Sol 6.1

  1. تَحَفَّظ بِدينِكَ يا ناسِكاً

    يَرى أَنَّهُ رابِحٌ ما خَسِر

    Guard your faith, O ascetic,

    who sees gain in whatever he loses.

  2. فَلَستَ كَغَيرِكَ أُطلِقتَ في

    حَياتِكَ بَل أَنتَ عانٍ أُسِر

    For you are not, like others, set free in

    your life; rather, you are a captive taken prisoner.

  3. وَلِلسِبكِ رُدَّ كَسيرُ الزُجاجِ

    وَلا يُسبَكُ الدُرُّ إِن يَنكَسِر

    And broken glass is returned for recasting,

    but pearls cannot be recast if they break.

  4. وَرِزقُكَ يَأتي بِلا رَيبَةٍ

    فَسِر في بِلادِكَ أَو لا تَسِر

    And your sustenance comes without a doubt,

    so travel through your lands, or do not travel.

  5. وَلا تَيأَسَنَّ مِنَ المُلكِ أَن

    يَعودَ إِذا جَيشُ قَومٍ كُسِر

    And never lose hope that sovereignty may

    return when a people's army has been broken.

  6. فَقَد يَرجِعُ القَمَرَ المُستَنيرُ

    مُقتَبِلاً بَعدَ أَن يَستَسِر

    For the shining moon returns

    renewed, after vanishing from sight.

  7. هُوَ الدَهرُ يَفنى وَنَفسي عَلى

    وَناها وَكَونُ مُناها عَسِر

    Time passes away, while my soul remains in

    its languor, and its wishes are hard to fulfill.

  8. وَكَم فيكَ يا بَحرُ مِن لُؤلوءٍ

    وَلَكِنَّ لُجُّكَ لا يَنحَسِر

    And how many pearls there are in you, O sea,

    yet your deep waters do not recede.

  9. فَأَكرِه عَلى الخَيرِ مَجبولَةً

    عَلى غَيرِهِ في عِلانٍ وَسِر

    So compel to goodness a soul naturally disposed

    to what is not good, in public and in secret.

  10. فَلَم يُجعَلِ التِبرُ حَليَ الفَتاةِ

    حَتّى أُهينَ وَحَتّى كُسِر

    For raw gold was not made into a young woman's jewelry

    until it was humbled and until it was broken.