Sol 6.1

  1. يا قَلبُ ما لي أَراكَ لا تَقِرُّ

    إِيّاكَ أَعني وَعِندَكَ الخَبَرُ

    O heart, why do I see you never at rest?

    You are the one I mean, and you know the truth of it.

  2. أَبناءُ ذي التاجِ ذُو رُعَينٍ وَرَه

    طُ المُصطَفى لَيسَ فَوقَهُم بَشَرُ

    The sons of the crowned lord, Dhu Ruʿayn, and the clan

    of the Chosen One—no mortal stands above them.

  3. قَومٌ لَهُم تُشرِقُ البِلادُ إِذا

    راحوا وَمَدَّت عَلَيهِمُ الحَجَرُ

    A people for whom the lands shine when

    they go forth, and the rocks stretch out above them.

  4. صَفا لَهُم مَنحَرُ الهَدِيِّ فَبَي

    تُ اللَهِ فَالمَوقِفانِ فَالسُوَرُ

    The slaughtering-ground of offerings is theirs alone, and the House

    of God, the two standing-places, and the suras;

  5. فَزَمزَمٌ فَالجِمارُ فَالحَوضُ فَال

    مَسعى فَذاكَ المَقامُ مُحتَظَرُ

    and Zamzam, the stoning-sites, the pool, and the

    ritual course; that Station is set apart.

  6. ميراثُ مَن بورِكَت نُبوءَتُهُ

    فَالدّينُ فيهِم فَالأَمرُ ما أَمروا

    The inheritance of him whose prophethood was blessed:

    the faith is among them, and the decree is what they decree.

  7. آباؤُكَ الصيدُ مِن قُرَيشٍ إِذا

    زَعزَعَ رَيطَ المَنِيَّةِ الذُعُرُ

    Your lordly forefathers of Quraysh, when

    terror shook the robes of death:

  8. مِنهُم سُقاةُ الحَجيجِ قَد عُلِموا

    وَقاتِلُ المَحلِ ما لَهُ جَزُرُ

    among them are the pilgrims' water-givers, well known,

    and famine's slayer, whose bounty knows no ebb.

  9. فُرسانُ حَربٍ إِذا اِلتَقَت بِهِمُ

    فيهُم غَناءٌ وَعِندَهُم غِيَرُ

    Horsemen of war, when it meets them:

    in them is prowess, and with them are turns of fortune.

  10. يَسقونَ مَن حارَبوا بِحَدِّهُمُ

    سُمّاً وَلا يَعتَدونَ إِن ظَفِروا

    With their blade-edge they make those they fight drink

    poison, yet do not transgress if victorious.

  11. زانوا بِأَقصاصِهِم مَنابِرَهُم

    وَزانَهُم مَنظَرٌ وَمُفتَخَرُ

    They adorned their pulpits with their forelocks,

    and noble bearing and honor adorned them.

  12. بيضٌ مَصاليتُ دونَ ضَيمِهِمُ

    وَعرٌ وَما دونَ سَيبِهِم وَعِرُ

    Bright-faced and valiant: the road to wronging them

    is rugged, but the road to their bounty is not.

  13. خَيرُ قُرَيشٍ مِنهُم وَسَيفُهُمُ

    يَومَ حُنينٍ وَالبَأسُ مَنتَحِرُ

    The best of Quraysh is of them, and their sword

    on Hunayn's day, when battle raged fiercely.

  14. بِهِم رَعَت حِميَرٌ وَناصِرُها

    أَمنًا وَعَزَّت جيرانُهُم مُضَرُ

    Through them, Himyar and its champion grazed

    in safety, and their neighbors, Mudar, grew mighty.

  15. يَلقَونَ رُوّادَهُم إِذا نَزَلوا

    بِالجودِ قَبلَ السُؤالِ يُنتَظَرُ

    They welcome their visitors, when they alight,

    with generosity, without waiting for a request.

  16. إِن تَأتِني مِنهُمُ مُشَيَّعَةٌ

    فَإِنَّما أُولِعوا بِما هَمَروا

    If a gift reaches me from them, with more following,

    it is only because they delight in what they pour forth.

