أفق هديت من التبريح والكمد — Al Burai

أفق هديت من التبريح وَالكمد

وان تكن قطعة ذابت من الكبد

Awake—may you be guided—from torment and grief,

even if you are a piece melted from the liver.

واقنع بمن لم يزل سبحانه عوضا

عَن كل ما فات من أَهل وَمن وَلَد

And be content with Him—glory be to Him—who has ever been a recompense

for all that has been lost of family and children.

واشكر عَلى نعمة من نعمة نشأت

لمن أَرادَ بك الحُسنى وَلَم ترد

And give thanks for a blessing that arose from a blessing,

to Him who wished you the best, though you did not wish it.

واصبر عَلى الكسر علّ اللَه يجبره

بمعظم الاجر واطلب جوده تجد

And endure the fracture; perhaps God will mend it

with abundant reward; seek His generosity, and you will find it.

وكلما قرعت النائبات فقل

يا سَيدي يا رَسول اللَه خُذ بِيَدي

And whenever calamities knock, say:

O my master, O Messenger of God, take my hand.

تلق ابن آمنة غوث الطر يداذا

ضاقَ الخِناق بخطب غير مئد

You will find Aminah's son the outcast's succor, when

the noose tightens with an unsparing calamity [uncertain wording].

خير البَريّة من عجم ومن عرب

وأكرم الخلق في الاغوار والنجد

The best of creation, among non-Arabs and Arabs,

and the noblest of creatures in the lowlands and highlands.

محمد خير سادات الورى مضر

من جاره جار عز غير مضطهد

Muhammad, best of humankind's lords—Mudar [wording unclear].

Whoever is his neighbor dwells in honor, never oppressed.

أَتى به اللَه شمسا غير آفلة

تَسمو نور عَلى الآفاق متقد

God brought him forth as a sun that never sets,

rising high, a light blazing above the horizons.

فرع تسلسل من سر النبوة في

أَقيال مكة مغنى الطارق الكمد

A branch descended from the mystery of prophethood among

Mecca's chieftains, a refuge for the sorrowful night visitor.

من عنصر المجد بجوح الفخار سرى

من سيد سند في سيد سند

From the stock of glory, rejoicing in honor, he coursed

from one lord, a pillar of support, into another lord, a pillar of support.

هدى به اللَه قوما الاخلاق لهم

من أمة عميت عن منهج الرشد

Through him God guided a people possessed of moral virtues,

from a nation blind to the path of sound guidance.

أمت شفا جرف هار فأنقذها

وحل منها محل الروح في الجَسَد

It approached the brink of a crumbling bank, and he saved it,

and took within it the place the soul holds in the body.

أقال عثرة غاويها وأدركها

رشدا واصلح ما فيها من الاود

He remedied its errant one's stumble and brought it

to guidance, correcting the crookedness within it.

وَقام يهدى إلى قصد السَبيل فَكَم

بالحق من سابق منا وَمُقتَصَد

And he arose to guide along the straight path; how many

among us raced ahead through truth, or kept the middle course!

وَجاءَ باليمن والايمان يرشدنا

بالنور من ظلمات الزيع وَالنَكَد

And he brought blessing and faith, guiding us

with light out of the darkness of deviation and misery.

له السَموات والارضون شاهدة

بمعجزات وآيات بلا عدد

The heavens and the earths bear witness for him

through miracles and signs beyond number,

تنأى عَن الرمل وَالقطر الملث وعن

عد النبات وَموج البحر وَالزبد

far exceeding the sand and the ceaseless rain, and

the count of plants, the sea's waves, and foam.

كَم ذا احن إِلى ذاك الحَبيب عَلى

بعدى وأمسى ضنين الوجد وَالسهد

How deeply I yearn for that beloved, despite

my distance, and spend the evening hoarding longing and sleeplessness.

أَستودع الرب تَسليمي إليه اذا

جد الرَحيل بهم عني وَعَن بَلَدي

I entrust to the Lord my salutation to him, when

their departure from me and my homeland hastens.

وَكَم وَكَم بينَنا من مجهل درس

ومن فراسخ لا تحصى ومن برد

How many, how many uncharted, trackless wastes lie between us,

and countless parasangs and postal stages!

يا نازلا بديار الشام لا تربت

يَداكَ فاخر بمدح المُصطَفى تفد

O dweller in the lands of al-Sham, may dust never cling to

your hands; glory in praising the Chosen One, and prosper.

وَحي عَني حَبيب الزائرين وَلا

تضع وَديعَة واهى الصبر وَالجلد

And greet on my behalf the visitors' beloved, and do not

lose the trust of one whose patience and fortitude fail.

ردد عليه سَلاما لا انتهاء له

كرمل عالج اضعافا وَزدوزد

Repeat to him a greeting that has no end,

many times the sands of Alij—and add, and add.

وَقل لا شرف خلق اللَه مرتبة

ومن تبوّأ مجدا غير منجد

And say to the loftiest in rank of God's creation,

and to him who took his seat in glory unaided:

ماذا تعامل يا شمس النبوّة من

اضحى اليك من الاشواق في كمد

How will you treat, O sun of prophethood, one who

has fallen into sorrow through his yearning for you?

