سيدي سائل باسمائك الحسني — Abu Muslim Al Bahlani

سيدي سائل باسمائك الحس

نى على بابك العظيم الأجل

My Lord, I petition through Your most beautiful names,

at Your mighty, most exalted gate.

سيدي عائذ باسمائك الحس

نى دؤوب بحبلها متدلي

My Lord, I seek refuge through Your most beautiful names,

persevering, hanging by their rope.

سيدي مخبت بأسمائك الحس

نى واذكارها حديثي وشغلي

My Lord, I bow humbly through Your most beautiful names;

remembering them is my discourse and occupation.

سيدي عزني الوجود ملاذاً

وتعمت أمام وجهي سبلي

My Lord, existence has failed me as a refuge,

and my paths have darkened before my face.

سيدي من يحلل حماك يصادف

كرماً منزلاً برحب وأهل

My Lord, whoever alights in Your sanctuary finds

generosity as his lodging, with spacious welcome and hospitality.

سيدي أي قاصد طوحته

في حماك الخطوب باء بحظل

My Lord, what seeker, tossed

by calamities into Your sanctuary, has returned deprived?

سيدي أي وارد لك لم تم

لأ رواياه من نداك بسجل

My Lord, what thirsty visitor to You has not

had his waterskins filled with a bucket of Your bounty?

سيدي أي بائس مسه الض

ر وناداك لم تغثه بطول

My Lord, what wretch, touched by affliction,

has called upon You without Your rescuing him with bounty?

سيدي أي محسن فيك ظناً

لم يكن ظنه اليقين المجلي

My Lord, who has ever thought well of You

without his expectation proving clear, illuminating certainty?

سيدي أي محسن أو مسيئي

وكلته الألطاف إلا لفضل

My Lord, what doer of good or evil

have Your gentle graces entrusted to anything but bounty?

سيدي من يصرف هواه إلى غي

يرك لم يلف منك غير التولي

My Lord, whoever turns his desire toward another

than You finds from You only a turning away.

سيدي كيف بي وقد برح الشو

ق بقلبي إليك واستل عقلي

My Lord, what of me, when longing has grown fierce

in my heart for You, and has stolen my reason?

سيدي لو أملت عنك هوى نف

سي تلطفت بي فعدلت ميلي

My Lord, if I turned my soul's desire away from You,

You would deal gently with me and straighten my inclination.

سيدي لو غمست نفسي في ظل

مة طبعي أدركت جذبي ونشلي

My Lord, if I immersed my soul in the darkness

of my nature, You would draw me out and lift me free.

سيدي لو فررت عمري عن با

بك الفيت من أزائل حولي

My Lord, if all my life I fled from Your gate,

I would find the One I forsake all around me.

سيدي لم أجدك إلا جميلاً

تتدانى مني وانأى بجهلي

My Lord, I have found You only beautiful:

You draw near to me, while I withdraw in my ignorance.

سيدي منك ما يليق بما أن

ت ملي به ومني شكلي

My Lord, from You comes what befits what You are

full of; from me comes what resembles me.

سيدي أخلقت ذنوبي وجهي

ورمتني بالشؤم سوءة فعلي

My Lord, my sins have worn out my face,

and the ugliness of my deeds has cast me into ill fortune.

سيدي مزقت حياتي المعاصي

واقتراف الخطَّاء للخير يبلي

My Lord, acts of disobedience have torn my life apart;

a sinner's transgression brings ruin to goodness.

سيدي إن أسرفت في الذنب لا آ

تي بخير فتلك فعلات مثلي

My Lord, if I sin excessively and bring

no goodness, such are the deeds of one like me.

سيدي لا يزكو الذي لزه الطب

ع إلى ما يرضي الرجيم بحبل

My Lord, he cannot grow pure whom nature drags

by a rope toward what pleases the accursed one.

سيدي لو قامرت شيطان نفسي

بقداح الطاعات أحرزت خصلي

My Lord, were I to gamble against my soul's devil

with the arrows of obedience, I would secure my winnings.

سيدي إن يك اقترافي عظيماً

فهو في حلم اللّه عين الأقل

My Lord, if my wrongdoing is great,

it is the very least beside God's forbearance.

سيدي ما فرطت فيك اجتراء

إنها فلتة الغرور بدت لي

My Lord, I did not neglect Your due out of insolence;

it was a lapse born of delusion that befell me.

