حروف معان أو عقود جواهر — Al Burai

حروف معان أَو عقود جواهر

تحاكى مصابيح النجوم الزواهر

Letters of meaning, or necklaces of jewels,

Mirroring the lamps of radiant stars.

وابر يزتبر بزمن النظم فتحت

قوافيه زهرا في رياض الدفاتر

And refined gold dust—in the season of verse, there blossomed

Its rhymes, like flowers in the gardens of notebooks.

يَروح بأرواح المحامد حسنها

فيرقى بها في ساميات المفاخر

Their beauty refreshes with the spirits of praise,

And through them rises to the loftiest glories.

فَتلك عَلى بعد الديار وَقربها

قَريبة عهد بالحَبيب المهاجر

So those verses, whether homes are distant or near,

Remain freshly acquainted with the beloved Emigrant.

عَرائس لا ينكحن غير مهذب

كَريم وَلا يعشقن من لم يخاطر

Brides who marry none but a refined man,

A generous one, and love no one who will not venture.

اذا ما هَداها الفكر أَهدت لذي النهي

شَمائل أَشهى من شمول المعاصر

When thought guides them, they offer the discerning

Qualities more delicious than wine from the presses.

تشعشع من نور المَعاني عناية

بها تضرب الامثال بين المَعاشِر

Through special care, they shine with the light of meanings;

They are held up as examples among communities.

وَتنظم مِن نثر المثانى قَلائدا

تزخرف جيد الجود من كل فاخر

And string necklaces from the prose of the oft-repeated verses,

Adorning generosity's neck with every splendid thing.

وَتنشر من طي المروءة لِلفَتى

مَكارِم أَخلاق وَحسن سرائر

And unfold from the folds of chivalry, for the young man,

Noble qualities of character and goodness of inward thoughts.

اذا ستروها بالحجاب تبرجت

محاسن تَبدو من وَراء السَتائِر

When they hide them behind a veil, there shine forth

Beauties appearing from behind the curtains.

وان فض في الاكوان مسك ختامها

تعطر منها كل نجد وَغائر

And if the musk of their seal is broken open throughout creation,

Every highland and lowland is perfumed by them.

تخيرتها للهاشمي محمد

حَميد المَساعي خير باد وَحاضِر

I have chosen them for Muhammad the Hashimite,

Praiseworthy in his endeavors, best of nomad and townsman.

نبيّ أَتى وَالناس في جاهلية

يَخوضون في بحر من الشرك زاخر

A prophet who came while people lived in ignorance,

Wading in a surging sea of idolatry.

عَلى الغي في طغيانهم يعمهون قد

هوت بهم الاهوا إِلى غير ناصر

Wandering blindly in error and rebellion; already

Their desires had plunged them toward one who could not help.

فمد عليهم منه ظل هداية

وأرشد منهم للهدى كل حائِر

So he spread over them, from himself, a shade of guidance,

And guided every bewildered one among them to the right path.

واحكم أَسباب النجاة وَهم عَلى

شفا جرف هار لانقاذ عاثر

And secured the means of salvation while they stood upon

The brink of a crumbling bank, to rescue the stumbling.

له معجزات الوحي لا قولَ كاهِن

كَما زعموا زورا وَلا قول شاعِر

His are the miracles of revelation, not a soothsayer's words,

As they falsely claimed, nor the words of a poet.

عَزيز عَن الافك الَّذي يَفتَرونه

عَلى اللَه مِن تَحريم ذات البحائر

Exalted above the falsehood they fabricate

Against God in declaring consecrated she-camels forbidden,

وَعن رجس أَوثان وَخمر وَميسر

وَطغيان أَنصاب وازلام فاجر

And above the filth of idols, wine, and gambling,

And the wrongdoing of idol-altars and a sinner's divining arrows.

فَنحن به في ملة خير ملة

عَلى خير دين ظاهر متظاهر

So through him we belong to a creed, the best of creeds,

Upon the finest faith, victorious and upheld.

هدانا الصراط المُستَقيم بهديه

وأورى بنور الحق نور البَصائر

He guided us to the straight path through his guidance,

And with the light of truth kindled the light of inward vision.

وَعلمنا الاحكام والرشد رحمة

لنا ووقانا دائرات الدوائر

And taught us the laws and right conduct, as a mercy

To us, and protected us from circling calamities.