فامنع جناب ضريح لا صَريخ له

نائى المزار غَريب الدار مُبتَعد

Then protect the person of an outcast who has no rescuer,

remote in dwelling, a stranger far away from home,

حَليف ودك واهى الصبر منتظر

لغارة منك يا ركني وَيا عضدي

bound to your love, frail in patience, awaiting

a charge from you, O my pillar, O my supporting arm.

اسير ذَنبي وَزلاتي وَلا عمل

أَرجو النجاة به ان انت لَم تجد

A captive of my sin and my lapses, I have no deed

through which I may hope for salvation, should you withhold your bounty.

قرعن ايام دَهري قوتي فوهت

عراى من محن تَجري إِلى الامد

The days of my life battered my strength and slackened

my bonds with trials that run on to the end.

وَضاقَ ذَرعي لاحوال منكرة

لديّ أَعظم أَن أَشكو إِلى أَحَد

And my capacity grew strait before dreadful circumstances

that seem to me too grievous to complain of to anyone.

ما زالَ يحسدني دَهري عَلى نعم

وَالحر ما عاشَ لا يَخلو عَن الحسد

Time has never ceased to envy me my blessings;

and the noble man, as long as he lives, is never spared envy.

كَم من خطوب الى الدنيا أَعد لها

حسن اعتنائك بي مع قلة المدد

For many a worldly calamity I hold in reserve

your gracious care for me, despite the scantness of aid.

فاقبل بفضلك اذلالي وَمعذرتي

وَقوّ ضعفي بفضل فائض رغد

So accept, in your grace, my self-abasement and my apology,

and strengthen my weakness with overflowing, abundant favor.

وانظر إِلى بعين منك مشفقة

وَقم بحالي وَلاطفني وجد وعد

And look upon me with a compassionate eye of yours,

attend to my plight, be gentle with me, give generously, and return.

وحل عقده كربى يا محمد من

هم عَلى خطرات القلب مطرد

And loosen the knot of my distress, O Muhammad, caused by

a worry continually haunting the heart's passing thoughts.

أَرجوك في سكرات الموت تشهدني

كيما يَهون اذا الانفاس في صعد

I beseech you to attend me in the agonies of death,

so it may be eased when breath strains upward.

وان نزلت ضر يحالا أَنيس به

فكن أَنيس وحيد فيه منفرد

And if I descend into a grave with no companion there,

be the companion of one alone in it, utterly solitary.

حَتّى إِذا نشر الاموات يوم غد

وكل نفس رأت ما قدمت لغد

When at last the dead are raised on the morrow,

and every soul sees what it sent ahead for that day,

والحق يحكم الاعضاء شاهدة

وَالنار تؤصد للطاغين في عمد

and the True One judges, the limbs bearing witness,

and the Fire is sealed upon the transgressors amid pillars,

فكن دَليلي بحسن الستر منك إِلى

لواء حمد بظل العرش منعقد

then be my guide, with your gracious shelter, to

the banner of praise raised in the Throne's shade.

قل أَنتَ منا عَلى ما كانَ منك فجز

عَلى الصراط وَهَذا حوضنا فرد

Say: 'You are one of us, despite what you have done; so cross

over the Sirat; here is our Pool, so come to drink.'

وَكن رَفيقي في دار السلام اذا

كنا بمقعد صدق جيرة الصمد

And be my companion in the Abode of Peace, when

we are in a seat of truth, neighbors of the Eternal Refuge.

وارحم مؤلفها عَبد الرَحيم ومن

يَليه من أَهله وأنعشه وافتقد

And have mercy on its author, Abd al-Rahim, and those

of his family near him; revive him and attend to him.

اذا اِستَعدت له الاعداء قاصدة

أعد حبك منهم أَمنع العدد

When enemies prepare against him, bent on attack,

he readies his love for you as the strongest defense against them.

وان دَعا فاجبه واحم جانبه

من حاسد شامت أَو ظالم نكد

And if he calls, answer him and guard his side

from an envious gloater or a malicious oppressor.

فَما بلينا بِمَكروه نساوره

الا استندنا بركن منك معتمد

For never have we been tried by a hardship we wrestle with

without leaning upon a trustworthy pillar from you.

وَلا سلكا سَبيلا نَرتَجيك به

الا وجدناكَ للراجين بالرصد

Nor have we traveled a path in hope of you

without finding you at the ready for those who hope.

صَلى عليك الهي يا محمد ما

تنوّعت نغمات الطائر الغرد

May my God bless you, O Muhammad, as long as

the singing bird's melodies vary:

تحية كَشُعاع الشمس طيبة

تَستَغرِق الامد الجاري الى الابد

a greeting pure as a sunbeam,

embracing the span that runs into eternity.

يندى عَلى الآل والازواج عارضها

وَالصحب من نسمات الند كل ندى

Its raincloud sheds dew upon the family and the wives,

and the companions, with every dewdrop from the breezes of fragrant incense.