  17. نِعَم دُعاةُ الإِمامِ حِلمُهُمُ

    راسٍ وَمَرعى جَنابِهِم خَضِرُ

    Gifts are the Imam's heralds; their forbearance

    is firmly rooted, and their domain's pasture is green.

  18. يَرضَونَ بِالحَمدِ مِن صَنائِعِهم

    فينا وَبِالعَفوِ بَعدَما ظَفَروا

    They are content with praise for their benefactions

    to us, and with pardon after they have triumphed.

  19. مِنهُم أَتانا المَهدِيُّ مُعتَصِباً

    بِالتاجِ نِعمَ الدُوارُ وَالغَفَرُ

    From them al-Mahdi came to us, his head bound

    with the crown—an excellent circlet and covering—

  20. عِزّاً إِذا أَزمَعَت ذَلاذِلَها

    حَربٌ وَراحَت أَمامَها شَرَرُ

    a source of might when she gathers her trailing skirts—

    war—and sparks go forth before her.

  21. مازالَ بَينَ الخَليفَتَينِ لَهُ

    نَبتٌ مُنيفٌ يَحُفُّهُ الشَجَرُ

    Between the two caliphs he has ever had

    a lofty shoot, encircled by trees:

  22. بَينَ أَبي جَعفَرٍ وَبَينَ أَبي ال

    عَبّاسِ ذاكَ الشِتا وَذا المَطَرُ

    between Abu Jaʿfar and Abu al-

    ʿAbbas: that one winter, and this one rain.

  23. إِنَّ اِبنَ عَمِّ النَبيِّ يَهدي إِلى ال

    حَقِّ وَما دونَ نَبثِهِ وَزَرُ

    Indeed, the Prophet's cousin guides toward the

    truth; there is no refuge from his probing.

  24. حازَ الوَلاءَ المُحَمَّدانِ لَهُ

    هَذا نَبِيٌّ وَذاكَ يَقتَفِرُ

    The two Muhammads won allegiance for him:

    this one a prophet, and that one follows the trail.

  25. مَن كانَ غَمراً مِن المَكارِمِ وَال

    مَجدِ فَإِنَّ المَهدِيَّ مُحتَبِرُ

    Whoever may be unversed in noble deeds and

    glory, al-Mahdi is well versed.

  26. تَفيضُ كَفّاهُ مِن فَواضِلِهِ

    وَمُشرِقُ الوَجهِ حينَ يُحتَضَرُ

    His two palms overflow with his abundant gifts,

    and his face is radiant when people come before him.

  27. ما أَحسَنَ الحَمدَ في دَوائِرِهِ

    وَحَمدُ قَومٍ كَأَنَّهُ عَوَرُ

    How fine is praise within his circles,

    while praise of some folk seems a blemish.

  28. لا بَل هِيَ البَحرُ تَحتَ حَومَلَةٍ

    تَسري لَهُ بِالرَدى وَتَنهَمِرُ

    No, rather it is the sea beneath a dark cloud,

    which travels by night for him with death and pours down.

  29. أَفنى عَفاريتَها الكِبارَ أَبو

    كَ الخَيرُ حَتّى اِلتَوَت بِهِ الكُبَرُ

    Your father annihilated its mighty demons,

    the good man, until great ordeals coiled around him.

  30. نَجلُ مُلوكٍ عَمَّت صَنائِعُهُ

    يُهدى إِلَيهِ المَنارُ وَالأَثَرُ

    A scion of kings, his benefactions reached all;

    beacon and trail alike are guided toward him.

  31. مِن مَعشَرٍ إِن أَرَدتَ جودَهُمُ

    جادوا وَإِن رُمتَ جَهلَهُم وَقَروا

    From a people who, if you seek their generosity,

    give freely; if you seek their rashness, they stay composed.

  32. هَذا وَإِن عُرِّيَت سُيوفُهُمُ

    فَالمَوتُ غادٍ ما دونَهُ سُتُرُ

    Such are they; but if their swords are bared,

    then death goes forth at dawn, with no screen before it.