Sol 6.1

  1. ألهي ألهي أنتَ أعلى وأعلمُ

    بمحقوقِ ما تُبدي الصُّدورُ وتكتمُ

    My God, my God, You are most exalted and most knowing

    of the true nature of what breasts disclose and conceal.

  2. وأنتَ الذي تُرجى لكلِّ عظيمةٍ

    وتُخشى وأنتَ الحاكمُ المتحكّمُ

    You are the One looked to in every grave affair,

    and feared; You are the judge, the sovereign ruler.

  3. الى علمكَ الفعليِّ أشكو ظلامتي

    وهل بسواهُ يُنصَفُ المتظلمُ

    To Your active knowledge I bring my grievance:

    can the wronged obtain justice through anything else?

  4. أبثُّ جناياتِ العشيرةِ معلناً

    الى من بمكنونِ السّرائرِ يعلّمُ

    I openly proclaim the wrongdoings of my clan

    to the One who knows the hidden secrets of hearts.

  5. أتيتهُمُ مستنصراً مُتحرِّماً

    كما يفعلُ المستنصِرُ المتحرِّمُ

    I came to them seeking aid and claiming sanctuary,

    as one seeking aid and sanctuary does.

  6. أتيانهمُ نبغي انتصاراً بأمِّهم

    كما يفعلُ الأعمامُ حين تؤمّمُ

    In approaching them, we sought aid by turning to them,

    as paternal uncles act when sought out.

  7. فآووا وما وَقُّوا وفاهوا وما وَفوا

    وضنُّنوا فطنّوا والهدانُ مُوهَّمُ

    They gave shelter but no protection; they spoke but kept no faith.

    They withheld and clamored; the fainthearted is deluded [wording uncertain].

  8. فلما أيسنا نصرهم ونوالهم

    رمونا بأفكِ القولِ وهو مُرجَّمُ

    When we despaired of their aid and gifts,

    they hurled lying words at us, mere conjecture.

  9. وقُطِّعَ منّي ما أُمرتُ بوصلِهِ

    وأحلالُ أبعادِ القرابةِ يَحرُمُ

    What I was commanded to keep joined was severed from me,

    yet sanctioning the estrangement of kin is forbidden.

  10. وَلهي التي استذرت برحماكَ والذي

    برُحماكَ يستذري يُجارُ ويُرحمُ

    She is indeed the one who sought shelter in Your mercy; and whoever

    seeks shelter in Your mercy is protected and shown compassion.

  11. فواصِلُها في نعمةٍ مُتخدَّمٌ

    وقاطعُها في نقمةٍ مُتخَرَّمُ

    Whoever keeps her bond lives in blessing, well served;

    whoever severs her lives under vengeance, destroyed.

  12. فهذا لأجلِ الوصلِ يُدني ويبتدي

    وذاكَ لأجلِ القطعِ يُقصي ويفصمُ

    For keeping the bond, He brings this one near and first bestows favor;

    for severing it, He banishes that one and cuts him off.

  13. غُرِرتُ بأنِّي ضيفُ غيظِ بنِ مُرَّةٍ

    وأضيافُها تكلا حِفاظاً وتُكرمُ

    I was deceived by being a guest of Ghayz ibn Murrah,

    whose guests are protected out of loyalty and honored.

  14. فما راقبوا حقَّ الدُّخولِ عليهمُ

    ولا مِن اهاناتِ الضيوفِ تذمَّموا

    Yet they did not respect the rights of those who came to them,

    nor shrink in shame from dishonoring guests.

  15. أذلُّوا عزيزاً هان فيكَ ترفُّعاً

    وكلُّ مهانٍ فيكَ يعلو ويَعظمُ

    They abased an honored man who humbled himself for You, seeking elevation;

    everyone abased for You rises and grows great.

  16. تغانوا على فقري اليكَ بمالِهم

    وكلُّ فقيرٍ فيكَ يَغنَى ويَغنمُ

    They flaunted their wealth over my poverty before You,

    yet everyone poor for Your sake grows rich and prospers.

  17. مليكيَ تعلوني الملوكُ بقهرِها

    وأنتَ ملاذي منهم وهمُ همُ

    My King, kings domineer over me with their oppression,

    and You are my refuge from them, formidable as they are.

  18. فحسبي اعتصاماً أنَّني بكَ لائذٌ

    اذا هُزَّ خَطيٌّ وجُرِّدَ مِخذَمُ

    It is protection enough for me that I seek refuge in You,

    when a Khatti spear is brandished and a keen sword drawn.

  19. ألستَ الذي لاذَ الخليلُ بلطفهِ

    ونُمرُودُ في اجهاضهِ مُتجهضِمُ

    Are You not the One in whose kindness the Friend sought refuge,

    while Nimrod haughtily sought to cast him out?

  20. تُردِّدُهُ في مارجِ النارِ سُلطةٌ

    وأُلهوبُها في الجوِّ يَضري ويَضرِمُ

    Power tossed him amid the fire's swirling flame,

    and its blaze raged and flared in the air.

  21. فقلتَ لها كُوني فبُرِّدَ حرُّها

    وأمرُكَ في الأكوانِ يجري ويَجزِمُ

    You said to it, 'Be,' and its heat was cooled;

    Your command takes effect throughout creation and rules decisively.

  22. ويونسُ اذ يدعو رجاءً وخيفةً

    وقد ضمَّهُ بطنٌ مِن الحوتِ مظلمُ

    And Jonah, when he called in hope and fear,

    while the whale's dark belly enclosed him,

  23. يناديكَ منه وهو يمرجُ بطنهُ

    يُساحلُ أحياناً وحيناً يُيمِّمُ

    called to You from within, as it churned its belly,

    sometimes following the coast, sometimes heading out to sea.

