حجت لمنعرج الحي المصاليت

تؤم واسط حيث الفضل والصيت

She made pilgrimage to the bend of the valiant clan,

Heading for Wasit, where virtue and renown reside.

وحيث مرقد غوث ضاء فرقده

وخطه في صحاف القدس مثبوت

There lies the resting place of a succorer whose star shone bright,

And whose account is inscribed in the sacred pages.

هو الرفاعي سلطان الرجال ومن

به يثبت عند الخطب مبغوت

He is al-Rifa‘i, sovereign among men; whoever

Relies on him stands firm when calamity strikes.

ذو همة فلقت هام الكروب وكم

نجابها من عقال الهم مكبوت

His resolve split the heads of troubles; how often

He freed the bound from the fetters of grief.

مستودع المدد الغيبي سيف حمى

براحة الهاشمي الطهر مصلوت

A treasury of unseen aid, a sword of protection,

Drawn in the hand of the pure Hashimite.

ينقض اشهب جو حال معمعة

بها الصقور سواء والفواخيت

A gray steed swoops through the air when battle rages,

Where falcons and doves become alike.

ويرعد الافق رعبا صوت صولته

في الطارقاب وصوت القوم مخفوت

The horizon thunders in fear at the sound of his assault,

Amid the clash, while the people's voices fall silent.

جأت لنا عنه آيات الهدى حكما

تنظم الدر فيها واليواقيت

Signs of guidance came to us from him as wisdom,

Stringing pearls and rubies together within them.

لكل قطب قضى وقت ينوب به

وتحت نوبة علياه المواقيت

Every spiritual pole has an appointed time to take his turn,

And the ages fall beneath the turn of his exalted rank.

قد عاهد الله لا يبغي به بدلا

يا نعم ذاك وحبل الغير مبثوت

He pledged himself to God, seeking no substitute for Him;

How excellent that is, while every other bond is severed.

مطهر النفس من حب السوى وعلى

طور الملائك منه قام ناسوت

His soul is cleansed of love for anything besides God, and

His human form rose to the angels' height.

كم راعه خوف باريه فقيل قضى

نحبا واحياه من مولاه تثبيت

How often fear of his Creator shook him, so that people said he had

Died; yet reassurance from his Lord revived him.

وكم دجا الليل والركبان هاجعة

له الى القصد ارعاد وتصويت

How often the night grew dark while the travelers slept,

And he thundered and cried out toward his goal.

قد زاحمت قبة الافلاك همته

فاقصرتها وحار الجدي والحوت

His aspiration rivaled the dome of the heavens,

Diminishing it, while Capricorn and the Fish stood bewildered.

رد الجموع على الاعقاب لاحظه

والنقع يلفح والضرغام مبهوت

His glance drove the hosts back on their heels,

As dust scorched the air and the lion stood stunned.

واخمد النار جهرا صوت نادبه

فناطق اللهب المكثار سكيت

The voice of one calling to him openly extinguished the fire,

And the once loquacious flame fell silent.

وكم دعي والصقال البيض عارية

فرد منها كليل الحد اصليت

How often he was called while polished white swords lay bare,

And he returned a blade with a dull edge sharpened.

يهتز مندوب ذاك العزم من يده

بصائل فيه عقد الكرب مفلوت

The envoy of that resolve quivers in his hand,

Striking, while the knots of anguish come undone.

غوث به الله احى الدين فهو بمح

ي الدين في القوم معروف ومنعوت

A succorer through whom God revived the faith, he is known as Muhyi

al-Din among the people, named the Reviver of the Faith.

وان مد يد الطهر الكريم له

ضجت به المدن علما والاماريت

And when he extends his pure, generous hand,

The cities and emirates resound with knowledge of him.

مطعطم بعلوم القدس قام به

بيت بسينا فهوم الغيب منحوت

Nourished by sacred knowledge, he raised

A house at Sinai, carved with understanding of the unseen.

من الزيانب يدلي للفواطم ح

تى صا شيخا له منهن تنبيت

From the women named Zaynab he traces a line to those named Fatima, un-

til he became a shaykh whose lineage springs from them.

