لك بين سفار الحمى اسماء

لك بين سفار الحمى اسماء

طابت بها الاسماع يا اسماء

طابت بها الاسماع يا اسماء

You have names among the sanctuary's travelers,

You have names among the envoys of passion

which delight the ears, O Asma.

That pleased the ears, O Asma!

ساروا اليك وللقلوب باسرها

ساروا اليك وللقلوب باسرها

وله عليك وللعيون بكاء

وله عليك وللعيون بكاء

They journeyed to you, and all hearts

They went to you, and to the hearts secretly,

yearn for you, while eyes shed tears.

And to it upon you, and to the eyes with crying.

الله من داء الغرام فما له

الله من داء الغرام فما له

ابدا سوى قرب الحبيب دواء

ابدا سوى قرب الحبيب دواء

God! What a sickness is passionate love, which has

O Allah from the disease of passion, so he has

no cure, ever, but nearness to the beloved.

Never but the proximity of the beloved is the cure.

عاتبت بالوهم الزمان واهله

عاتبت بالوهم الزمان واهله

وغلطت ما لبني الزمان وفاء

وغلطت ما لبني الزمان وفاء

In my delusion I reproached time and its people,

You blamed time and its people with illusion

and I was wrong: time's children have no loyalty.

And you were wrong, the children of time have no loyalty.

قل الكرام وقل من هو عارف

قل الكرام وقل من هو عارف

ما هم عيه وقلت العرفاء

ما هم عيه وقلت العرفاء

The noble have grown few, and few are those who know

Say the generous and say who is knowledgeable

their state; the discerning have grown few.

Not preoccupied with it, and you said the gnostics.

مزجت من الزمن الشؤن بريبة

مزجت من الزمن الشؤن بريبة

فالنار والماء النمير سواء

فالنار والماء النمير سواء

Time's affairs have been mingled with doubt,

You mixed from time suspicions

so fire and pure, sweet water are alike.

So fire and cold water are equal.

والهم عم اولى الفضائل واحتست

والهم عم اولى الفضائل واحتست

كأس الصفاء لجهلها الجهلاء

كأس الصفاء لجهلها الجهلاء

Care has engulfed the virtuous, while they have drunk

And worry about the foremost in virtues, and you reckoned

the cup of serenity—the ignorant, in their ignorance.

A cup of purity for its ignorant.

ما للزمان وهمه الا الذي

ما للزمان وهمه الا الذي

لاذت بظل رحابه العظماء

لاذت بظل رحابه العظماء

For time and its sorrow, there is none but the one

Time has no worries but which

in the shade of whose courts the great have sought refuge:

The great took refuge in the shade of its courtyards.

طه حبيب الله سيد خلقه

طه حبيب الله سيد خلقه

سبب الوجود القبضة البيضاء

سبب الوجود القبضة البيضاء

Taha, God's beloved, the master of His creation,

Taha the beloved of Allah, the master of His creation

the cause of existence, the white handful.

The reason for existence, the white handful.

وبنوه حزب الله أعيان الورى

وبنوه حزب الله أعيان الورى

غر الجباه السادة النجباء

غر الجباه السادة النجباء

And his sons are God's party, the notables of humankind,

And his children the party of Allah, the notables of the world

bright of brow, the masters, the noble ones.

Who bare their foreheads, the masters, the honorable.

لي من صدور كبارهم جدله

لي من صدور كبارهم جدله

همم بها لاولي السقام شفاء

همم بها لاولي السقام شفاء

From the breasts of their great ones I have a braid

I have from the generosity of its elders, their determination

of aspirations through which the sick find healing.

With which for the healing of the sick, a cure.

مولاي صياد القلوب عمادها

مولاي صياد القلوب عمادها

وضياؤها ان غلغلت ظلماء

وضياؤها ان غلغلت ظلماء

My master, hunter of hearts, their mainstay,

My Master, the hearts' hunter, its pillar

and their light when darkness penetrates deep.

And its light if the darkness stirred.

الغوث عز الدين احمد مقتدى

الغوث عز الدين احمد مقتدى

اهل الهدى اذ تغلط الاهواء

اهل الهدى اذ تغلط الاهواء

The Succor, ‘Izz al-Din Ahmad, exemplar

Succor of the religion, Ahmed the guided one

of the guided when passions go astray.

The people of guidance if desires went astray.

شبل الرفاعي الكبير بن الحسي

شبل الرفاعي الكبير بن الحسي

ن هزبرها ان زمجرت دهماء

ن هزبرها ان زمجرت دهماء

The lion cub of the great al-Rifa‘i, son of al-Husayn,

Cub of the towering, the great son of Al-Hussein

its lion when a dark calamity roars.

Their lion if the unjust roared.

الواضح الشرف المسلسل من بني السب

الواضح الشرف المسلسل من بني السب

طين نعم الابنوالاباء

طين نعم الابنوالاباء

His nobility is clear, his lineage traced through descendants of the two

The evident, the noble, the consecutive from the children of Sibt

grandsons—how excellent the son and the forefathers!

Good clay, excellent son and fathers!

فابوه حيدرة الوصي وجده

فابوه حيدرة الوصي وجده

طه النبي وامه الزهراء

طه النبي وامه الزهراء

For his father is Haydara, the legatee, and his grandfather

His father the trustee's successor and his grandfather

Taha the Prophet, and his mother al-Zahra’.

