Sol 6.1

  1. أَبا بِشرٍ قَدِ اِستَفتَحتَ باباً

    وَقَد أَتمَمتَهُ إِلّا قَليلا

    O Abu Bishr, you have opened a door,

    and have all but completed it.

  2. فَأَصبَحَ وَهوَ جَبّارٌ وَعَهدي

    بِهِ مُذ أَشهُرٍ يُدعى فَسيلا

    Now it stands a towering palm, though I remember

    it being called a sapling just months ago.

  3. فَلا أَدري مَنِ الأَعلى فِعالاً

    وَمَن يَبني العُلى عَرضاً وَطولا

    So I know not who is loftier in deeds,

    and who builds glory in breadth and length:

  4. أَمُعطِيَّ الجَزيلِ بِلا اِمتِنانٍ

    بِهِ أَم مَن أَفَدتُ بِهِ الجَزيلا

    is it he who gives me bounty, without reminding me

    of it, or he through whom I gained that bounty?

  5. رَأَيتُكَ تَعرُكُ الحاجاتِ حَتّى

    تُعيدَ بِذاكَ أَصعَبَها ذَلولا

    I have seen you wrestle with needs until

    you thereby make the hardest of them tame.

  6. وَتُصرِخُ مَن دَعاكَ إِلى المَعالي

    بِيا عَبدَ الحَميدِ وَيا بَجيلا

    And you aid whoever calls you to noble deeds

    with cries of 'O Abd al-Hamid!' and 'O Bajil!'

  7. هُوَ الشُكرُ الجَسيمُ عَلى الأَعادي

    إِذا شُكرُ الرِجالِ غَدا ضَئيلا

    This is gratitude that weighs heavily upon enemies,

    when men's gratitude has grown meager.

  8. فَإِنَّكَ لَو تَرى المَعروفَ وَجهاً

    إِذاً لَرَأَيتَهُ حَسَناً جَميلا

    For if you could see kindness as a face,

    then you would see it fair and beautiful.