Sol 6.1

  1. كُلٌّ عَلى مَكروهِهِ مُسبَلُ

    وَحازِمُ الأَقوامِ لا يُنسِلُ

    Everyone is consigned to what he loathes,

    And the prudent among people beget no offspring.

  2. فَسلٌ أَبو عالَمِنا آدَمٌ

    وَنَحنُ مِن والِدِنا أَفسَلُ

    Base is Adam, the father of our world,

    And we are baser than our father.

  3. لَو تَعلَمُ النَحلُ بِمِشتارِها

    لَم تَرَها في جَبَلٍ تَعسِلُ

    If the bees knew of their honey-gatherer,

    You would not see them making honey on a mountain.

  4. وَالخَيرُ مَحبوبٌ وَلَكِنَّهُ

    يَعجِزُ عَنهُ الحَيُّ أَو يَكسَلُ

    And goodness is beloved, yet

    The living cannot attain it, or are too lazy.

  5. وَالأَرضُ لِلطوفانِ مُشتاقَةٌ

    لَعَلَّها مِن رَدَنٍ تُغسَلُ

    And the earth longs for the flood,

    Perhaps she may be washed clean of filth.

  6. قَد كَثُرَ الشَرُّ عَلى ظَهرِها

    وَاِتُّهِمَ المُرسِلُ وَالمُرسَلُ

    Evil has indeed grown abundant upon her back,

    And the sender and the one sent have been accused.

  7. وَأَمقَرَت أَفعالُ سُكّانِها

    فَهُم ذِئابٌ في الفَضا عُسَّلُ

    And her inhabitants’ deeds have turned bitter;

    So they are wolves loping through open country.

  8. وَمَن يَكُن يَومَ الوَغى باسِلاً

    فَالمَوتُ في حَملَتِهِ أَبسَلُ

    And whoever is brave on the day of battle—

    Death is braver still in its charge.

  9. وَجَرعَهُ الذيفانِ مَشروبَةٌ

    وَغَيرُها المُستَعذَبُ السَلسَلُ

    And a draught of deadly poison is drunk,

    And other than it is the sweet, smooth drink.

  10. فَأتِ جَميلاً لَم يَقَع بَأسُنا

    بِأَنَّهُ يَوماً بِهِ يوسَلُ

    So do a good deed; our hardship has not arisen [wording unclear],

    Because one day favor may be sought through it.