Sol 6.1

  1. الدمع بعد سليمى

    سين وكافٌ وباء

    The tears after Sulaymā—

    Sīn, and kāf, and bāʾ.

  2. ثجّ ووبلُ وسح

    وكف وصاد وباء

    Gushing, and a downpour, and streaming,

    Dripping, and ṣād, and bāʾ.

  3. أصابعي من هواها

    واو وصاد وياء

    My fingers, from love for her—

    Wāw, and ṣād, and yāʾ.

  4. وحرّق القلب منه

    لام وهاء وياء

    And from it, the heart was scorched by—

    Lām, and hāʾ, and yāʾ.

  5. مذ زان برق لماها

    شين ونون وباء

    Since the gleam of her dusky lips was adorned by—

    Shīn, and nūn, and bāʾ.

  6. خمرٌ يشاب بمسك

    عين وذال وباء

    Wine mingled with musk—

    ʿAyn, and dhāl, and bāʾ.

  7. ما راق لي في سواها

    نون وعين وتاء

    In anyone but her, nothing pleased me—

    Nūn, and ʿayn, and tāʾ.

  8. للدمع عن سر قلبي

    باء وحاء وثاء

    For tears, concerning my heart's secret—

    Bāʾ, and ḥāʾ, and thāʾ.

  9. أوجهها ذاك أم هو

    صاد وباء وحاء

    Is that her face, or is it—

    Ṣād, and bāʾ, and ḥāʾ.

  10. وليس يسليك إلا

    شين وياء وخاء

    And nothing consoles you except—

    Shīn, and yāʾ, and khāʾ.

  11. لدين خير البرايا

    نون وصاد وراء

    For the faith of the best of creation—

    Nūn, and ṣād, and rāʾ.

  12. بحر عطوف مربّ

    حاء وباء وراء

    A sea, compassionate and nurturing—

    Ḥāʾ, and bāʾ, and rāʾ.

  13. قطب لأهل المعاصي

    طاء وهاء وراء

    A spiritual pole, for those who sin—

    Ṭāʾ, and hāʾ, and rāʾ.

  14. وللعيوب جميعا

    سين وتاء وراء

    And for all faults—

    Sīn, and tāʾ, and rāʾ.

  15. وصيته في النواحي

    ظاء وهاء وراء

    And his renown throughout the regions is—

    Ẓāʾ, and hāʾ, and rāʾ.

  16. ماء العيون يداه

    ميم وطاء وراء

    Māʾ al-ʿUyūn ('Water of the Eyes')—his two hands are—

    Mīm, and ṭāʾ, and rāʾ.

  17. وكفه لا يبارى

    باء وحاء وراء

    And his hand, which none can rival, is—

    Bāʾ, and ḥāʾ, and rāʾ.

  18. للخائفين دواما

    حاء وراء وزاء

    For the fearful, forever—

    Ḥāʾ, and rāʾ, and zāʾ.

  19. قطب لكل فقير

    كاف ونون وزاء

    A spiritual pole, for every poor person—

    Kāf, and nūn, and zāʾ.

  20. على العفاة جداه

    باء وسين و طاء

    For those seeking bounty, his generosity is—

    Bāʾ, and sīn, and ṭāʾ.

  21. لكل مفتقر من

    جدواه حاء وظاء

    For everyone in need, from

    His bounty—ḥāʾ, and ẓāʾ.

  22. وللعدوّين منه

    حاء وتاء وفاء

    And for the enemies, from him—

    Ḥāʾ, and tāʾ, and fāʾ.

  23. لجده منه ماح

    خاء ولام وفاء

    For his grandfather, from him, an effacer—

    Khāʾ, and lām, and fāʾ.

  24. سهل الجناب لطيف

    نون وياء وهاء

    Easy to approach, gentle—

    Nūn, and yāʾ, and hāʾ.

  25. رجائي من ماء عيني

    سين وقاف وياء

    My hope from Māʾ ʿAynī ('Water of My Eye') is—

    Sīn, and qāf, and yāʾ.

  26. وأن يمدّ به لي

    عينٌ وميم وراء

    And that through him there be prolonged for me—

    ʿAyn, and mīm, and rāʾ.

  27. لا زال للخلق منه

    ميم ونونٌ وحاء

    May there always be for creation, from him—

    Mīm, and nūn, and ḥāʾ.

  28. ولطفه بالبرايا

    عين وجيم وياء

    And his kindness toward creation is—

    ʿAyn, and jīm, and yāʾ.

  29. لغامض العلم دأبا

    شينٌ وراء وحاء

    For the obscurities of knowledge, continually—

    Shīn, and rāʾ, and ḥāʾ.

  30. من الصلاة دواما

    واو وكاف وفاء

    Of blessings, forever—

    Wāw, and kāf, and fāʾ.

  31. على إمام البرايا

    يس طاء وهاء

    Upon the leader of creation—

    Yā Sīn, Ṭāʾ, and Hāʾ.