لاقيت يا نفس حقا ما حكى الحاكي — Al Burai

لاقيت يا نفس حقا ما حَكى الحاكي

فامضى لشأنك اني لست أَلحاك

You have truly met, O soul, what the storyteller recounted.

So go about your affairs; I do not blame you.

واستعذ بي غصص التَعذيب راضية

وَحكمى الحب علّ الحب يَرعاك

And willingly savor the choking pains of torment,

and make love your judge; perhaps love will care for you.

واِستنظري فرص الايام عائدة

واِستعملي الصبر وارعى ترك شكواك

And await the returning opportunities of the days,

and practice patience, taking care to abandon your complaints.

عَساكَ ان مت في ذكراك مت علي

شهادة الحق حيث الحق يَلقاك

Perhaps, if you die remembering, you will die upon

the testimony of truth, where the Truth meets you.

وَاللَه لَولا امانىّ تجاذبني

ذمام عهد قَديم كنت انعاك

By God, were it not for my hopes that contend with me

over the bond of an ancient pledge, I would have mourned you.

اغفلت من غفلات الدهر آونة

آوت من الجيرة الغادين مثواك

Have you forgotten, amid time's heedless lapses, those hours

that sheltered your dwelling from neighbors setting out at dawn—

ايام لَيلى بوادي السدر نازِلَة

مقيمة خدرها المَضروب يمناك

the days when Layla stayed in Wadi al-Sidr,

dwelling with her secluded tent pitched to your right?

وَالعَيش اخضر والايام مشرقة

وَعين رب الهَوى العذرى تَرعاك

And life was green, and the days were radiant,

and the eye of chaste love's lord watched over you.

وَنظرة جلبت حتفي وَلَيسَ لَها

شاك لانى أَنا المشكوّ وَالشاكي

And a glance brought my death, though it has no

complainant, for I am both the accused and the complainant.

رَدى بقية روح فات من رمقى

يا شمس حسن بدت من برج شباك

Restore the remnant of a soul that has fled my failing life,

O sun of beauty, risen from a latticed window's tower.

وارنى لِقَلبي بما في سحر عينك من

حَبائِل مرصدات لي واشراك

And gaze at my heart with what lies in your eye's enchantment—

snares laid in wait for me, and traps.

وبين سفح جياد فالمسيل إِلى

دار الامير غروس ثورها زاكى

And between the foot of Jiyad and the watercourse leading to

the emir's house are plantings whose [fruit?] flourishes.

سحارة الطرف تَرمي من لواحظها

حب القلوب باحياء واهلاك

An enchantress of the gaze, she shoots from her sidelong glances

at the cores of hearts, bringing life and destruction.

خذي بحقك من عينيك لي خفرا

حتفا فعائفتي عَيناك عَيناك

By your right, take from your eyes a protector for me—

death itself; for your eyes, your eyes are my diviners.

وَساعدني عَلى التَقبيل مغتنما

فَما أَلذك تَقبيلا وَأَحلاك

And help me seize the chance to kiss,

for how delightful you are to kiss, and how sweet!

فَكَم وَديعة شوق لي اليك مضت

قَد كنت يوم النَوى اودعتها فاك

For how many a deposit of my longing has passed to you!

I had indeed entrusted it to your mouth on the day of separation.

عواطل السرب تَرعى في الخزام وَما

يحن ذو شجن الا لذكراك

The herd's unadorned does graze among lavender, and no

one burdened with sorrow yearns for anything but your remembrance.

صفت صفاتك للعشاق وابتهجت

انوار حسنك من أَنوار حسناك

Your qualities shone pure for lovers, and joyfully radiant grew

your beauty's lights, from the lights of your goodness.

خلف الخمار جمال منك خامره

حسن بديع محانى في محياك

Behind the veil is a beauty of yours, suffused

with wondrous beauty that effaced me in your countenance.

وَدون سنرك سر في طلائعه

نور كبهجة نور الشمس غشاك

And beneath your veil is a mystery, in whose first gleams

is radiance like the splendor of sunlight, enveloping you.

وَرَوضَة من رياض الخلد قد ملئت

من الجَمال حواها منك ركناك

And a garden from the gardens of eternity, filled

with beauty, is encompassed by your two sides.

وَثم روح من الفردوس منتفح

في الجم يعبق من رياء رياك

And there is a breath from Paradise, wafting

amid the throng, fragrant with the scent of your perfume.

وَفي المشاهد آيات مبينة

تنبى شواهدها عَن فضل معناك

And in what is beheld are clear signs,

whose evidence tells of the excellence of your inner meaning.

ما يملأ العين من حسن ومن حسن

وَيشرح الصدر الا حسن مرآك

Nothing fills the eye with beauty and goodness

and gladdens the breast but the beauty of your appearance.

كَم من قيل الهَوى العذرى احسبه

لا يَستَفيق بشيء غير لقياك

How many a lord of chaste love, I think,

cannot regain his senses through anything but meeting you.

