ودعتها والدمع يقطر بيننا — Al Burai

وَدعتها وَالدَمعُ يقطر بَيننا

وَكذاك كل مودع مشتاق

I bade her farewell while tears dripped between us,

and so every one who bids farewell is full of longing.

شغلت بِتَنشيف الدموع يَمينها

وَشمالها مَشغولة مناقى

Her right hand was occupied with wiping away tears,

and her left was busy embracing me [reading uncertain].

لَو أَنَّ مالك عالم بجوى الهوى

وَمحله من أَكبد العشاق

If Mālik knew the burning anguish of love

and its dwelling within the lovers’ livers,

ما عذب العشاق الا بالهوى

وَلَو اِستَغاثوا غاثهم بفراق

he would torment lovers with nothing but love,

and, if they begged for aid, would relieve them through parting.

والى حَبيب الزائرين محمد

طربت حداة العيس بالاعناق

And toward Muhammad, beloved of the visitors,

the drivers of pale camels rejoiced as they hastened.

يَهديهم في اللَيل نور جلالة

كالشَمس طالعة عَلى الآفاق

A light of majesty guides them in the night,

like the sun rising over the horizons.

لَم يَبقَ منهم للهَواجِر وَالسرى

وَالشوق غير بقية الأرماق

Scorching noons and night journeys had left of them,

along with longing, only the last flickers of life.

يا حَسرَتاه عَلى زَمان عاقنى

عنه وَسار أَحبتي وَرِفاقي

O my grief for the time that kept me back

from him, while my loved ones and companions departed.

نَزَلوا عَلى الكرم العَريض بِماجد

نفحاته كالغَيث في الاغداق

They alighted amid vast generosity, with a noble one

whose gifts are as lavish as the rain.

حيث الغياث المُستَغاث المُرتجى

علم النبوة ِ صفوة الخلاق

There dwells the rescuer, appealed to and hoped for,

the banner of prophethood, the Creator’s chosen one.

ذو الحسن والاحسان سر اليمن وال

أيمان حاوى الخلق والاخلاق

Possessor of beauty and goodness, the secret of blessing and

faith, embracing outward form and moral character.

حاوى المحامد كامل الصنفين في

نفع وَضر فاتح الاغلاق

Gathering all virtues, perfect in both aspects of

benefit and harm, the opener of locks.

يَلقى المَوالى وَالمَعالي منه في ال

حالين حلو جنى وَمر مذاق

His allies and [perhaps adversaries] find from him, in the

two states, sweet fruit and a bitter taste.

فاذا سمعت فاحمد وَمُحَمَّد

وَإِذا كنتي فَقاسِم الارزاق

When you hear [his name]: Ahmad and Muhammad;

and when you use his byname [reading uncertain]: Qāsim, distributor of sustenance.

العاقب الماحي الضلاة بالهدى

ساجى الذوائِب ثابت الاعراق

The Last to Follow, who effaces error through guidance,

with softly falling locks and firm roots.

هُوَ من فروع خَزيمة بدر سرى

في لَيل كفر مظلم وَنفاق

He is of Khuzaymah’s branches, a full moon that traveled by night

through the dark night of unbelief and hypocrisy.

أمن الاله نضاه سيفا مصلتا

فيهم وهم في عزة وَشقاق

God’s safeguard [reading uncertain], drawn forth as a brandished sword

among them, while they stood in might and defiance.

لنجاره تعنوا لمفاخر مثل ما

يَعنوا السها لِلشَمس في الاشراق

To his lineage the glories bow [reading uncertain], just as

Suhā bows before the sun in its radiance.

وَلمعجزات الرسل باع قاصر

عَن معجزات اللاحق السياق

And the messengers’ miracles have a reach too short

to match the miracles of the one who followed in succession.

وَبمعكم التَنزيل طهر قَلبه

فَكَفاه فضل كآبه المصداق

And through revelation’s definitive verses [reading uncertain], his heart was purified;

so the excellence of his confirming Book [reading uncertain] sufficed him.

هُوَ واهب الاعناق يوم الجودبل

يَوم الكَريهة ضارب الاعناق

He grants freedom to necks on generosity’s day, but

on battle’s day he strikes necks.

لِلَّه من أَسرى به الرحمن في

أفق العلى بدرا بِغَير محاق

God be praised for him whom the Merciful bore by night into

the horizon of the heights, a full moon never darkened.

وَلمسجد الاقصى استمر رحيله

وَثَنى الى عرش المُهَيمِن راقى

And his journey continued to al-Aqsa Mosque,

and then he turned, ascending to the Guardian’s throne.

يا صاحِب القبر المُنير بِيَثرِب

أَنا منذنوبي في أَشد وثاق

O dweller in the luminous tomb at Yathrib,

I am held by my sins in the tightest bonds.

ناداك من برع أَسير ذنوبه

أَفلا تمن عليه بالاطلاق

From Buraʿ, a captive of his sins has called to you;

will you not favor him with release?

أَثقلت ظَهري بِالكَبائر سالِكا

سبل المهالك صحبة الفساق

I have burdened my back with grave sins, treading

the paths of ruin in the company of transgressors.

وَنقضت عهدا قَد تقادم عهده

يا وافيا بالعهد والميثاق

And I have broken a covenant made long ago,

O you who are faithful to pledge and covenant.

فاعطف عَلى عَبد الرَحيم برحمة

وافسح له عَن ضيق كل خناق

So turn with mercy toward ʿAbd al-Raḥīm,

and grant him room beyond every tightening noose.

وامنع حماه من السعاة وكن له

خطبا عَلى الاعداء غير مطاق

Defend his sanctuary against slanderers, and be for him

a calamity his enemies cannot withstand.

واشفع الى الباري له وَلسربه

وَقهم عذابا ماله من واق

Intercede with the Creator for him and his company,

and guard them from a torment that none can ward off.

وَبهجرة المرواح ثم صويحب

هُوَ من عَبيد للذنوب رقاق

And at the settlement of al-Marwāḥ is a little companion,

one among the slaves held in bondage to sins,

متعرض العريض فضلك يا رَسو

ل اللَه يوم الفقر والاملاق

seeking your vast bounty, O Messen—

—ger of God, on the day of poverty and destitution.

يَرجوك في الدنيا لنجح مطالب

وَرَجاؤُنا بك يوم كشف الساق

He hopes in you in this world for his wishes’ fulfillment,

and our hope is in you on the day the shin is bared.

ازقت بي وَبه أمنا كل ما

نَخشاه من وجل ومن اشفاق

Be gentle [reading uncertain] to me and him; secure us against all

we fear, in dread and apprehension.

صدرت منالنيابَتين اليك من

مهدى حواش لِلمَديح رقاق

It came forth from al-Niyābatayn to you, from

one presenting praise with delicate fringes.

تَذرى رياح المسك من نَفحاته

فَيَهيج كل نَسيم خفاق

Winds of musk scatter from its fragrant breaths,

so every fluttering breeze is stirred.

زفت اليك وأَنتَ مالك عنقها

لَبيك يا ذا لمن والاعتاق

She was brought to you as a bride, and you are master of her neck:

At your service, O lord of favor and emancipation!

وَعَليك صلى اللَه يا علم الهدى

عدد الحصى وَالنبت والاوراق

And may God’s blessings be upon you, O banner of guidance,

as numerous as pebbles, plants, and leaves,

وَعَلى صحابتك الكِرام وآلكال

أعلام ما وجدت حداة نياق

and upon your noble Companions and your family, the

eminent ones, as long as drivers of she-camels feel longing.