غَرامي عن ضَميري تَرْجُماني

غَرامي عن ضَميري تَرْجُماني

ووجدي قد يَنوبُ عن البَيَانِ

ووجدي قد يَنوبُ عن البَيَانِ

My passionate love is my interpreter, speaking for my inmost heart.

My passion translates my conscience,

And my ecstasy may stand in place of words.

And my love can replace eloquence.

وكم حالٍ يُترجِمُهُ سُكوتٌ

وكم حالٍ يُترجِمُهُ سُكوتٌ

يؤدِّي فيه منطوقَ اللِّسَانِ

يؤدِّي فيه منطوقَ اللِّسَانِ

How many a state is interpreted by silence,

How many states are translated by silence,

conveying therein what the tongue would utter.

Which conveys the utterances of the tongue.

تناهَبَني السِّقامُ وذُبْتُ لهفاً

تناهَبَني السِّقامُ وذُبْتُ لهفاً

فلو حدَّقْتَ عينَكَ لن ترَانِي

فلو حدَّقْتَ عينَكَ لن ترَانِي

Sickness has ravaged me, and I have melted with longing.

Illness has assaulted me, and I have wasted away in yearning.

Even if you fixed your gaze, you would not see me.

If you look closely, you will not see me.

كأنِّي ميِّتٌ في ثوبِ حيٍّ

كأنِّي ميِّتٌ في ثوبِ حيٍّ

ولا أدْري بطَوْرِيَ ما دَهَانِي

ولا أدْري بطَوْرِيَ ما دَهَانِي

As though I were dead in a living person's robe,

I am like a dead man in the garb of the living,

and I do not know, in my state, what has befallen me.

And I know not in what state I find myself.

على جمرِ الغَضا منِّي فُؤادٌ

على جمرِ الغَضا منِّي فُؤادٌ

عَليلٌ لا تُعَلِّلُهُ الأَغَانِي

عَليلٌ لا تُعَلِّلُهُ الأَغَانِي

Upon the embers of ghada wood lies my heart,

My heart burns with jealousy.

ailing, unsoothed by songs.

It is sick, not comforted by songs.

وليلَةَ سارَ فينا الرُّكْبُ صُبْحاً

وليلَةَ سارَ فينا الرُّكْبُ صُبْحاً

إلى بَطْحاءِ واسِطَ والمَغَانِي

إلى بَطْحاءِ واسِطَ والمَغَانِي

And on the night the caravan set out among us at dawn,

And the night the caravan travelled until morning

toward the gravelly plain of Wasit and the dwellings,

To the meadows of Wasit and revelry.

ورُحْما بالعِراقِ نُخِبُّ خَيْلاً

ورُحْما بالعِراقِ نُخِبُّ خَيْلاً

تُنَهَّزُ بالمَثالِثِ والمَثَانِي

تُنَهَّزُ بالمَثالِثِ والمَثَانِي

and [we went?] through Iraq, making horses trot,

And I bid farewell to Iraq where we chose the best horses

urged onward by the third and second lute strings.

That race in threes and eights.

وكانت في العِراقِ لنا ليالٍ

وكانت في العِراقِ لنا ليالٍ

سرَقْناهُنَّ من جَيْبِ الزَّمَانِ

سرَقْناهُنَّ من جَيْبِ الزَّمَانِ

And in Iraq we had nights

And we had nights in Iraq

that we stole from Time's pocket.

That we stole from the pocket of time.

وأُمُّ عُبَيْدَةٍ تُفدى برُوحي

وأُمُّ عُبَيْدَةٍ تُفدى برُوحي

وجُسْماني ومُنْعَقَدِ الجَنَانِ

وجُسْماني ومُنْعَقَدِ الجَنَانِ

And Umm Ubayda is ransomed with my soul,

And for Ubaydah’s mother I would sacrifice my soul,

my body, and the innermost core of the heart.

My body, and my gathered self.

أموتُ لأَجلِ ساكِنِها وأحْيَ

أموتُ لأَجلِ ساكِنِها وأحْيَ

خَليلَيَّ الوَداعَ وقابِلاني

خَليلَيَّ الوَداعَ وقابِلاني

I die for the one who dwells there, and I live.