بات الالوف ببيت المجد منه وما

له سوى البيض من اطماره بيت

Thousands spent the night in his house of glory, though

He himself had no dwelling beyond his plain white garments.

هذي المعالي فهب ان الزمان على

صرف وعنها الى ما رام ملفوت

Such are lofty deeds, even if time, in its

Changes, turns from them toward whatever it desires.

ما كل من صادم الهيجا ابو حسن

او كل من حدر الاقلام ياقوت

Not everyone who faces battle is Abu Hasan,

Nor everyone who guides a pen is Yaqut.

محجب همه بالله اشغله

اذا تشاغل لاه همه القوت

Veiled from distraction, his concern with God occupied him,

While an idle person's concern was his food.

ورد عن هذه الدنيا شكيمته

لانها لبني الاغراض طاغوت

He reined his resolve away from this world,

For to those driven by desire it is an idol.

تاتي بسحر يميل الناظرين لها

ينحط هاروت عن هذا وماروت

It comes with magic that draws onlookers toward it;

Even Harut and Marut fall short of this sorcery.

فكفها عنه توحيدا لخالقها

فازداد فقها وما للغير لاهوت

He held it off in devotion to its one Creator,

And grew in understanding: no other has divinity.

وماس بالسعد من بعد الشقاء ربه

اخو انقطاع وقد ضاقت به هيت

His Lord made him rejoice after hardship,

A man of seclusion when even Hit had grown constricted for him.

كم صد عفريت نفس عن تهجمه

وفي النفوس كما تدري عفاريت

How often he repelled the demon of the self when it attacked,

For, as you know, souls harbor demons.

وكم اغاث بجمع الحال حال فتى

عراه من نوب الايام تشتيت

How often, by gathering a scattered state, he rescued a young man

Whom the turns of time had thrown into disarray.

وكم به عز منصورا اخوضعة

مسفه وجهه بالخزي منكوت

How many a lowly person gained honor and victory through him,

His face once marked and smeared with shame.

وكم بنفحته في السالكين ثوى

بالقلب والنطق عرفان وتشميت

How often his breath settled among seekers,

Bringing knowledge and gladness to heart and speech.

وكم بجذبته نال العناية من

رب البرية بعد القطع ممقوت

How often, through his spiritual attraction, someone gained care

From the Lord of creation after being cast off and despised.

في العالمين انجلت شمسا مناقبه

فالحوت يعرفها في الافق والحوت

His virtues shone like a sun throughout the worlds,

Known to the Fish in the heavens and to the fish below.

انا وردناه عذبا طيبا ولنا

به الكفاية ان ضن الهراميت

We came to him as to sweet, pure water; for us

He suffices when others withhold their gifts.

وحصن همته العليا وقايتنا

ان مس ن نازلات الدهر تعنيت

The fortress of his lofty resolve is our protection

When the afflictions of time touch us with hardship.

لنا عليه حقوق الانثما وله

كتاب عهد علينا العمر موقوت

We have claims upon him through our bond, and he has

A written covenant upon us for our allotted lives.

يا صاحبي اسعفاني انني دنف

بحبه قبل ان كلفت نوجيت

My two companions, come to my aid: I am lovesick

For him, and was called by that love before I was charged with it.

وقد فنيت به عني ورحت على

طوري ولو نالني لوم وتبكيت

Through him I have lost myself, and I go on along

My path, though blame and reproach come upon me.

ما ذا يقول العذول الخبل في ولهي

به ومحروم حب الآل مسفوت

What can a foolish reproacher say of my longing

For him? One deprived of love for the Prophet's family is cast away.

وان حب ابي العباس معتقدي

عليه صافيت في الدنيا وصوفيت

Love for Abu al-Abbas is my conviction;

By it I found purity and became a Sufi in this world.

والظن تنعشني روحي ينعشي لو

على اسمه الطيب المبرور نوديت

Hope revives me; my spirit would revive if

I were called by his blessed, fragrant name.

سقى ثراه من الوسمي اعطره

وعمه مسك روح القدس مفتوت

May the most fragrant seasonal rain water his grave,

And may the crumbled musk of the Holy Spirit cover it.