Sol 6.1

  1. بمَن تَسطُو الصَّوارِمُ والعَوالي

    وقد غَالَتْكَ أَحداثُ اللَّيالي

    Through whom shall keen swords and lofty lances strike,

    Now that the nights’ calamities have slain you?

  2. وأومضَ ناجِذاك بلا ابتسامٍ

    ومُدَّت رَاحتاك بلا نَوال

    And your two molars gleamed without a smile,

    And your palms were outstretched without a gift.

  3. أحَدَّ الطيرَ شِلْوُكَ وهو بادٍ

    لمُخترِقِ الجنائبِ والشَّمال

    Your corpse held the birds at bay, though it lay exposed

    To the sweep of the south winds and the north wind.

  4. تمُرُّ بهِ ولا تَعلُو عليه

    حياءً من كريماتِ المعالي

    They pass it by, but do not rise above it,

    Out of modesty before your noble, lofty virtues.