Sol 6.1

  1. يقول علي وهو ابن سودون حين

    توالت به الأحزان يا رب عين

    Ali, who is Ibn Sudun, says, when

    sorrows beset him one after another: O Lord, help!

  2. لقد ضاق بي للبين مُتّسع الفضا

    ولا خير ممن يروح ويجين

    Indeed, separation has made the wide expanse close in upon me,

    and no good comes from those who go and come.

  3. ومُذ لاح نجم الهجر في مشرق الحشا

    لأقمار وصلي يا أخَيّ خفين

    And since estrangement's star appeared in my heart's east,

    the moons of my union, little brother, have surely vanished.

  4. وكل حزين حزنه سوف ينقضي

    وفاقد مضن يهوى يظل حزين

    And every sorrowful person's sorrow will pass,

    but one who loses the tormenting beloved he loves remains sad.

  5. ولقد خانني حُسن الصبر بعد وفائه

    وغير اكتئابي لا أراه يقين

    And gracious patience has betrayed me after keeping faith,

    and I see nothing certain but my despondency.

  6. سألت زماني هل مُعين على النوى

    فقال معين الدمع خير مُعين

    I asked Time: Is there a helper against separation?

    It said: The flowing spring of tears is the best helper.

  7. وإذا شحّ صبر راعني قلت للضنى

    رعى الله دمعاً سحّ غير ضنين

    And when scant patience frightened me, I said to wasting sickness:

    May God preserve the tears that poured forth unstintingly!

  8. جفا الجفن طول الليل طيب منامه

    يراقب نجم الفجر على يبين

    All night the eyelid forsook its sweet sleep,

    watching the dawn star, hoping it would appear.

  9. وما ضرهم أن يسمحوا لي بنومة

    يرى طيفهم طرفي بها ويزين

    What harm would it do them to grant me a little sleep,

    in which my eye might see their dream-image and be adorned?

  10. وكم شاقني في الدوح نوح حمايم

    على فقد إلفٍ غرّدت بحنين

    How often the doves' lament among the great trees stirred my longing,

    as they warbled with yearning over the loss of a mate.

  11. تُذكّرني بالنَّوح ما قد نسيته

    وتترك بالأحشا صعود أنين

    Their lament reminds me of what I had forgotten,

    and leaves a rising groan within my breast.

  12. وأكمنت سرّ الوَجد لمّا وجدته

    فأظهر فقدَ الصبر كل كمين

    And I concealed passion's secret when I found it,

    but the loss of patience exposed every hidden thing.

  13. وإني بجاه المصطفى متوسّل

    لينقذني مما أراه يهين

    And I seek intercession through the Chosen One's standing,

    that he may rescue me from what I see bringing me low.

  14. حبيب أبان الجذع عند فراقه

    حنيناً كثكليى حال فقد بنين

    A beloved: at parting from him, the tree trunk showed

    a yearning cry like a bereaved mother's on losing her sons.

  15. وكم مُقلة بعد العمى قد أعادها

    لأحسن ما كانت بلمس يمين

    And how many an eye he has restored after blindness

    to its finest former state, with a touch of his right hand!

  16. به يستغيث الناس طُراً إذا أتوا

    وكل امرئ فيما اجتناه رهين

    Through him all people seek succor when they come,

    and each person is held in pledge for what he has reaped.

  17. هو الروة الوثقى به الغوث في اللِّقا

    كريم عظيم قدره ومكين

    He is the firmest handhold; through him comes succor at the Meeting,

    generous, great in rank, and firmly established.

  18. شكوت له كسري وإني جازم

    إذا شئت نصب الحال أن سيَلين

    I complained to him of my brokenness, and I am certain

    that, if you so wish, my condition's hardship will soften.

  19. وإني لأرجوه إن رادني الخطا

    فظني به يوم المعاد يقين

    And I surely hope in him, should error seek me out,

    for what I expect of him on the Day of Return is certain.

  20. وهذا مقال لابن سودون يرتجي

    أماناً لمن يخشى بجاه أمين

    And these are words of Ibn Sudun, who hopes

    for safety for whoever fears, through the Trustworthy One's standing.

  21. عليه صلاة اللَه ثم سلامه

    مع الآل والأصحاب طول سنين

    Upon him be God's blessing, then His peace,

    along with his family and Companions, for years on end.