Sol 6.1

  1. أَبا ساحباً ذيل البطالة والصبا

    معاب على أمثالك اليوم لآن صبا

    O you who trail the hem of idleness and youthful folly,

    for men like you today, youthful folly is shameful.

  2. تَزَوَّج أخا العشىين تلهو بحبها

    وأَنت أَخو الخمسين قد صرت أَشيبا

    Marry, O man of twenty, and delight in her love—

    yet you are fifty, and have already turned gray.

  3. رأَيتك تمشي بالجهالد خَيزلي

    وتخطر حيناً بالغواية هيدبا

    I saw you walking in ignorance, swaggering,

    and at times strutting in waywardness, swaying.

  4. آلام وحتّام اغترارك بالمنى

    تجرر أذيال البطالات معجبا

    How long, how long will hopes beguile you,

    as you trail the hems of idle pursuits, admiring yourself?

  5. لآلا فاستفق من شرب كأس جهالة

    ودونك كأس العلم فانهله مشربا

    No, no! Sober up from drinking ignorance’s cup;

    take knowledge’s cup instead, and drink your fill.

  6. اليك أصول الدين إن كنت جاهلاً

    فخذها منيرات إذا كنت في غبا

    Here are religion’s foundations, if you are ignorant;

    take them as lights if you are in darkness.

  7. على المرء فرض يعرف اللَه ربه

    عَلى أَنه باريه من نطفة هبا

    A person is bound to know God, his Lord,

    as the One who fashioned him from a drop [final word unclear].

  8. هو الخالق الباري المصور ما له

    شريك بباريه وشبه ترتَّبا

    He is the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner; He has no

    partner to rival Him, nor any established likeness.

  9. وأَن له رسلا وكتبا صحيحة

    تنزلها الأملاك مثنى وكتبا

    And that He has messengers and authentic scriptures,

    which the angels bring down, in pairs and in companies;

  10. وأن ابن عبداللَه وهو محمد

    رسول أَمين بالشرائع أندبا

    and that the son of Abdullah—Muhammad—

    is a trustworthy messenger, commissioned with the laws;

  11. وكل الَّذي وافى به عند ربه

    صحيح وحق ثابت الأَصل صوِّبا

    and all that he brought is, in his Lord’s sight,

    sound and true, firmly grounded and affirmed as right.

  12. كذا المَوت حق والنشور وبعده

    وعيد ووعد صادق لَن يكذبا

    Likewise, death and resurrection are true; and thereafter,

    a threat and a truthful promise, neither of which will prove false.

  13. فذي جملة صحّت بكل معبر

    إِذا عرضت في القَلب لن تتقلبا

    This, then, is a summary affirmed by every expounder;

    once presented to the heart, it will not change.

  14. ولا جهلها عن بالغ الحلم عاقل

    له واسع بالخطر والحجر والنبا

    Nor is ignorance of it excusable in a sane person who has reached maturity,

    one with ample thought, reason, and knowledge [wording uncertain].