لكل خطب مهم حسبي الله — Al Burai

لكل خطب مهم حسبي اللَه

أَرجو به الامن مِمّا كنت أَخشاه

For every grave calamity, God suffices me.

Through Him I hope for safety from what I feared.

وأستَغيث به في كل نائبة

وَما مَلازي في الدارين الا هو

And I seek His aid in every affliction.

In the two abodes I have no refuge but Him.

ذو المن وَالمَجد وَالفَضل العَظيم ومن

يَدعوه سائله رباه رَباه

Possessor of bounty, glory, and immense grace, and He whom

His supplicant invokes: "My Lord! My Lord!"

له المَواهِب والالاء وَالمثل ال

لأعلى الَّذي لا يحيط الوهم علياه

His are the gifts, the blessings, and the

highest likeness, whose exalted height imagination cannot encompass.

القادِر الآمر الناهي المدبر لا

يَرضى لَنا الكفر والايمان يَرضاه

The Powerful, the Commander, the Forbidder, the Disposer, who does not

approve unbelief for us, but approves faith.

مَن لا يقال بحال عنه كيف وَلا

لفضله كم تَعالى ربنا اللَه

He of whom one may never ask "How?", nor

of whose bounty "How much?"—exalted is our Lord, God.

وَلا يغيره مر الدهور وَلا

كر العصور وَلا الاحداث تَغشاه

Neither the passing of ages changes Him, nor

the recurrence of eras; events do not overtake Him.

وَلا بعبر عَنه بالحلول وَلا

بالانتقال دنا أَو شط حاشاه

Nor is He described in terms of indwelling, nor

of movement, drawing near or going far—far be that from Him!

أَنشا العَوالِم اعلاما بقدرته

وأغرق الكل منهم بحر نعماه

He created the worlds as signs by His power,

and submerged them all in the sea of His blessings.

وأوجد الخلق باري الخلق من عدم

عَلى محبة خير الخلق لَولاه

The Maker of creation brought creation forth from nothing,

out of love for the best of creation—were it not for him...

محمد من زكت شمس الوجود به

وَطابَ من ثمرات الكون حرفاه

Muhammad, through whom the sun of existence grew radiant,

and its two edges grew sweet with the fruits of the cosmos.

سر النبيين محيي الدين ذو شرف

طابَت ذوائبه فرعا وَمنشاه

The secret of the prophets, reviver of religion, possessed of nobility;

pure were his tresses, branch and origin alike.

فرد الجلالة فرد الجود البسه

تاج الجَلالة من للخلق أَهداه

Unique in majesty, unique in generosity—he was clothed

with majesty's crown by Him who gave him to creation.

أَغشاه خلعة نور فيه أودعها

جبريل وَهُوَ باذن اللَه أَغشاه

A robe of light was cast upon him and placed within him

by Gabriel, who cloaked him by God's leave.

فأشرق الكون من نوار بهجته

وَطابَ رياه لما طاب رياه

Then the cosmos shone with the blossoms of his splendor,

and its fragrance grew sweet when his fragrance grew sweet.

لِلَّه خرقه أَنوار تداولها

أَئمة لهم التَمكين والجاه

How wondrous the cloak of lights handed down

by imams endowed with firm authority and standing.

سر تشفع من سر الغيوب فَما

زالَت بَصائِر أَهل الحق تَرعاه

A secret seeking intercession from the mystery of the unseen; never

did the inner eyes of the people of truth cease to guard it.

ما بَينَ جبريل وَالطهر ابن آمنة

إِلى الامام عَلي كان مسراه

Between Gabriel and the pure son of Amina,

its passage led on to Imam Ali.

وَفي الحسين وَفي نجل الحسين وز

العابدين رحيم القلب أَوّاه

And in Husayn, and in Husayn's son—Zayn

al-Abidin, tenderhearted, oft-sighing in prayer.

وَباقر العلم فالمَيمون جعفره

وَكاظم الغيظ موسى من كموساه

And Baqir of knowledge, then his blessed Ja'far,

and Musa, restrainer of wrath—who is like his Musa,

أَبى عَلى الرضا سامى الفخار وكم

مستقبل السر من ماض تَلقاه

father of Ali al-Rida, lofty in glory! And how many

recipients of the secret received it from a predecessor!

