Sol 6.1

  1. طيف الخَيال من النيابَتين سَرى

    إِلى الحجاز فَوافي مَضجَعي سحرا

    A phantom vision traveled by night from al-Niyabatayn,

    To the Hijaz, reaching my bed before dawn.

  2. سَرى عَلى بعد دار بناينم به

    روح النَسيم فأهدى منهلا عطرا

    It journeyed despite the distance from home; [unclear wording].

    The breeze's breath offered a fragrant draught.

  3. فَكَم وَكَم حازَ من سهل ومن جبل

    ومن وعور الى أم القُرى وَقرى

    How many plains and mountains it traversed,

    And rugged places, toward Umm al-Qura and villages!

  4. أَفديه من زائر ما زارَني أَبَدا

    وذاكر ما نسى ودي وَلا ذكرا

    I would ransom this visitor who never truly visited me,

    And this remembering one, who forgot neither my affection nor remembrance.

  5. وَحاضر نصب عَيني وَهُوَ مُبتَعِد

    عَني فَما غابَ عَن عَيني ولا حضرا

    Present before my eyes, though far away

    From me: he neither vanished from my sight nor came in person.

  6. لَيت الاراك الَّتي مر النَسيم بها

    تَدري بِشَكواي بَل ليت النَسيم دَرى

    If only the arak trees the breeze passed by

    Knew my complaint—rather, if only the breeze knew!

  7. ما صبر صب له في كل جارحة

    جرح أَعاد عليه صبره صَبرا

    What patience can a lovesick man have, when in every limb

    A wound has turned his patience into bitter aloe?

  8. وَطالَما هاجَت الشَكوى له شجنا

    فذكرته زَمانا مر فادكرا

    How often complaint has stirred sorrow in him,

    Recalling a time gone by, until he remembered.

  9. مَن لي بطفلين من خَلفي كَأَنَّهما

    زغب القطا اذعد من الماءِ وَالشَجَرا

    Who will bring me the two little children I left behind, as though they were

    Downy sandgrouse chicks, [unclear phrase] from water and trees?

  10. فارقت ريحانَتي قَلبي وَما رَضيت

    نَفسي الفراق وَلا اِخترت النَوى بطرا

    I parted from the two sweet basils of my heart, though

    My soul did not accept parting, nor did I choose separation wantonly.

  11. وَلَم يَكونا حَبيبين افتقدتهما

    في غُربَتي بل فقدت السمع وَالبَصرا

    They were not merely two beloved ones whom I missed

    In my exile: rather, I lost my hearing and my sight.

  12. هما وَديعة من يَرعى وَدائعه

    وَمَن يَرى وَهو داني القرب لَيسَ يَرى

    They are entrusted to Him who safeguards His trusts,

    Who sees and is ever near, yet cannot be seen.

  13. في ذمة اللَه مَحفوظان أسأله

    يَكفيهما المكر وَالمَكروه وَالضررا

    Both are protected in God's keeping; I ask Him

    To shield them from plotting, misfortune, and harm.

  14. يا قطعة مِن فؤادي ان عتبت فَما

    جَفاك والدك النائي وَلا هجرا

    O piece of my heart, if you reproach me, then

    Your faraway father has neither shunned nor abandoned you.

  15. وانما هي أَحكام مقدرة

    موصولة بقضاء سابق قدرا

    These are only decrees ordained,

    Bound to a judgment predestined long before.

  16. لا كات الريح أن تُبدي لَنا خَبَرا

    من المحبين أَو تهدي لهم خبرا

    May the wind never tire of bringing us news,

    From our beloved ones, or carrying news to them.

  17. حَسى من الوجد أَني ما ذكرتهم

    الا تكفكف ماء العين واِنحدرا

    Enough proof of my yearning is that whenever I recall them,

    My tears are held back, then stream down.

  18. رحلت عنهم عداة البين من برع

    وَفي الحَشا لهب النيران مستعرا

    I left them in Bura' on the morning of separation,

    With the blaze of fires burning fiercely within my breast.

