Sol 6.1

  1. صحت بدولتك الأيام من سقم

    وزال ما يشتكيه الدهر من ألم

    The days have recovered from sickness through your rule,

    and the pain that time complained of has vanished.

  2. زالت ليالي بني رزيك وانصرمت

    والحمد والذم فيها غير منصرم

    The nights of the sons of Ruzzīk have passed and ended,

    yet praise and blame concerning them have not ceased.

  3. كأن صالحهم يوماً وعاذلهم

    في صدر ذا الدست لم يقعد ولم يقم

    As though their Ṣāliḥ and their reproacher, even for a day,

    had never sat or stood at the head of this court.

  4. هم حركوها عليهم وهي ساكنة

    والسلم قد ينبت الأوراق في السلم

    They stirred it against themselves while it lay still,

    and peace may make leaves sprout on the acacia.

  5. كنا نظن وبعض الظن مأثمة

    بأن ذلك جمع غير منهزم

    We used to think—and some conjecture is a sin—

    that theirs was a host that could not be defeated.

  6. فمذ وقعت وقوع النسر خافهم

    من كان مجتمعاً من ذلك الرخم

    So when you swooped like an eagle, they were feared

    by whoever had gathered among those vultures.

  7. ولم يكونوا عدواً ذل جانبه

    وإنما غرقوا في سيلك العرم

    They were no enemy whose flank was humbled;

    rather, they drowned in your overwhelming flood.

  8. وما قصدت بتعظيمي عداك سوى

    تعظيم شأنك فاعذرني ولا تلم

    In magnifying your enemies, I intended nothing but

    to magnify your stature; so pardon me and do not blame me.

  9. ولو شكرت لياليهم محافظة

    لعهدها لم يكن بالعهد من قدم

    And if I thanked their nights, out of loyalty

    to their covenant, that covenant is not long past.

  10. ولو فتحت فمي يوماً بذمهم

    لم يرض فضلك إلا أن يسد فمي

    And if one day I opened my mouth to disparage them,

    your generosity would be satisfied only by sealing my mouth.

  11. والله يأمر بالإحسان عارفة

    منه وينهى عن الفحشاء في الكلم

    And God commands kindness, as a favor

    from Him, and forbids obscenity in speech.