Sol 6.1

  1. أَيَكُفُّ شَكوَكَ أَن يَكونَ أَماما

    حَنِقٌ يَشُبُّ مِنَ الوَعيدِ ضِراما

    Will your complaint be checked by the presence before you

    Of wrath that flares from threats into a blaze?

  2. مِن أَينَ لِلحُرِّ المُهَذَّبِ شيمَةٌ

    تَرضى الهَوانَ وَتَقبَلُ الإِرغاما

    How could a free, refined man have a disposition

    That tolerates humiliation and accepts coercion?

  3. إِنَّ المُصابَ هُوَ المُصيبُ فَخَلِّهِ

    وَخَلائِقاً جُعِلَت عَلَيهِ سِهاما

    The afflicted man is in the right; leave him

    With dispositions made into arrows against him.

  4. لا يُعجِبَنَّكَ ما تَرى مِن أَمرِنا

    إِنّا خُلِقنا فاضِلينَ كِراما

    Do not be amazed at what you see of our conduct;

    Indeed, we were created virtuous and noble.

  5. لا نَستَكينُ لَدى الطِلابِ وَلا نَرى

    عَنَتَ الزَمانِ إِذا اِستَمَرَّ غَراما

    We do not submit in pursuit, nor do we deem

    Time's hardship, however prolonged, ruin.

  6. نَلقى جَبابِرَةَ الخُطوبِ أَعِزَّةً

    وَنَهُمُّ بِالنُوَبِ العِظامِ عِظاما

    We face the tyrants of calamity unbowed,

    And take on mighty adversities, mighty ourselves.

  7. نَعتَدُّ شَكوى الحادِثاتِ مَسَبَّةً

    وَنَرى الضَراعَةَ لِلمُلوكِ حَراما

    We count complaining of misfortunes a disgrace,

    And deem servile pleading to kings forbidden.

  8. نَأبى تَعَسُّفَهُم ونُنكِرُ ظُلمَهُم

    وَنُعِدُّهُم لِشُعوبِهِم خُدّاما

    We reject their arbitrariness and condemn their oppression,

    And prepare them as servants for their peoples.

  9. ما شاءَ رَبُّكَ أَن يَكونَ طُغاتُهُم

    في الناسِ آلِهَةً وَلا أَصناما

    Your Lord did not will that their tyrants should be

    Gods among people, nor idols.

  10. تُغضي العُيونُ إِذا رَأَت تيجانَهُم

    وَعُروشَهُم وَالجُندَ وَالأَعلاما

    Eyes lower their gaze when they see their crowns,

    And their thrones, their troops, and their banners.

  11. مَهلاً بَني الغَبراءِ قَد وَضَعَ الهُدى

    فَخُذوا الحَقائِقَ وَاِنبُذوا الأَوهاما

    Hold, sons of dust: guidance has been set forth;

    So grasp the truths and cast illusions away.

  12. وَسَلوا المُلوكَ إِذا بَدا حُجّابُهُم

    وَجِلينَ مِن حَولِ السُتورِ قِياما

    And ask the kings, when their chamberlains appear

    Standing fearful around the curtains:

  13. هَل يَدفَعونَ المَوتَ ساعَةَ يَنتَحي

    أَم يَملِكونَ عَلى العُروشِ دَواما

    Can they ward off death when it takes aim,

    Or command permanence upon their thrones?

  14. المُلكُ أَجمَعُ وَالجَلالُ لِواحِدٍ

    صَمَدٍ تَبارَكَ وَحدَهُ وَتَسامى

    All dominion and majesty belong to One,

    The Self-Sufficient—He alone is blessed and exalted.

  15. إِنّا لَعَمرُكَ ما نُطيعُ لِغَيرِهِ

    حُكماً وَلا نُعطي سِواهُ زِماما

    Indeed, by your life, we obey none but Him

    In judgment, nor give anyone else the reins.

  16. نَعصي المُلوكَ إِذا عَنَوا عَن أَمرِهِ

    وَنُهينُ في مَرضاتِهِ الحُكّاما

    We defy kings when they stray from His command,

    And abase rulers to win His pleasure.

  17. وَنُجِلُّ شيعَتَهُ وَنُكرِمُ حِزبَهُ

    وَنَصونُ بَعدَ نَبِيِّهِ الإِسلاما

    We revere His followers and honor His party,

    And preserve Islam after His Prophet.

  18. وَنُحِبُّهُ وَنَكونُ عِندَ قَضائِهِ

    في الأَقرَبينَ مَحَبَّةً وَخِصاما

    And we love Him, and stand by His judgment

    In love and conflict with our nearest kin.

  19. نَأتَمُّ بِالنورِ المُبينِ وَحَسبُنا

    بِالبَيِّناتِ مِنَ الكِتابِ إِماما

    We follow the manifest light; sufficient for us

    As a guide are the clear signs of the Book.

  20. مَلَأَ الزَمانَ هُدىً وَأَشرَقَ حِكمَةً

    لِلعالَمينَ وَرَحمَةً وَسَلاما

    It filled time with guidance and shone with wisdom

    For all the worlds, and with mercy and peace.

