Sol 6.1

  1. قُلْتُ إِذا مُسْتَمِعٌ أَرَمَّا

    لَأَهْدِيَنَّ مِدْحَةً تَنَمَّا

    I said, when a listener fell silent:

    I shall surely offer praise that grows,

  2. إِلَى ابْنِ عَمٍّ لَمْ يَزَلْ مِعَمَّا

    إِلَى فَتىً يطْرَدُ عَنْهُ الذَمّا

    To a cousin who has always been generous to all,

    To a young man from whom blame is driven away

  3. مَجْدٌ وَذَرْعٌ لَمْ يَزَلْ لِهَمَّا

    يا نَصْرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَتَمّا

    By glory and ever-ample strength.

    O Nasr, God has indeed perfected

  4. نِعْمَتَهُ فِي كُنْهِ مَن أَلَمّا

    يا نَصْرُ إِنِّي لَمْ أَزَلْ مُحْتَمَّا

    His blessing in full for whoever comes.

    O Nasr, I have always been anxious:

  5. أَخْشَى وَيَكْفِي اللَّهُ ما أَهَمّا

    عَلَيْكَ رَيْباً وَخُطُوباً جَمّا

    I fear—and God wards off whatever causes worry—

    Misfortune for you and many calamities.

  6. لا تَرْجُ خالاً جافِياً أَوْ عَمَّا

    وَاعْلَمْ إِذَا ما الأَمْرُ ضَمَّ ضَمّا

    Do not look to a harsh maternal uncle or a paternal uncle.

    And know, when trouble presses hard,

  7. إِنَّ لأَقْوامٍ أَباً وَأُمَّا

    يا نَصْرُ إِنَّ الحَيَّة الأَصَمّا

    That certain peoples have a father and a mother.

    O Nasr, indeed the deaf serpent

  8. يَحْرِقُ ناباً وَيَمُجُّ سُمّا

    يَقْتُلُ قَتْلاً أَنْ يَشَمَّ شَمّا

    Gnashes a fang and spits out venom;

    It kills outright at a mere sniff.

  9. فَارْكَبْ بِجَدٍّ دَارِعاً مُعْتَمّا

    وَلا تَمُوتَنَّ بِأَرْضٍ غَمّا

    So ride with resolve, armored and turbaned,

    And never die in an obscure land.

  10. فَالسَيْلُ بِالوادِي إِذا ما طَمّا

    أَبْدَى عُرُوقَ شَجَرٍ وَاقْتَمَّا

    For when the flood in the valley overflows,

    It lays bare the roots of trees and sweeps them away.

  11. قَدْ كُنْتَ تَهْدِي المُهْتَدِينَ أَمّا

    You have indeed guided the rightly guided straight ahead.