  19. وَسرت وَالشَوق يطويني وَينشرني

    موصلا بهجير بين وَسرى

    I traveled on, while longing folded and unfolded me,

    Linking the midday heat of parting with journeys through the night.

  20. حَتّى انتهيت الى الميقات في زمر

    من وفد مكة يا طوبى لها زمرا

    Until I reached the miqat among companies

    Of pilgrims bound for Mecca—blessed are those companies!

  21. ثم اِغتَسَلنا وأحرمنا وَساربنا

    حادى المطى يَخوض الهَول وَالخَطرا

    Then we bathed, entered ihram, and were led onward by

    The camel-driver, braving terror and danger.

  22. وَلَم أزل رافِعا صَوتي بِتَلبيَتي

    مَع الملبين مِمَّن حج واِعتَمرا

    I never ceased raising my voice in the talbiyah,

    With those chanting it, who performed Hajj and umrah.

  23. حَتّى أَناخَت مطايانا بِذي كَرم

    لكل وفد لديه زلفة وَقرى

    Until our mounts knelt before the Generous One,

    With whom every delegation finds nearness and hospitality.

  24. من ريف رأفة رب الحجر وَالحجر

    لما وصلنا الحجر وَالحَجرا

    From the abundant compassion of the Lord of the Hijr and the Stone,

    When we reached the Hijr and the Stone.

  25. طفنا القدوم وَصلينا الندرك ما

    رمنا وَجئنا بركن السعي ان شكرا

    We performed the arrival circumambulation and prayed, to attain what

    We sought, and performed the rite of sa'i in gratitude.

  26. ثم اطمأن بنا التعريف بعداذ

    في موقف جمع السادات وَالكبرا

    Then, afterward, we settled into the standing at Arafat,

    At a station gathering the noble and the great.

  27. وَفي المفيضين عدنا حين تم لهم

    رَمى الجمار وَهاجَ النفر من نفرا

    Among those streaming onward, we returned when they had completed

    The casting of pebbles, and departure roused those who departed.

  28. حجوا فَراحوا يَزورون ابن آمنة

    لوعدت في الفرقة الحافين مستطرا

    Having performed Hajj, they went to visit the son of Aminah;

    If only I were enrolled among that company surrounding him!

  29. عَسى لِطائف رَبي أَن تبلغني

    قبرا بقر بعيني رأيه نظرا

    May my Lord's gentle mercies bring me

    To a grave whose sight gladdens my eyes.

  30. قبرا بطيبة يَسهو نوره صعدا

    فَيَجعَل النيرين الشمس وَالقَمَرا

    A grave in Taybah, whose light strays upward,

    And makes the two luminaries—the sun and moon—[incomplete wording].

  31. حيث الكَرامات والآيات ظاهرة

    لمن حَوى الفخر تَعظيما وَمُفتَخرا

    Where wonders and signs are manifest

    For him who possessed glory, exalted and a source of pride.

  32. وَحيث مهبط جبريل وَمصعده

    يَتلو عَلى أَحمد الآيات وَالسورا

    And where Gabriel descended and ascended,

    Reciting to Ahmad the verses and surahs.

  33. فرد الجَلالة فرد الجود مكرمة

    فرد الوجود عن الأشياء وَالنَظرا

    Peerless in majesty, peerless in generosity and honor,

    Unique in existence, distinct from all things and peers.

  34. أعلا العلا في العلا قدرا وأمنعهم

    دارا وجارا واسما في السَماء ذرا

    Highest of the exalted in lofty rank, most secure in

    Home and protected neighbor, and loftiest in heaven's heights.

  35. سرّ السَرارة لب اللب منتخب

    من هاشِم خير مدفون بخير ثَرى

    Secret of the innermost essence, kernel of the kernel, chosen

    From Hashim—the best one buried in the best earth.

  36. هداية اللَه في الدنيا وَصَفوته

    فيها وَخيرته مِمَّن ذرا وَبرا

    God's guidance in this world, and His chosen one

    There, His choice among all He brought forth and created.

