Sol 6.1

  1. الحَمدُ لِلّه حَمداً طابَ وَاِنتَشَرا

    عَلى تَرادف جود في الوجود سَرى

    Praise belongs to God, praise sweet and spreading,

    For successive bounty flowing throughout existence.

  2. الحَمدُ لِلّه حَمداً سرمداً أَبَدا

    ما أَضحك الغَيث وَجه الأَرض حينَ جَرى

    Praise belongs to God, praise perpetual and everlasting,

    As long as flowing rain makes the earth's face smile.

  3. حَمداً كَثيراً بِهِ أَرقى لِحَضرَتِه

    عَلى مَنابر أنس أبلغ الوَطرا

    Abundant praise, through which I ascend to His presence,

    Upon pulpits of intimacy, attaining my desire.

  4. ثُم الصلاة عَلى ختم النُبوة من

    إِذا تَقَدم كان الأَولون وَرا

    Then blessings upon the Seal of Prophethood, he

    Who, when he advances, leaves the predecessors behind.

  5. نور الإِلَه الَّذي ما زالَ يَستره

    حَتّى تشكل في أَوج الهُدى قَمَرا

    The light of God, which He kept concealed,

    Until it took form as a moon at guidance's zenith.

  6. مَع السَلام الَّذي يُهدى لحضرته

    يَعم آلاً وَصَحباً سادة غررا

    Together with peace offered to his presence,

    Encompassing his family and Companions, illustrious masters.

  7. وَنَسأل اللَه تَوفيقاً لِطاعَتِه

    وَرَحمة لَم نَجد مِن بَعدِها كدرا

    We ask God for success in obeying Him,

    And mercy after which we know no distress.

  8. بسر ما كانَ في لَوح وَفي قَلَم

    حَتّى عَلى قَلب جبرائيل قَد ظَهَرا

    By the mystery of what was in the Tablet and the Pen,

    Until it appeared upon Gabriel's heart.

  9. ذاكَ الأَمين الَّذي ما زالَ مُؤتمنا

    لِلوَحي مُمتثلاً للأَمر مُنتَظِرا

    That trustworthy one, ever entrusted

    With revelation, obedient to the command and awaiting it.

  10. أَتى بِأَسراره العليا إلى بشر

    فاقَ المَلائِكة الأَبرار وَالبَشَرا

    He brought its lofty mysteries to a man

    Who surpassed the righteous angels and humankind:

  11. مُحَمد المُصطَفى العَبد الَّذي شرفت

    بلثم أخمصه السادات وَالفقرا

    Muhammad, the Chosen One, the servant through whom were honored

    The masters and the poor, by kissing the arch of his foot.

  12. وَقَد حبا صَحبه مِن علمه فَغَدوا

    نُجوم هدي سراة قادة أمرا

    He endowed his Companions with some of his knowledge, and they became

    Stars of guidance, nobles, leaders, princes;

  13. أَقطاب أمته أَقطار ملته

    أَسياف حكمته مِن بَعده وزرا

    The poles of his community, the chiefs of his faith,

    The swords of his wisdom, ministers after him.

  14. أجلهم صاحب الغار الَّذي نَزلت

    في الذكر صحبته وَالنص قَد ذكَرا

    Their greatest was the Companion of the Cave, whose companionship was revealed

    In the Remembrance, and expressly declared by the text.

  15. لَم يفضل لصحب في فعل وَلا عَمل

    وَإنما بِالَّذي في قَلبه وَقرا

    He excelled the Companions not in deed or work,

    But only through what had settled in his heart.

  16. وَبعده السيد الفاروق من ظهرت

    بِنوره ملة الإسلام وَاشتهرا

    After him, the master al-Faruq, through whose light

    The faith of Islam appeared and became renowned.

  17. فَباذل المال عَن طيب وَعَن كَرَم

    عُثمان مِن عنده نوران قَد ظَهَرا

    Then the giver of wealth, willingly and generously:

    Uthman, from whose presence two lights appeared.

  18. وَصهره الضَيغم الكرار مِن فَلقت

    بِسَيفه هامة الاشراك وَانكسرا

    And his son-in-law, the lion ever charging, whose sword

    Split the skull of polytheism and shattered it.

  19. خَزائن العلم وَالعرفان قَد بذلوا

    لأَهله من خَبايا كنزه دررا

    Those treasuries of learning and gnosis bestowed

    On its worthy people pearls from his treasure's hidden stores.

  20. أَما تَرى المُرتَضى لَما كَسا حسنا

    مِن فَضله حللاً قَد فاقَت الحبرا

    Do you not see al-Murtada, when he clothed Hasan

    In robes from his bounty surpassing striped brocades?

  21. فَكَأن أَحسن مَن في عَصره رجلاً

    حالا وَقَد شاعَ عَنهُ العلم وَانتَشَرا

    Thus he seemed the finest man of his age

    In spiritual state; learning spread far and wide from him.