  24. فَرُدَّ مِن البلوى مُحاطاً مسلّماً

    ومن مركزِ البلّوى يُحاطُ المُسلّمُ

    He was brought back from affliction, protected and unharmed;

    even at affliction's heart, the one who submits is guarded.

  25. ويعقوبُ اذ وافى ذراكَ مسلّماً

    واياكَ في الحاجاتِ يأتي المُسلّمُ

    And Jacob, when he came submissively to Your shelter—

    for to You the submissive turn in their needs—

  26. اذا ردَّهُ يأسٌ تعاظمَ أوقُهُ

    دعاهُ رجاءٌ في امتنانكَ أعظمُ

    when despair drove him back, its burden grown immense,

    a greater hope in Your bounty called him on.

  27. رَددَتَ اليه بالقميصِ بصارَهُ

    تكنَّفهُ داءُ العَمى وهو أبهمُ

    You restored his sight to him through the shirt,

    when dark, impenetrable blindness had encompassed him.

  28. فبدّلتَ بؤساهُ بنعماكَ عنده

    كذلكمُ المختارُ يبلى ويَنعمُ

    You replaced his misery with Your blessing upon him;

    thus the chosen one is tried and blessed.

  29. ويوسفُ اذ بالسجنِ قدَّرت ملكهُ

    يعادُ اليه الطّرفُ وهو مُطهَّمُ

    And Joseph, when in prison You decreed his kingship,

    eyes were turned back toward him, so handsome was he.

  30. وسُقتَ اليهِ والديه كليهما

    واخوتهُ والأمر للأمرِ يُبرَمُ

    You brought both his parents to him,

    and his brothers; one affair is ordained for another.

  31. وموسى غداةَ البحرِ والبحرُ زاخرٌ

    أواذيُّهُ تَحطُو الجبالَ وتحطِمُ

    And Moses, on the morning at the sea, while the sea surged,

    its billows battering and shattering mountains—

  32. أمرتَ بهِ فانشقَّ طوعاً أديمُهُ

    لديه كما شُقَّ الرِّداءُ المُسهَّمُ

    You commanded it, and its surface split obediently

    before him, as an arrow-patterned cloak is torn.

  33. فنعَّمتهُ بالأمنِ مِن بعدِ خيفةٍ

    وكلُّ شقيّ فيكَ فهو المُنعَّمُ

    You blessed him with safety after fear;

    everyone wretched for Your sake is truly blessed.

  34. وأحمدُ اذ أخفيتهُ لظهورِه

    يُواريهِ شِقٌّ مِن تِهامة أبكمُ

    And Ahmad, when You hid him so that he might emerge,

    a mute cleft in Tihamah concealed him,

  35. وقِدرُ بني فُهرٍ يفورُ عداوةً

    تُصرِّحُ أحياناً وحيناً تُجمجِمُ

    while the cauldron of Banu Fihr boiled with hostility,

    voicing it openly at times, muttering at others.

  36. يريدُ بهِ في الأرضِ امضاءَ حكمِها

    وحكمُكَ أمضى في السماءِ وأحكمُ

    It sought to enforce its judgment upon him on earth,

    yet Your judgment in heaven is more decisive and sounder.

  37. فلمّا أتاهُ النَّصرُ منكَ مُتمِّماً

    ليظهر منه القهرُ وهو مُتمَّمُ

    When victory came to him from You, bringing fulfillment,

    that supremacy might appear through him, himself perfected,

  38. أتانا بنورِ الاهتداءِ مُكرِّماً

    كذلكَ في الأنوارِ يُؤتى المكرمُ

    he came to us with the light of guidance, bestowing honor;

    thus, amid lights, the honored one is approached.

  39. بهِ يهتدي من ينتديكَ ميمماً

    كذلك بالمهديِّ يُهدى المُيممُ

    Through him is guided whoever seeks Your bounty, turning toward You;

    thus, through the rightly guided one, the seeker is guided.

  40. بأسمائكَ اللاتي أجنّضت صدورُهُم

    وما علموا من سِرِّها فتعلّموا

    By Your names, which their breasts concealed [uncertain reading],

    and what they knew of their mystery and thus learned,

  41. وتخصيصك اللهم أحمدَ بعدَهم

    بهديكَ فهو الخاتمُ المتختَّمُ

    and by Your choosing Ahmad after them, O God,

    with Your guidance, for he is the final seal, himself sealed—

  42. أغِثنا أغِثنا مِن عِدانا يكن لنا

    بكَ النّصرُ حتى يُخذلُوا ثم يُهزموا

    Help us, help us against our foes, that we may have

    victory through You, until they are forsaken and then defeated.

  43. لندركهُم مِن بأسِها في كتائبٍ

    تهُدُّ صناديدَ الملوكِ وتَهدمُ

    Let us overtake them with its might, in battalions

    that batter and demolish the mightiest kings.

  44. فنسقيهمُ كأساً سقونا بمثلِها

    ونَعفُو ونَسخو اذ سَطَوا وتلوَّموا

    Then we shall make them drink a cup like the one they gave us,

    and pardon and give freely, though they attacked and reproached us.

  45. طلبنا جليلاً مِن عظيمٍ وانَّما

    يجودُ بجلِّ المكرماتِ المعظَّمُ

    We asked a great thing of a mighty One; only

    the exalted One bestows the greatest favors.

  46. كذلك نرجو منكَ آل محمدٍ

    أبي بكرٍ ان لا يُستهانوا ويهضموا

    Thus we hope from You that the family of Muhammad

    Abu Bakr will not be despised or wronged.