Sol 5.6

  1. لا سِفرَ هَذا السفر إِن صارَ ملك مَن

    مَكارمُه أَندى وَأَجدى مِن السُحبِ

    This is no ordinary volume, now that it belongs to one

    whose noble qualities are more bountiful and beneficial than the clouds.

  2. وَتاهَ عَلى الأَسفارِ زَهواً وَنَخوَةً

    وَانشر زَهواً وَافتخاراً عَلى الكُتبِ

    It strutted over other volumes in pride and hauteur;

    and proclaim pride and glory over the books.

  3. لَقَد جَلَّ قَدري إِذ بَلَغتُ بِهمَّتي

    سَماءَ المَعالي وَاِنتَقَلتُ إِلى الشُهبِ

    My worth has indeed grown great, since through my resolve I reached

    the heaven of high honors and passed on to the blazing stars.

  4. إِلى العالَم العُلويِّ سَعدي مُصعِّد

    أُناجي إِماماً خَصَّني مِنهُ بِالقُربِ

    Toward the upper world my good fortune is ascending;

    I commune with a leader who favored me with nearness to him.

  5. تَفرَّستُ أَن لَو كانَ في عَصرِهِ أَبو

    فِراسٍ ثَنى شعري إِلى جُودِهِ الرَّحبِ

    I discerned that, had Abu

    Firas lived in his age, he would have turned my verse toward his vast generosity.

  6. فَكانَ شهابُ الدينِ يُعليهِ رُتبةً

    يَصير بِها مَلكاً عَلى جِنسِهِ العُربِ

    Then Shihab al-Din would have raised him to a rank

    by which he would become a king over his kind, the Arabs.

  7. وَإِن كانَ قَد أَودى فَإِنَّ بذكره

    لَهُ شَرَفاً يَبقى عَلى غابِرِ الحقبِ

    And though he has perished, through mentioning him

    an honor remains to him throughout the ages yet to come.

  8. كَريم لَهُ في كُل قُطرٍ مَكارِم

    مِن الفَضل قَد عَمَّت وَمرَّت إِلى الغَربِ

    A generous man, with noble deeds in every land,

    born of bounty, that have spread everywhere and reached the West.

  9. فَأَحيت أَبا حَيّان مِن بَعد ميتَةٍ

    وَأَروَتهُ ظَمآناً مِن البارد العَذبِ

    Thus they revived Abu Hayyan after a death,

    and quenched him, thirsty, with cool, sweet water.