سيدي إن تحمل على العدل نفسي

كان حقاً على عذابك حملي

My Lord, if You judge my soul according to justice,

then carrying me to Your punishment would be just.

سيدي لا تطيق سطوتك العظ

مى عبوديتي وفطرة ذلي

My Lord, Your supreme onslaught cannot be endured

by my servitude and my innate lowliness.

سيدي لا يجير شيء على اللّه

ولا عنك مهرب لمحل

My Lord, nothing grants protection against God,

nor is there any escape from You for a transgressor.

سيدي أي ملجأ غير احسا

نك للعبد منك أم أي وأل

My Lord, what refuge is there besides Your benevolence

for the servant against You—or what other haven?

سيدي إن طردتني غير مقبو

ل فويلي مما دهاني ويلي

My Lord, if You cast me out, unaccepted,

woe to me for what has befallen me—woe to me!

سيدي إن طردتني خاسر الصف

قة لم ألف من يقوم بكلي

My Lord, if You cast me out, a loser in the bargain,

I will find none to take charge of my burden.

سيدي إن يكن هواي حجابي

عنك فاجعل هواي كالمضمحل

My Lord, if my desire is my veil

from You, then make my desire vanish.

سيدي ما عصيت جبراً من القد

رة بل سولت لي النفس فعلي

My Lord, I did not disobey under compulsion from Your power;

rather, my soul made my deed seem fair to me.

سيدي ما عصيت شكا بوعد

ووعيد ولا اعتصاماً بحولي

My Lord, I did not disobey through doubt in promise

and threat, nor through reliance on my own power.

سيدي ما زايلت بابك عن أم

ن ويأس ولا اكتفاء بطولي

My Lord, I did not leave Your gate out of security

or despair, nor because my own resources sufficed me.

سيدي كل ما عداك مجاز

ودليل عليك للمستدل

My Lord, everything besides You is metaphor

and a sign pointing to You for one who seeks proof.

سيدي لا أرى المجاز ولا أش

هد إلا حقيقة المتجلي

My Lord, I do not see the metaphor, nor do I witness

anything but the reality of the One who reveals Himself.

سيدي لا يرد أمرك تديير

ضعيف ولا احتيال مقل

My Lord, Your command cannot be repelled by the planning

of the weak, nor by the contrivance of the needy.

سيدي هفوتي لسوء اختياري

واتباعي خطى العدو المضل

My Lord, my lapse comes from my poor choosing

and my following the footsteps of the misleading enemy.

سيدي هل تقيلني عشرة الجه

ل فعذري إليك غرة جهلي

My Lord, will You pardon my lapse of ignorance?

My plea to You is the heedlessness of my ignorance.

سيدي لو عاصك ما حاطه العر

ش تأنيتهم بحلم وفضل

My Lord, were all the Throne encompasses to disobey You,

You would grant them respite with forbearance and bounty.

سيدي لو عاصك ما حاطه العر

ش لما أنقصوك حبة بقل

My Lord, were all the Throne encompasses to disobey You,

they would not diminish You by so much as a herb's seed.

سيدي ما أغنى جلالك عن طا

عة وجهي وعن فروضي ونفلي

My Lord, how free Your majesty is of needing the obedience

of my face, or my obligatory and voluntary worship!

سيدي إن وفقتني لمراضي

ك فأحسنتها فنفع لأجلي

My Lord, if You enable me to do what pleases You,

and I perform it well, the benefit is for my own sake.

سيدي إن ظلمت نفسي فهلكي

أنت ربي العزيز عن أي فعلي

My Lord, if I wrong my soul, the ruin is mine;

You are my Lord, exalted beyond any deed of mine.

سيدي قد أجرمت قاصمة الظه

ر وأوقرت النفس أثقل حمل

My Lord, I have committed backbreaking offenses

and loaded my soul with the heaviest burden.

سيدي حبك المتاب إلى الرح

مة يحدو وعن جمالك يملي

My Lord, Your love of repentance urges toward mercy

and dictates words of Your beauty.

سيدي تبت مخلصاً لك وجهي

من ذنوبي بأي فعل وقول

My Lord, I repent, devoting my face sincerely to You,

of my sins in every deed and utterance.

سيدي تبت عالماً أن من أم

ك عاجلته بصفح وطول

My Lord, I repent, knowing that whoever seeks

You, You hasten to meet with pardon and bounty.

ما أبالي إن تعف عني وترضى

سخرتني الأكوان أو سخرت لي

I care not, if You pardon me and are pleased,

whether the worlds subjugate me or are subjugated to me.