Is Taha the Prophet and his mother is Az-Zahraa.

خفقت عليه طوال الوية العلا

خفقت عليه طوال الوية العلا

في الخافقين وحظه العلياء

في الخافقين وحظه العلياء

The tall banners of exaltation fluttered over him

The banners of loftiness fluttered over him

across both horizons; his portion is the highest rank.

In the two horizons, and his share is the most high.

اعتابه حصن النزيل وبابه

اعتابه حصن النزيل وبابه

بظلاله لاولي القلوب رجاء

بظلاله لاولي القلوب رجاء

His thresholds are the guest's fortress, and his gate,

His reproach is the visitor's fortress, and his door

in its shade, is hope for those with hearts.

In its shadows is the hearts' hope.

والاسد كم امت شريف رحابه

والاسد كم امت شريف رحابه

ونقابها بوصيده الحصباء

ونقابها بوصيده الحصباء

And how often lions sought his noble courts,

And the lion, how many noble courtyards

and the pebbles at his threshold were their veil.

And its burrows with his spearheads.

والميت احياه الاله تكرما

والميت احياه الاله تكرما

بدعائه وتواتر الانباء

بدعائه وتواتر الانباء

And God graciously brought the dead man back to life

And the dead, he revived by the God's generosity

through his prayer; the reports came in succession.

With his prayer and recurring news.

وقضى بدهش الطور عاما ساجدا

وقضى بدهش الطور عاما ساجدا

وعليه من نور الجلال بهاء

وعليه من نور الجلال بهاء

And he spent a year prostrate in the awe of the Mount,

And he spent a year bowed down in Mount Tur

and upon him lay splendor from the light of majesty.

Upon him from the light of majesty a brilliance.

استاذ قطر الشام سيده الذي

استاذ قطر الشام سيده الذي

دانت له البعداء والاكفاء

دانت له البعداء والاكفاء

Master of the region of al-Sham, its lord, to whom

The teacher of the Levant, its master which

those far away and his equals submitted.

The distant and the near submitted to.

سلطان اهل الله شيخ كبارهم

سلطان اهل الله شيخ كبارهم

حامي الحمى ان انشبت غماء

حامي الحمى ان انشبت غماء

Sultan of the people of God, shaykh of their elders,

The sultan of God's people, the sheikh of their elders

guardian of the sanctuary when dire calamity sinks its claws.

The protector of the sanctuary if clouds stirred.

ذخري الامام ابو علي ندبة ال

ذخري الامام ابو علي ندبة ال

حلهوف اذ تتخالف الاراء

حلهوف اذ تتخالف الاراء

My treasure, the imam Abu ‘Ali, the one invoked by the

My reserve, the Imam Abu Ali the weeping

distressed when opinions clash.

For calamities if opinions differed.

ويفيض بالله الاغاثة مسرعا

ويفيض بالله الاغاثة مسرعا

فكأنها الهبابة الهوجاء

فكأنها الهبابة الهوجاء

And through God he swiftly pours forth aid,

And he overflows with God relief hastily

so it is like a raging gust of wind.

As if it is the sweeping gust.

وبآل زين العابدين له انجلى

وبآل زين العابدين له انجلى

شرف لكوكبه القلوب سماء

شرف لكوكبه القلوب سماء

And through the house of Zayn al-‘Abidin there shone for him

And through the House of Zayn al-Abideen he has

a nobility whose star has hearts for its sky.

A nobility, for his star the hearts a sky.

شهدت له الشهداء من اهل الوحا

شهدت له الشهداء من اهل الوحا

والاولياء الزهر والنجباء

والاولياء الزهر والنجباء

The martyrs among the people of revelation bore witness for him,

The martyrs of the inspiration testified for him

and the radiant saints and noble ones.

And the saints, the flowers and the honorable.

مولى له المولى افاض مناقبا

مولى له المولى افاض مناقبا

يزهو بها الاصباح والامساء

يزهو بها الاصباح والامساء

A master upon whom the Lord has lavished virtues,

My Master has mastered attributes

with which morning and evening shine.

That the dawn and the evening bloom with it.

هو ركن ظهري في الحياة وفي غد

هو ركن ظهري في الحياة وفي غد

والصالحون أولوا الهدى شفعاء

والصالحون أولوا الهدى شفعاء

He is my back's pillar in life and on the morrow,

He is the pillar of my back in life and tomorrow

and the righteous, endowed with guidance, are intercessors.

And the righteous are the guided intercessors.

وبنوا الني اجل ركبان الحمى

وبنوا الني اجل ركبان الحمى

تدري بذا الغبراء والخضراء

تدري بذا الغبراء والخضراء

And the Prophet's sons are the noblest riders of the sanctuary;

And the children of the Prophet, the best riders of the sanctuary

the dusty earth and the green sky know this.

You know, with this dust and greenery.

صلى الاله على المكرم جدهم

صلى الاله على المكرم جدهم

من أبرزت عن طيه الاشياء

من أبرزت عن طيه الاشياء

May God bless their honored grandfather,

May Allah send prayers upon their grandfather

from whose hidden fold things were brought forth,

Who brought forth from his folds the things.

والآل عترته الكريمة والألى

والآل عترته الكريمة والألى

اصحابه ما سحت الانواء

اصحابه ما سحت الانواء

and his house, his noble kin, and those

And upon his good family and companions

who are his companions, as long as the seasonal rains pour.

As long as the waves of time flow.