  37. ان كان في الكَون موجودا وآدم في

    ماء وَطين حماء لم يكن بشرا

    Indeed, he existed in the universe while Adam was still in

    Water and clay, dark mud, not yet a human being.

  38. نبوّة قبل خلق الخلق سابقة

    ان الامام امام وَالوراء ورا

    A prophethood preceding the creation of creatures:

    Indeed, the leader is ahead, and the rear is behind.

  39. السهلة السمعة الغراء ملته

    وآله الطيبون السادة الغررا

    His creed is easy, renowned, and radiant,

    And his family are the pure, radiant masters.

  40. أَتى وأمته العَمياء قد حملت

    اصرا فخفف أَثقالا وحل عرا

    He came while his blind community was burdened

    With a heavy yoke; he eased its loads and loosened its bonds.

  41. عَلى شفا جرف هار فأنقذها

    لما أقل بحسن البشر من عثرا

    At the brink of a crumbling cliff, he rescued it,

    Lifting those who stumbled with gracious cheer.

  42. وَقامَ يَتلو من التَنزيل معجزة

    تمحو الاناجيل وَالتَوراة وَالزبرا

    And he stood reciting a miracle from revelation,

    Superseding the Gospels, the Torah, and the Psalms.

  43. دينا قَويما أحل الطَيبات لنا

    لا دين من سيب الانعام أَو بحرا

    An upright religion that made wholesome things lawful for us,

    Not the creed of those who freed livestock or slit their ears.

  44. وَحرم الدم وَالميتات محكمه

    وَما أَهل لغير اللَه أَو نذرا

    Its decisive revelation forbade blood and carrion,

    And whatever was dedicated or vowed to other than God.

  45. يَكفيك أَنَّ الفَتى المَكي طلعته

    في ظلمة الشرك بدرا ساطِعا ظهرا

    It is enough that the Meccan youth's countenance

    Appeared as a brilliant full moon in the darkness of polytheism.

  46. فقل لمن يحط علما برفعته

    عَلى النَبيين سل من قد قرا وَدَرى

    So tell whoever would comprehend his exalted rank

    Above the prophets: ask one who has read and understood.

  47. يس فيه وَطس امتداح علا

    وَالطور وَالنور وَالفُرقان وَالشعرا

    Ya-Sin and Ta-Sin contain praise of his loftiness,

    As do al-Tur, al-Nur, al-Furqan, and al-Shu'ara.

  48. كَم عاندته قريش وَهيَ عالمة

    بأنه خير من فوق الثَراء يَرى

    How often Quraysh opposed him, though they knew

    That he was the best of all seen upon the earth.

  49. وَكَم رَعى بالتَعنى حق حرمتهم

    مبالغا فيهم التَحذير وَالنذر

    How often, through hardship, he honored their inviolable rights,

    Warning and admonishing them to the utmost.

  50. يَلقى المسيئين بالحسنى كَعادته

    وَيوسع المذنبين العفو مُقتدرا

    He meets wrongdoers with kindness, as is his custom,

    And lavishes pardon on sinners while fully powerful.

  51. لما غدا واعظا صموا فَخالطهم

    بالسَيف بأسا فَلبى السيف اذ شهرا

    When he became a preacher, they turned deaf; so he engaged them

    With the sword in might, and the sword answered when unsheathed.

  52. وَشن غاراته في كل ناحية

    وَقامَ لِلَّه والاسلام منتصرا

    He launched his raids in every region,

    And stood as a champion for God and Islam,

  53. بفتية من قريش الابطحين ومن

    أَبناء قيلة أَهل الدار أَسد شرى

    With youths of Quraysh from al-Abtahayn, and from

    The sons of Qaylah, people of the abode, lions of Shara.

  54. قَوما أَقاموا حدود اللَه واِبتَدروا

    ظل السيوف ليعطا وأجر من صبرا

    Men who upheld God's bounds and hastened into

    The shade of swords, to receive the reward of those who endured.

