Sol 6.1

  1. إِن صَوَّروكَ فَإِنَّما قَد صَوَّروا

    تاجَ الفَخارِ وَمَطلَعَ الأَنوارِ

    If they have portrayed you, they have portrayed only

    The crown of glory and the dawning-place of lights.

  2. أَو نَقَّصوكَ فَإِنَّما قَد نَقَّصوا

    دينَ النَبِيِّ مُحَمَّدِ المُختارِ

    Or if they have belittled you, they have belittled only

    The faith of the Prophet Muhammad, the Chosen.

  3. سَخِروا مِنَ الفَضلِ الَّذي أوتيتَهُ

    وَاللَهُ يَسخَرُ مِنهُمُ في النارِ

    They mocked the excellence you were granted,

    And God mocks them in the Fire.

  4. لا تَجزَعَنَّ فَلَستَ أَوَّلَ ماجِدٍ

    كَذَبَت عَلَيهِ صَحائِفُ الفُجّارِ

    Do not be dismayed, for you are not the first noble man

    About whom the papers of the wicked have lied.

  5. رَسَموا بِذاتِكَ لِلنَواظِرِ جَنَّةً

    مَحفوفَةً بِمَكارِهِ الأَشعارِ

    In your likeness they drew a paradise for the eyes,

    Surrounded by the ugliness of verse.

  6. وَتَقَوَّلوا عَنكَ القَبيحَ وَهَكَذا

    يُمنى الكَريمُ بِغارَةِ الأَشرارِ

    And they invented vile things about you; and thus

    The noble man is beset by the onslaught of the wicked.

  7. لَن يَحجُبوكَ عَنِ الوَرى أَو يَحجُبوا

    فَلَقَ الصَباحِ وَمَشرِقَ الأَقمارِ

    They will not hide you from humankind unless they hide

    Daybreak and the rising-place of the moons;

  8. أَو يَبلُغوا عَلياكَ حَتّى يَبلُغوا

    بَينَ الزَواهِرِ صورَةَ الجَبّارِ

    Nor reach your heights until they reach

    The figure of Orion among the shining stars.

  9. ما أَنتَ ذَيّاكَ البَغيضُ فَتَنثَني

    مُتَسَربِلاً بِالعارِ فَوقَ العارِ

    You are not that detested man, that you should retreat

    Clothed in disgrace upon disgrace.

  10. لَعِبوا بِهِ في صورَةٍ قَد أَسفَرَت

    عَن عَزلِهِ فَأَقامَ حِلسَ الدارِ

    They made sport of him in a picture that led

    To his dismissal; so he stayed home like a household mat.