Sol 6.1

  1. تَقولُ اِبنَةُ البَكرَينِ يَومَ لَقَينَنا

    لَقَد شابَ هَذا بَعدَنا وَتَنَكَّرا

    The daughter of the two Bakrs says, the day they met us:

    This man has indeed grown gray in our absence and become unrecognizable.

  2. فَمِثلُ الَّذي عايَنتُ شَيَّبَ لِمَّتي

    وَمِثلُ الَّذي أُخفي مِنَ الحُزنِ نَكَّرا

    For such things as I have witnessed have grayed my locks,

    and such grief as I hide has made me unrecognizable.

  3. فَكَم فيهِمُ مِن سَيِّدٍ قَد رُزِئتُهُ

    وَذي شَيبَةٍ كَالبَدرِ أَروَعَ أَزهَرا

    For many a chief among them have I lost,

    and many a gray-haired man, like the full moon, majestic and radiant.

  4. أولَئِكَ هُم قَومي وَجَدِّكَ لا أَرى

    لَهُم شَبَهاً فيمَن عَلى الأَرضِ مَعشَرا

    Those are my people; by your grandfather, I do not see

    a company to match them among those upon the earth—

  5. أَذَبَّ وَراءَ المُستَضيفِ إِذا دَعا

    وَأَضرَبَ في يَومِ الهِياجِ السَنَوَّرا

    more staunch in defending the seeker of hospitality when he calls,

    and harder-hitting against armor on the day of battle,

  6. وَأَفضَلَ أَحلاماً وَأَعظَمَ نائِلاً

    وَأَقرَبَ مَعروفاً وَأَبعَدَ مُنكَرا

    and sounder in judgment and greater in bounty,

    and readier with kindness and further from wrongdoing.

  7. وَإِن أَنعَموا ثُنّوا عَلَيهِ بِصالِحِ

    وَلَم يُتبِعوا الإِحسانَ مِنّاً مُكَدَّرا

    And if they bestow a favor, they follow it with another kindness,

    and never follow kindness with embittering reminders of their favors.