علام الهموم وفيم العنا — Bahaa Al Sayadi

علامَ الهموم وفيم العنا

فغاية هذى الشخوص الفنا

Why the worries, and why the toil?

For the end of these forms is extinction.

يمر سريعاً كطيفِ المنا

مِ جميع الانام وتفنى الدنا

Swiftly pass, like a phantom in sleep,

all mortals; and the worlds perish.

و تمضي الحوادث مثل الخيا

لِ وشبه الظلال إذا ما انثنى

And events pass on like an apparition,

and like shadows when it turns away.

فهذا يقول وهذا يصو

لُ وكلٌّ مع العجز فيما عنا

So this one speaks, and that one charges,

while each is helpless in what concerns him.

وكم تحت اذيالِ هذا الترا

بِ نفوسٌ قضت قبل نيل المنى

And how many lie beneath the skirts of this dust—

souls that died before attaining their desires!

وقد يدعي العقل كل الصنو

فِ وكم مدَّعٍ هادمٍ ما بنى

All sorts may lay claim to reason,

and how many a claimant destroys what he built!

ونحن على رأينا العاقلو

نَ تركنا الجميعَ إلى ربنا

We, in our own judgment, are the rational ones;

we have left everything to our Lord.

نعم إننا في جميع الأمو

رِ رضينا بما الله يرضى لنا

Yes, in every matter,

we are content with what God approves for us.

فإِن شاء نمنا بمرط الخمو

لِ وإن شاء َ قمنا ببرد السنا

So if He wills, we sleep in the mantle of obscurity,

and if He wills, we rise in the cloak of radiance.

وحق علينا اجتذاب القلو

بِ إليه وإشغالها بالثنا

And it is our duty to draw hearts

to Him and occupy them with praise,

وتعليمها علم طه الحبي

بِ ويسعدُ عبدٌ بَهذا اعتنى

and teach them the knowledge of Taha, the beloved;

and fortunate is a servant who attends to this.

نميل الرجال إلى ربها

ليحيى العبادُ ويجلى الها

We incline men toward their Lord,

so that the servants may live and [bliss] be revealed.

ونطوي بذيل جناب الرسو

لِ ونطوي الزمان وما قد جنا

We enfold ourselves in the hem of the Messenger's presence,

and fold away time and what it has wrought.

على الفقر فمنا لخلاقنا

وبالفقر لله كل الغنى

In poverty we stood before our Creator,

and in poverty before God lies all wealth.

أخذنا باثر النبي الكري

مِ فطبنا وطابَ به سرنا

We followed the footsteps of the noble Prophet,

so we became pure, and through him our inner secret became pure.

وقدماً تولى بعزم العرو

جِ إلى قاب قوسين لما دنى

And long ago, with resolve, he undertook the ascent

to the distance of two bow-lengths when he drew near.

وجئنا بنظم الذين اقتدوا

به فجعلنا العلى رحبنا

And we came in the ordered ranks of those who followed

him, and made the heights our spacious domain.

كشفنا عجاج خيول الشؤ

نِ فقام الزمان لنا وانحنى

We cleared away the dust of the horses of affairs,

so Time stood for us and bowed.

ونحن أساتيذ اهل الكما

لِ تسير لصدر المعالي بنا

We are the masters of the people of perfection;

through us you journey to the forefront of lofty attainments.

وما خاب قط بقصد السبي

لِ فتى ضمهث السير في ركبنا

And seeking the Path has never disappointed

a youth whom the journey gathered into our caravan.

ونحن قلوب رجال القلو

بِ يؤيدها الفيضُ من وهبنا

We are the hearts of the men of hearts,

which the outpouring of our bounty strengthens.

بنا الله أفرغ سر الغيو

بِ وايَّدَ في غَيبهِ حزبنا

Through us God poured forth the secret of hidden things,

and in His unseen realm strengthened our company.

فجلجلة الوحي في بيتنا

وأخذ الشريعة عن جدنا

So revelation resounds in our house,

and the sacred Law is received from our forefather.

ونحن شموس فجاج البطا

حش بدور المشاعر والمنحنى

We are suns of the passes through broad valleys,

full moons of the sacred sites and the bend.

فكل المآثر في فرعنا

وكل المفاخر عن أصلنا

So all glorious deeds are in our branch,

and all distinctions spring from our root.

وحكم الخوارق في قومنا

ونشر احقائق من علمنا

And mastery of miracles rests with our people,

and the spreading of truths comes from our knowledge.

فإن كنت من أهل زيِّ القبو

لِ توسَّل بنا واغتنم عهدنا

If you are among those clad in acceptance,

seek intercession through us and seize our covenant.

لإن نحنث متنا فآياتنا

تقوم مدى الدهر من بعدنا

Even if we die, our signs

will stand for all time after us.

فما خَيَّبَ اللهُ من زارنا

بصدقٍ ولا رَدَّ من أمَّنا

So God has never disappointed anyone who visited us

sincerely, nor turned away anyone who sought us.

أبونا إمامُ الهدى المرتضى

وبضعةٌ نور الهدى أُمُّنا

Our father is the imam of guidance, al-Murtada,

and our mother is a part of the light of guidance.

وحال نبيِّ الورى حالنا

وجفرُ على الذرى جفرنا

And the state of humankind's Prophet is our state,

and the Jafr above the summits is our Jafr.

تخيَّرنا الله من آدم

وأعلى بطى العما عرقنا

God chose us from Adam,

and exalted our root within the folds of the Cloud.

وعلَّمنا علم حكم الخفا

وقد نسج السر في طورنا

And He taught us the knowledge of hidden wisdom,

and wove the secret within our state.

فقمنا على سيرةِ المصطفى

وايدنا اللهث في سيرنا

So we held to the way of al-Mustafa,

and God strengthened us on our journey.

فلا ترتجى في الورى أُمَّةٌ

لنيل معاني الهدى غيرنا

So no community among humankind is to be relied on

for attaining the meanings of guidance except ours.

وعول علينا بعلم الطري

قِ وذق مشرب الصدق من خمرنا

Rely on us for knowledge of the Path,

and taste the draught of sincerity from our wine.

ففي خمرنا سرُّ حالِ الرسو

لِ بحكم البقاءِ وطورِ الفنا

For in our wine lies the secret of the Messenger's state,

by the law of subsistence and the stage of annihilation.

وإِياكَ تلوى إلى الكائنا

تِ اذا كنت ممتثلا امرنا

Beware of turning toward created things,

if you are obeying our command.

فكم قطعت واسصلا زلَّ عن

طريق الرسوخ فنال الضنا

For how many an adept they have cut off when he strayed from

the path of steadfastness and suffered wasting sickness!

وسر وفق سير الكرام الألى

لتعلو وتدنو كمن قد دنى

And travel in step with the course of the noble ones,

that you may rise and draw near like one who has drawn near.

بُنَيَّ نصحناك خذ و انتفع

فتلك النصيحة منا لنا

My dear son, we have counseled you: take heed and benefit,

for that counsel is from us, for us.