Sol 6.1

  1. حجٌّ كما شاء الوفيُّ الآملُ

    وفريضةٌ فيها الثواب العاجلُ

    A pilgrimage as the faithful, hopeful man wished,

    and a duty bearing immediate reward.

  2. أديتها فجعلتها حتماً على

    راجيك لا يلويه عنها شاغل

    You performed it, making it binding upon

    whoever hopes in you, no distraction turning him from it.

  3. حاولتها زمناً ودون سبيلها

    متطيِّرون كما يشاء العاذل

    You sought it for a time, while barring its path

    were men who saw ill omens, as the reproacher wishes.

  4. كانت لبانة شيِّقٍ فقضيتها

    وعداك أحباب وعصرك طائل

    It was a yearning man's desire, and you fulfilled it;

    your enemies are friends, and your era prospers.

  5. من أنعم الدستور أن يجزى على

    مقدار رحمته المحب العاقل

    Among the constitution's blessings is that he be rewarded according to

    the measure of his mercy—the loving, wise man.

  6. لما رحلت إلى الحجاز تجددت

    للمسلمين عزائم وشمائل

    When you journeyed to the Hijaz, renewed were

    the Muslims' resolves and noble traits.

  7. تسعى وآمال الورى لك تُبَّعٌ

    تشتاقهن مواسم ومحافل

    You journey onward, and mankind's hopes follow you,

    longed for by seasons and assemblies.

  8. فكأنها فوق العباب سفائن

    وكأنها خلف الركاب جحافل

    As though they were ships upon the surging sea,

    and armies behind the mounted caravan.

  9. لولا مسارعة السفينة تبتغي

    آمادها لسعى إليك الساحل

    Were it not for the ship's haste, seeking

    its distant destinations, the shore would have hastened toward you.

  10. والعيس مشرفة الظهور كأنها

    مما بنيت منازل ومعاقل

    And the pale camels, their backs towering, seem

    dwellings and strongholds of your own building.

  11. أخذت نصيباً من حنينك فانطوت

    بيدٌ لها دون المدى ومراحل

    They took a share of your yearning, and there were folded away

    for them deserts and stages before the journey's end.

  12. فإذا حدتهن الحوائم فوقها

    لبَّى حصىً من تحتها وجنادل

    When the circling birds above chanted them onward,

    pebbles and boulders beneath answered the call.

  13. شرَّفتَها في أخريات زمانها

    يوماً فعاودها الفخار الزائل

    You honored them in the last days of their age

    one day, and their vanished glory returned.

  14. فَأْذَنْ لها أن تستريح فإنه

    أضحى خليفتها الحديد الجائل

    So allow them to rest, for

    roving iron has now become their successor.

  15. واخضرت الصحراء للجند الذي

    أنست به وهو الرهيب الهائل

    The desert grew green for the army

    whose company comforted it, though fearsome and awesome.

  16. عطفت عليه وحوشها وأظلَّهُ

    سربان في أفقٍ قطاً وأجادل

    Its wild beasts grew fond of it, and it was shaded by

    two flocks on the horizon: sandgrouse and falcons.

  17. وعقيلةُ الملك الكبير وحولها

    من منجبات الكابرين عقائل

    And the noble consort of the great king, around her

    noble ladies from among the mothers of illustrious men,

  18. في موكب لم تزجِهِ سبأٌ لبل

    قيسٍ ولا لسميرَميسٍ بابل

    in a procession that Sheba never sent forth for

    Bilqis, nor Babylon for Semiramis.

  19. ولقد تلقتهن مريمُ حولها

    من نسوة الرسلِ النطاقُ الحافل

    Mary indeed welcomed them, around her

    the crowded circle of the messengers' wives.

  20. والزهرتان من الجنان عليهما

    غيرُ الذي لهما حُلَىً وغلائل

    And the two blossoms from the gardens have upon them

    other jewels and fine robes than those they own.

  21. إن التُّقى وهو الحبيب إليهما

    عبء ينوء به القويُّ الباسل

    Piety, beloved to them both,

    is a burden under which the strong, valiant man staggers.