رب إني من البلاء جزوع

ومعافاتك المقيمة سؤلي

Lord, I am fearful and impatient in affliction,

and lasting well-being from You is my request.

رب أشكو إليك فقراً وذلاً

واحتياجاً لبين الفقر مثلي

Lord, I complain to You of poverty and lowliness,

and need—one like me is plainly poor.

رب أنت الغني ذو الرحمة الوا

سعة املأ كفي رجائي بفضل

Lord, You are the Self-Sufficient, Possessor of boundless mercy;

fill my hope's two palms with bounty.

رب لم تنفذ الخزائن والطو

ل ولا ضاقت الأيادي بطول

Lord, Your treasuries and bounty are not exhausted,

nor have Your hands grown constrained through giving.

رب تعطي لحكمة بالمقادي

ر وتعطي بغير وزن وكيل

Lord, in wisdom You give in measured amounts,

and You give without weighing or measuring.

رب إن تعطني فقد نضب الما

ء وجف المرعى لشدة مجلي

Lord, would You give to me? The water has run dry,

and the pasture has withered in my severe drought.

رب أشكو إليك طرق الرزايا

جلبت لي حرباً بخيل ورجل

Lord, I complain to You of the onslaught of calamities:

they have brought me war, with cavalry and infantry.

رب أشكو إليك طاغية فاكبته

كبتاً وابهله أعظم بهل

Lord, I complain to You of a tyrant: abase him

utterly, and curse him with the greatest curse.

رب نكل به وشدد عليه

وطأة الانتقام في غير مهل

Lord, make an example of him, and press upon him

the weight of vengeance without delay.

أعطني قوة عليه وحولاً

ليس يقوى بغير حولك حولي

Give me strength against him and power;

my power has no strength without Your power.

مدني من قوى سطاك بقهر

واقتدار يطويه طي السجل

Strengthen me from the forces of Your might with dominion

and power that rolls him up as a scroll is rolled.

واكسني من جلال عزة أسما

ئك عزاً لا يستضام بذل

Clothe me, from the majesty of Your names' might,

with honor that suffers no abasing oppression.

فالعزيز المنيع من أدركته

غيرة اللّه بانتصار وصول

For the mighty and impregnable is he whom

God's jealous care overtakes with victory and force.

والعزيز المنيع من نصرة اللّه

أقامته في محال التولي

And the mighty and impregnable is he whom God's aid

establishes in the stations of protective care.

والعزيز المنيع من مت ذا الع

زة والكبرياء منك بحبل

And the mighty and impregnable is he who binds himself to You, Possessor of might

and majesty, by a cord from You.

غارة اللّه أدركي نصرتي إذ

عزني النصر من قريب وخل

God's onslaught, come to my aid, for

help has eluded me from kin and friend.

غارة اللّه جردي صارم المق

ت على مفرق الظلوم المضل

God's onslaught, unsheathe the cutting sword of wrath

upon the crown of the oppressive misleader.

غارة اللّه بيتي الكفر والطغ

يان أو صبحيه منك بثكل

God's onslaught, attack unbelief and tyranny by night,

or bring them bereavement at dawn.

غارة اللّه قد ظلمت وشكوا

ي إلى من يرى ويسمع قولي

God's onslaught, I have been wronged, and my complaint

is to Him who sees and hears my words.

غارة اللّه بالصواعق من نق

مته فاحصبي العدى واستهلي

God's onslaught, with the thunderbolts of His vengeance,

pelt the enemies and pour down!

رب سلطانك النصير نصيري

وخلوص الدعا سيوفي ونبلي

Lord, Your victorious sovereignty is my helper,

and pure supplication is my swords and arrows.

وجنود الأسماء أنصَار قهري

وكنوز الأسماء كنزي وطولي

The hosts of the Names aid my conquest,

and the treasures of the Names are my treasure and bounty.

وحصون الأسماء معقل أمني

وغيوث الأسماء غيثي لمحلي

The fortresses of the Names are my stronghold of safety,

and the downpours of the Names are rain for my drought.

وبروق الأسماء تخطف أبصا

ر المريدين سوء حالي وذلي

The lightning flashes of the Names snatch away the sight

of those desiring my misfortune and abasement.

وفيوض الأسماء قوة تصري

في وفصلي في الكائنات ووصلي

The outpourings of the Names are the strength of my sway,

my severing and joining among created things.

