Sol 6.1

  1. ألا أيُّها المولى الذي زارَ عبدَهُ

    ولا بدعَ في مولى تمشَّى إلى عبدِ

    O master who has visited his servant!

    And it is no marvel for a master to walk to a servant.

  2. تفضلْتَ حتى ضاقَ ذرعي لشكرِ ما

    صنعْتَ وهذا لا يقومُ بهِ جهدي

    You have been so gracious that I cannot adequately thank you for what

    you have done; my utmost effort cannot suffice.

  3. وعنديَ أني حاضرٌ أنا عندَهُ

    لرفعتِهِ لا أنه حاضرٌ عندي

    And I believe it is I who am in his presence,

    owing to his eminence, not he who is in mine.

  4. وكانَ هناكَ الصمتُ أجملُ بي وأنْ

    أصيخَ سماعاً لا أعيدُ ولا أبدي

    There, it would have suited me better to stay silent and

    listen intently, neither repeating nor offering anything.

  5. فهلْ أنا إلا قطرةٌ مِنْ سحابِكُمْ

    ولو كنْتَ في الإعرابِ كالعلمِ الفردِ

    For am I anything but a drop from your clouds,

    even if, in grammar, you were like a solitary mountain?

  6. عرقْتُ حياءً من حضورِكَ ذاهلاً

    بفضلِكَ عنْ حسنِ المباحثِ والنقدِ

    I sweated with shyness in your presence, distracted

    by your excellence from fine discussion and critique.

  7. ولكنْ وثوقي منكَ بالصفحِ حثَّني

    على بعضِ بحثٍ بالتكلُّفِ والجهدِ

    Yet my trust in your forbearance urged me

    to attempt some discussion, with strain and effort.

  8. وجئتُ ببحثٍ أعجبتْكَ فنونُهُ

    ولولا حيائي كنتُ أبدعتُهُ جهدي

    And I offered a discussion whose varied aspects pleased you;

    and but for my shyness, I would have crafted it as brilliantly as I could.

  9. وليسَ حياءُ الوجهِ في الذئبِ شيمةً

    ولكنها من شيمةِ الأسدِ الوردي

    And a bashful face is no trait of the wolf,

    but it belongs to the nature of the rose-hued lion (al-Wardi).