I die for the one who dwells there, and I live

My two dear friends, farewell! Come meet me.

To bid farewell, my friends, and meet me.

ولا تَسْتَنْشِدانيَ عن شُؤُني

ولا تَسْتَنْشِدانيَ عن شُؤُني

فما شأني برَمْشِ العَيْنِ شَانِي

فما شأني برَمْشِ العَيْنِ شَانِي

And do not ask me for verses about my affairs,

Do not ask me of my affairs,

for my concern is not with the lashes of an eye.

For my affairs are not of the wink of an eye.

وَلوهٌ مُسْتَهامٌ ذو حَنينٍ

وَلوهٌ مُسْتَهامٌ ذو حَنينٍ

تمكَّنَ من فُؤادِيَ بل حَناني

تمكَّنَ من فُؤادِيَ بل حَناني

A love-dazed, enraptured one, full of yearning,

I am possessed by a burning, yearning love

has taken hold of my heart—nay, of my tenderness.

That has taken hold of my heart and even my tenderness.

ولمْ لا وهو من مَلأَ البَرايا

ولمْ لا وهو من مَلأَ البَرايا

هُدًى وبه اسْتَنارَ المَشْرِقَانِ

هُدًى وبه اسْتَنارَ المَشْرِقَانِ

And why not, when he is the one who filled creation

Why not, when it fills the wilds

with guidance, and through him the two easts shone?

With guidance, and by it the horizons shine.

أَبو العَلَمَيْنِ جاذِبَةُ التَّجَلِّي

أَبو العَلَمَيْنِ جاذِبَةُ التَّجَلِّي

سَليلُ المُصْطَفى غوْثُ الزَّمَانِ

سَليلُ المُصْطَفى غوْثُ الزَّمَانِ

Abu al-Alamayn, the attracting power of divine manifestation,

Abu al-Alamein, attractor of manifestations,

descendant of the Chosen One, succor of the age,

Descendant of Mustafa, succor of the age.

إمامُ ِّولِيا حيًّا ومَيْتاً

إمامُ ِّولِيا حيًّا ومَيْتاً

وصدرُ كِبارِهِمْ في كلِّ آنِ

وصدرُ كِبارِهِمْ في كلِّ آنِ

leader of the saints, in life and in death,

Leader of saints, living and dead,

and foremost among their great ones at every moment.

And the foremost of all in every moment.

طَويلُ الباعِ سيِّدُ كلِّ قطبٍ

طَويلُ الباعِ سيِّدُ كلِّ قطبٍ

هِزَبْرُ القَوْمِ من إنْسٍ وجَانِ

هِزَبْرُ القَوْمِ من إنْسٍ وجَانِ

Long of reach, master of every spiritual pole,

Of long standing, master of every pole,

the lion of the company, both humans and jinn.

Axis of both mankind and jinn.

ترقَّى في قمَمِ المَعالي

ترقَّى في قمَمِ المَعالي

وجازَ غُبارُهُ خامَ المُدَانِي

وجازَ غُبارُهُ خامَ المُدَانِي

He rose among the summits of glory,

You climbed to the peaks of glory

and his dust swept past; the contender recoiled.

And your dust transcended the sand dunes.

أَيَصْرَعُني الزَّمانُ ولي عِنانٌ

أَيَصْرَعُني الزَّمانُ ولي عِنانٌ

بحبلِ جَنابِهِ سامي العِنَانِ

بحبلِ جَنابِهِ سامي العِنَانِ

Can Time fell me, when I have a rein

Will time fell me when I have the reins

bound to the cord of his presence, with the rein held high?

By the rope of his noble rein?

وقد قالَ الرَّسولُ ائْمَنْ جَناباً

وقد قالَ الرَّسولُ ائْمَنْ جَناباً

فمن بضَمانِ أَحمدَ في ضَمَانِي

فمن بضَمانِ أَحمدَ في ضَمَانِي

And the Messenger said, “Rest secure in your refuge;

The Messenger said, "Trust in the Master's protection,"

whoever is under Ahmad's protection is under mine.”

