Sol 6.1

  1. يا رجال البطاح يا ساداتي

    من نداكم لا تقطعوا عاداتي

    O men of the broad valleys, O my masters,

    Do not cut off my accustomed share of your bounty.

  2. انا عبد لكم وانتم لعمري

    كل عزي وسادتي وحماتي

    I am your servant, and you, by my life,

    are all my glory, my masters, and my protectors.

  3. مجدكم عز بالامام الرفاعي

    علم القوم صاحب الغارات

    Your glory is exalted through Imam al-Rifa‘i,

    the people's standard-bearer, master of raids,

  4. سيد الاولياء غوث البرايا

    صدر زهر الرجال في الحضرات

    lord of the saints, succor of created beings,

    foremost among the flower of men in the divine presences.

  5. هو زخري وركن ظهري وفخري

    وامامي وموئلي في حياتي

    He is my treasure, the support of my back, and my pride,

    and my imam and my refuge throughout my life,

  6. وعمادي وملجائي واستنادي

    ووليي بالله بعد مماتي

    and my pillar, my shelter, and my support,

    and, by God, my guardian after my death.

  7. رقصت للفخار فيه ابتهاجا

    وسموا معاطف الكائنات

    In pride of him, with joy there danced—

    and with exaltation—the flanks of all creation.

  8. ذو المعالي سلطان كل ولي

    في الدواوين نافذ الكلمات

    Possessor of lofty virtues, sovereign of every saint,

    whose words hold sway in the councils.

  9. انا لا بأس ان سكرت هياما

    وطرقت النجوم بالجذبات

    For me, there is no harm if I grow drunk with passionate love

    and knock at the stars through ecstatic transports.

  10. ملأت لي يد العناية من خم

    ر الرفاعي سيدي كاساتي

    The hand of providence filled for me—with the wine

    of al-Rifa‘i, my master—my cups.

  11. عصروه من كرمة الغيب لا من

    عنب عتقوه في الحانات

    They pressed it from the vine of the Unseen, not from

    grapes they aged in the taverns.

  12. كيف لا اقرع النجوم افتخارا

    واسامي الكواكب الثابتات

    How could I not strike the stars in pride,

    and rival the fixed stars in height?

  13. وابي احمد متى نعتوه

    نعتوه بخارق العادات

    And my father Ahmad—whenever they describe him,

    they describe him as one who breaks the customary order:

  14. لاثم راحة النبي جهارا

    بالوف من خلص السادات

    the one who openly kissed the Prophet's palm

    amid thousands of the purest masters.

  15. وغدا شيخهم بحل وعقد

    وفتاهم وكاشف المعضلات

    And he became their shaykh, with power to loosen and bind,

    and their champion, and the unraveller of perplexities.

  16. كم له في الانام من مكرمات

    واضحات تحكي ومن آيات

    How many noble deeds are his among humankind,

    clear and recounted—and how many signs!

  17. كم له من خوارق باهرات

    وخوافي حئائق ظاهرات

    How many dazzling wonders are his,

    and hidden truths made manifest!

  18. علم الشرق دولة الغيب في الخل

    ق رفاعيها الرفيع الصفات

    The East's standard-bearer, the Unseen's dominion among creation—

    its Rifa‘i, sublime in attributes.

  19. فيه لله سر سر عجيب

    فالكرامات منه كالمعجزات

    In him God has a wondrous secret of a secret;

    so the saintly wonders from him are like prophetic miracles.

  20. دائمات آياته والتجلي

    منطو في آياته الدائمات

    His signs endure, and divine manifestation

    is enfolded in his enduring signs.

  21. رضى الله عنه ما عطر الكو

    ن شذاه وعم كل الجهات

    May God be pleased with him, as long as the cosmos is perfumed

    by his fragrance, and it pervades every region.

  22. ولابنائه التحيات تهدى

    ولاتباعه اولي النفحات

    And to his sons let greetings be offered,

    and to his followers, possessors of breaths of grace.

  23. وعلينا لا زال من سره الفيا

    ض ينهل وابل البركات

    And upon us, from his overflowing secret, may there always

    fall a downpour of blessings.