ضربت سعاد خيامها بفؤادي — Al Burai

ضربت سعاد خيامها بِفؤادي

من قَبل سفك دَمي بسفح الوادي

Su'ad pitched her tents in my heart,

before shedding my blood at the valley's foot.

وَغدت تجرعني الهموم فمن لي

قصمت عراه شماتة الحساد

She began making me swallow sorrows—who will help me,

whose bonds the enviers' gloating has shattered?

وَكأَنَّني وَكأَنَّها متودد

متلطف لظويلم متمادي

As though I were an affectionate suitor, and she

a relentless little tyrant whom I gently coax.

لعب الفراق بها وَبي فَلَها وَلي

خبر كوى كبدي بغير زناد

Separation toyed with her and me; hers and mine is

a tale that seared my liver without fire-striking flints.

وتوعرت طرق التَواصل بَينَنا

فغدوت نضو صبابة وَبعاد

The paths of communion between us grew rugged,

so I became a wasted frame of longing and separation.

ما كان حجة من أَقام بِمَكَّة

أَن لا يحدثني حَديث سعاد

What excuse had the one who stayed in Mecca

for not telling me tidings of Su'ad?

بعثت إِلي من الحجاز خَيالها

شتان بين بلادها وَبلادي

She sent her phantom to me from the Hijaz;

how far apart her lands and mine!

يا هذه عودتني أَلم الضنا

وأَراكَ لست أَراك في العواد

O woman, you accustomed me to the pain of wasting sickness,

and I see you, yet do not see you among the sickbed visitors.

وَبأى آونة أَزورك بَعدَما

حملت هجرك أَضعف الاجساد

At what time can I visit you, now that

you have burdened the frailest of bodies with your estrangement?

فجق حقك ان ملكت فأسحجي

شيم الكِرام وان أَسرت فَفادى

[So, by] your rightful due, if you hold sway, be [gentle],

in the ways of the noble; and if you take a captive, release him for ransom.

فَقف المطيّ وَلَو كلمحة ناظر

بربا المحصب أَو مني يا حادي

So halt the mounts, if only for a beholder's fleeting glance,

on the heights of al-Muhassab or Mina, O camel-driver.

وأعد حَديثك عَن أباطح مكة

وَعن الفَريق أَرائح أَم غادي

Repeat your account of Mecca's broad valleys,

and of the company—are they evening-bound or morning-bound?

وَمسرة للناظرين بدت لَنا

ما بين سوق سويقة وَجياد

A delight to beholders appeared to us

between the market of Suwayqa and Jiyad.

قنصت عقول أَولى النهي بحبائل

الصبوات لا بِحَبائل الصياد

She snared the minds of those endowed with reason in the snares

of youthful passions, not the hunter's snares.

وَمحاسن طلعت طَلائعهن عَن

حلل الكمال لحاضر وَلبادي

And beauties whose vanguards emerged from

the robes of perfection, for townsman and nomad.

عكفت بساحتها الرفاق وانما

عكفوا عَلى كبد من الاكباد

The traveling bands lingered in its precincts; in truth,

they lingered upon a liver among livers.

هطل الغمام عَلى الحطيم وَزَمزَم

وَعَلى بقاع بالنقا وَوهاد

Clouds poured rain upon al-Hatim and Zamzam,

and upon tracts at al-Naqa and low-lying hollows.

وَسَرى النَسيم بطيب نسمة طيبة

فنشقت نفحة عنبر وَجساد

The breeze drifted with the fragrance of a breath from Tayba,

so I inhaled a waft of ambergris and saffron.

بلد سمت أَوطانه وَتشرفت

بمحمد قمر الكمال الهادي

A land whose precincts rose high and were ennobled

by Muhammad, the guiding moon of perfection.

فمر محادين الضَلالة بالهدى

وأذل أَهل البَغي والالحاد

[A moon] who [effaced the creed] of error with guidance,

and he humbled the people of oppression and irreligion.

قمر أَضاء النور لَيلة وَضعه

من مكة لدمشق أَو بغداد

A moon whose light shone on the night of his birth,

from Mecca to Damascus or Baghdad.

قمر حمى الدين الحَنيف بسيفه

شرفا وأحرز سبق كل جهاد

A moon who defended the upright faith with his sword,

honorably, and won precedence in every jihad.

قمر أَباد المشركين بسادة

فاقَت عزائمهم عَلى الآساد

A moon who destroyed the polytheists with noble leaders

whose resolve surpassed that of lions.

قمر سقى الجَيش العَظيم بكفه

نهرا أَزالَ غَليل كل فؤاد

A moon who gave the great army drink from his palm,

a river that quenched the burning thirst of every heart.

هُوَ أَشرَف العربين مجدا باذخا

وأحق من يَعلو عَلى الامجاد

He is the noblest of both Arab peoples in towering glory,

and the most deserving of rising above the illustrious.

هُوَ شمس عبد مناف العلياعات

مضر بجديه عَلى الانجاد

He is 'Abd Manaf's exalted sun; [up rose]

Mudar, through his two grandfathers, above the valiant.

هُوَ جاوز السبع السَموات العلى

وَالعرش فيما صح من اسناد

He passed beyond the seven lofty heavens,

and the Throne, according to sound transmission.