So whoever is under Ahmad's guarantee is under my protection.

وأَلْبَسَني هُناكَ ثِيابَ عِزٍّ

وأَلْبَسَني هُناكَ ثِيابَ عِزٍّ

وحكَّمَني على أَهلِ الأوَانِ

وحكَّمَني على أَهلِ الأوَانِ

And there he clothed me in garments of honor,

And there he dressed me in robes of honor

and granted me authority over the people of the age.

And appointed me over the people of all eras.

وقالَ لسيِّدي الغَوْثُ الرِّفاعِيِّ

وقالَ لسيِّدي الغَوْثُ الرِّفاعِيِّ

تولَّ الشَّأنَ منهُ بِلا تَوَانِ

تولَّ الشَّأنَ منهُ بِلا تَوَانِ

And he said to my master, the Succor, al-Rifai:

And my master al-Rifaa'i said to me,

“Take his affair in hand without delay.”

"Take charge of the matter without delay."

فقرَّبَني لهُ وأَعَزَّ أَمْري

فقرَّبَني لهُ وأَعَزَّ أَمْري

ومن كاساتِ حَضْرَتِهِ سَقَانِي

ومن كاساتِ حَضْرَتِهِ سَقَانِي

So he drew me near to him and exalted my standing,

So he brought me close and honored my affairs,

and gave me drink from the cups of his presence.

And let me drink from his chalices.

فغِبْتُ عن الوُجودِ وغِبْتُ عنِّي

فغِبْتُ عن الوُجودِ وغِبْتُ عنِّي

وعن كَمْني وعن معْنى كَيَانِي

وعن كَمْني وعن معْنى كَيَانِي

Then I vanished from existence, and vanished from myself,

So I was absent from existence and absent from myself,

and from my hidden self, and from the meaning of my being.

And from my veil and the meaning of my being.

وهذا الشَّأنُ من طيٍّ ونَشْرٍ

وهذا الشَّأنُ من طيٍّ ونَشْرٍ

نَسيجٌ في التَّدَلِّي والتَّدَانِي

نَسيجٌ في التَّدَلِّي والتَّدَانِي

And this affair, of folding and unfolding,

This matter, of folding and unfolding,

is a fabric woven in descent and drawing near.

Is a fabric of lowering and rising.

رُموزٌ للمُؤمِّلِ ظاهِراتٌ

رُموزٌ للمُؤمِّلِ ظاهِراتٌ

جَلاها صاحِبُ السَّبْعِ المَثَانِي

جَلاها صاحِبُ السَّبْعِ المَثَانِي

Symbols manifest to the hopeful,

Symbols for the hopeful, manifestations

unveiled by the bearer of the Seven Oft-Repeated Verses.

Revealed by the Master of the Seven Odes.

تذكَّرْ يا هَداكَ اللهُ طَوْراً

تذكَّرْ يا هَداكَ اللهُ طَوْراً

إلى الهادي بحُجْرَةِ أُمِّ هَانِي

إلى الهادي بحُجْرَةِ أُمِّ هَانِي

Remember—may God guide you—an occasion

Remember, may God guide you, a state

of turning toward the Guide in Umm Hani's chamber.

In the chamber of Umm Hani with the Guide.

ومزِّقْ كلَّ دِرعٍ أَنْتَ فيه

ومزِّقْ كلَّ دِرعٍ أَنْتَ فيه

وسَلِّمْ للكَريمِ المُسْتَعَانِ

وسَلِّمْ للكَريمِ المُسْتَعَانِ

And tear apart every suit of armor you are wearing,

And tear apart every coat you are wearing

and surrender to the Generous One whose help is sought.

And submit to the Bountiful, the Helper.

فما فوقَ التُّرابِ يَعودُ فيه

فما فوقَ التُّرابِ يَعودُ فيه

وباقي الأَمْرِ لمْ يُبْذَلْ لفَانِ

وباقي الأَمْرِ لمْ يُبْذَلْ لفَانِ

For whatever is above the dust returns into it,

For what is above dust returns to it

and the rest of the affair has not been granted to a mortal.

While the rest of the matter was not given to anyone vain.