Sol 6.1

  1. بَكِّرا صاحِبَيَّ يَومَ الإِيابِ

    وَقِفا بي بِعَينِ شَمسٍ قِفا بي

    Set out early, my two companions, on the day of return,

    and stop with me at Ayn Shams—stop with me.

  2. إِنَّني وَالَّذي يَرى ما بِنَفسي

    لَمَشوقٌ لِظِلِّ تِلكَ الرِحابِ

    Indeed I—by Him who sees what is within my soul—

    am longing for the shade of those courts.

  3. يا أَميناً عَلى الحَقيقَةِ وَالإِف

    تاءِ وَالشَرعِ وَالهُدى وَالكِتابِ

    O guardian of truth and the issuing

    of fatwas, of sacred law, guidance, and the Book!

  4. أَنتَ نِعمَ الإِمامُ في مَوطِنِ الرَأ

    يِ وَنِعمَ الإِمامُ في المِحرابِ

    You are an excellent Imam in the realm of

    judgment, and an excellent Imam at the prayer niche.

  5. خَشَعَ البَحرُ إِذ رَكِبتَ جَواري

    هِ خُشوعَ القُلوبِ يَومَ الحِسابِ

    The sea bowed in awe when you boarded its ships,

    as hearts bow in awe on the Day of Reckoning.

  6. وَبَدا ماؤُهُ كَخاطِرِكَ المَص

    قولِ أَو كَالفِرِندِ أَو كَالسَرابِ

    And its waters appeared like your polished

    mind, or like watered sword-steel, or a mirage.

  7. يَتَجَلّى كَأَنَّهُ صُحُفُ الأَب

    رارِ مَنشورَةً بِيَومِ المَآبِ

    It shone as though it were the scrolls of the righteous,

    spread open on the Day of Return.

  8. عَلِمَت مَن تُقِلُّ فَاِنبَعَثَت لِل

    قَصدِ مِثلَ اِنبِعاثِهِ لِلثَوابِ

    It knew whom it bore, and sped toward

    its goal, as he hastens toward reward.

  9. فَهِيَ تَسري كَأَنَّها دَعوَةُ المُض

    طَرِّ في مَسبَحِ الدُعاءِ المُجابِ

    So it glides like the prayer of one in

    distress, in the waters of answered prayer.

  10. وَضِياءُ الإِمامِ يوضِحُ لِلرُب

    بانِ سُبلَ النَجاةِ فَوقَ العُبابِ

    And the Imam's radiance shows the captain

    the paths of safety above the surging waves.

  11. باتَ يُغنيهِ عَن مُكافَحَةِ البَح

    رِ وَرُقبى النُجومِ وَالأَقطابِ

    All night it spared him battling the sea

    and watching the stars and celestial poles.

  12. وَسَرى البَرقُ لِلجَزائِرِ بِالبُش

    رى بِقُربِ المُطَهَّرِ الأَوّابِ

    And the telegraph flashed glad tidings to Algiers

    that the purified, ever-penitent one was near.

  13. فَسَعى أَهلُها إِلى شاطِئِ البَح

    رِ وُفوداً بِالبِشرِ وَالتِرحابِ

    So its people hastened to the shore

    of the sea, in delegations, with joy and warm welcome.

  14. أَدرَكوا قَدرَ ضَيفِهِم فَأَقاموا

    يَرقُبونَ الإِمامَ فَوقَ السَحابِ

    They knew their guest's worth, and stood

    watching for the Imam, high above the clouds.

  15. لَيتَ مِصراً كَغَيرِها تَعرِفُ الفَض

    لَ لِذي الفَضلِ مِن ذَوي الأَلبابِ

    Would that Egypt, like other lands, recognized merit

    in the deserving among those endowed with understanding.

  16. إِنَّها لَو دَرَت مَكانَكَ في المَج

    دِ وَمَرماكَ في صُدورِ الصِعابِ

    If it knew your station in glory,

    and your aim at the breasts of daunting trials,

  17. وَتَفانيكَ في سَبيلِ أَبي حَف

    صٍ وَمَسعاكَ عِندَ دَفعِ المُصابِ

    and your selfless devotion to the cause of Abu

    Hafs, and your efforts to ward off calamity,

  18. لَأَظَلَّتكَ بِالقُلوبِ مِنَ الشَم

    سِ وَوارَت عِداكَ تَحتَ التُرابِ

    it would have shaded you from the sun with hearts,

    and buried your enemies beneath the dust.

  19. أَنتَ عَلَّمتَنا الرُجوعَ إِلى الحَق

    قِ وَرَدَّ الأُمورِ لِلأَسبابِ

    You taught us to return to truth,

    and to trace all things to their causes.

  20. ثُمَّ أَشرَقتَ في المَنارِ عَلَينا

    بَينَ نورِ الهُدى وَنورِ الصَوابِ

    Then you shone upon us in Al-Manar,

    between the light of guidance and the light of sound judgment.

  21. فَقَرَأنا عَلى ضِيائِكَ فيهِ

    كَلِماتِ المُهَيمِنِ الوَهّابِ

    So by your light we read therein

    the words of the Guardian, the Bestower.

  22. وَسَكَنّا إِلى الَّذي أَنزَلَ اللَ

    هُ وَكُنّا مِن قَبلِهِ في اِرتِيابِ

    And we found peace in what God revealed,

    though before it we had been in doubt.

  23. أَيُّهَذا الإِمامُ أَكثَرتَ حُسّا

    دي فَباتَت نُفوسُهُم في اِلتِهابِ

    O Imam, you have multiplied my enviers,

    so their souls spent the night aflame.

  24. أَبصَروا مَوقِفي فَعَزَّ عَلَيهِم

    مِنكَ قُربي وَمِن عُلاكَ اِنتِسابي

    They saw my standing, and could not bear

    my closeness to you and my association with your eminence.

  25. أَجمَعوا أَمرَهُم عِشاءً وَباتوا

    يُسمِعونَ الوَرى طَنينَ الذُبابِ

    They agreed on their plan at evening, and spent the night

    making the world hear the buzzing of flies.

  26. وَنَسوا رَبَّهُم وَقالوا ضَمِنّا

    بُعدَهُ عَن رِحابِ ذاكَ الجَنابِ

    They forgot their Lord and said, 'We have ensured

    he stays far from the courts of that august presence.'

  27. قُل لِجَمعِ المُنافِقينَ وَمِنهُم

    خُصَّ بِالقَولِ عَبدَ أُمِّ الحَبابِ

    Tell the band of hypocrites—and among them

    single out for your words the slave of Umm al-Habab:

  28. عَبدَ تِلكَ الَّتي يُحَرِّمُها اللَ

    هُ إِزاءَ الأَزلامِ وَالأَنصابِ

    the slave of that which God forbids

    alongside divining arrows and sacrificial stones.

  29. إِنَّ نَفسَ الإِمامِ فَوقَ مُناهُم

    ما تَمَنَّوا وَإِنَّني غَيرُ صابي

    The Imam's soul is above their hopes,

    whatever they may wish, and I am not one to stray.

  30. شابَ فيهِم وَلاؤُهُم حينَ شابوا

    وَوَلائي في عُنفُوانِ الشَبابِ

    Their loyalty turned gray within them as they turned gray,

    while my loyalty is in the very prime of youth.