Sol 6.1

  1. تَجاوَزَت عَنِيَّ الأَقدارُ ذاهِبَةً

    فَقَد تَأَبَّدتُ حَتّى مَلَّني الأَبَدُ

    The fates have passed me by, departing.

    For I have lingered forever, until eternity grew weary of me.

  2. وَلَيسَ هُدبا جُفوني ريشَتَي سُبَدٍ

    إِذا تَمَطَّرَ تَحتَ العارِضِ السَبَد

    And my eyelids' two fringes are not a nightjar's two feathers

    When the nightjar is drenched beneath the rain cloud.

  3. نَشكو إِلى اللَهِ أَنّا سَيِّئو شِيَمٍ

    نَحنُ العَبيدُ وَفي آنافِنا عَبَدُ

    We complain to God that we are of bad character.

    We are slaves, yet pride dwells in our noses.

  4. وَالمَرءُ ظالِمُ نَفسٍ تَجتَني مَقِرّاً

    يَظُنُّهُ الشَهدَ وَالظُلمانُ تَهتَبِدُ

    And man wrongs his soul, which gathers bitter aloe;

    He thinks it honey, while male ostriches eat colocynth seeds.

  5. وَما تَزالُ جُسومٌ في مَحابِسِها

    حَتّى يُفَرَّجَ عَن أَكبادِها الكَبَدُ

    And bodies remain in their prisons

    Until suffering is lifted from their livers.

  6. شَرِبتُ قَهوَةَ هَمٍّ كَأسُها خَلَدي

    وَفي المَفارِقِ مِمّا اِطَّلَعَت زَبَدُ

    I drank the wine of sorrow, whose cup is my mind.

    And froth from its rising lies in the partings of my hair.

  7. فَاِجعَل سَوامَكَ نُهبى ما بَكَت إِبلٌ

    مَثوى لَبيدٍ وَلا أَوبارُها اللُبُدُ

    So leave your grazing herds as plunder: no camels have wept

    For Labid's resting place, nor has their matted hair.

  8. وَالمُلكُ يَفنى وَلا يَبقى لِمالِكِهِ

    أَودى اِبنُ عادٍ وَأَودى نَسرُهُ لُبَدُ

    And dominion perishes and does not endure for its possessor.

    The son of Ad perished, and his vulture Lubad perished.

  9. صَيِّر عَتادَكَ تَقوى اللَهِ تَذخَرُها

    فَما يُنَجّيكَ مِنهُ السابِحُ العَتَدُ

    Make fear of God your provision, storing it up;

    For the sturdy, galloping steed will not save you from Him.