  55. وَأَخلصوا دينهم لِلَّه واِعتَصَموا

    بِاللَه واِمتَثَلوا لِلَّه ما أَمرا

    They made their faith sincere to God and sought protection

    In God, obeying whatever He commanded.

  56. باعوا نَفائسهم منه وأنفسهم

    بجنة الخلد بيعا رابحا فَشَرى

    They sold Him their precious possessions and their own souls

    For the Garden of Eternity: a profitable sale, and He bought.

  57. وَدمروا كل باغ عز جانبه

    بالسَيف حَتّى اِستَباحوا البدور وَالحضرا

    They destroyed every aggressor whose strength was formidable,

    With the sword, until they seized the full moons and the settled folk.

  58. محبة لِنَبي بين أَظهرهم

    غدا به الدين في الآفاق مشتهرا

    Out of love for a prophet in their midst,

    Through whom the faith became renowned across the horizons.

  59. مبارك الوجه يَستَسقي الغمام به

    غوث الارامل والايتام وَالفقرا

    Blessed of face, through whom rain is sought from the clouds,

    Succor to widows, orphans, and the poor,

  60. كهف المرجين كنزا السائلين اذا

    غبر السنين كمت أَنواؤها المطرا

    A refuge for the hopeful, a treasure for petitioners, when

    The dusty years' rain-bearing stars withhold the rain.

  61. يا رحمة اللَه حي روحه أَبَدا

    عنى وَظلى وَباتى حيثما قبرا

    O mercy of God, greet his soul forever

    On my behalf; remain by day and night wherever he lies buried.

  62. هدية من أَسير الذئب مرتجيا

    أن يطلق اللَه بالغفران من أَسرا

    A gift from one held captive by the wolf, hoping

    That God will free the captive through forgiveness.

  63. اليك يا صاحب الجاه العَريض رمت

    بي الاماني وَالباع الَّذي قصرا

    To you, O possessor of vast influence, I have been cast

    By my hopes and my arm's inadequate reach.

  64. مستعديا من زَمان لا نصير به

    يرجى سواك ولا ملجا وَلا وزرا

    Seeking redress against an age in which no helper

    But you is hoped for, no refuge and no shelter.

  65. أَرجو السَعادة في الدارين جائزة

    لا حرف فيك منى تشبه الدررا

    I hope for happiness in both worlds as a reward

    For verses of mine about you, resembling pearls [reading uncertain].

  66. فاعطف حنانا عَلى عَبد الرَحيم ومن

    يَليه باللطف حَتّى يبلغ الوطرا

    So turn compassionately toward Abd al-Rahim and those

    Near him, with kindness, until he attains his desire.

  67. فأَنتَ مالي وَمأمولي وَمُعتَمدي

    وَحجتي يوم أَلقى اللَه معتذرا

    For you are my wealth, my hope, and my reliance,

    And my plea on the day I meet God seeking pardon.

  68. لعل ظل لواء الحمد يشملني

    مَع الحَبيب اذا النار اِرتَمَت شررا

    May the shade of the Banner of Praise enfold me

    With the Beloved, when the Fire flings out sparks.

  69. مني عليه تحيات مباركة

    تنمى فَتَستَغرِق الآصال وَالبكرا

    From me to him, blessed greetings,

    Growing until they fill the evenings and mornings,

  70. ما لاحَ زهرا لرياض الغر مبتسما

    او عانق الريح غصنا مائسا خضرا

    As long as blossoms gleam, smiling in radiant gardens,

    Or the wind embraces a swaying green branch.

  71. تخص ارواح قوم هاجَروا معه

    وَالتابعين ومن آوى ومن نصرا

    Especially for the souls of those who emigrated with him,

    And the followers, and those who sheltered and gave support,

  72. مَوصولة بسلام اللَه دائِمة

    ما البرق من علويات الحجاز سرى

    Joined to God's peace, everlasting

    As long as lightning travels by night from the heights of the Hijaz.