Sol 6.1

  1. ذروا فِي السُّرى نحو الجناب الممنَّعِ

    لذيذَ الكرى واجفُو لَهُ كل مضجع

    Leave behind, as you travel by night toward the inviolable precinct,

    sweet sleep, and for its sake shun every bed.

  2. وأهدوا إِذَا جئتم إِلَى خير مرْبع

    تحيةَ مضنىً هائم القلبِ موجَع

    And offer, when you come to the finest dwelling,

    the greeting of one wasted by love, wandering-hearted and wounded,

  3. سريع إِلَى دَاعِ الصَّبابة طيِّعٍ

    يَقُومُ بِأحْكامِ الهَوى ويُقيمها

    swift and obedient to the caller of passionate longing.

    He acts by love's decrees and upholds them.

  4. فكمْ ليلة قَدْ نازلتُه هُمُومُهَا

    فسَامَرَها حَتَّى تَوَلَّتْ نجومُها

    For how many a night have its cares assailed him,

    and he kept them company until its stars departed.

  5. لَهُ فِكرةٌ فيمَنْ يُحبُّ نديمها

    وطَرْفٌ إِلَى اللقيا كثير التَّطَلع

    He keeps company with a thought of the one he loves,

    and his eye looks ever eagerly toward reunion.

  6. وكمْ ذَاقَ فِي أحوَالِه طَعم محنة

    وكمْ عاذَ مِنهُ من مواقف فِتنة

    And how often in his changing circumstances has he tasted affliction;

    and how often has he sought refuge from it—from scenes of temptation;

  7. وكمْ أنَّةِ يأتي بِهَا بَعْد أَنَّةٍ

    تَنِمُّ عَلَى سر لَهُ فِي أكِنَّة

    and how many a groan he utters after another,

    betraying a secret he keeps beneath veils,

  8. وَتُخْبِرُ عَنْ قلْب لَهُ مُتقَطع

    نعَى صَبْرَهُ شَوْقٌ أقَامَ ملازِماً

    and telling of a heart of his torn apart.

    Longing that never leaves him has announced his patience's death,

  9. وحبٌّ يحاشى أن يطيعَ اللوائما

    وجفنٌ ترى أَنْ لا يرى الدهر نائماً

    and love that refuses to obey the reproachers,

    and an eyelid that, as you see, is never found asleep,

  10. وعقلٌ ثَوَى فِي سكرة الحب دائما

    وأقسَمَ أن لا يَسْتَفِيقَ وَلا يَعِي

    and a mind that dwells forever in love's intoxication,

    and has sworn never to sober or regain awareness.

  11. أقامَ عَلَى بُعْد المزَار مُتَيَّماً

    وَأَبْكاهُ برقٌ بالحجازِ تَبَسَّما

    He remained love-enslaved despite the distance of the place he sought,

    and lightning smiling in the Hijaz made him weep.

  12. وشوَّقه أحبابَهُ نَظَرُ الحمى

    دَعُوهُ لأمْر دُونَه تَقْطر الدما

    And the sight of the protected precinct made him yearn for his loved ones.

    They summoned him to a matter before which blood drips.

  13. فَيَا وَيْحَ نَفْس الصب من مَا لَهُ دُعِي

    لَهُ عندَ ذكر المُنْحَنا سَفْحُ عبرة

    So alas for the lover's soul, for what he has been summoned to!

    At mention of the bend, his tears pour forth,

  14. وبين الرجا والخوف موقفُ عِبرة

    فَحِيناً يُوافِيهِ النعيمُ بنَظْرة

    and between hope and fear his stance offers a lesson.

    At times bliss visits him with a glance,

  15. وحيناً ترى فِي قَلبِهِ نار حسرة

    يَجِيء إِلَيْهِ الموْت منْ كل مَوْضع

    and at times you see a fire of anguish in his heart.

    Death comes to him from every quarter.

