Sol 6.1

  1. إِن كُنتَ قَد أوتيتَ لُبّاً وَُحِكمَةً

    فَشَمِّر عَنِ الدُنِّيا فَأَنتَ مُنافيها

    If you have been endowed with intellect and wisdom,

    Then turn away from the world, for you are at odds with her.

  2. وَكَونَن لَها في كُلِّ أَمرٍ مُخالِفاً

    فَما لَكَ خَيرٌ في بَنيها وَلا فيها

    And be firmly opposed to her in every matter,

    For there is no good for you in her children, nor in her.

  3. وَهَيهاتَ ما تَنفَكُّ وَلهانَ مُغرَماً

    بِوَرهاءَ لا تُعطي الصَفاءَ مُصافيها

    Yet far from it! You remain lovesick and infatuated

    With a foolish woman who gives her faithful friend no sincere affection.

  4. فَإِن تَكُ هَذي الدارُ مَنزِلَ ظاعِنٍ

    فَدارُ مُقامي عَن قَليلٍ أُوافيها

    So if this abode is a wayfarer's lodging,

    Then I shall soon reach my abiding home.

  5. أُرَجّي أُموراً لَم يُقَدَّر بَلَوغَنُها

    وَأَخشى خُطوباً وَالمُهَيمِنُ كافيها

    I hope for things whose attainment has not been decreed,

    And I fear calamities, though the Guardian suffices against them.

  6. وَإِنَّ صَريعَ الخَيلِ غَيرُ مُرَوَّعٍ

    إِذا الطَيرُ هَمَّت بِالقَتيلِ عَوافيها

    And indeed, one slain by horses feels no fear

    When the food-seeking birds make for the slain,

  7. بِغَبراءَ لَم تَحفِل بِطَلٍّ وَوابِلٍ

    وَنَكباءَ تَسفي بِالعَشِيِّ سَوافيها

    On dusty ground that heeds neither drizzle nor downpour,

    Nor a crosswind whose gusts scatter dust in the evening.

  8. أَرى مَرَضاً بِالنَفسِ لَيسَ بِزائِلٍ

    فَهَل رَبُّها مِمّا تُكابِدُ شافيها

    I see a sickness in the soul that will not pass;

    So will its Lord heal it of what it endures?

  9. وَفي كُلِّ قَلبٍ غَدرَةٌ مُستَكِنَّةٌ

    فَلا تُخدَعَن مِن خُلَّةٍ بِتَوافيها

    And in every heart a hidden treachery lies,

    So do not be deceived by a friendship's concord.