Sol 6.1

  1. إنَّ معنى الهُيامُ بالأَولِياءِ

    لهُيامٌ بخالقِ الأَشياءِ

    Truly, the meaning of rapturous love for the saints

    is rapturous love for the Creator of all things.

  2. وغَرامُ القُلوبِ بالقومِ حقًّا

    فيه شأنٌ من وارِداتِ السَّماءِ

    And the hearts' ardent love for these people, truly,

    contains something of the inspirations of heaven.

  3. ألِفَ القلبُ صدقَهُمْ وهُداهُمْ

    ورأى ميلَهُمْ عن الآلاءِ

    The heart grew fond of their truthfulness and guidance,

    and saw their turning away from blessings.

  4. صَعِدوا بالقُلوبِ سلَّمَ ذوقٍ

    كشفوا فيه مُسْدَلاتِ الغِطاءِ

    They ascended with their hearts a ladder of spiritual tasting;

    there they lifted the hanging folds of the veil.

  5. طَلبوا ربَّهُم وفاتوا سِواهُ

    وتَناهَوْا بالرُّتبَةِ القَعْساءِ

    They sought their Lord and passed beyond all else,

    and attained the utmost, unassailable rank.

  6. فلهذا مالَ الفُؤادُ إليهم

    بانْقِطاعٍ لأرْحَمِ الرُّحماءِ

    Thus the heart inclined toward them,

    in exclusive devotion to the Most Merciful of the merciful.

  7. وضَليعٌ إنْ كان في ساحةِ القو

    مِ مَشَوْا فيه فارغَ الأَعْباء

    And if a stout man was in the people's precinct,

    they walked there with him free of burdens.

  8. حملَتْهُ رُكبانُهُمْ بأَمانٍ

    أينَ ساروا في مَهْمَهِ البيداءِ

    Their riders carried him safely,

    wherever they traveled in the desert's trackless wastes.

  9. ومُحِبٌّ رأى خَطاياهُ طَمَّتْ

    ورَمَتْهُ الشُؤُنُ بالأَهواءِ

    And a lover who saw his sins overwhelm him,

    and affairs pelt him with passions,

  10. عاجِزٌ مُذنِبٌ كليلٌ كسولٌ

    ذو انْحِطاطٍ عن همَّةِ العُظَماءِ

    helpless, sinful, weary, slothful,

    fallen below the aspiration of the great,

  11. مُوثقٌ بالهوَى فقيرٌ ضعيفٌ

    فتَوارى بالحُبِّ للأَقوِياءِ

    fettered by desire, poor and weak,

    hid himself in love for the strong,

  12. راجِياً جاهَهُمْ إذا دهَمَ الأَم

    رُ بيومِ المُصيبةِ الغَمَّاءِ

    hoping for aid through their standing when trouble descended

    on the day of dark, grievous calamity.

  13. ولهم في غدٍ شَفاعةُ وجهٍ

    صحَّ هذا عن سيِّدِ الأَنبِياءِ

    And theirs, on the morrow, is intercession through their honored countenance;

    this is reliably transmitted from the master of the prophets.

  14. فالْزَمِ الأَولِياءَ قلباً وحقِّقْ

    وُدَّهم في سَريرةٍ خَلْصاءِ

    So cleave to the saints with your heart, and make true

    your love for them within a pure inner self.

  15. واستقِمْ عاشقاً وحاذِرْ تُبارِحْ

    بابهُمْ حالَ شدَّةٍ أو رَخاءِ

    Remain steadfast as a lover, and beware of leaving

    their door, in hardship or ease.

  16. وتمَلْمَلْ برَحبِهِمْ وارْوِ عنهم

    حالَهُمْ واحَفَظْنَ حُقوقَ الثَّناءِ

    And stir restlessly in their spacious court, and recount

    their state, and preserve the due rights of praise.

  17. هم مُلوكُ الحِمى أُسودُ التَّجلِّي

    أهلُ شقِّ الغُبارِ في الهَيْجاءِ

    They are kings of the sanctuary, lions of divine manifestation,

    those who cleave the dust amid battle.

  18. وتمسَّكْ عنِّي بحبلِ فتاهُمْ

    شيخِهِمْ أحمدٍ أبي العَرْجاءِ

    And heed my counsel: hold fast to their champion's cord,

    their shaykh Ahmad, Abu al-ʿArjaʾ.

  19. فحْلُ كُبَّارِهِمْ عظيمُ المَزايا

    المُفدَّى ربُّ اليدِ البَيْضاءِ

    The stalwart among their great ones, mighty in virtues,

    the one for whom lives are offered, master of the white hand.

  20. عَلَمُ الأَولِياءِ ذُخْري أَبو العَ

    بَّاسِ لَيْثُ الكتيبةِ الصَّمَّاءِ

    The saints' banner, my treasure, Abu al-ʿAbbas,

    lion of the unyielding battalion;

  21. بارِقُ الغيبِ في بُروجِ التَّدلِّي

    والتَّجلِّي وكوكَبُ البَطْحاءِ

    the lightning of the unseen in the towers of descent

    and manifestation, and the star of al-Batḥaʾ;

  22. ومُغيثُ المُريدِ قُرباً وبُعداً

    تاجُ أهلِ الوَحا حِمى الفُقَراءِ

    and rescuer of the seeker, near and far,

    crown of the swift, refuge of the poor.