فاكسني من لألاء أسرارها نو

راً وهب لي بفيضها كل سؤلي

So clothe me in light from the radiance of their mysteries,

and grant me through their outpouring all I ask.

وأعشني متيماً مولع القل

ب باذكارها نهاري وليلي

Let me live enraptured, my heart enamored

of remembering them, by day and by night.

وأغثني بها وجل همومي

وغمومي وحل قيدي وغلي

Rescue me through them, dispel my cares

and sorrows, and loose my fetters and shackles.

لست أخشى من الحوادث أن كن

بأنوار سرها متجلي

I fear no calamities, if I am

illumined by the lights of their mystery.

فارج الهم كاشف الغم عجل

فرجاً عاجلاً ولطفاً بذلي

Reliever of care, Remover of grief, hasten

swift relief, and be gentle with my lowliness.

يا مغيث الملهوف يا راحم العب

رة يا منجي الغريق استجب لي

O Helper of the distraught, O You who pity tears,

O Rescuer of the drowning, answer me.

حيطة العلم بي مناب سؤالي

وسؤالي فقري وذل محلي

Your knowledge encompassing me stands in place of my asking,

and my asking is my poverty and my lowly station.

وسؤال اللسان والقلب تشري

ف وفضل تقضي عليه بفضل

Asking with tongue and heart is an honor

and a favor You repay with favor.

وسباني الجمال من قولك أدعو

ني وحسن الرجاء هيم عقلي

Beauty has taken me captive in Your saying, 'Call

upon Me'; and fair hope has enthralled my mind.

وإلى وجهك الكريم تجلت

مِدَح منك فيك والاسم قولي

And toward Your noble face are revealed

praises from You, about You; the Name is my utterance.

أشرقت من ستائر اللطف أنوا

ر سناها لا من كثيفة جهلي

From the veils of gentleness shone lights,

their radiance not from the dense darkness of my ignorance.

كلم طيب ورب رحيم

ومقامي مقام شاك مقل

Goodly words, and a merciful Lord,

while my station is that of a needy complainant.

هذه سيدي الوسيلة أدلو

ها إلى وجهك الكريم الأجل

This, my Lord, is the means of approach I lower

to Your noble, most exalted face.

ليس لي حجة ولا من شفيع

بابتهالي وذكر اسمك أدلي

I have no argument and no intercessor;

with my supplication and remembrance of Your name I present my plea.

ما أراني أخيب إذ قمت أدعو

ك وألقيت عند بابك رحلي

I do not see myself failing when I stand to call upon

You, and lay my saddle at Your gate.

ولساني يتلو واخلاص قلبي

تحت ميزاب سر الأسماء يملي

My tongue recites, and my heart's sincerity

dictates beneath the spout of the Names' mystery.

فأجزني رضاك في جنة الخل

د ملقى بوالدي ونسلي

Reward me with Your favor in the Garden of Eternity,

reunited with my parents and descendants.

وأجزني رفداً تصون به وج

هي عن الخلق عاجلاً فوق سؤلي

And reward me with a gift by which You shield my face

from creation, speedily, beyond all I ask.

رب أبلغ ذات النبي الذي أر

سلته رحمة وخاتم رسل

Lord, convey to the person of the Prophet whom You sent

as a mercy and the seal of messengers,

أحمد المصطفى صلاة وتسلي

ماً كما ترتضي له أن تصلي

Ahmad the Chosen, blessings and peace,

as You are pleased to bestow blessings upon him.

وعلى الآل والصحابة ما أخل

لص داع وما أجزت بفضل

And upon his family and companions, as long as any

supplicant calls sincerely, and as You reward with bounty.

وأجزه خير ما جزيت رسولاً

من عظيم الرضا وحسن التولي

Reward him with the best You have rewarded any messenger:

immense favor and gracious protective care.

وتدارك بحقه دعواتي

بقبول ونائل منك جزل

For his sake, attend to my prayers

with acceptance and an abundant gift from You.

وأفض رحمة بامداده تك

شف كربي بها وتجمع شملي

Pour forth mercy through his succor, to relieve

my distress thereby and gather my scattered affairs.

أي كرب ما حله اللطف عن مس

مسك من حب النبي بحبل

What distress has gentle grace not dissolved for one

holding fast to a cord of love for the Prophet?

فاز داعيك بالاجابة إن مَ

تَّ بمعنى جماله المتجلي

Your supplicant wins an answer if he binds himself

to the meaning of his manifest beauty.