  16. سَلامٌ عَلَى صَفْو الحَيَاة وطِيبِهَا

    إِذَا لَمْ تفز عيني بِلُقْيا حَبيبِها

    Farewell to life's serenity and sweetness,

    if my eye does not win a meeting with its beloved,

  17. ولم تحظَ من إِقبالِه بِنَصِيبِها

    ولا استعطفتهُ عَبرتِي بِصَبِيبِها

    and does not gain its share of his attention,

    and my pouring tears do not move him to tenderness,

  18. وَلا وَقَعَتْ شَكْوَايَ مِنه بمَوْقِع

    مُوَكِّلَ طَرْفي بِالسُّهاد الْمُؤرّق

    and my complaint makes no impression on him.

    O you who consign my eye to tormenting sleeplessness,

  19. وَمُجْرِىَ دَمْعِي كَالحيا المتدفِّق

    وملهبَ وَجدٍ فِي فؤادي مُحَرق

    and make my tears flow like pouring rain,

    and kindle a searing passion in my heart:

  20. بِعينَيْك مَا يَلْقَى الفؤَادُ وَمَا لَقِي

    وعِنْدَكَ مَا تَحوي وتُخْفِيهِ أَضْلُعِي

    before your eyes are what my heart endures and has endured,

    and with you lies what my ribs contain and conceal.

  21. أضرتْ بي البلوى وذو الحب مبتلى

    يعالجُ دَاءً بَيْنَ جنبيهمُعْضلا

    Affliction has harmed me, and whoever loves is afflicted;

    he wrestles with an intractable malady between his sides,

  22. ويُثْقِلُه مِنْ وَجْده مَا تحملا

    وتبعثه الشكوى فيَشْتَاقُ منزلا

    and what he has borne of his passion weighs upon him,

    and complaint impels him, so he longs for a dwelling

  23. بِهِ يَتَلَقَّى رَاحَةَ الْمُتَوَدع

    مقر الَّذِي دلَّ الأنام بشرْعِه

    where he finds the repose of one at peace:

    the abode of the one who, through his law, guided mankind

  24. عَلَى أصل دين الله حقّاً وَفرعِه

    بِهِ انضم شمل الدين من بعد صدعه

    to the root of God's religion and its branch, in truth.

    Through him religion's unity was restored after its rending.

  25. لَنَا مذْهبُ العشاق فِي قصْدِ رَبعه

    نُقيمُ بِهِ رَسْمَ البُكَا والتَّضَرع

    We follow the lovers' way in seeking his dwelling;

    there we observe the rite of weeping and supplication.

  26. تحلُّ بِهِ الأنوارُ مِلءَ رحَابِه

    ومستودَعُ الأسرار عِند صحَابِه

    Lights dwell there, filling its spacious courts,

    and the repository of secrets is with his companions.

  27. هِدايةُ من يحتارُ تأميل بَابِه

    وتشريف منْ يختارُ قَصْدَ جنابِه

    Hope at his door is guidance for the bewildered,

    and whoever chooses to seek his precinct is honored

  28. بِتَقْبِيلِه وَجْهَ الثَّرى المتَضوع

    أقامَ لَنَا شرْعَ الهدَى وَمَنارَهُ

    by kissing the face of the fragrant earth.

    He established for us the law of guidance and its beacon,

  29. وَأَلْبَسَنَا ثَوْبَ التقَى وشِعارَهُ

    وجَنَّبَنا جورَ العَمَى وَعِثَارَهُ

    and clothed us in piety's robe and its inner garment,

    and spared us blindness's crookedness and stumbling.

  30. سَقَى اللهُ عَهْدَ الهاشِمِيّ ودارهُ

    سَحَاباً من الرضْوَان لَيْسَ بِمقلَعِ

    May God water the Hashimite's days and dwelling

    with a cloud of divine favor that never ceases.

  31. بني العز للتوحيد من بعد هدِّهِ

    وأَوْجَبَ ذُلَّ المُشركينَ بِجِده

    He rebuilt monotheism's glory after its demolition,

    and imposed humiliation on the polytheists through his earnest striving.

