Sol 6.1

  1. قِفْ بينَ رَيحانِ العَقيقِ وضالهِ

    وقُلِ السَّلامُ على العَقيقِ وآلِهِ

    Stand between al-Aqiq's basil and its wild lote trees,

    and say: Peace upon al-Aqiq and its people.

  2. وقُلِ السَّلامُ على المنازلِ من فَتىً

    لم يبقَ غيرُ سلامِهِ وسؤَالهِ

    And say: Peace upon the dwellings, from a young man

    who has nothing left but his greeting and inquiry.

  3. رَبعٌ وَقَفتُ منادياً أطلالَهُ

    فبَلِيتُ حتى صِرتُ من أطلالِهِ

    A dwelling-place: I stood calling to its ruins,

    so I wasted away until I became one of its ruins.

  4. قد كانَ لي صبرٌ كبعضِ سُهولهِ

    واليومَ لي شَوقٌ كبعض جِبالهِ

    Once I had patience like some of its plains,

    and today I have longing like some of its mountains.

  5. لا تُنكِروُا سَلْبَ الحبيبِ حُشاشتي

    ماذا على مُتَصرِّفٍ في مالِهِ

    Do not condemn the beloved's theft of my last spark of life;

    what blame can fall on one disposing of his own property?

  6. رَكِبَ النَّوَى فحُرِمتُ نَظرةَ وجهِهِ

    ونَفَى الكَرَى فُحرِمتُ طيفَ خَيالِهِ

    He rode separation, so I was denied a glimpse of his face,

    and he banished sleep, so I was denied the dream-vision of his image.

  7. من كانَ يَهوَى الغانياتِ فإنَّني

    أهوَى الذي لَيسَتْ تَمُرُّ ببالِهِ

    Whoever loves beautiful women—as for me,

    I love the man whose mind they never cross:

  8. الخائضَ الغَمَراتِ لم تَبلُلْ لهُ

    قدَماً ولم تَقطعْ شِراكَ نعالهِ

    the one who wades through deep waters that have not wetted

    a foot of his, nor cut the straps of his sandals.

  9. سَبَّاقُ غاياتٍ ينالُ بفعلِهِ

    ما لا يَنالُ سِواهُ في آمالهِ

    Racing ahead to goals, he attains through his deeds

    what no other attains even in his hopes.

  10. البَرُّ بينَ لِسانِهِ وفُؤادِهِ

    والبحرُ بينَ يمينهِ وشمالِهِ

    The land lies between his tongue and his heart,

    and the sea between his right hand and his left.

  11. مُتَأخِّرٌ في عصرِهِ مُتَقدِّمٌ

    في فضلهِ مُتَفرِّدٌ في حالِهِ

    A latecomer in his era, yet foremost

    in merit, unique in his condition.

  12. ليسَ التفاوتُ في الزَمانِ وإنما

    يقَعُ التَفاوتُ فيه بينَ رِجالِهِ

    The disparity is not in time itself; rather,

    the disparity within it lies among its men.

  13. بيني وبينكَ بحرُ ماءٍ زاخرٌ

    يا بحرَ عِلمٍ فاقَهُ بزُلالهِ

    Between me and you lies a surging sea of water,

    O sea of knowledge, surpassing it with your sweet, clear waters!

  14. تبدو الجواهرُ منكَ بارزةً لنا

    فوقَ الذي قد زُجَّ في أقفالهِ

    Your jewels appear openly before us,

    above what has been thrust behind its locks.

  15. عَجَباً لهُ لم يَحْلُ لَمَّا خُضتَهُ

    إنَّ اللئيمَ مولَّعٌ بخِصالهِ

    How strange that it did not grow sweet when you waded through it!

    Indeed, the ignoble one is enamored of his own traits.

  16. قد ضَمَّ منك الفُلكُ أفناناً كما

    ضَمَّتْ سفينةُ نوحَ من أجيالِهِ

    The ship contained your varied branches, just as

    Noah's ark contained its varied kinds.

  17. شِيَمُ الليالي أن تُباعِدَ صاحباً

    حتى يكونَ زوالُها كزَوالهِ

    It is the nature of nights to set a companion far away,

    until their passing becomes like his passing.

  18. هيَ كالهباءِ فماسكٌ بحبِالها

    تحتَ الرَّجاءِ كماسكٍ بمثالِهِ

    They are like dust motes; so one who grasps their ropes

    in hope is like one grasping his own image.

  19. من كان يعرِفُ ما مَضَى من دهرِهِ

    أغناهُ عن مُستقَبلٍ بمثالِهِ

    Whoever knows what has passed of his life

    needs no future, for it follows the same pattern.

  20. يومٌ يمُرُّ كأمسِهِ بغُرورِهِ

    وغَدٌ يمُرُّ كيومهِ بمِحالهِ

    A day passes like its yesterday, with its deceit,

    and tomorrow passes like its today, with its guile.

  21. يا مَنْ يُودّعُ راحلاً لِفراقِهِ

    أتُرى رَجَوتَ تحيَّةً لِوِصالِهِ

    O you who bid a departing man farewell as he leaves,

    did you hope, I wonder, for a greeting upon reunion with him?

  22. هذا اليسيرُ منَ الفِراقِ وإنما

    ستَرَى فراقاً ليسَ من أشكالِهِ

    This is but a little parting; rather,

    you will see a parting unlike this one.