  22. أعجلتَهُ لهما كما عجل الصبا

    إن الإمارة عفة وفضائل

    You brought it early to them, just as youth came early;

    princely rank is chastity and virtues.

  23. أولى بمن ملأ البلاد نصيبه

    من هذه الدنيا الخلاق الكامل

    Most fitting for one whose share has filled the lands

    of this world is a full measure of goodness.

  24. ولئن حضرت وأكبرتك ممالك

    فلقد بدوت وأكبرتك قبائل

    Though you dwelt in towns and kingdoms revered you,

    you also entered the desert, and tribes revered you.

  25. وتود شائقة المدائن أنها

    في مسلكيك مع الركاب قوافل

    The longing cities wish they were

    caravans beside your mounts on both your routes.

  26. لو لم ترد قدماك تشريف الثرى

    حملتك عنه جنائب وشمائل

    Had your feet not wished to honor the soil,

    led steeds and north winds would have borne you above it.

  27. سحراً دخلت وما لركبك سابق

    إلا عبيرٌ دونه ومشاعل

    Before dawn you entered, nothing preceding your caravan

    except fragrance wafting ahead of it and torches.

  28. وتساءلت تلك الجبال أنفحة

    من مصر أم ملك كريم نازل

    Those mountains asked one another: Is this a fragrant breath

    from Egypt, or a noble king arriving?

  29. وسعى لك الحَجَرُ الكريم وإنه

    لأجل ما استلمت يدٌ وأنامل

    The noble Stone came toward you, and it is indeed

    the noblest thing a hand or fingertips have touched.

  30. لانت لنجواك الصخور فلم تقف

    إلا وجلمدها كثيب سائل

    Rocks softened to your whispered prayer; wherever you stood,

    their boulders were dunes of flowing sand.

  31. وشفت دموعك من حرار رمالها

    ما ليس يشفيه الغمام الهاطل

    Your tears healed in its sands such burning heat

    as the pouring raincloud cannot heal.

  32. فلئن بكيت فما بكيت ضراعة

    إلا وأنت أمام ربك ماثل

    Though you wept, you never wept in supplication

    except while standing before your Lord.

  33. ما كان سعيك بين مروة والصفا

    إلا وأنت عن الرعية سائل

    Never did you walk between Marwa and Safa

    without asking after your subjects.

  34. ولئن دعوت بصالح لهمُ كما

    عاهدتهم فهو الدعاء الشامل

    And if you prayed for their welfare, as

    you pledged to them, that prayer embraces all.

  35. لم لا يفيض معين زمزم غامراً

    تلك السهول وأنت منه ناهل

    Why should Zamzam's spring not overflow, flooding

    those plains, when you are drinking from it?

  36. ما المنُّ والسلوى أجل اليوم من

    خبز الفقير وأنت منه آكل

    Manna and quails are no nobler today than

    the poor man's bread, when you eat of it.

  37. يا حبذا أنت المضحي المفتدي

    ولنعمت الزلفى ونعم النائل

    How splendid you are, offering sacrifice and redeeming yourself!

    How excellent the nearness to God, how excellent the gift!

  38. ولنعم برك بالحجيج إذا التوت

    سبلٌ وصال على المطايا صائل

    How excellent your kindness to the pilgrims, when twisted

    are the roads and an assailant attacks the mounts.

  39. ضمن الأمان لهم صليل مهند

    للّه عندك أو جواد صاهل

    Their safety was assured by the ringing of an Indian-steel sword

    in your keeping for God, or by a neighing steed.

  40. ويرون من نعم الإله عليهم

    أن يسمعوك وأنت داع آمل

    They count among God's blessings upon them

    hearing you pray in hope.

  41. أغلى هداياهم إلى أوطانهم

    أنباء ما أحيا السماح الحاصل

    Their dearest gifts to their homelands

    are reports of what the generosity they received revived.

  42. فكأنما الغيث الذي ملأ القرى

    لنداك في تلك البقاع مساجل

    It is as though the rain that filled the villages

    vied with your largesse in those regions.

  43. ما بين جدك والخليل سَمِيِّهِ

    سببٌ إلى اللّه المهيمن واصل

    What lies between your grandfather and the Friend of God, his namesake,

    is a bond reaching God, the All-Protecting.

