Sol 6.1

  1. يَغدو إِلى كَسبِ قيراطٍ أَخو عَمَلٍ

    لَو يوزَنُ الإِثمُ فيهِ كانَ قِنطارا

    A working man goes out in the morning to earn a carat;

    Were the sin in it weighed, it would be a hundredweight.

  2. يَبغي التَشَبُّثَ بِالأَوقاتِ جائِزُها

    هَيهاتَ ما الوَقتُ إِلّا طائِرٌ طارا

    He who passes through the hours seeks to cling to them;

    In vain! Time is only a bird that has flown.

  3. فَاِزجُر خَواطِرَ نَفسٍ غَيرِ مُحسِنَةٍ

    فَقَد تُجَشِّمُ في دُنياكَ أَخطارا

    So curb the impulses of a soul that does no good;

    For it may burden you with dangers in your worldly life.

  4. وَالناسُ يَخزونَ بِالسَوآتِ أَنفُسَهُم

    حَتّى يُقَضّوا مِنَ الأَشياءِ أَوطارا

    And people disgrace themselves through shameful deeds,

    So as to satisfy their desires for things.

  5. وَهَجرُ لَذَّةٍ حينٍ غَيرِ دائِمَةٍ

    يَرُدُّ بِالمَنطِقِ المُتَفالَ مِعطارا

    And forsaking a moment's pleasure that does not last

    Makes the unscented man fragrant through speech.

  6. وَقَد تَكونُ أَيادي القَومِ باذِلَةً

    حَتّى تُعَدُّ مَعَ الأَمطارِ أَمطارا

    And people's hands may be so generous

    That they are counted as rains alongside the rains.

  7. إِن صُمتَ عَن مَأكَلِ العادي وَمَشرَبِهِ

    فَلا تُحاوِل عَلى الأَعراضِ إِفطارا

    If you fast from the transgressor's food and drink,

    Then do not seek to break your fast on people's reputations.

  8. وَإِنَّ أَطيَبَ مِن مِسكٍ وَمِن قُطُرٍ

    أَن لا تَطورَ لِدارِ السَوءِ أَقطارا

    And surely more fragrant than musk and aloeswood

    Is not to approach the precincts of the abode of evil.