  32. عزيزٌ قضَى رَبُّ السَّماءِ بسعده

    وأيَّدَهُ عِنْدَ اللقاء بِجُنْده

    Mighty is he: the Lord of heaven decreed his good fortune,

    and strengthened him with His host at the encounter,

  33. فأَوْرَدَهُ لِلنَّصرِ أعْذَبَ مَشرَع

    أقُولُ لِرَكْبٍ سَائِرينَ لِيثْرب

    so He brought him to victory's sweetest watering-place.

    I say to a caravan journeying to Yathrib:

  34. ظَفرْتُم بتَقْريب النَّبي المقَرَّب

    فَبُثوا إِلَيْهِ كُلَّ شَكْوَى ومتعب

    You have won nearness to the Prophet, himself brought near;

    so pour out to him every complaint and hardship,

  35. وَقُصُّوا عَلَيْهِ كُلَّ سُؤلٍ وَمَطْلَب

    فَأَنْتُم بِمِرءى للرَّسُول ومَسْمع

    and recount to him every wish and request.

    For you are within the Messenger's sight and hearing.

  36. ستحمون فِي مغناهُ خير حماية

    وتكفوْنَ مَا تخشوْنَ أيَّ كفاية

    You will be protected in his dwelling with the finest protection,

    and be amply shielded from whatever you fear;

  37. وتبدو لكمْ منْ مجده كل آيَة

    فَحلوا من التعظيمِ أبْعَدَ غَايَةِ

    and every sign of his glory will appear to you.

    So dwell at the furthest limit of veneration,

  38. فَحَق رَسُول الله آكَدُ مَا رُعى

    أما والذي آتاهُ مَجْداً مُؤَثَّلاً

    for the right of God's Messenger is the most binding duty to observe.

    Indeed, by Him who granted him firmly rooted glory,

  39. لقد كَانَ كهفاً للعفاة ومعقلاً

    يبوِّئهمْ ستراً منَ الحِلم مسْبِلا

    he was a refuge and a stronghold for seekers of bounty,

    sheltering them beneath a trailing veil of forbearance,

  40. ويمطرهم غيثاً من الجود مُسبَلا

    وَينزعُ فِي إِكرامِه كُلَّ منزعِ

    and showering them with pouring rain from his generosity,

    and pursuing every avenue in bestowing honor.

  41. تَعِبْنا بِعيش مَا هَنا فِي وروده

    وضرٍّ ثَقيل الوطء فِيهِ شَديده

    We have wearied of a life with no sweetness in its coming,

    and of suffering whose tread there is heavy and harsh.

  42. فَرُحْنا إِلَى رَب النَّدى وعَمِيده

    ولما قَصَدْناهُ وَثِقْنا بِجُوده

    So we went to the master of generosity and its chief,

    and when we sought him, we trusted in his bounty,

  43. وَلَمْ نَخشَ رَيْبَ الحَادث المُتوقَّع

    لَقَدْ شرَّفَ الدُّنْيا قدومُ محمد

    and feared no menace from the calamity to come.

    Muhammad's coming has indeed ennobled the world,

  44. وألْقى بِهَا أنوارَ حقٍّ مُؤَيَّدِ

    تَزينُ بِهِ وُرَّاثه كلَّ مَشْهَد

    and shed upon it the lights of truth made strong.

    Through him his heirs adorn every gathering,

  45. فَهُمْ بَيْنَ هَاد للأنامِ ومهتدِ

    وَمَنْبِتُ أَصْل فِي الهُدَى ومُفَرِّع

    some guiding mankind, others themselves guided,

    and some planting a root in guidance, others putting forth branches.

  46. سَلاَمٌ عَلَى منْ شرَّفَ اللهُ قَدْرَهُ

    سَلامَ مُحِب عمَّر الدهر سِرَّه

    Peace be upon the one whose station God has ennobled,

    the greeting of a lover who has kept his secret alive through time.

  47. لَهُ مطلبٌ أفنى تَمَنيه عُمرَه

    وحَاجَات نفس لا تجاوز صدره

    He has a wish, and wishing for it has consumed his life,

    and needs of the soul that never pass beyond his breast.

  48. أعَدَّ لَهَا جَاه الشَّفِيعِ الْمشَفَّعِ

    For these he has readied the influence of the intercessor whose intercession is accepted.