يا صاحب القبر المقيم بيثرب — Al Burai

يا صاحِب القبر المُقيم بيثرب

يا مُنتَهىأَملي وَغايَة مطلبي

O dweller in the tomb, abiding in Yathrib,

O utmost of my hope and goal of my quest,

يا مَن به في النائِبات توسلي

واليه من كل الحَوادِث مهربي

O you through whom I seek aid amid calamities,

and to whom I flee from every misfortune,

يا من نرجيه لكشف عظيمة

ولحل عقد ملتوِ متصعب

O you in whom we hope for relief from a great affliction,

and for the untying of a twisted, stubborn knot,

يا من يجود عَلى الوجود بانعم

خضر تعم عموم صوب الصيب

O you who lavish blessings upon existence,

fresh and green, spreading everywhere like a rain cloud’s downpour,

يا غوث من في الخافقين وَغيثهم

وَرَبيعهم في كل عام مجدب

O succor of those in east and west, and their rain,

and their spring in every drought-stricken year,

يا رَحمة الدنيا وَعصمة أَهلها

وَأَمان كل مشرق وَمغرب

O mercy of the world and safeguard of its people,

and safety for all the east and west,

يا من نؤمل من كل كَرامة

وَنَلوذ في حرم الجِناب الاغلب

O you from whom we hope for every gracious favor,

and in whose mighty precinct we seek sanctuary,

يا من نُناديه فَبِسَمعنا عَلى

بعد المَسافة سمع أَقرب أَقرَب

O you whom we call—[and who hears us] despite

the distance, with the hearing of one nearer, nearer still,

يا من هُوَ البر التقى المنتقى

سر السرارة طيب من طيب

O you who are righteous, devout, and chosen,

the choicest of the choice, pure, sprung from the pure,

يا من سرى من مكة للمسجد ال

أَقصى عَلى ظهر البُراق المنجب

O you who journeyed by night from Mecca to the Mosque—

the Farthest—on the back of the noble Buraq,

يا من تلقته مَلائكة السَما

بخطاب أَهلا بالحَبيب وَمرحب

O you whom the angels of heaven received,

with the greeting, ‘Welcome to the beloved! Welcome!’

يا من تَباهى فوق سدرة مُنتَهى

لعناية سبقت وَحق موجب

O you who gloried above the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary,

through prior favor and a binding right,

يا من يَحنِ العَرش وَالكُرسي اذ

نودى لقرب فاق كل مقرب

O you for whom the Throne and the Footstool yearn, when

you were called to a nearness beyond that of all brought near,

ان كانَ رؤيتك الرَفيعة في العلا

منصوبة فالفعل فعل تعجب

If your exalted vision in the heights

is set in the accusative, the verb is a verb of wonder.

الحجب ترفع وَالجهات انيسة

وَالمجتَبي يَغشاه نور المُجتَبي

The veils are lifted, and the directions are welcoming,

and the chosen one is enveloped by the light of the Chooser.

وَلِسان حال الوَصف يهتف قائِلا

يا نازِلا بجنابنا كالاجنبي

And the scene’s unspoken voice cries out, saying:

‘O you who alight in Our presence like a stranger,

سل يا مُحَمَّد تعط وادع تجب وَقل

تَسمَع غداة الحشر وادن تقرب

ask, Muhammad, and be given; supplicate and be answered; speak,

you will hear on the morning of the Gathering; draw near and be brought close.

وَلَكَ الوَسيلة وَالفَضيلَة فافتَخِر

بشفاعة لخلاص كل معذب

Yours are the rank of nearness and preeminence, so take pride

in intercession for the deliverance of every tormented one.

وَالرسل تحت لواء عزك في مقا

م الحمد ذي الحوض الهنىء المشرب

And the messengers are beneath the banner of your glory at the Station

of Praise, with the basin whose drink is pleasant.’

وَلَقَد بعثت لامة أُمية

نورا عَلى الاكوان غير محجب

Indeed, you were sent to an unlettered community,

a light upon all creation, unveiled.

رأت الفَضائِل منك في حمل وَفي

طفل وَمقتبل الشباب وأَشيب

It saw your virtues in the womb and in

infancy, the dawn of youth, and gray-haired age.

لما تلوت الوحى معجزة لهم

سمعوا فبين مصدق وَمُكَذِب

When you recited revelation as a miracle for them,

they listened—some affirming it, others denying it.

وأقمت فيهم منذرا وَمبشرا

بتعطف وَتَلَطف وتأدب

And you dwelt among them as a warner and bearer of good tidings,

with compassion, gentleness, and courtesy.

وَعموا وَصموا واعتَدوا فوعظتهم

بالسَيف يرعف وَالعتاق الشرب

And they were blind and deaf and transgressed, so you admonished them

with the bleeding sword and the drinking thoroughbreds.

فاجاب دعوتك الَّذي في سمعه

وَقر اجابة خائف مترقب

Then your call was answered by one whose hearing bore

deafness, with the answer of one fearful and watchful.

وانقاد مُمتَنِع القياد مذللا

من بعد عز قاهر متغلب

And the one who refused to be led submitted, humbled,

after overpowering, domineering might.

فَعَلى منا الدين حين منعته

وَرفعته وَقرنته بالكوكب

Thus the faith [rose] from among us when you defended it,

and raised it and coupled it with the star.

فالحَمد لِلَّه القُرآن شَريعَة

وَاللَه رب وابن آمنة نَبي

So praise be to God: the Quran is law,

and God is Lord, and Aminah’s son is a prophet.

وَالحَق متضح السَبيل بأَحمَد

وَلِمَذهَب الاسلام أَشرف مذهب

Through Ahmad, truth has a clear path,

and Islam’s way is the noblest way.

يا سَيدي اني رَجوتك ناصِرا

من جور دهر خائن متقلب

O my master, I have hoped in you for help

against the tyranny of treacherous, changeful time.

وَجَعلت مَدحي فيك يا علم الهُدى

سببا وأَنتَ وَسيلة المتسبب

And I have made my praise of you, O beacon of guidance,

a means, while you are the means for whoever seeks one.

فأقل عثار عَبيدك الداعي الَّذي

يَرجوك اذراجيك غير مخيب

So pardon the stumbles of your lowly servant, the suppliant who

hopes in you, for whoever hopes in you is not disappointed.

واكتب له وَلوالديه بَراءة

منحرنار جهنم المتلهب

And decree for him and his parents freedom

from the blazing heat of the fire of Hell.

واقمع بحولك مبغضيه وكل من

يؤذيه من متمرد متعصب

And subdue, through your power, those who hate him and everyone

who harms him—any rebellious fanatic.

وأَجز بها عَبد الرَحيم كَرامة

الدارين خير جَزاء نظم معرب

And for it reward Abd al-Rahim with honor

in both abodes, the best reward for eloquent verse.

واشفَع له ولِمَن يَليه وَقم بهم

في كل حال يا شَفيع المذنب

And intercede for him and those near him, and care for them

in every state, O intercessor for the sinner.

وَعَلَيكَ صَلى ذو الجَلال أَتم ما

صَلى وَسلم يا رَفيع المنصب

And may the Lord of Majesty bless you with the fullest blessings He

bestows, and grant you peace, O you of exalted station,

وَعَلى صَحابتك الكِرام وآلك ال

أَعلام أَهل الفضل كل مهذب

and your noble companions and your family—the

eminent ones, people of virtue, each refined—

ما غردت وَرق الحَمام وَما اِنثَنَت

عذب البشام ضحى بروح الارنب

as long as gray doves warble, and as long as there sway

the tender boughs of basham at forenoon in the rabbit’s breeze.