Sol 6.1

  1. هاجَتكَ رُسومٌ عَفَت لِزَينَبَ بِالقاع

    أَمسَت دُرساً بَعدَها مُعَطَّلَةً قاع

    Zaynab's faded traces on the plain have stirred you.

    After her, they became effaced and deserted—a bare plain.

  2. أَبعِد بِديارٍ مِنَ الأَنيسِ خَلاءٍ

    لِلبومِ نَئيمٌ بِها يَروعُ وَإيقاع

    Away with dwellings empty of friendly company!

    There the owls have a frightening hoot and a rhythmic beat.

  3. لا جادَ عَلَيها مِنَ السَماءِ مُلِثٌّ

    يَنهَلُّ بِمُثعَنجِرِ الوَديقَةِ نَقّاع

    May no steady rain from the sky drench them,

    pouring in the thick of noonday heat, soaking deep.

  4. إِن كُنتَ كَريماً عَلى الجَميلِ مُسِفّاً

    لَم تُمسِ عَلى هامَةِ الدَّناءةِ وَقّاع

    If you are noble, hovering low over goodness,

    you will not keep alighting on the head of baseness.

  5. فَاِسلُك سنَنَ الفَضلِ مادِحاً لِأَبيه

    ما عِشتَ وَكُن عِندَهُ اِبنَ شورَ القَعقاع

    So follow the paths of virtue, singing praises to its father,

    as long as you live; and be, in his eyes, al-Qa'qa' ibn Shawr.

  6. تُصبِح وَثِمارُ المُنى عَلَيكَ دَوانٍ

    لا تَرهبُ من بَعدِها خَصاصَةَ إِدقاع

    You will wake with the fruits of your hopes hanging close above you;

    thereafter you will not fear the privations of grinding poverty.

  7. فَاِسمَع مَثَلاً هَل يُقاسُ شارِبُ خَمرٍ

    في الناسِ إِذا ما اِنتَشى بِشارِبِ فُقّاع

    So hear a proverb: can a drinker of wine be compared

    among men, when drunk, with a drinker of beer?