قف بالمنازل إن الدمع مدرار — Aloshari

قِف بِالمَنازِل إِن الدَمع مدرار

وَابك الطلول فَإِن القَوم قَد ساروا

Stand at the dwellings; the tears pour abundantly.

And weep over the ruins, for the people have departed.

خلاك ذم فَإِن العيس قَد حذيت

أخفافها بسهاد فوقه نار

You are free of blame, for the pale camels have had

Their padded feet shod with sleeplessness, with fire above it.

تَهوى السرى فَكَأن السير راحتها

وَإِن أَطرافها يا صاح أَوتار

They love night travel, as though journeying were their rest,

And their limbs, my friend, are indeed bowstrings.

تَطير في الدو مِن شَوق فَلا عَجَب

فَقَد يَكون مِن الأَنعام أَطيار

They fly across the desert from longing—no wonder:

For among livestock there may indeed be birds.

شرودة عَن بقاع الماء مائلة

عَن الكلاء فَلا يلغى لَها دار

Shying from watering places, turning away

From pasture, so no dwelling is found for them.

فَتلك أَحشاؤها في الجوف ضامرة

قَد زانَها خمص مِنها وَإضمار

Behold their entrails, lean within their bellies;

Their hollow bellies and slenderness have indeed adorned them.

لا تَتقي الحزن إِن حزن أَلَم بِها

وَلَو أَلَم بِها في السير سنجار

They do not shun rough ground when ruggedness confronts them,

Even if Sinjar should confront them on their journey.

وَمُذ تَبينت الأَقوام حَلَّ بِها

مِن السُرور عَلامات وَأَسرار

And since they caught sight of the people, there have arisen within them

Signs and secrets of joy.

قَوم كِرام علت في الناس رُتبتهم

وَكل شَخص لَهُ حَد وَمقدار

Noble folk whose rank among people has risen,

And every person has a limit and a measure.

شوس مِن المَجد قَد طابَت عَناصرهم

صَغيرهم في الوَغى كَالليث مغوار

Dauntless men, their stock made noble by glory;

Their youngest is a fierce raider, like a lion in battle.

سود المَلابس أَقوام شعارهم

في الحَرب حم كَم لِلّه أَنصار

Black-clad folk, whose battle cry

In war is 'Ha Mim'—how many helpers God has!

أَنواء جود كِرام في رِحابهم

للضَيف وَالسَيف إِيراد وَاصدار

Showers of bounty, noble men in whose spacious courts

Guests and swords are brought in and sent forth.

بحار علم لَقَد تَمت فَضائلهم

خَزائن الحَق وَالتَحقيق ابرار

Oceans of learning, whose virtues have reached perfection;

Treasuries of truth and inquiry, righteous men.

رُهبان لَيل فَسل إِن كُنت مُختبراً

تجبك يا صاح أبكار وأسحار

Monks by night—ask, if you would put them to the test:

Early mornings and predawn hours will answer you, my friend.

قَد عمروا بِكتاب اللَه دورهُم

لا قينة رَقصت فيها وَمزمار

They have filled their homes with God's Book;

No singing girl has danced there, nor any flute sounded.

كَفاهم شَرَفاً إِذ كانَ سَيدهم

مَولى بِهِ شرفت ريف وَأمصار

It is honor enough for them that their master was

A lord through whom countryside and cities were ennobled:

محمد مَن لَهُ في كُل مَرتبة

شَماء رَسم وَآيات وَآثار

Muhammad, who in every station

Of lofty eminence has an imprint, signs, and traces.

مصباح فَضل لِذا تهدى الأَنام بِه

كَأَنَّهُ علم في رَأسه نار

A lamp of virtue; thus humankind is guided by him,

As though he were a mountain with fire upon its summit.

بَدر أَضاءت بِهِ الأَكناف وَابتهجت

فَفي مَسالكها نور وَأَنوار

A full moon through whom the surrounding lands shone and rejoiced;

Thus in their pathways are light and lights.

كنز بِهِ الدر مَرفوع المَنار وَكَم

تَنويره قَد أَنارت مِنهُ أَبصار

A treasure through whom the pearls' beacon is raised—and how many

Eyes have shone through his illumination!

لأَنَّهُ الصَدر قَد عمت هِدايته

وَفي وقايته كَم عمرت دار

For he is the leader; his guidance has embraced all,

And under his protection, how many homes have flourished!

ذَخيرة كَم حَوَت في العلم مِن درر

وَقنية الفَضل لا تبر وَدينار

A treasure-store that has held so many pearls of learning,

And a hoard of virtue, not of gold dust and dinars.

قاري الهِداية لا الأَشباه تشبهه

سل الفصول فَما في الفَضل إنكار

A reciter of guidance, whom no counterparts resemble;

Ask the chapters—his excellence cannot be denied.

خُلاصة الحَق قَد سارَت فَوائده

عِماد مَن لا لَهُ كَهف وَأَنصار

The essence of truth; his benefits have spread far,

A pillar for those who have neither refuge nor helpers.

فَذاكَ جَوهرة الدُنيا وَخيرتها

معين من ساءه الداني أَو الجار

Thus he is the world's jewel and its choicest one,

A helper to whoever is hurt by someone close or a neighbor.

بَحر فَما النَهر إِلا مِن جَداوله

فاشرب مِن البَحر إِن ساءَتكَ أَنهار

An ocean—the river comes only from his streams;

So drink from the ocean if rivers have distressed you.

خَير النَبيين كَهف المُستَجير إِذا

أولو الجَهالة في أَفعالهم جاروا

The best of prophets, refuge of those seeking shelter, when

The ignorant act unjustly in their deeds.

هُوَ المَلاذ لِمَن وافاه مُنزَعِجاً

مِن حادث فَوقه حمل وَقنطار

He is the refuge for whoever comes to him distressed

By a calamity, with a load and a great weight upon him.

لِذاكَ لذت بِهِ مِن حادث نَشبت

في الجلد منهُ مَخاليب وَأَظفار

For that reason I sought refuge in him from a calamity whose

Claws and talons have sunk into my skin.

خلص فَديتك جلدي مِن مَخالبه

وَاستر عَلي فَإِن اللَه سَتار

Free my skin from its claws—may I be your ransom—

And veil my faults, for God is the Concealer.

وَارفع بِحقك هَذا الخَطب إِن لَهُ

في القَلب ناراً وَفي جسمي لَهُ نار

And lift this calamity, by your rightful honor, for it has

A fire in my heart, and a fire in my body.

أَزكى الصَلاة عَلى قَبر حللت بِهِ

فَكَم بِهِ حَل آيات وَأَسرار

The purest blessings upon the grave in which you rest;

How many signs and secrets have dwelt within it!

ثُمَ السَلام عَلى دار حللت بِها

هنيت بِالمُصطَفى المُختار يا دار

Then peace upon the abode in which you dwell;

Blessed are you with the Chosen One, the Elect, O abode!