1. The home is not dear, except when it is near,
So forgive me, my heart, if it breaks,

2. Do not blame me if my pain overflows,
And my tears flow like a river.

3. What has afflicted me with despair,
Requires more than what has happened.

4. In the beginning, they came near,
Then they became distant like the hidden secret.

5. Sickness coincided with the intensity,
Old age constricted my lifespan,

6. Yearning and intense love left
Nothing of my body except a trace.

7. So tell me news of the living one, perhaps
Hearing can take the place of seeing,

8. Then relate to me stories of fever,
And against my will, make them just tales.

9. Then in the evening, ask the worshippers for rain,
To water the lover’s tears, lest they run dry.

10. And kiss the generous hand, and turn your mouth
Towards the cheeks, to dress them in ink.

11. Describe to me the fragrance of a soft night,
Then I will not think it is but witchery.

12. I awake but do not see the wakefulness in it,
Although it hides the brightest planet.

13. With people I used to stay up with,
Whenever the wine cup was passed around at night.

14. My hearing would take in their conversations,
Just as my eyes used to see in the morning.

15. And I remember the meadow, whose memory,
Fills the horizons with fragrant breeze,

16. A meadow that gathered under its wings,
A grave, of the Guided One and the Minbar.

17. An honorable place, blessed by God,
The best of creation settled in its courtyards,

18. Ahmad the Guide to God, though
The people ignored the guidance and warning.

19. The glory of the Hashemites, rather,
The glory of all Quraish, rather, the glory of Mudar.

20. Thus, when they take pride in him,
It is not enough for them to just feel proud.

21. The revelation came to him, and Jibreel
Had become accustomed to solitude in Hira.

22. So he called people individually to God, and did not
Fear any disbelief in his call.

23. And he brought them a clear scripture,
That perplexed the Jinn and confounded man.

24. They devised miracles that dazzled them,
Even after clearly witnessing them.

25. He was granted companions who became
Lions for the religion that came later.

26. They do not care, having attained guidance,
Whether the enemies gather little or more.

27. Then when God allowed them,
They marched like prowling lions.

28. They pledged to God against themselves
To struggle against disbelief, and God purchased them.

29. And clothed them in robes of victory,
That stripped the enemies bare.

30. And granted them their land after
Their enemies were laid in the grave.

31. How many days of white victory they saw,
In which disbelief tasted a red death!

32. With the Messenger of God among them, whenever
The times got hard, the burden lightened.

33. The day of Badr disciplined Amr,
So he woke up the next day, severed.

34. As it did on days other than Badr, it humbled
Many hardened tribes and settled abodes.

35. With twigs, not iron, they marked
Lines, which the people fled from in droves.

36. Rather God sees them as miracles, so
Nothing could match their sharpness.

37. The companion on the Night Journey, while awake,
Not asleep, ascended to the Divine Throne.

38. He called on the trees, so they bent to him,
Splitting the earth, cleaving the soil.

39. Then when he said “Return,” they went back
Swiftly obeying, as he had commanded.

40. And this was seen by the one who witnessed it,
So he denied the event, but spread the news.

41. And he called him a sorcerer – woe to him!
What a wretched disbeliever in what he sees!

42. What misfortune to insist on denying
What the witnessing eye has seen!

43. Likewise, God made the boulder
Greet him on the road, but it hardened the hearts of some,

44. Who refused righteousness out of stubbornness or illness.
And each of them had witnessed

45. When God split the moon asunder.
And at Hunain, when disbelief came upon them,

46. Horde after horde pursuing horde,
Each lion unsheathed his might –

47. A sharp fang unleashed fury in the land.
But the people abandoned them, except

48. A band who stood by him cautiously.
He pelted the troops with a handful

49. Of pebbles and sand, so they retreated.
It filled the eyes of their warriors, who all

50. Feared what blinded and disfigured them.
They lost sight of the battle, so none

51. Could see, save what was behind.
They deserted their children, and none survived

52. Except those who came with excuses,
Believers who willingly left their unbelief,

53. When they saw a miracle that dazzled them.
All this, tradition relates,

54. So study its narrations and chapters.
He planted palms for Saman, but before

55. That year ended, they had fruited.
So God ransomed him, while he was

56. Still an infant in the enemies’ captivity.
Likewise, he returned an eye that had fallen out,

57. So the eye became good and the wound healed.
It became better than both his eyes,

58. When it looked from him, and increased his sight.
Pebbles glorified in his palm,

59. And water flowed from it gushing.
And regarding the moaning pillar – lessons abound

60. For one who seeks to journey from it.
Where is the one who abandoned it in patience,

61. While the inanimate could not endure separation?
Would a man not wail if he were scorched

62. After panicking at a dreadful event?
My soul yearns – does the night of distance have

63. An extent at which the dawn breaks?
For separation has lasted long for me,

64. And demanded the rending of my bosom.
And if I die before attaining union,

65. I had been waiting for it previously.
I had intended to be blessed by attaining it,

66. But God willed other than what I had intended.
Perhaps at the Gathering, desire will lead me

67. To the Fountain, thirsty for reunion.
I have clung to love of Ahmad,

68. And he is the strongest handhold.
Perhaps God will pardon

69. A sinner who came repentant.
Even if my sins are many,

70. He has promised pardon for greater sins.
I profess the Tawhid of my Lord, and he who

71. Does not profess His Tawhid will surely fail.
And I believe that my Prophet

72. Will intercede tomorrow for my shortcomings.
So may the prayers of God continue

73. As long as the youth bow at the Honored Tomb,
And may God’s greetings flow towards him,

74. Turning the soil to musk when they pass over it.
And may the greetings continue as long

75. As the wind rustles any fresh branch.