Sol 6.1

  1. كَشَفتَ عَنِ الأَبصارِ كُلَّ عَشاً بِها

    وَكُلُّ قَضاءٍ جائِرٍ أَنتَ عادِلُه

    You have cleared the eyes of all their dimness,

    And every unjust judgment you set right.

  2. وَقَد عَلِمَ الظُلمُ الَّذي سَلَّ سَيفَهُ

    عَلى الناسِ بِالعُدوانِ أَنَّكَ قاتِلُه

    And injustice has learned—it that unsheathed its sword

    against the people in aggression—that you are its slayer.

  3. وَلَيسَ بِمُحيِي الناسِ مَن لَيسَ قاضِياً

    بِحَقٍّ وَلَم يُبسَط عَلى الناسِ نايِلُه

    And none gives life to the people who does not judge

    with justice, and whose bounty is not spread among the people.

  4. فَأَصبَحَ صُلبُ الدينِ بَعدَ اِلتِوائِهِ

    عَلى الناسِ بِالمَهدِيِّ قَوَّمَ مايِلُه

    So religion's backbone, after its bending,

    was set straight for the people through the rightly guided one.

  5. حَمَلتَ الَّذي لَم تَحمِلَ الأَرضُ وَالَّتي

    عَلَيها فَأَدَّيتَ الَّذي أَنتَ حامِلُه

    You bore what the earth could not bear, nor that which

    is above it; and you discharged what you bear

  6. إِلى اللَهِ مِن حَملِ الأَمانَةِ بَعدَما

    أُضيعَت وَغالَ الدينَ عَنّا غَوايِلُه

    to God, in bearing the trust, after

    it had been neglected and its calamities had robbed us of religion.

  7. جَعَلتَ مَكانَ الجَورِ في الأَرضِ مِثلَهُ

    مِنَ العَدلِ إِذ صارَت إِلَيكَ مَحاصِلُه

    You put in place of oppression on earth an equal measure

    of justice, when its revenues passed into your hands.

  8. وَما قُمتَ حَتّى اِستَسلَمَ الناسُ وَاِلتَقى

    عَلَيهِم فَمُ الدَهرِ العَضوضِ بَوازِلُه

    And you did not rise until the people had surrendered, and there closed

    upon them the fangs in the maw of biting Time.

  9. وَحَتّى رَأَوا مَن يَعبُدُ النارَ آمِناً

    لَهُ جارُهُ وَالبَيتَ قَد خافَ داخِلُه

    And until they saw the worshipper of fire, with safety assured

    to his neighbor, while whoever entered the House was afraid.

  10. فَأَضحَوا بِإِذنِ اللَهِ بَعدَ سَقامِهِم

    كَذي النَتفِ عادَت بَعدَ ذاكَ نَواصِلُه

    So, by God's leave, after their sickness they became

    like a plucked bird whose feathers grew back afterward.

  11. رَأَيتُ اِبنَ ذُبيانٍ يَزيدَ رَمى بِهِ

    إِلى الشَأمِ يَومَ العَنزِ وَاللَهُ شاغِلُه

    I saw Yazid, son of Dhubyan, hurled away

    to Syria on the Day of the She-Goat; and God will preoccupy him

  12. بِعَذراءَ لَم تَنكِح حَليلاً وَمَن تَلِج

    ذِراعَيهِ تَخذُل ساعِدَيهِ أَنامِلُه

    with a virgin who has never wed a husband; and when she enters

    a man's arms, his fingers fail his forearms.

  13. وَثِقتُ لَهُ بِالخِزيِ لَمّا رَأَيتُهُ

    عَلى البَغلِ مَعدولاً ثِقالاً فَرازِلُه

    I was certain of disgrace for him when I saw him

    on the mule, slung as a load, his fetters heavy.