Sol 6.1

  1. إِنَّ المَمالِكَ وَالسُيوفُ شُهودُ

    لَكُم إِماءٌ وَالمُلوكُ عَبيدُ

    Indeed, the kingdoms—the swords bear witness—

    Are your handmaids, and kings your slaves.

  2. شامَتكُمُ في المَكرُماتِ عَزائِمٌ

    جارٍ عَلى أَحكامِها التَأييدُ

    Resolves have beheld you amid noble deeds,

    With aid proceeding according to their decrees.

  3. وَعلاً نَشَأنَ مَعَ النُجومِ وَقَبلَها

    وَلَهُنَّ مِن بَعدِ النُجومِ خُلودُ

    And heights of glory arose with the stars, and before them,

    And theirs is immortality beyond the stars.

  4. مِن مَعشَرٍ أَخَذوا بِأَطرافِ العُلا

    وَالأُفقُ غُفلٌ وَاللَيالي سودُ

    From a people who grasped the farthest reaches of glory,

    While the horizon was unadorned and the nights were black.

  5. جادوا فَبانَت في البَسيطَةِ أَنجُمٌ

    وَسَطَوا فَثارَت في السَماءِ أسودُ

    They gave generously, and stars appeared upon the earth;

    And they struck fiercely, and lions rose in the sky.

  6. يا رَوضَةً وَصف النَسيمُ أَريجَها

    رِفّي عَلَيَّ فَإِنَّني غِرّيدُ

    O garden whose fragrance the breeze described,

    Be kind to me, for I am a songbird.

  7. ما لي أُرَفرِفُ حَولَ دَوحِكَ ضاحِياً

    أَصِفُ الأوارَ وَماؤُها مَورودُ

    Why do I flutter around your grove, exposed to the sun,

    Describing burning thirst, though its water is sought for drinking?

  8. لا ذَنبَ لِلآمالِ إِلّا أَنَّها

    شُهُبٌ لَها مِن أَن تَراك سعودُ

    Hopes have no fault except that they

    Are shooting stars whose good fortune comes from seeing you.

  9. رَكِبَت إِلَيك جَناحَ كُلِّ عَزيمَةٍ

    قربَ الرَدى مِن خَلفِها مَزؤودُ

    They rode toward you on the wing of every resolve;

    Death drew near behind them, stricken with fear.

  10. أَكَلَت إِلَيك الأَرضَ وَهيَ بِحَسبِها

    إِن لَم تُعِقها مِن ثَناك قُيودُ

    They devoured the earth toward you, and it suffices them,

    If chains of praise of you do not hinder them.