  21. نَزَلَ الأَمينُ بِهِ فَكانَ حَكيمُهُ

    لِلَّهِ عَهداً بَيناً وَذِماما

    The Trustworthy One descended with it; its wise teaching became

    A clear covenant and pledge to God.

  22. مَجدٌ لِأَحمَدَ ما يُنالُ وَسُؤدُدٌ

    يُعيي الزَمانَ وَيُعجِزُ الأَقواما

    Glory for Ahmad, beyond reach, and eminence

    That exhausts time and renders peoples powerless.

  23. وَبِناءُ عِزٍّ ما يَخافُ مَكينُهُ

    صَدعاً وَلا يَتهَيَّبُ الهُدّاما

    And an edifice of might whose sturdy fabric fears no

    Crack, nor dreads demolishers.

  24. اللَهُ أَمَّنَ رُكنَهُ وَأَحَلَّهُ

    رُكناً يَهُدُّ الدَهرَ وَالأَيّاما

    God secured its cornerstone and established it

    As a pillar that shatters time and the days.

  25. هَدَمَ العُروشَ الشامِخاتِ وَرَدَّها

    بَعدَ المَهابَةِ وَالجَلالِ رِغاما

    It demolished lofty thrones and reduced them

    After awe and majesty, to dust.

  26. بَلَغَت مَكانَ النَيِّراتِ فَأَصبَحَت

    وَكَأَنَّها لَم تَبلُغِ الأَقداما

    They reached the station of the shining stars, then became

    As though they had not even reached the feet.

  27. ديسَت بِأَقدامِ الغُزاةِ وَرُبَّما

    داسَ الأُلى كانوا عَلَيها الهاما

    They were trampled beneath conquerors' feet, and at times

    The heads of those who sat upon them were trampled

  28. جَيشٌ مَشى جِبريلُ حَولَ لِوائِهِ

    وَمَشى النَبِيُّ مُغامِراً مِقداما

    By an army around whose banner Gabriel marched,

    While the Prophet marched, daring and intrepid,

  29. يُزجي مِنَ الأَبطالِ كلَّ مُوَحِّدٍ

    صَلّى لِرَبِّ العالَمينَ وَصاما

    Urging onward every hero who affirms God's oneness,

    Who prayed to the Lord of the worlds and fasted.

  30. شَرَعَ اليَقينَ لَدى الطِعانِ مُثَقَّفاً

    وَاِستَلَّهُ عِندَ الضِرابِ حُساما

    He leveled certainty—a straightened spear—amid spear-thrusts,

    And unsheathed it as a keen sword amid sword-blows.

  31. جَنّاتُ عَدنٍ في ظِلالِ سُيوفِهِم

    يَرضونَها نُزُلاً لَهُم وَمُقاما

    Gardens of Eden lie in the shade of their swords;

    They gladly accept them as their lodging and abode.

  32. يَتَسابَقونَ إِلى مَنازِلِها العُلى

    يَتَفَيَّأونَ الخَيرَ وَالإِنعاما

    They race toward their lofty dwellings,

    Taking shade in goodness and bounty.

  33. تَتَأَجَّجُ النيرانُ خَلفَ صُفوفِهِم

    وَيَرونَ جَناتِ النَعيمِ أَماما

    Fires blaze behind their ranks,

    And they see the gardens of bliss ahead.

  34. لا يَملِكونَ إِذا الكُماةُ تَدافَعَت

    في غَمرَةٍ خَوَراً وَلا اِستِسلاما

    They cannot, when armored warriors clash,

    Falter or surrender in the thick of battle.

  35. يَرجونَ رِضوانَ الإِلَهِ لِأَنفُسٍ

    يَحمِلنَ أَعباءَ الجِهادِ جِساما

    They seek God's pleasure for souls

    That bear the heavy burdens of jihad.

  36. رَفَعوا بِحَدِّ السَيفِ دينَ هِدايَةٍ

    لَولا جَليلُ صَنيعِهِم ما قاما

    With the sword's edge they raised a faith of guidance,

    Which, but for their mighty deeds, would not have stood.

  37. في كُلِّ مُعتَرِكٍ يَضُجُّ بِهِ الرَدى

    وَيَظَلُّ في أَنحائِهِ يَتَرامى

    In every battlefield where death roars

    And keeps hurling itself through its quarters,

  38. سالَت بِهِ غُزرُ الدِماءِ جَداوِلاً

    وَتَجَمَّعَ الشُهَداءُ فيهِ رُكاما

    Abundant blood flowed there in streams,

    And martyrs lay gathered there in heaps.

  39. لا تَثبُتُ الأَسوارُ حينَ تُقيمُها

    إِلّا إِذا كانَت دَماً وَعِظاما

    Walls do not stand firm when you raise them,

    Unless they are made of blood and bones.

  40. وَالناسُ لَولا ما يَجيءُ كِبارُهُم

    لَم يُدرِكوا بَينَ الشُعوبِ مَراما

    And people, but for what their great ones accomplish,

    Would attain no goal among the nations.