سَقى واكف الوسمى اكناف طيبة

وَروى ربا تلك الرياض النَواضِر

May pouring early-season rain water Taybah's environs,

And irrigate the heights of those verdant gardens.

مشاهد يَرضى اللَه مسح ترابها

وَيوضع فيها الوزر عن كل وازِر

Holy sites whose dust God approves our touching,

And where the burden of sin is lifted from every burden-bearer.

وارض بها للهاشميّ مآثر

يَعود عَلَينا خير تلك المآثر

And a land where the Hashimite has glorious deeds,

The goodness of those glorious deeds returns to us.

فَيا زائِرا روح الحَبيب محمد

بِنَفسي وَأَهلي من حَبيب وَزائِر

O you who visit the spirit of the beloved Muhammad,

May my life and family ransom both beloved and visitor!

اذا ما رأت عَيناك روضة أَحمد

فَباه رياض الخلد فيها وَفاخر

When your eyes behold Ahmad's garden,

With it, rival the gardens of eternity, and boast.

وَقبل ثرى ذاكَ الحَبيب مسلما

عَلى خيرمَقبور بخير المَقابِر

And kiss that beloved's earth, offering greetings

To the finest one buried in the finest of graves.

سَلام اذا ما عد بالرمل وَالحصى

وَنبت الفلا حصرا وقطر المواطر

A greeting that, if reckoned by the sand and pebbles,

The desert's plants in full, and the raindrops—

فَضاعف عَلى أَعشاره وَمئينه

بسبعين أَلفا ثم ضاعف وَكاثر

Then multiply its tens and hundreds

By seventy thousand; then multiply and increase it.

وَقل يا شَفيع المذنبين اعانة

لذى دعوة يَرجو اقالة عاثر

And say: O intercessor for sinners, grant help

To a petitioner hoping for a stumbling one's pardon.

أَتاكَ يُنادي بالجاه محمد

وأَنتَ جواد باعه غير قاصر

He has come to you, invoking your rank, O Muhammad,

And you are generous, with a reach that never falls short.

وَما الظن يا مَولايَ فيك بخائب

وَلا العائذ اللاجي اليك بخاسر

Trust in you, my master, is never disappointed,

Nor does the refuge-seeker who turns to you suffer loss.

فانى عَلى قربى وَبعدي رَفيقكم

وما دحكم في كل ناد وَسامر

For whether near or far, I am your companion,

And your praiser in every assembly and evening gathering.

فكن من أَذى الدنيا غياثي وَناصري

وَغوثى عَلى باغ عليّ وَغادر

So be my relief and my helper against this world's harm,

And my rescue against anyone who oppresses me or betrays.

وان ضاق يوم الحشر بالناس جانبا

فَقل لا تخف عَبد الرَحيم المهاجري

And if on the Day of Gathering space grows tight with people,

Then say: Do not fear, Abd al-Rahim al-Muhajiri.

وَبرّ وأَكرم من يَليه لاجله

اذا قيل قم فاشفع لاهل الكَبائِر

And be kind to and honor whoever follows him, for his sake,

When it is said: Rise and intercede for those guilty of grave sins.

فَلَيسَ لنا يَوم المعاد ذَخيرة

بلا وجهك المَيمون خير الذخائِر

For on the Day of Return we have no treasure

Without your blessed face, the finest of treasures.

فَما أَمل الراجين من مطلب الغنى

سواك وَما راجى سواك بظافر

For those seeking abundance have no hope

But you; whoever hopes in another does not succeed.

وَصلى عَليك اللَه ما حن راعد

وَما لاحَ برق في دياجى الدياجر

May God bless you as long as a thundercloud moans,

And lightning flashes in the depths of darkness.

صَلاة تسامى الشمس نورا وَرفعة

وَتزرى برياها عَبير المجامر

With a blessing rivaling the sun in light and loftiness,

And whose fragrance puts the perfumes of censers to shame.

من الازل استفتاحها مستمرة

الى أَبد الآباد آخر آخر

Its beginning is in eternity past, continuing

To endless eternity, to the last of the last.

تخصك يا فرد الوجود وَتنثني

عَلى آلك الغر الكِرام العَناصِر

It is yours alone, O peerless one of existence, and turns

Upon your radiant family, noble in their origins.