  44. هذا له فضل البناء مباركاً

    تعنو جبابرة له وعياهل

    This one has the honor of its blessed construction;

    before it bow tyrants and mighty kings.

  45. ولذاك فضلُ نجاتِه من بعد ما

    كادت تميل بحائطيه زلازل

    And that one has the merit of its deliverance, after

    earthquakes had nearly toppled its two walls.

  46. نالت مودتَك الكريمةَ هاشمٌ

    ميمونةً وتَلَمَّسَتْها وائل

    Hashim received your noble affection,

    a blessed affection, and Wa'il sought it too.

  47. ضربوا هناك لك الخيام وإنها

    مثل القصور ثوابت وأواهل

    They pitched tents for you there, and they were

    like palaces, firmly set and filled with dwellers.

  48. فكأنما قاماتهم طنب لها

    ونياط هاتيك القلوب حبائل

    It was as though their statures were the tents' guy ropes,

    and the heartstrings of those hearts their cords.

  49. وأرتك طه في جلال وقاره

    سيما على أبنائه ومخايل

    And Ta-Ha was shown to you in all his solemn majesty

    through marks and signs upon his sons.

  50. يا ناصر السلطان كيف مكانه

    من عُرْبِ تلك البيد وهو العادل

    O champion of the Sultan, what is his standing

    among the Arabs of those deserts, he who is just?

  51. إن الأمانة ما حملت إليهم

    وكأن جبريل الأمين الحامل

    What you carried to them was the trust,

    as though faithful Gabriel were its bearer.

  52. إن ضرج البطحاءَ يوم تمردوا

    دمُهم فأنت لذلك الدمِ غاسل

    If al-Batha was reddened, on the day they rebelled,

    by their blood, you wash away that blood.

  53. ولئن غرست مواضياً وعوالياً

    غادرتها في القفر وهي خمائل

    And if you planted keen swords and lofty spears,

    you left them in the wilderness as leafy groves.

  54. إن شئتَ غادرتِ الجيادَ أعنَّةٌ

    أو شئت فارقت السيوف حمائل

    If you wish, reins leave the steeds;

    or, if you wish, sword-belts part from swords.

  55. أينازعون على الخلافة قادة

    لولاهم غال الخلافة غائل

    Do they challenge commanders over the caliphate,

    without whom a destroyer would have ruined the caliphate?

  56. اللّه قدرها لهم وأعزهم

    ما دام فيهم قانت ومقاتل

    God ordained it for them and gave them might,

    as long as among them remain a worshipper and a fighter.

  57. فليسكن العرب الكرام إليهم

    ولْيَرْبَأَنَّ بنفسه المتطاول

    So let the noble Arabs put their trust in them,

    and let the overreacher preserve his own dignity.

  58. هل يفتديها والخطوب جلائلٌ

    من لم يصبها والخطوب قلائل

    Will he redeem it when calamities are great,

    who did not attain it when calamities were few?

  59. لبّى دعاءك كل ناء نازح

    ووعى نصيحتك العصيُّ الغافل

    Every remote wanderer answered your call,

    and the heedless rebel understood your counsel.

  60. ولقد شهدتَ فما هناك مغايبٌ

    وقدِ اطلعت فما هناك مجاهل

    You have indeed witnessed; no hidden matters remain there,

    and you have looked closely; no unknown places remain there.

  61. لولا قواك استوقفتك بيثربٍ

    وبمكةَ الذكرى وأنت مزايل

    But for your strength, you would have been detained in Yathrib

    and in Mecca by remembrance, as you departed.

  62. أثنى عليك الراشدون وأكبروا

    ما تبتغي لتراثهم وتحاول

    The Rightly Guided praised you and held in high esteem

    what you seek and strive for in their legacy.

  63. ومن السماء رسائلٌ فيها الرضى

    تترى إليك ومن فروق رسائل

    From heaven, messages bearing approval

    come to you in succession, and from Furuq come messages.