  23. تتَوالى أمْرارُهُ كلَّ آنٍ

    كتَوالي شمسِ الضُّحى بالسَّناءِ

    His passings follow one another each moment,

    as the forenoon sun returns with radiance.

  24. هاشِمِيُّ الجَنابِ من أهلِ بيتٍ

    عزَّ رُكناً بالسَّادةِ الأَوصِياءِ

    Hashimite in noble stature, from a household

    whose pillar grew mighty through the noble appointed heirs.

  25. ذو المَعالي مُستودَعُ المدَدِ المَحْ

    ضِ بمضمونِ سينِهِ والرَّاءِ

    Possessor of lofty honors, repository of pure sustaining grace,

    through the import of his sīn and the rāʾ.

  26. كم أذلَّ الأُسودَ عبدُ حِماهُ

    حين ناداهُ في طُوى الفَيْفاءِ

    How often a servant of his sanctuary humbled lions

    when he called upon him in Ṭuwā of the wasteland!

  27. كم أعادَ السُّمومَ ماءً زُلالاً

    باسمِهِ والنِّيرانُ ماجَتْ بماءِ

    How often he turned poisons into clear, sweet water

    by his name, and the fires surged with water!

  28. عَلَمُ الشَّرقِ صاحِبُ الفتْقِ والرَّتْ

    قِ فتى الحقِّ وارِثُ الإِيحاءِ

    The banner of the East, master of rending and mending,

    champion of the Truth, heir to inspiration;

  29. نعمةُ النَّفحةِ التي قد تدلَّتْ

    لعليٍّ والبِضعَةِ الزَّهْراءِ

    the blessing of the breath that has descended

    upon ʿAli and the radiant Daughter.

  30. حضرَةُ القُربِ في عُلى حضرَةِ البُعْ

    دِ انْجِلاءٌ في الحضرَةِ الفَيْحاءِ

    The presence of nearness in the heights of the presence of distance,

    a clear manifestation in the spacious Presence.

  31. ما تنشَّقْتُ عِطرَهُ بمديحٍ

    ضمنَ داءٍ إِلاَّ وعُوفِيَ دائي

    Never did I inhale his fragrance through praise

    amid illness, without my illness being healed.

  32. هو عِزِّي إن صادَمَتْني اللَّيالي

    هو سيفي البَتَّارُ للأَعداءِ

    He is my strength if the nights strike me;

    he is my sharp-cutting sword against enemies.

  33. كاظِمُ الغيظِ جَدُّهُ قد جلاهُ

    بدرَ أُنسٍ مذْ لاحَ بالأبْواءِ

    His forebear, the Restrainer of Wrath, revealed him

    as a full moon of intimacy, since he shone at al-Abwaʾ.

  34. قدَّسَ الله سِرَّهُ فهو إِبْنٌ

    شادَ حِصْنَ الفَخارِ للآباءِ

    May God sanctify his secret, for he is a son

    who raised the fortress of glory for his forefathers.

  35. عطَّرَ الله قبرَهُ فهو جَدٌّ

    فيه سعدُ السُّعودِ للأَبناءِ

    May God perfume his grave, for he is a forebear

    in whom lies the fortune of fortunes for his descendants.

  36. عن عليٍّ أتى بشأْنٍ عليٍّ

    مثلما النُّقطَةُ انطوتْ في الباءِ

    From ʿAli he came with a lofty stature,

    just as the dot was enfolded in the letter bāʾ.

  37. ذو قَبولٍ من الرَّسولِ وقُربٍ

    عَلَنِيٍّ يعلو عن الإِيماءِ

    Favored by the Messenger, and possessed of a nearness

    openly manifest, rising beyond allusion.

  38. الكبيرُ الشَّأنِ المفَدَّى إمامُ ال

    قومِ سُلطانُهُمْ مَدارُ الرَّجاءِ

    Great in stature, the one for whom lives are offered, imam of the

    people, their sultan, the pivot of hope.

  39. لم يَخَفْ صدمَةَ الزَّمانِ مُحِبٌّ

    لاذَ في بابِهِ بصدقِ انْتِماءِ

    No lover has feared the blow of time

    who sought refuge at his door with sincere allegiance.

  40. يا رئيسَ الأقْطابِ حيًّا وميْتاً

    يا ابنَ بنتِ النَّبيِّ يا مولائي

    O chief of the spiritual poles, in life and in death,

    O son of the Prophet's daughter, O my master!

  41. أنتَ بابي للهاشِمِيِّ ونُوري

    بسُلوكي في اللُّجَّةِ الظَّلماءِ

    You are my door to the Hashimite, and my light

    on my journey through the dark deep.

  42. أنتَ مِعْراجُ همَّتي للتَّرقِّي

    بكَ تَسمو الى عِنانِ السَّماءِ

    You are the ladder by which my aspiration rises;

    through you it soars to the heights of heaven.

  43. رضيَ الله عنكَ ما انْفَلَقَ الصُّبْ

    حُ بنورٍ مُشَعْشَعِ الأَضواءِ

    May God be pleased with you for as long as dawn breaks

    with a light of shimmering rays.

  44. وعليكَ السَّلامُ يا ابنَ رسولِ الل

    هِ دهراً من حضرَةِ الأَسماءِ

    And peace be upon you, O son of God's Messenger,

    evermore, from the Presence of the Names.