أَئمة من بَني الزهر الهم شرف

هم خمسة حيدر فيهم وَزهراه

Imams descended from the radiant ones, whose family has nobility;

they are five, with Haydar and his Zahra among them.

هم عرفوا الشيخ معروفا أَخا كرخ

أَدنوه قبل سرى وَهوَ أَدناه

They instructed Shaykh Ma'ruf, brother of Karkh,

and brought him near before Sari, who brought him near.

سار السرى عَلى آثار سيرتهم

إِلى الجنيد مجدا حين آخاه

Sari journeyed upon the tracks of their way,

to Junayd, gloriously, when he made him his brother.

أَلقى الجنيد الى الشبلى نور هدى

هداية الخلق طرا ثم أَلقاه

Junayd imparted to Shibli a light of guidance,

guidance for all creation; then he passed it on

الى المحدث عبدالواحِد القمر

الساري فأودعه مصباح دنياه

to the traditionist Abd al-Wahid, the moon

traveling by night; he entrusted it to the lamp of his world.

أَعنى أَبا الفرج الهادى فخص به

أَبا سَعيد كَذاك الفرد عقباه

I mean Abu al-Faraj, the guide, who singled out for it

Abu Sa'id, likewise the peerless one after him.

وَمنه في الشيخ عبدالقادر ابتهجت

طَلائِع الفَظل نورا في محياه

And from him, in Shaykh Abd al-Qadir, rejoiced

the first gleams of grace, as light upon his face.

كالشمس تسفر من أَقصى مطالعها

حسنا وَكالبَدر ملء العين مرآه

Like the sun unveiling itself from its farthest rising places

in beauty; like the full moon, his appearance fills the eye.

وَكالغمام اذا استمطرته كرما

وَكالصبا خلقا ان رق مهواه

And like rain clouds in generosity when you ask them for rain,

and like the east breeze in character, when its course grows gentle.

من آل فاطمة لزهراء ذو شرف

أَتى به الدهر فردا عَن مثناه

Of the family of Fatima al-Zahra, possessed of nobility,

time brought him forth unique, without an equal.

عَلى جملالته أَنوار هيبته

كالسَيف ان راق حسنا رق حداه

Upon his majesty are the lights of his awe,

like a sword: if it delights in beauty, its two edges are fine.

فخر الجيلان دون العالمين به

اذ غاية الشرف الاعلى قصاراه

Jilan, above all the worlds, takes pride in him,

for his utmost reach is the summit of highest nobility.

أَلقى من السر في الحداد نور هدى

هداه وَهُو لفرد العصر أَداه

From the secret he cast into al-Haddad a light of guidance,

which guided him; he conveyed it to the unique one of the age:

محمد ذي التقى المكي ابن أَبي

بكر فذلك سر اللَه آناه

Muhammad, the pious Meccan, son of Abu

Bakr—that was God's secret, bestowed on him.

إِلى ابنه الشيخ عبد الواحد اتصلت

أَسبابه فأبو عثمان مَولاه

To his son, Shaykh Abd al-Wahid, were joined

its bonds; then Abu Uthman was its guardian.

إِلى أَبي بكر الشامي من عمر

إِلى أَخيه عَلى نجم علياه

To Abu Bakr al-Shami from Umar,

then to his brother Ali, the star of its heights,

وَصارم الدين ابراهيم صنوهما

أَجله في ذرا صنويه عماه

and Sarim al-Din Ibrahim, their peer,

whom his two uncles honored in the heights of his two peers.

الناصبي شهاب الدين سيدنا

شمس لدين الهدى طابَت سَجاياه

Al-Nasibi, Shihab al-Din, our master,

a sun for the religion of guidance, whose qualities were fine.

الماخذ الحوضى المنتقى شرقا

في رتبة نال منها ما تَمناه

The receiver, al-Hawdi, chosen in the east,

in a rank from which he attained what he wished.