  64. للقدس عندك حقُّ وافٍ عاتبٍ

    لو لم يعده الحج عام آجل

    Jerusalem has a full claim upon you, one that would reproach you

    had the pilgrimage not promised it a future year.

  65. يا مرجع الدنيا إلينا نضرة

    أرجع إلينا الدين فهو الكافل

    O you who restore the world to us in its freshness,

    restore religion to us, for it is our guarantor.

  66. حسب الورى شرحاً وتفسيراً له

    ما أنت فاعله وما أنا قائل

    Enough for mankind as its exposition and interpretation

    is what you do and what I say.

  67. فيه السماح لما تضم كنائسٌ

    لو يعلمون وما تضم هياكل

    In it is tolerance for what churches contain,

    if only they knew, and for what temples contain.

  68. لو يكرهون على اتباع سبيله

    ما اغتال حقاً في البرية باطل

    Were they compelled to follow its path,

    falsehood would never murder truth among humankind.

  69. فإذا رفعت مناره في أمة

    يوماً فقد عاد الخليط الراحل

    When you raise its beacon among a people

    one day, the departed companion has returned.

  70. يا ضارباً في الأرض ميمون الخطا

    إن التجارب للنفوس صياقل

    O traveler over the earth, blessed in your steps,

    experiences are polishers of souls.

  71. ما كان للأحرار أن يتخلَّفوا

    لولا عوائق جمة وحوائل

    Free men would not have stayed behind,

    but for countless hindrances and barriers.

  72. فانقل إلى الشرقين ما حصَّلتَه

    في المغربين فأنت نعم الناقل

    So carry to the two Easts what you gained

    in the two Wests, for you are the finest bearer.

  73. والشعب يرضى ما رضيت وإنه

    في العالمين كما عملت لعامل

    The people accept what you accept; indeed they

    will surely work among the world's peoples as you have worked.

  74. أعجل خطاه إلى العلاء فإنه

    ألف الهوينا الناهض المتثاقل

    Hasten their steps toward glory, for

    the sluggish riser has grown used to a leisurely pace.

  75. لا الأرض شائكة ولا الآفاق دا

    جية ولا السند المرجَّى مائل

    The earth is not thorny, nor are the horizons

    dark, nor is the hoped-for support unsteady.

  76. إن ترض عن أحراره وأباته

    يوماً فقد ودَّ المعولَ العائل

    If you approve its free and proud men

    one day, then the needy man loves the one he relies on.

  77. وإذا وهبتهمُ الذي سألوكه

    لم تبق بعدُ مآرب ومسائل

    And if you grant them what they asked of you,

    no further desires or requests remain.

  78. وإذا رأوا خيراً فمنك وإن همُ

    منعوا فما أنت المنوع الباخل

    If they see good, it is from you; and if they

    are denied, you are not the withholding miser.

  79. يا بانيَ الأبطال قبل ديارهم

    هل أعوزتك ذرائع ووسائل

    O builder of heroes before their dwellings,

    have means and resources ever failed you?

  80. لا تأمننَّ على الديار عداتها

    يوماً وفي أيدي العداة معاول

    Never trust the homelands' enemies with them

    for a day, while pickaxes lie in the enemies' hands.

  81. مولاي فانصر ناصريك عليهمُ

    فإذا تعاونا استحال الخاذل

    My lord, help your supporters against them;

    when we join forces, the deserter is transformed.

  82. وارع الألى ملأوا البلاد تقاضياً

    فعسى يفي لهمُ الغريم الماطل

    Care for those who filled the lands with demands for their dues;

    perhaps the procrastinating debtor will repay them.

  83. ما عذر من يغضي ويغضب كلما

    أقدمت لولا أنه متحامل

    What excuse has one who turns a blind eye, yet grows angry whenever

    you advance, unless he is prejudiced?

  84. خيرٌ لنا جدُّ الزمانِ وإن قسا

    من أن يخادعنا الزمان الهازل

    Better for us is time's sternness, though it be harsh,

    than to be deceived by time in jest.

  85. ملقاك موعدنا الخليق بكل ما

    يروى البشير ويذكر المتفائل

    Our meeting with you is our promised hour, worthy of all

    the good-news bearer recounts and the optimist mentions.