Sol 6.1

  1. إِمّا تُصِبني المَنايا وَهيَ لاحِقَةٌ

    وَكُلُّ جَنبٍ لَهُ قَد حُمَّ مُضطَجَعُ

    If death should strike me—and it is bound to overtake me—

    and every side has a resting place ordained for it,

  2. فَقَد جَزَيتُ بَني حَزمٍ بِظُلمِهِمُ

    وَقَد جَزَيتُ زُرَيقاً بِالَّذي صَنَعوا

    then I have already repaid Banu Hazm for their injustice,

    and I have repaid Zurayq for what they did.

  3. قَومٌ أَبى طَبع الأَخلاقِ أَوَّلُهُم

    فَهُم عَلى ذاكَ مِن أَخلاقِهِم طُبِعوا

    A people whose forebear rejected baseness of character;

    and so, in character, they were molded on that pattern.

  4. وَإِن أُناسٌ وَنَوا عَن كُلِّ مَكرُمَةٍ

    وَضاقَ باعُهُم عَن وُسعِها وَسِعوا

    And if some men were remiss in every noble deed,

    and their reach fell short of its breadth, these men could encompass it.

  5. إِنّي رَأَيتُ غَداةَ السوقِ مَحضَرَهُم

    إِذ نَحنُ نَنظُرُ ما يُتلى وَنَستَمِعُ

    Indeed, I saw their assembly on the morning of market day,

    as we looked on and listened to what was being recited.