حياك رَبي عني كل آونة

بكل مركمة حياك حياك

May my Lord greet you on my behalf at every moment,

with every honor—may He greet you, greet you!

وَكَم طيبة صوب المزن منسجما

ما طابَ نفسا بغير حين وافاك

And how often cloud-rain streamed upon Taybah,

yet knew no gladness except when it reached you.

وَجاد طيبة صوب المزن منسجما

تشجعه معصرات ذات احلاك

And may streaming cloud-rain shower Taybah,

urged on by rainclouds laden with darkness.

حيث النبوة مضروب سرادقها

والحق يَزهو بِسامي النور سيماك

Where prophecy has pitched its pavilion,

and truth glories in the lofty light of your countenance.

وَحيث من ظهر الاقطار قاطبة

بالسَيف من كل ذي بغي واشراك

And where dwells the one who cleansed all the lands

by the sword, from every tyrant and idolater:

محمد سيد السادات من مضر

حامى الحمى فرع اصل طيب زاكى

Muhammad, lord of lords, of Mudar,

guardian of the sanctuary, a branch of a good, flourishing root;

هداية اللَه في شام وَفي يَمَن

وَخيرة اللَه من رسل وأملاك

God's guidance in al-Sham and in Yemen,

and God's chosen one among messengers and angels.

مهذب قرشى الاصل يشرف عَن

حام وَسام وعن روم واتراك

Refined, of Qurayshi stock, exalted above

Ham and Shem, and above Romans and Turks.

مستجمع الحسن والاحسان وَالكرم

الفيّاض فاض فَلَم يعرف بامساك

Uniting beauty, kindness, and generosity,

overflowing—he poured forth, and was never known to withhold.

لسانه الوحى وَالتَنزيل معجزة

ينسيك عجمة قبطى وانطاكي

His tongue is revelation, and the revealed scripture a miracle

that makes you forget the foreign speech of a Copt and an Antiochene.

معطى الحقوق لمن والى وقاطع من

عادى وَعاند منهم قط فتاك

He grants rights to those loyal to him, and cuts down whoever

ever opposes and resists among them—a deadly striker.

طلق المحيا لكل النازلين به

وَفي الكَريهة حتف الفارس الشاكي

Welcoming of face to all who lodge with him,

and in battle, the death of the armed horseman.

غضيان تحت ظلال السمر ممتلئا

بأسا وَعند عبوس الدهر مضجاك

Wrathful beneath the shadows of brown spears, brimming

with valor, yet smiling when time frowns.

وَراسِخ العلم وَالصفح الجَميل اذا

يرجى وَلَيسَ لذي ستر بهتاك

And firm in knowledge and gracious pardon when

it is hoped for; he tears no one's concealing veil.

جلالة ملئت جودا وَمرحمة

عَن ماجد لدم الطاغين سفاك

A majesty filled with generosity and mercy,

from a noble one who sheds the blood of tyrants.

اغنى واقنى واحيادين امته

بصولة بثها في كل معراك

He enriched and endowed, and revived his community's faith

with a charge he unleashed in every battlefield.

وَالحرب قامَت عَلى ساق به وَسمت

اذقام منتقما من كل أَفاك

Through him war rose to its feet and soared,

when he arose, taking vengeance on every liar.

فاتوا فأدركهم بالسيف منتصرا

فَما يفيقون من فوت وادراك

They escaped, but he overtook them with the sword, victorious,

and they never recover from flight and capture.

نكاية لم تدع للمشركين يدا

تَعلو وَما كل مَن يبغى العلانا كي

A crushing blow that left the idolaters no hand

raised high; not everyone who seeks eminence can deal such a blow.

يا سَيدي يا رَسول اللَه يا أَملى

يا راحَة الروح من ضيم واضناك

O my master, O Messenger of God, O my hope,

O the soul's rest from oppression and distress,

ناداكَ من برع الغراء قائلها

عَبد الرَحيم المسىء الخائف الباكي

its composer has called to you from radiant Buraʿ:

ʿAbd al-Rahim, the sinner, fearful and weeping.

امليتها فيك من بعد وَلست بها

بغير عروتك الوثقى بمساك

I dictated it in your praise from afar, and through it I do not cling

to anything but your firmest handhold.

اذ لَم أَكن لِسَبيل الرشد متبعا

وَلا لمنهج زلاتي بتراك

For I have not followed the path of right guidance,

nor abandoned the course of my lapses,

ولا من الجهل وَالعصيان ممتنعا

وَلا بنسك اولى التَقوى بنساك

nor refrained from ignorance and disobedience,

nor been devout with the devotion of the godfearing.

فاجعل جَزائي عليها كل مكرمة

من أَنعم لا قَناطير وألكاك

So make my reward for it every honor,

of blessings, not heaps of riches and hundreds of thousands.

والبس شعار صَلاة اللَه دائمة

ممتدة مرّ أَعصار وأَفلاك

And wear the garment of God's unceasing blessing,

lasting as ages pass and celestial spheres revolve.