  22. وَقَد كَساها حَبيباً مِنهُ فاجتمعت

    لَهُ مَآثر أَبقت في الوَرى أَثَرا

    From him, Habib received those robes, and there gathered

    In him virtues that left their mark on humankind.

  23. وَعَنهُ قَد نَشق الطائي عنبرها

    فَعطر الكَون مِنها حينَما عَبرا

    From him al-Ta'i breathed in its ambergris,

    And perfumed existence with it as he passed.

  24. وَمِنهُ قَد فازَ مَعروف بِعارفة

    مَدت عَلى الأَرض بَحراً بِالعُلوم جَرى

    From him Ma'ruf gained a gracious gift

    That spread across the earth, a sea flowing with knowledge.

  25. وَقَد سَرى لسري سرها فَغَدا

    يَرمي بِمَعروفه الشَيطان إِن خَطَرا

    Its secret flowed to Sari, and he began

    To pelt Satan with his goodness whenever he appeared.

  26. وَجن مِنها جَنيد إِذ سَقاه بِها

    صرفاً فَلَما سرت في سره سكرا

    Junayd was maddened by it when he gave him to drink

    Of it unmixed; when it coursed through his inmost self, he grew drunk.

  27. حَتّى سَقاها الفَتى ممشاد مِن يَده

    فَلَم يَدع إِذ مَشى في سَيره ضَررا

    Until he gave the youth Mamshad a draught from his own hand,

    And, as he walked, he left no harm along his path.

  28. وَقَد أَفادَ رويما نحلة فَقضى

    بِالحَق حينَ رَآى عين الهُدى وَدَرى

    He bestowed a gift on Ruwaym, and he judged

    According to truth, having seen guidance's very essence and understood.

  29. وَناولت يَده كَأساً معتقة

    محمد بن خَفيف ملجأ الفَقرا

    His hand offered a cup of aged wine

    To Muhammad ibn Khafif, refuge of the poor.

  30. وَحازَ مِنهُ أَبو العَباس مرتبة

    وَمِن نَهاوند شم الريح فاعتبرا

    From him Abu al-'Abbas attained a rank;

    From Nahawand he scented the breeze and took heed.

  31. وَحَل في فرج مِن بَأسه فرج

    فَلم يَخف في طَريق الأَولياء غيرا

    Relief from his might alighted in Faraj,

    So he feared no vicissitudes upon the saints' path.

  32. وَكانَ مِنهُ وَجيه الدين نعم أَخ

    ساواه في الحال حَتّى صارَ مُعتبرا

    From him Wajih al-Din was an excellent brother;

    He equaled him in spiritual state and became esteemed.

  33. وَقَد غَدا بِوَجيه الدين سَيدنا

    أَبو النَجيب السهروردي مثل حرا

    Through Wajih al-Din, our master became

    Like Hira—Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi.

  34. شَربت خَمر نجبب الدين يا عمر

    وَقُمت فيه بِأَمر اللَه يا عمرا

    You drank Najib al-Din's wine, O Umar,

    And in it you stood by God's command, O Umar.

  35. وَقد علت بعلي مِنهُ مرتبة

    فَصارَ نَجماً عَلى أفق الرشاد يرى

    Through him, Ali rose in rank,

    Becoming a star seen upon the horizon of right guidance.

  36. وَنور اللَه نور الدين حينَ عَدا

    يَقفو عَلياً وَعَنهُ قط ما فَتَرا

    God illumined Nur al-Din as he hastened

    To follow Ali, never once flagging in his pursuit.

  37. وَقَد جَنى مِنهُ مَحمود ثِمار هُدى

    فَقَد زَكا فعله حَتّى زَكا ثَمَرا

    From him Mahmud harvested fruits of guidance;

    His conduct grew pure until its fruit grew wholesome.

  38. وَكانَ في العلم بَدر الدين صاحبه

    وَقَد جَنى يوسف مِن نوره دررا

    In learning, Badr al-Din was his companion,

    And Yusuf gathered pearls from his light.

  39. وَأَحمَد الزاهد المَعروف سار به

    إِلى الحَقيقة فاحمد ذَلِكَ الأَثَرا

    The well-known ascetic Ahmad journeyed with him

    To the Truth—so praise that legacy.

  40. وَالشَيخ مدين مِن أَنواره اِنقَدَحَت

    أَنواره فَأنارَ الشَك حينَ وَرى

    And Shaykh Madyan—from his lights were kindled

    His own lights, illuminating doubt when they blazed.

  41. مدين قَد رَقا بِالمرصفي إِلى

    أَسنى المَراتب يَعشي ضوؤها النَظَرا

    Madyan raised al-Marsafi to

    The loftiest ranks, whose radiance dazzles the eye.

  42. وَالمَرصفي أَبا العَباس قَلدها

    فَحازَ فَخراً وَما قَد كانَ مفتخرا

    Al-Marsafi invested Abu al-'Abbas with it;

    He gained honor, though he had never been boastful.

