Sol 6.1

  1. إِنْ تَسْتَطِعْ أَنْقِذْ فَتَاكْ

    بِجَمِيعِ مَا مَلَكَتْ يَدَاكْ

    If you can, save your boy

    with all that your hands possess.

  2. أَنْشِفْهُ رُوحَكَ وَاسْقِهِ

    مَا قطَّرَتْهُ مُقْلَتَاكْ

    Let him imbibe your soul, and give him to drink

    what your eyes have distilled.

  3. وَاجْعَلْ ضُلُوعَكَ دِفْئَهُ

    وَغِذَاءَهُ بَاقِي قُوَاكْ

    And make your ribs his warmth,

    and his food the strength you have left.

  4. وَاخْبُؤْهُ خَبْءَ العَيْنِ فِي

    الْجَفْنَيْنِ مَا شَاءَتْ مُناكْ

    And hide him as the eye is hidden within

    the eyelids, for as long as you wish.

  5. وَاسْهَرْ عَلَيْهِ وَلاَ تُحَا

    ذِرْ فِي أَذَاهُ مِنْ أَذَاكْ

    And keep vigil over him, and do not fear

    your own suffering amid his pain.

  6. وَأَقِمْ لَهُ صَرْحاً يَفِيئ

    ه مُشَيَّداً حَتْى السمَاكْ

    And raise for him an edifice to shade

    him, built as high as al-Simak.

  7. وَادْعُ الأُسَاةَ وَنُطْ بِمَا

    يَصِفُونَ مِنْ حِيَلٍ رَجَاكْ

    And summon the physicians, and attach to whatever

    remedies they prescribe your hope.

  8. وَابْذُلْ حَيَاتَكَ فِي فِدَا

    هُ وَلاَ تَضَن بِمُقْتَنَاكْ

    And offer your life as a ransom

    for him, and do not be stingy with your possessions.

  9. فَإِذَا وجَدْتَ الأَمْرَ مَقْضِيّاً

    أَسَرَّكَ أَمْ شَجَاكْ

    Then, when you find the matter decreed,

    whether it gladdens you or grieves you,

  10. وَعَلِمْت أَنَّ اللهَ يَبْلُو

    خَائِفِيهِ كَمَا بلاَكْ

    and know that God tests

    those who fear Him, as He has tested you,

  11. وَوَثِقْتَ أَنَّ عَظِيمَ حُزْ

    نِكَ إِنَّما يُدْمِي حَشَاكْ

    and are certain that the immensity of

    your grief only makes your heart bleed,

  12. سَلِّمْ إِلى تِلْكَ الجَلاَ

    لَةِ فَهْيَ مِنْ عَالٍ تَرَاكْ

    submit to that Majesty,

    for from on high it beholds you.

  13. وَاسْجُدْ وَقُلْ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّ

    رِضَايَ مَا فِيهِ رِضاكْ

    And prostrate yourself and say: “O my Lord, truly

    my contentment lies in whatever pleases You.

  14. مَا الأَرْضُ دَارٌ لِلْمَلاَ

    كِ فَلاَ يُقِيمُ بِهَا المَلاَكْ

    Earth is no home for an angel,

    so the angel does not dwell there.

  15. فَاجْعَلْ شَقَائِيَ نِعْمَةً

    لاِبْنِي وَسَعْداً فِي حِمَاكْ

    So make my misery a blessing

    for my son, and bliss within Your protection.”

  16. هَذَا هُوَ السَّننَ الْقَويمُ

    فَكِلْ أَسَاكَ إِلى تُقَاكْ

    This is the upright path;

    so entrust your sorrow to your piety.

  17. وَإِليْكَ يَا مَنْ صَارَ مِنْ

    أَسْرِ الْحَيَاةِ إِلى الْفَكَاكْ

    And to you, O you who have passed from

    life's captivity into freedom,

  18. كَلِمَاتِ بَاكٍ أَنْ تبِينَ

    وَلَمْ يَزَلْ غَضاً صِبَاكْ

    the words of one who weeps at your departure,

    while your youth was still tender.

  19. مَا أَمْهَلَتْكَ يَدُ المَنِيَّةِ

    رَيْثَمَا يُجْنى جَنَاكْ

    The hand of death did not grant you respite

    long enough for your fruit to be gathered.

  20. مَا أَمْهَلَتْ حَتَّى نَرَا

    كَ كَمَا وَدِدْنَا أَنْ نَرَاكْ

    It gave no time for us to see

    you as we had wished to see you:

  21. مُتقَدِّماً بَيْنَ الرِّجَا

    لِ مُحَاكِياً فِيهِمْ أَبَاكْ

    standing foremost among men,

    emulating your father among them,

  22. غُرّاً فِعَالُك عَالِياً

    مَسْعَاكَ مَرْجُوّاً نَدَاكْ

    your deeds radiant, and lofty

    your striving, your bounty hoped for.

  23. لِكنْ رَآكَ اللهُ أَجْدَرَ

    بِالسَّعادَةِ فَاصْطَفَاكْ

    But God saw you as more worthy

    of happiness, and so chose you.

  24. فادْخُلْ إِلى جَنَّاتِهِ

    وَاهْنَأ وَيُرَحَمُ وَالِدَاكْ

    So enter His gardens,

    and be happy, and may your parents be shown mercy.