Sol 6.1

  1. الحَمدُ للَّهِ مَمسانا وَمَصبَحَنا

    بِالخَيرِ صَبَّحنا رَبي وَمَسَّانا

    Praise be to God at our evening and our morning.

    My Lord has brought us morning and evening with goodness.

  2. رَبُّ الحَنيفَةِ لَم تَنفَد خَزائِنُها

    مَملؤَةٌ طَبَّقُ الآَفاقَ سُلطانا

    Lord of the upright faith—its treasuries never run dry.

    They are full; His dominion encompasses the horizons.

  3. أَلا نَبِيَّ لَنا مِنّا فَيُخبِرُنا

    ما بُعدَ غايَتِنا مِن رأَسِ مَجرانا

    Is there no prophet from among us to tell us

    how far our destination lies from the beginning of our course?

  4. بَيَنا يُرَبِّبُنا آَباؤُنا هَلَكوا

    وَبَينَما نَقتَني الأَولادَ أَفنانا

    While our fathers were raising us, they perished;

    and while we raise children, He brings us to our end.

  5. وَقَد عَلِمنا لَوَ انَّ العِلمَ يَنفَعُنا

    أَن سَوفَ يَلحَقُ أُخرانا بِأولانا

    And we have learned—if only knowledge could benefit us—

    that the last of us will join the first.

  6. وَقَد عَجِبتُ وَما بِالمَوتِ مِن عَجبٍ

    ما بالُ أَحيائِنا يَبكونَ مَوتانا

    And I have wondered—though there is nothing strange in death—

    why our living weep for our dead.

  7. يا رَبِّ لا تَجعَلَنِّي كافِراً أَبداً

    واَجعَل سَريرَةَ قَلبي الدَهرَ إِيماناً

    O Lord, never make me an unbeliever,

    and make faith my heart's innermost secret forever.

  8. واِخلِط بِهِ بُنَيتي واِخلِط بِهِ بَشَري

    وَاللَحمَ وَالدَمَ ما عُمِّرتُ إِنسانا

    And mingle my frame with it, and mingle my skin with it,

    and flesh and blood, as long as I am given human life.

  9. إِني أَعوذُ بِمَن حَجَّ الحَجيجُ لَهُ

    وَالرافِعُونَ لِدينِ اللَهِ أَركانا

    Indeed, I seek refuge in Him for whom the pilgrims made pilgrimage,

    and those who raise pillars for God's religion,

  10. مُسَلِّمِينَ إِليهِ عِندَ حَجِّهِمِ

    لَم يَبتَغوا بِثَوابِ اللَهِ أَثمانا

    submitting themselves to Him during their pilgrimage,

    seeking no price in exchange for God's reward.

  11. وَالناسُ رَاثَ عَليهِمُ أَمرُ ساعَتِهِم

    فَكُلُّهُم قائِلٌ للدينِ أَيّانا

    And for people, the coming of their Hour is long delayed;

    so each of them says of the Judgment, 'When?'

  12. أَيامَ يَلقى نَصارَاهُم مَسيحَهُمُ

    وَالكائِنينَ لَهُ وُدّاً وَقُربانا

    on the days when their Christians meet their Messiah,

    and those who are his loving, intimate companions.

  13. هُم ساعَدوهُ كَما قَالوا الهِهِم

    وَأَرسَلوهُ يَسوفُ الغَيثَ دُسفانا

    They helped him—their god, as they said—

    and sent him out to scent the rain, moving in short steps [uncertain],

  14. ساحي أَياطِلَهُم لَم يَنزَعوا تَفَثاً

    وَلَم يَسلُّوا لَهُم قَملاً وصئِباناً

    scraping their flanks bare [uncertain]; they had removed no grime,

    nor picked out lice and nits for them.

  15. لا تَخلُطَنَّ خَبِيثاتٍ بِطَيبَةٍ

    واِخلعَ ثِيابَكَ مِنها وَاُنجُ عُريانا

    Do not mix foul things with something pure;

    strip off your clothes to rid yourself of them, and escape naked.

  16. كُلُ اِمريءٍ سَوفَ يُجزى قَرضَهُ حَسَناً

    أَو سَيئاً وَمَديناً كَالَّذي دانا

    Every person will be repaid for his loan, whether good

    or evil, and requited as he himself requited.

  17. قَالَت أَرادَ بِنا سوءاً فَقُلتُ لَها

    خِزيانٌ حَيثُ يَقولُ الزورَ بُهتانا

    She said, 'He meant us harm'; I said to her,

    'Disgraced is he when he utters falsehood as slander.'

  18. وَشَقَ آذانَنا كَيما نَعيشُ بِها

    وَجابَ للسَمعِ أَصماخاً وَآذانا

    And He opened our ears so that we might live by them,

    and hollowed out ear canals and ears for hearing.

  19. يا لَذَةَ العَيشِ إِذ دامَ النَعيمُ لَنا

    وَمَن يَعيشُ يَلقَ رَوعاتٍ وأَحزانا

    How sweet life was when bliss endured for us!

    And whoever lives will face terrors and sorrows.

  20. مَن كانَ مُكتَئِباً مِن سَيّءٍ ذَقطاً

    فَزادَ فِي صَدرِهِ ما عاشَ ذَقطانا

    Whoever is dejected and vexed by some evil,

    then may vexation increase in his breast as long as he lives.