  43. وَفيهِ مَولاي بَدر الدين فاقَ عَلى

    أَقرانه وَرَوى عَن سره خَبَرا

    Through him, my master Badr al-Din surpassed

    His peers, and related tidings of his secret.

  44. العادلي الإمام المُستَضاء بِه

    في ظُلمة الجَهل فيما جاءَ مستطرا

    Al-'Adili, the imam whose light is sought

    In ignorance's darkness, as the written account relates.

  45. محمد حمد السارون مَنهجه

    يَحوط أَتباعه إِن غاب أَو حَضَرا

    Muhammad, whose path the wayfarers praised,

    Guards his followers, whether absent or present.

  46. وَقَد سَقى جمعة مِن دنه فَسَما

    وَسارَ في سيرة قَد فاقَت السيرا

    He gave Jum'a drink from his cask, and he rose high,

    Following a way surpassing all other ways.

  47. وَمِنهُ قَد فازَ يَعقوب بِكَأس طلا

    فَكانَ مِن جُملة الأَفراد وَالكبرا

    From him Ya'qub gained a cup of wine,

    And joined the ranks of the peerless and the great.

  48. وَجمعة أَخَذَ السر المكتم عَن

    يَعقوب حَتّى غَدا لِلّه مُنتَصرا

    Jum'a received the closely hidden secret from

    Ya'qub, until he became a champion for God.

  49. وَشَيخنا العَيدَروسي الكَبير رَوى

    مِن دنه وَتَلا آياته وَقَرا

    Our great shaykh al-'Aydarusi drank his fill

    From his cask, reciting his verses and reading them.

  50. كَهف المريدين عَبد اللَه ما نَظرت

    عَيني شَبيهاً لَهُ مِن سائر النظرا

    The seekers' refuge, 'Abd Allah—never has

    My eye seen his equal among all his peers.

  51. غَوث الصريخ وَعَون المُستَجير مَتى

    ناديته لمهمٍّ في الوجود عرا

    Succor for the distressed, aid to the seeker of refuge—whenever

    You call him over some grave affair arising in the world,

  52. وَافتك همته الكُبرى عَلى عَجل

    فَأنقذتك مِن المَكروه حينَ طَرا

    His mighty spiritual resolve hastens to you,

    Saving you from harm as soon as it appears.

  53. كنز الحَقايق وَالأَسرار كَم صَدَرَت

    لَهُ خَوارق عادات عَلَيهِ تَرى

    A treasury of truths and secrets—how many

    Marvels defying custom have issued through him, plainly seen!

  54. بِجاهه وَبِجاه السابِقين لَهُ

    أَهل الطَريق الَّذي في سَيرهم عمرا

    By his standing, and that of those who preceded him,

    The people of the path made flourishing by their journeys,

  55. أفض عَلَينا مِن الأَنوار بارِقَة

    تحيي بِهِ مَوت قَلب بِالهَوى غمرا

    Pour upon us a flash of light

    With which You revive a heart dead and submerged in passion.

  56. وَاجعل عَلى عُروة التَوحيد قَبضتنا

    وَفك عَنا وَثاق الذَنب إِن أسرا

    Set our grasp upon the bond of divine oneness,

    And free us from sin's fetter if it takes us captive.

  57. واكشف بِحَقك حجب القَلب إِن بِه

    غِطاء ذَنب عَلى أَجفانه سترا

    By Your truth, lift the heart's veils, if within it

    Sin's covering has drawn a curtain over its eyelids.

  58. وَأَنتَ يا سامع النظم البَديع أَصخ

    إِلَيهِ وَارتع بِرَوض فيهِ قَد مطرا

    You who hear this wondrous verse, listen

    To it, and graze in its rain-watered garden.

  59. وَخُذ طَريقة بَدر الدين قَد نظمت

    دراً وَكانَ حلاها قَبل قَد نثرا

    Take Badr al-Din's path: I have strung it

    As pearls; its ornaments had previously lain scattered.

  60. وَالعَيدَروسي مَولانا أَجازَ بِها

    مُحمد نَجل دَرويش وَقَد ظفرا

    Our master al-'Aydarusi granted authorization in it

    To Muhammad, son of Darwish, who attained his aim.

  61. وَنَجله عمر المرضي صار لَها

    خَليفة العَيدروسي الَّذي ذكرا

    His son Umar, the well-pleasing, became in it

    The deputy of al-'Aydarusi, already mentioned.

  62. فَكانَ في بَركات الشَيخ مُغتبطاً

    وَقَد أَقامَ عَلى مِنهاجه وَجَرى

    He rejoiced in the shaykh's blessings,

    And remained steadfast upon his way, following its course.

  63. ثُم الصَلاة عَلى المُختار مِن مُضر

    مَع السَلام يُحاكي المندل العَطرا

    Then blessings upon the Chosen One of Mudar,

    With peace resembling fragrant aloeswood;

  64. كَذا عَلى الآل وَالأَصحاب أَجمعهم

    الصالِحين وَمن اللَه قَد نصرا

    Likewise upon all his family and Companions,

    The righteous, and those whom God has aided.