أَغشى العرابي من أَنوار بهجته

سر العناية منه حين والاه

He cloaked al-Urabi, with lights of his splendor,

in the secret of his care when he befriended him.

فَلَم يزل عمر الفاروق مرتقبا

الى جناب عزيز عز مرقاه

Then Umar al-Faruq never ceased looking expectantly

toward a mighty presence whose ascent was hard to attain.

اولئك الزهر أَرباب الكمال فَما

يَزال مسمعه فيهم وَمرآه

Those radiant ones are masters of perfection; never

do his hearing and sight cease to be among them.

أَهل الولاية وَالغر الَّذين لهم

فخر ينيف عَلى الجوزاء أَدناه

People of sainthood, the radiant ones whose

least glory rises above al-Jawza.

السائرين إِلى عين الحَقيقة في

أَهدى السَبيل واسناه واسماه

Those journeying toward the very essence of reality along

the best-guided, most radiant, most exalted path.

ما يبرح الفضل منهم بل لهم وَبهم

معاده ابدا فيهم وَمداه

Grace never departs from them; rather, to them and through them

is its return forever, and among them its furthest reach.

الوارثين رَسول اللَه سيرتهم

فَكلهم بعده في الهدى أَشباه

Heirs to God's Messenger in their way of life,

all of them, after him, are alike in guidance.

وَكَم خَلائق لا يحصون غيرهم

في نهج خرقتنا تاهو أَو ما تاهوا

And how many countless others there are

upon the path of our cloak, whether they wandered or did not.

عَسى بجاه اولاك القوم يغفر لي

مهيمن أَنا أَرجوه وَأَخشاه

May, through the standing of those people, forgiveness be granted me

by the All-Protecting One, whom I hope in and fear.

فَلي صَحائف بالوزار قَد ملئت

واخجلتي من كِتابي حينَ أَلقاه

For I have pages already filled with burdens of sin;

alas, my shame at my book when I face it!

ضللت بالجهل عَن قصد السَبيل وَمن

يضل عَنه فان النار مأواه

In ignorance I strayed from the straight course of the path; whoever

strays from it, the Fire is his abode.

وَكنت مَولاي عبدا قد خطئت وَما

يَمحو خَطاياه الاصفح مَولاه

And I was, my Master, a servant who sinned; nothing

erases his sins except his Master's pardon.

يا رائد الحي بالجرعاء سائل هَل

رأَيت صوب الحَيا الوسمى حياه

O scout of the encampment at al-Jar'a, ask: have you

seen the first seasonal rain's downpour revive it?

وَهَل تريحن أَغصان الاراك به

لنسمة الريح واِرتاحَت خزاماه

And have the arak branches there stirred in delight

at the breath of the wind, and has its lavender stirred?

بِاللَه سلم عَلى الوادي وَجيرته

وَما حَواه مَصلاه وَمَسعاه

By God, greet the valley and its neighbors,

and all that its prayer ground and place of striving hold.

كَم يدعى حب أَهل المروتين مَعي

من لا تصدقه في الحب دعواه

How many claim, with me, love for the people of the two Marwas,

yet their claim does not prove them true in love.

وَكَم تواجد من وَجدي لشبهتي

مَن لَيسَ تسعده بالدمع عَيناه

And how many feign my ecstasy to resemble me,

though their eyes do not aid them with tears.

أَخفى محبتهم عنهم وأجحدها

وأصعب المذهب العذرى أَخفاه

I conceal my love for them from them and deny it;

the hardest path of chaste Udhri love is the most hidden.

وَكَيفَ أَكتم سرا يشهد ان به

دمع يَسيل وَقَلب بين أَحشاه

How can I conceal a secret attested by

flowing tears and a heart within his breast?

مالي اذا ذكر واجرعاء ذى سلم

أَرخصت مِن دَمعي المهراق أَغلاه

Why, whenever they mention the Jar'a of Dhu Salam,

do I cheapen the dearest of my poured-out tears?

ذكرى حَبيبا بأرض الشام يعشقه

قَلبي عَلى بعد دارَينا واهواه

It is remembrance of a beloved in the land of al-Sham, whom

my heart loves, though our homes are far apart, and whom I cherish.

