قل لشيخ يؤذي النبي عناداً

قل لشيخ يؤذي النبي عناداً

برجال من آله اهل حال

برجال من آله اهل حال

Say to a shaykh who stubbornly harms the Prophet

Say to a shaykh who obstinately harms the Prophet

in the persons of men from his House, people of spiritual state:

By hurting men of his family, men of spiritual attainment:

تدعي سيرة الرجال وتؤذي الآ

تدعي سيرة الرجال وتؤذي الآ

ل والآل هم عيون الرجال

ل والآل هم عيون الرجال

You claim the way of true men, yet harm the Hou—

You claim the way of men, yet harm the family,

se—and his House are the very eyes of true men.

And the family are the choicest of men.

انت خضت الدجا بقفر بلا نو

انت خضت الدجا بقفر بلا نو

ر فمزقت في ضروب الضلال

ر فمزقت في ضروب الضلال

You plunged through darkness in a wilderness without li—

You plunged into darkness in a wilderness without light,

ght, and were torn among the many forms of error.

And were torn apart amid the many forms of misguidance.

تغضب المصطفى وتبغي رضاء

تغضب المصطفى وتبغي رضاء

الله هذا تشيخ الجهال

الله هذا تشيخ الجهال

You anger the Chosen One, yet seek the good pleasure

You anger al-Mustafa and seek the pleasure

of God? Such is the shaykhcraft of fools.

Of God: this is the ignorant posing as shaykhs.

قد تجرأت واقتحمت لغاب اللي

قد تجرأت واقتحمت لغاب اللي

ث حتى عبثت بالاشبال

ث حتى عبثت بالاشبال

You grew brazen and stormed the lion’s la—

You have dared and stormed into the lion's thicket,

ir, until you even trifled with the cubs.

Until you toyed with the cubs.

قف رويداً طوى لك الله قهرا

قف رويداً طوى لك الله قهرا

بتماديك يا اسير الخيال

بتماديك يا اسير الخيال

Wait a little: God has hidden away a crushing defeat for you

Stop, take it slowly! God has crushing force in store for you,

for your persistence, O captive of illusion.

For your persistence, O captive of fantasy.

غارة المصطفى شوتك بنار

غارة المصطفى شوتك بنار

اوقدتها غيبا صروف الليالي

اوقدتها غيبا صروف الليالي

The Chosen One’s onslaught has seared you with a fire

Al-Mustafa's onslaught has roasted you in a fire

kindled in the unseen by the vicissitudes of nights.

Which the vicissitudes of nights kindled unseen.

خض بآل النبي فالموعد

خض بآل النبي فالموعد

الله وشمس الغرور رهن الزوال

الله وشمس الغرور رهن الزوال

Go on—assail the Prophet’s House; your appointed meeting

Rail against the Prophet's family; the appointed meeting is with

is with God, and delusion’s sun is destined to set.

God, and the sun of conceit is bound to set.

يا مسيكين انت طورا عجوز

يا مسيكين انت طورا عجوز

وكما انت عاجز ذو خيال

وكما انت عاجز ذو خيال

Poor wretch, you are now an old man,

O poor little wretch, at times you are an old woman,

and, as you are, helpless—a man of illusion.

And likewise you are helpless, a man of fancies.

لو تدبرت ما دهاك لاقلع

لو تدبرت ما دهاك لاقلع

ت واخلصت توبة في الحال

ت واخلصت توبة في الحال

Had you pondered what befell you, you would have desis—

Had you pondered what befell you, you would have desisted

ted and offered sincere repentance at once.

And repented sincerely at once.

لكن السهم من يد الغيب ادما

لكن السهم من يد الغيب ادما

ك تقلب بجرحه القتال

ك تقلب بجرحه القتال

But the arrow from the hand of the unseen has made you bl—

But the arrow from the hand of the unseen has bloodied

eed; you writhe beneath its death-dealing wound.

You—writhe from its deadly wound.

انت افرطت بالتمادي وللآ

انت افرطت بالتمادي وللآ

ل خيول في ساحة الاحوال

ل خيول في ساحة الاحوال

You have gone too far in persisting, while the Hou—

You have persisted to excess, and the family have

se has horses in the arena of spiritual states.

Horses in the arena of spiritual states.

حسبك الزور والغرور ومحق ال

حسبك الزور والغرور ومحق ال

دين حقدا وحسبهم ذو الجلال

دين حقدا وحسبهم ذو الجلال

Enough for you: falsehood, delusion, and the destruction of reli—

Enough for you: falsehood, conceit, and obliterating the

gion out of hatred; the Possessor of Majesty is enough for them.

Religion out of spite; enough for them is the Lord of Majesty.