Sol 6.1

  1. فَبِتُّ أُعَدِّي كَم أَسَافَت وغَيَّرَت

    وُقُوعُ الَمنُونِ مِن مَسُودٍ وَسائدِ

    So I spent the night counting how many were ruined and changed

    by the blows of death, both subject and ruler.

  2. صَرَعنَ قُباذاً رَبَّ فارِسَ كُلِّها

    وَحَشَّت بأَيديها بَوارِقَ آمِدِ

    They struck down Qubadh, lord of all Persia,

    and with their hands kindled Amid’s lightning flashes.

  3. عَصَفنَ عَلَى الَحيقار وَسطَ جُنودِهِ

    وبَيَّتنَ في لَذَّاتِهِ رَبَّ مارِدِ

    They swept down upon al-Hayqar amid his troops,

    and attacked the lord of Marid by night amid his pleasures.

  4. وجِئنَ بِتُركٍ مِن قَرارِ بِلادهِمِ

    يَسيرُ بِجَمعٍ كالدَّبَا الُمتَسانِدِ

    They brought Turks from the heart of their lands,

    marching with a host like young locusts massed together.

  5. وأَخرَجنَ يَومَ الَحوصِ سَيِّدَ حِميَرٍ

    بِحَرِبَةِ جِّنيٍّ مِن الَحبشِ حارِدِ

    And on the day of al-Haws they drove out the lord of Himyar

    with the spear of a wrathful jinn among the Abyssinians.

  6. ومُلكُ سُليمَان بنِ داودَ زُلِّزلَت

    وريدانَ قَد أَلحَقنَهُ بالصَّعائدِ

    And the kingdom of Solomon son of David was shaken;

    and Raydan they consigned to the bare earth.

  7. وخَلفَ بَني النَّاصُورِ لَم يَبقَ مِنهُمُ

    بِقَيَّةُ مَولوُدٍ ولا ذِكرُ والِدِ

    And after the sons of al-Nasur, nothing of them remained—

    no surviving child, nor remembrance of a father.

  8. وكانَ مُلوكُ الرُّومِ يُجبَى إليهمُ

    قَناطيرُ مالٍ مِن خَراجٍ وزائدِ

    And to the kings of the Romans were once brought

    vast sums of wealth, from tribute and more besides.

  9. فلا تَغبِطَن إنساً بِشَيءٍ يُنالُهُ

    مِنَ الدَّهرِ لا مالٍ ولا عَيشِ واجِدِ

    So never envy anyone for anything he obtains

    from time—neither wealth nor a life of affluence.