Sol 6.1

  1. وَمُنتَجَعٍ حَمدي بِأَكرَمِ رائِدٍ

    أَبَحتُ لَهُ مِنّي الحِمى حينَ أَثجَما

    And a seeker of my praise, with the noblest scout—

    I opened my guarded pasture to him when he halted.

  2. رَآني بِعَينِ الجودِ فَاِنتَهَزَ الَّتي

    طَلَبتُ وَلَم أَفتَح إِلَيهِ بِها فَما

    He regarded me with generosity’s eye and seized upon what

    I sought, though I had not opened my mouth to him about it.

  3. ظَلمتُكَ إِن لَم أَجزِكَ الشُكرَ مُسلِماً

    جَعَلتَ إِلى شُكري نَوالَك سُلَّما

    I would wrong you if, as a Muslim, I did not repay you with thanks;

    you made your bounty a ladder to my gratitude.

  4. أَمَسلَمَ قَد أَحسَنتَ ما شِئتَ مُسلِماً

    بَدَأتَ بِمَعروفٍ وَقَدَّمتَ أَنعُما

    O Maslam, you have done as much good as you wished, as a Muslim;

    you began with kindness and sent favors ahead.

  5. فَإِنَّكَ لَم تَترُك يَداكَ ذَخيرَةً

    لِغَيرِكَ مِن شُكري وَلا مُتَلَوَّما

    For your hands have left no reserve

    of my gratitude for anyone else, nor any room for delay.

  6. إِذا كُنتَ ذا نَفسٍ جَوادٍ ضَميرُها

    فَلَيسَ يَضيرُ الجَودَ أَن كُنتَ مُعدِما

    If you have a soul generous in its innermost nature,

    then being destitute does not impair generosity.

  7. وَإِنَّ اِمرِءاً نالَتهُ مِنكَ قَرابَةٌ

    لَمُستَوجِبٌ حَمدي وَإِن كانَ أَلوَما

    And surely a man bound to you by kinship

    deserves my praise, even if he is most blameworthy.

  8. عَفَوتُ فَلَم آخُذ بِذَنبٍ وَلَم أَقُل

    أَسَأتَ وَإِن كانَ المُسيءُ المُذَمَّما

    I pardoned, exacting no penalty for a fault, nor saying,

    “You did wrong,” though the wrongdoer deserved blame.