Sol 6.1

  1. رَبُّ الجَوادِ فَرى عَيناً لِمَأكَلِهِ

    فَعُد مِن رَهطِ أَقوامٍ فَراعينا

    The owner of the steed slaughtered a wild bull for his meal;

    So count him among a band of Pharaohs.

  2. قُل لِلمَطاعيمِ تَعصيهِم ضُيوفُهُمُ

    إِنَّ المَطاعينَ يَمسونَ المُطاعينا

    Tell the lavish hosts whose guests disobey them

    That those who stab become those who are obeyed.

  3. وَيُحمَدُ المَرءُ في الساعينَ مُبتَكِراً

    وَلَيسَ يُحمَدُ يَوماً في المُساعينا

    And a man is praised among the diligent when he sets out early,

    But he is never praised among fornicators.

  4. وَما تَزالُ تُلاقي في دُجىً وَضُحىً

    مُبَشِّرينَ بِلا بُشرى وَناعينا

    And you never cease to meet, in darkness and in morning light,

    Bearers of glad tidings with no glad news, and announcers of death.

  5. وَما وَجَدتُ صُروفَ الدَهرِ ناكِبَةً

    عَن قانِتينَ لِوَجهِ اللَهِ داعينا

    And I have never found time's vicissitudes turning aside

    From the devout who pray for God's sake.

  6. شَرُّ النِساءِ مُشاعاتٌ غَدَونَ سُدىً

    كَالأَرضِ يَحمِلنَ أَولاداً مُشاعينا

    The worst of women are those shared by all, who have become unrestrained,

    Like the earth, bearing children shared by all.

  7. وَالأَمرُ لِلَّهِ كَم أَودى فَتىً وَمَضى

    عَيناً وَخَلَّفَ أَطفالاً مُضاعينا

    And all is God's to command: how many a young man has perished and gone

    Without a trace, leaving neglected children behind.

  8. وَالعَيشُ أَوفاهُ يَمضي مِثلَ أَقصَرِهِ

    سَبعٌ كَسَبعينَ أَو تُسعٌ كَتِسعينا

    And life at its fullest passes like its shortest:

    Seven years are like seventy, or nine like ninety.

  9. وَلَو تُراعينَ مَولى الناسِ كُلِّهُمُ

    ما كُنتِ مِن نُوَبِ الدُنيا تُراعينا

    And if you heeded the Lord of all people,

    You would not be frightened by the world's calamities.