Sol 6.1

  1. نَـقِّ الكَلامَ مِنَ الأَشْرافِ تَعْــــــــرِفُهُ

    أَشْهَى مِنَ الشَّهْدِ لِلــذُّوَّاقِ أَنْــــــقَـاهُ

    Select speech from the noble; you will recognize it.

    Its purest is sweeter than honey to the connoisseur.

  2. سِحْرُ البَيَانِ بِنَثْرِ الحَرْفِ تَعْزِفُــــــــهُ

    تُلْقِيـــهِ دُرًّا وَسِرُّ الحُسْنِ مَعْنَـــــــاهُ

    You play eloquence's magic by scattering letters.

    You cast it forth as pearls; its meaning is beauty's secret.

  3. هَـذَا الحَدِيثُ عَلَى الأقلام مبريَّـهُ

    بِـالرُوحِ حِبْرٌ عَـلَى الألْوَاحِ أَجْـرَاهُ

    This discourse—its sharpener is at the pens;

    through the soul, he set ink flowing upon the tablets.

  4. صَعْبُ ابْــتِـدَاءٍ بِمِيـــــلادٍ وَ أَوَّلُـــــهُ

    عِنْدَ انْفعَالِ مَـصَـــــاغِ الطَّـرْحِ أَعْيـَاهُ

    Its birth is a difficult beginning, and its outset

    exhausted him amid the turmoil of shaping the expression.

  5. بَعْدَ انْقِـبَاضِ ازَدِحَـامِ الصَّـوْتِ فِي صُوَرِ

    السِّرْبُ فَكَّ قُيُودَ الأسْـرِ يُـمْـنَاهُ

    After the tight crowding of sound within images,

    his right hand freed the flock from captivity's bonds.

  6. فَـالحُرُّ يَــسْبَحُ فِي الأرْجَـاءِ مُنْطَـلِقًـا

    يَـأْبَى القُيُودَ التِي تُضْنِي بِـمَرْآَهُ

    So the free one swims through the expanses, unrestrained,

    spurning the fetters whose sight wearies him.

  7. وَ اسْتَلْهَـمَ القَلْبُ رَأْيَ العَقْلِ مُعْتَصِمًـا

    فَـاسْتَرْسَلَ القَطْرُ رَطْـبًا هَـتَّ أَنْدَاهُ

    And the heart, seeking refuge, drew inspiration from the mind's counsel.

    So the rain streamed freely, moist, its dewiest drops pouring down.

  8. رَوْحُ الفُؤَادِ يُجَارِي الرُّوحَ فَضْفَضَةً

    حَتَّى تَنَـاهَى كَنْهْرٍ فَـاضَ مَجْــــــرَاهُ

    The heart's solace keeps pace with the soul in an outpouring,

    until it reached its utmost, like a river overflowing its channel.

  9. أَجْـمِلْ بِهِ الفِـكْرَ رَوِّضْ مَــا تَخَـيَّــلَـهُ

    زَرْعُ الرِّيَـاضِ وَ قَطْفُ الزَّهْرِ أصْبَاهُ

    Beautify thought with it; tame what he imagined.

    Planting gardens and plucking flowers enchanted him.

  10. وَ اغْزِلْ مِنَ الشَّــمْسِ نُورَ الحَرْفِ فِي عِبَرٍ

    تَـرْقَى بِهَـا حِصْنَ آَفَــاقٍ لِــمَبْنَـاهُ

    And spin from the sun the light of letters into lessons;

    through them you scale a citadel of horizons to build it.

  11. مِنْ مُجْمَلِ القَوْلِ حَـثٌّ خَفَّ فِي حَذَقٍ

    سَــهْلُ انٌقِــيَادٍ أَلاَنَ الصَّعْبَ مَغْـــزَاهُ

    From concise speech comes exhortation, lightened by skill,

    easy to follow; its import has softened what was hard.

  12. صَـدِّرْهُ عَبْـرَ شَهِيـقِ الفَجْرِ مِنْ نَفَسٍ

    زَادَ الحَــيَاةَ زَفِـيرًا هَبَّ أَصْــفَاهُ

    Send it forth through dawn's inhalation, from a breath

    that added an exhalation to life; its purest wafted forth.

  13. إنَّ اللِّسَـانَ إِذَا مَاتَــــــتْ مَعَـايِـــــبُهُ

    قَــامَ المَقَالُ مَقَـامَ الشَّــذْرِ أغْــــــلَاهُ

    Indeed, when the tongue's faults have died,

    speech ranks with the most precious gold nuggets.

  14. والأصْلُ أَصْدَقُ مِنْ صُنْعٍ تُحَسِّنُـــــهُ

    فِي كُلِّ طَبْعٍ طَغَى ، نُـضْـجًـا بِفَحْــوَاهُ

    And the original is truer than artifice you embellish;

    in every natural disposition, its substance overflows with ripeness.

  15. خَيْرُ الكَلامِ إذَا صِــيـغَـتْ جَـواهِـرهُ

    طَـرْحًـا لِبَحْرٍ، قَــلِيلُ الصّــــرْفِ أَرْسَـاهُ

    The best speech, when its jewels are fashioned,

    is cast toward a sea; sparing expenditure anchors it.

  16. أَدْلَـــــى المَقَـالَ إذَا مَـا دَلَّ مُخْتَـصِرًا

    كُـلَّ اجْتِـرَارٍ وَ لُــــبَّ الفَـهْمِ أجْـــــزَاهُ

    He offered speech when it conveyed meaning, abridging

    all repetition; and the essence of understanding sufficed him.

  17. إنَّ اللَّبِيبَ بَصِيـــصُ القَصْــدِ يُدْرِكُهُ

    عِنْـدَ الإشَـارَةِ يُجْــلِي القِشْرَ مَـــعْــنـاهُ

    Indeed, the discerning one grasps a glimmer of intent;

    at a hint, its meaning clears away the husk.