هُوَ في الجَلالة قال سيده له

سل ما تحب فأَنتَ خير عبادي

In majesty, he is the one whose Master said to him:

'Ask for whatever you love, for you are the best of My servants.'

هُوَ خير من كمل الاناس به من ال

أَبناء والآباء والاجداد

He is the best of those through whom humanity was perfected, among the

sons, fathers, and grandfathers.

هُوَ سيد الكَونين وَالثقلين لا

شمه له في الغور والانحاد

He is lord of both worlds and of humans and jinn; there is no

[peer] to him in the lowlands or [highlands].

هُوَ أَكرَم الكُرماء ان عصفت به

ريح السماح وأجود الاجواد

He is the most generous of the generous when upon him rages

the wind of largesse, and the most bountiful of the bountiful.

هُوَ ذخرتي هو موئلى وَمأملي

هُوَ عمدتي هو عدتي وَعتادي

He is my treasure; he is my refuge and my hope.

He is my mainstay; he is my resource and my equipment.

هُوَ أَحمَد الهادي المجاهد والَّذي

يروى بكوثره الغَليل الصادي

He is Ahmad, the guide, the warrior, and the one

who quenches the parched one's burning thirst with his Kawthar.

هُوَ تحت ساق العرش يسجد شافِعا

في الخلق ان حشروا الى الميعاد

Beneath the Throne's pillar he prostrates, interceding

for creation when they are gathered to the appointed meeting.

هُوَ مَن يَلوذ غدا بظل لوائه

كل الوَرى وَالرسل والاشهاد

He is the one beneath whose banner's shade will seek refuge tomorrow

all creation, the messengers, and the witnesses.

هُو عمدة الامم الَّتي لَو لَم يَكُن

فيها لقد كانَت بغير عماد

He is the mainstay of the nations, which, had he not been

among them, would indeed have been without a pillar.

هُو هازم الاقران في فتكاته

وَمدمر العشرات بالآحاد

He routs his rivals in his deadly assaults,

and destroys tens with single individuals.

ما ان رجوت به الهدى لِضَلالَتي

الا لقيت بها صلاح فَسادى

Never did I hope through him for guidance out of my error

without finding through it the reform of my corruption.

مَولاي خد بيدي وأقض حَوائجي

واعطف عَليّ ولبّ حين أُنادي

My master, take my hand and fulfill my needs,

turn kindly toward me and answer when I call.

واقبل خويدمك المعلم انه

فلس من التَقوى قَليل الزاد

Accept your humble, marked servant, for he is

bankrupt in piety and scant of provision.

حملت ذي النفس الضَعيفة ثقلها

وَشغلت بين أصادق وأعادي

I have made this weak soul bear its burden,

and busied myself between befriending and opposing.

في الخيمة انقصمت عراي لزلتي

وَالنار للعاصين بالمرصاد

In the tent my bonds broke because of my lapse,

and the Fire lies in wait for sinners.

وَعَريض جاهك يا محمد عصمتي

وَكِفايَتي وَهدايَتي وَرَشادي

Your vast standing, O Muhammad, is my safeguard,

my sufficiency, my guidance, and my right direction.

فاشدد عرا عَبد الرَحيم برحمة

يَلقى بِها في الحشر خير مهاد

So strengthen the bonds of 'Abd al-Rahim with mercy

through which he may find the finest resting place at the Gathering.

واجعل يديك حمى له وَلاهله

وَالصحب والآباء والاولاد

Make your two hands a sanctuary for him and his family,

his companions, fathers, and children.

فَلأنت أَمنع من لجأت اليه في

دار اقامَتي وَمَعادي

For you are the mightiest of those to whom I have fled in

the abode of my dwelling and my return.

واعطف عَليّ بنفحة نبوية

لا نال غاية مطلبي وَمُرادي

Favor me with a prophetic breath,

[so that I may] attain the utmost of my wish and desire,

وَمكارم موصولة بمكارم

وَلطائف وَعَواطِف وَأَيادي

and with noble gifts joined to noble gifts,

and gracious favors, affections, and benefactions.

واسمع جواهر أَحرف عربية

زفت اليك فَصيحة الانشاد

Hear jewels of Arabic letters,

escorted to you as a bride, eloquent in recitation.

وانهض بقائلها وَصاحبه فقد

خصاك اذ صدا عَن الوراد

Raise up their speaker and his companion, for

they singled you out when they turned away from the water-seekers.

فَتَراهما وفدا عليك ليحظيا

يا سَيدي بِكَرامة الوفاد

So you see them both as a delegation to you, hoping to gain,

O my master, the honor granted to visiting delegations.

وَتول كاتبها الضَعيف وكن له

يد نصرة من شر كل عناد

Care for its weak scribe, and be for him

a hand of support against the evil of every stubborn opposition.

وعليك صَلى اللَه يا علم الهدى

ما ارفضَّ في الاقطار صوب عهاد

Upon you may God send blessings, O banner of guidance,

as long as successive showers pour across the lands.

وَعلى صحابتك الكرام الزهر ما

نادىّ بحي عَلى الصَلاةمنادى

And upon your noble, radiant companions, as long as

a caller proclaims, 'Come to prayer!'