Sol 6.1

  1. إنَّا إلي الله في الرزء الذي فجعا

    والحمدلله في الحكم الذي وقعا

    To God we turn in the calamity that has brought us grief,

    And praise be to God for the decree that came to pass.

  2. ولَى أبو الحزم عن مُلكِ تقلّده

    أبو الوليد فعزَّ الملكُ وامتنعا

    Abu al-Hazm departed from a realm whose rule was assumed

    By Abu al-Walid; the kingdom grew mighty and unassailable.

  3. أبٌ كريمٌ غدا الفردوسُ مسكنَه

    وابنٌ نجيبٌ تولى الأمر واضطلعا

    A noble father—Paradise became his dwelling;

    And a worthy son assumed command and rose to the task.

  4. لله شمسُ ضحى في اللحد قد غربت

    فأعقبت قمراً بالسعد قد طلعا

    To God belongs a midmorning sun that has set within the grave,

    And so left behind a moon that has risen with good fortune.

  5. يا واحدَ الدين والدنيا أقل زللاً

    يدعوك جانيهِ أن تقتصَّ أو تدعا

    O peerless one in faith and worldly life, pardon a lapse;

    Its perpetrator calls on you to exact retribution or let it pass.

  6. لو أنَّه أُعطيَ الدُّنيا بما رحُبت

    ولم ينل عفوكَ المأمولَ ما قنعا

    Even were he given the world in all its vastness,

    And did not gain your hoped-for pardon, he would not be content.

  7. وما عساك سوى الإحسان تصنعه

    إلى مسيء رجا عتباك فارتجعا

    And what would you do but show kindness

    To a wrongdoer who hoped to regain your favor and turned back?

  8. وقد رأيتَ ابن سعدٍ حين أمكنه

    بشرٌ عفا عنه فادفع بالذي دفعا

    You have seen Ibn Sa'd: when he held in his power

    Bishr, he pardoned him; so repel wrong as he repelled it.

  9. ليمحونَّ مديحي فيك من كثَب

    محواً حديثَ ملامي حيثما سُمعا

    My praise of you shall surely, before long, erase

    Completely, all talk of my reproach, wherever it has been heard.