَولَجُوه المَضايِقا

    And in error he reviles the foremost imams,

    Especially because they forced him into tight corners.

  30. وَيُسهِبُ في المَعنى الوَجيزِ دَلالَةً

    بِتَكثير أَلفاظٍ تُسمّى الشَقاشِقا

    He dwells at length on a meaning concise to convey,

    By multiplying words that are called bombast.

  31. يقَوِّل فيها اللَه ما لَيسَ قائِلاً

    وَكانَ مُحِبّاً في الخَطابَةِ وَامِقا

    In them he makes God say what He does not say,

    And he was a lover of oratory, passionately enamored.

  32. وَيُخطئ في تَركيبهِ لكلامِهِ

    فلَيسَ لما قَد رَكَّبوه مُوافِقا

    He errs in the construction of his speech,

    For it does not accord with what they have constructed.

  33. وَيَنسُب إِبداءَ المَعاني لِنَفسِهِ

    لِيُوهِمَ أَغماراً وَإِن كانَ سارِقا

    And he credits himself with bringing meanings to light,

    To mislead the inexperienced, though he is a thief.

  34. وَيُخطئ في فَهمِ القُرانِ لأَنَّهُ

    يُجَوِّزُ إِعرابا أَبى أَن يُطابِقا

    He errs in understanding the Qur'an because he

    Allows a grammatical parsing that will not fit.

  35. وَكَم بَينَ مَن يُؤتى البيان سَليقَةً

    وَآخرَ عاناهُ فَما هُوَ لاحِقا

    How great the gulf between one granted eloquence by nature

    And another who labored at it, yet cannot catch up!

  36. وَيَحتال لِلأَلفاظِ حَتّى يُديرَها

    لِمذهبِ سوءٍ فيهِ أَصبَحَ مارِقا

    And he contrives with words until he bends them

    To an evil doctrine in which he has become a renegade.

  37. فَيا خُسرَهُ شَيخاً تَخرَّقَ صِيتُهُ

    مَغاربَ تَخريق الصَبا وَمشارِقا

    Alas for his ruin—a shaykh whose fame has swept

    Through west and east, like the sweeping east wind!

  38. لَئِن لَم تَدارَكه مِن اللَهِ رَحمَةٌ

    لَسَوفَ يُرى للكافِرينَ مَرافِقا

    If no mercy from God comes to his rescue,

    He will surely be seen as a companion of the unbelievers.