Sol 6.1

  1. فلمَّا بَدا فيهِمْ سُلَيْمانُ عِنْدَها

    وصاحَ ابْنُ ذَكْوانٍ فثارَ رِجالُ

    Then, when Sulayman appeared among them at that moment,

    And Ibn Dhakwan cried out, men rose up;

  2. هَدَى من ضَلالِ الحائِرِينَ مُحَمّدٌ

    وأَذَّنَ بالبَيْتِ العَتِيقِ بِلالُ

    Muhammad guided the bewildered out of error,

    And Bilal called to prayer at the Ancient House.

  3. وقامَ أَبُو عِمْرَانَ يَرْأَبُ صَدْعَها

    بسَعْيٍ تَجَلَّى عن هُداهُ ضَلالُ

    And Abu Imran rose to mend her rift,

    With striving that cleared error away from his guidance.

  4. وَزِيرٌ متى يَسْتَوْزِرِ المَلْك رأيَهُ

    أُمِرتْ له في النَّائِباتِ حِبالُ

    A minister—whenever the king takes his judgment as adviser,

    Cords are twisted for him in times of calamity.

  5. ولَيْسَ كمَنْحُوسٍ مِن القَوْمِ مُنْحِسٍ

    تَعاظَمَ حتى قِيلَ لَيْسَ يُنالُ

    Nor is he like an unlucky man among the people, a bringer of ill luck,

    Who grew so haughty that it was said, 'He cannot be reached.'

  6. أَعانَتْهُ أَمْوالٌ تَخوَّنَ عَيْنَها

    وأَعْلَتْهُ غُثْرٌ سُوقةٌ وسِفالُ

    He was aided by wealth whose very substance he depleted,

    And ignorant rabble, commoners, and lowlifes raised him high.

  7. له كَعْبُ نَحْسٍ لم يُصاحِبْ به امْرءاً

    على الدَّهْرِ إِلا رُدَّ وَهْوَ خَيالُ

    He has an ill-omened heel; never has he accompanied a man with it

    Throughout time without that man being sent back a mere phantom.

  8. فَفي كُلِّ عَصْر مِن عُصُور حَياتِهِ

    تُثَلُّ عُرُوشٌ أَوْ تُدَكُّ جِبالُ

    For in every age of his life,

    Thrones are toppled, or mountains are crushed.

  9. هُوَ الدَّاءُ فاسْتأَصِلْه تَلْبَسْ جَمالَها

    وَداءُ كُعُوبِ المُنْحِسِينَ عُضالُ

    He is the disease: root him out, and you will wear her beauty.

    And the malady of the heels of those who bring ill luck is incurable.