هل هذه شمس بدت للناظر

ام نلك دار الشيخ عبد القادر

Is this a sun appearing to the beholder,

or is that the house of Shaykh Abd al-Qadir?

لمعت بنور ولاية وضاحة

كم شق طالعها قتام دياجر

It shone with the light of radiant sainthood;

how often its rising light has cleft the gloom of dark nights!

دار يعبد القادر الجيلي قد

شرفت فاضحت نور عين الناظر

A house that, through Abd al-Qadir al-Jili, has been

ennobled, becoming the light of the beholder's eye.

شغفت فؤادي مذ رأيت قبابها

لجليل شخص منه حل بخاطري

It captivated my heart from the moment I saw its domes,

for a majestic image of him had settled in my thoughts.

ولقد وردت على مناهل فضله

فصدرت ريانا ولست بصادر

And indeed, I came to the watering places of his bounty,

so I departed fully quenched, yet I am not one who departs.

هذا الامام العارف القطب الذي

بركاته فياضة للزائر

This is the imam, the knower of God, the spiritual Pole whose

blessings overflow for the visitor.

شيخ الرجال وتاج اهل الحال من

نرجو عنايته لخذل الغادر

Shaykh of men, crown of those in spiritual states, whose

care we hope for, to bring the traitor low.

السيد السند الشريف الطاهر ال

نسب المسلسل كابرا عن كابر

The lord, the mainstay, the noble one, of pure

lineage, linked from one great forebear to another;

الجهبذ الحسني وارث اهله

بالمجد والحال العظيم الباهر

the discerning master, al-Hasani, heir to his family

in glory and the great, dazzling spiritual state.

قطب الزمان خلاصة الاعيان من

اقطاب ابناء النبي الطاهر

The Pole of the age, the choicest of the eminent, one of

the Poles among the pure Prophet's descendants.

صدر الاكابر كنز اصناف التقى

غوث اللهيف اجل وظهر العاثر

Foremost among the great, treasury of all forms of piety,

succor of the distressed, indeed, and support of the stumbling.

سارت مناقبه فعطرت الملا

ما بين باد في الانام وحاضر

His virtues traveled far and perfumed the multitude,

among all mankind, desert dwellers and townsfolk alike.

كم مرة حاضرت دولة روحه

بأشائر فاغاثني ببشائر

How often I came before the sovereignty of his spirit

with signs, and he came to my aid with glad tidings.

مولاي يا سلطان اصحاب الوحي

يا صاحب الفيض العميم الوافر

My master, O sultan of the companions of revelation,

O possessor of the all-embracing, abundant outpouring,

يا ذا الخوارق والحقائق والعلا

يا رب صيت في البرية سائر

O possessor of miracles, spiritual truths, and exalted rank,

O possessor of renown that spreads through creation.

سبقت ركائبنا اليك قلوبنا

واتتك في حال الولوه الحائر

Our hearts outran our mounts toward you,

and came to you in a state of bewildered longing.

فانظر لنا بعناية بازية

تجري الفيوض على جناح الطائر

So look upon us with falcon-like care,

making the outpourings flow upon the bird's wing.

لي نسبة لك فارع فضلا حقها

واترع فؤادي بالنوال الزاخر

I have a bond with you; graciously honor its due,

and fill my heart to the brim with overflowing bounty.

وتدارك ابن اخيك يا قطب الحمى

رغماً لكل معاند ومكابر

And rescue your brother's son, O Pole of the sanctuary,

in defiance of every obstinate opponent and arrogant disputant.

فلمثلك الغارات يوم ملمة

والخارقات بباطن وبظاهر

For such as you are the sallies on calamity's day,

and miracles, inwardly and outwardly.

وعليك لا زالت ميازيب الرضا

سحاحة ابدا كسح الماطر

And upon you may the waterspouts of favor never cease,

pouring forever like a rain cloud's downpour.