طَبيعة من طباع النفس خامسة

تملى عَلى خطرات القَلب ذكراه

A fifth disposition among the soul's dispositions

dictates remembrance of him to the heart's passing thoughts.

محبة لرسول اللَه أدخرها

ليَوم أسئل عَن ذَنبي فأجزاه

A love for God's Messenger I store away

for the day I am questioned about my sin and requited for it.

حسنت ظني وآمالي بذى كرم

تَلقاك من قبل أَن تَلقاه بشراه

I have placed good hopes and expectations in a generous one

whose glad tidings meet you before you meet him.

محمد سيد السادات من وطئت

حجب العلى لَيلة المعراج نعلاه

Muhammad, master of masters, whose

sandals trod the veils of the heights on the Night of Ascension.

بمهذب الخلق والاخلاق بهجته

ينبيك عَن حسنه عنوان حسناه

In one refined in form and character, whose splendor

speaks to you of his beauty, the hallmark of his loveliness.

ومثله ما رأت عبر وَلا سمعت

وَلا به نطقت في الكون أَفواه

Nothing like him has been seen or heard,

nor have mouths in creation spoken of his like.

كل المَلائك وَالرسل الكِرام عَلى

فص الجَلالة شكل وَهُو مَعناه

All the angels and noble messengers are, upon

the gem of majesty, a design, while he is its meaning.

راحى وَراحَة روحي أَنتَ أَنتَ فَما

أَلَذ ذكرك في قَلبي وأَحلاه

My wine and my soul's repose are you, you; how

delightful your remembrance is in my heart, how sweet!

يا سَيدي يا رَسول اللَه خذ بيدي

في كل هول من الاهوال أَلقاه

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

in every terror that I encounter.

يا عدتي يا نجاتي في الخطوب إِذا

ضاقَ الخناق لِقَلب جل بَلواه

O my provision, O my deliverance in calamities, when

the noose tightens upon a heart whose affliction is great.

ان كان زارك قوم لم أَزر معهم

فان عبدك عاقته خَطاياه

If a company visited you and I did not visit with them,

your servant was held back by his sins.

وَالعَفو أَوسع عَن تَقصير من قعدت

به الذنوب فَلَم تنهض مَطاياه

Yet pardon is broader than the failing of one whom

sins held back, so his mounts did not rise.

وَكلما منك راجون الشَفاعة من

هوى أَطَعناه أَوحق أَضَعناه

And whenever we hope for intercession from you concerning

a desire we obeyed or a right we neglected,

فاسمع جواهر مدح فيك حبرها

حبر إِذا ماج بحر الشعر أَملاه

hear jewels of praise for you, adorned

by a scholar who dictated them when poetry's sea surged.

مهاجرية افترت كمائمها

عَن نعت مدح ثناه لا ثَناياه

Emigrant verses, their flower-sheaths opening

with descriptions praising his virtues, not his front teeth.

فاِرحم مؤلفها عَبد الرَحيم وَكُن

حماه من هم دنياه واحمراه

So have mercy on their author, Abd al-Rahim, and be

his refuge from the cares of this life and his hereafter [unclear wording].

وَالحَمد للَهَ حمدا لا اِنقصاء له

وَحَسبي اللَه اذ لا رب إِلّا هو

And praise be to God, praise without end;

God suffices me, for there is no Lord but He.

وَبعد زاكى صَلاة ثم ثاوية

عَلى جَلالة من قد طابَ مَثواه

And thereafter, pure blessings, then abiding ones,

upon the majesty of him whose resting place is blessed,

موصولة بِسَلام اللَه دائمة

تؤتيه من نسمات المسك أَذكاه

joined with God's peace, unceasing,

bringing him the most fragrant breath of musk,

وَتَشمل الآل والصحب الكِرام ومن

رَعى الوفاء له حقا وَأَرعاه

and embracing his family, his noble companions, and whoever

truly upheld loyalty to him and kept it faithfully,

ما لاحَ نور عَلى أَرجاء قبته

وَما تيممت الزوّار مغناه

as long as light gleams upon the reaches of his dome,

and visitors turn toward his dwelling.