Sol 6.1

  1. كذا يظهَرُ المعجزُ الباهِرُ

    فيشهدهُ البرُّ والفاجِرُ

    Thus the dazzling miracle appears,

    and the righteous and the wicked witness it.

  2. ويروي الكرامة مأثورةً

    يلّغُها الغائب الحاضر

    They recount the miraculous grace as handed down;

    the present conveys it to the absent.

  3. يقرُّ لقومٍ بها ناظرٌ

    ويقذى لقومٍ بها ناظر

    Through it, some people's eyes are gladdened,

    while others' eyes are made to smart.

  4. فقلبٌ لها ترحاً واقعٌ

    وقلبٌ لها فرحاً طائر

    So one heart sinks in sorrow at it,

    and another soars with joy at it.

  5. أجِل طرفَ فكرك يا مستدلُّ

    وانجِد بطرفكَ يا غائِر

    Let your mind's gaze roam, O seeker of proof,

    and ascend with your gaze, O one in the depths.

  6. تصفَّح مآثر آلِ الرسول

    وحسبُك ما نَشرَ الناشر

    Examine the noble deeds of the Messenger's family;

    what the teller has spread is enough for you.

  7. ودونكهُ نبأً صادقاً

    لقلبِ العدوّ هو الباقر

    Here, take it as a truthful report:

    it cleaves the enemy's heart.

  8. فمن صاحب الأمر أمس استبان

    لنا معجزٌ أمرُهُ باهرُ

    From the Master of the Command, yesterday there appeared

    to us a miracle dazzling in its nature.

  9. بموضعِ غيبتهِ قد ألمَّ

    أخو عِلَّةٍ داؤُها ظاهر

    At the place of his occultation there had arrived

    a sufferer whose illness was plain.

  10. رمى فمهُ باعتقالِ اللسانِ

    رامٍ هو الزمنُ الغادر

    His mouth was struck with paralysis of the tongue

    by an archer: treacherous Time.

  11. فأقبل ملتمِساً للشفاءِ

    لدى مَن هو الغائبُ الحاضر

    So he came seeking healing

    from him who is absent yet present.

  12. ولقَّنه القول مستأجرٌ

    عن القصدِ في أمرِه جائر

    A hired man prompted him with words,

    straying from the right course in his conduct.

  13. فبيناهُ في تعبٍ ناصب

    ومن ضجرهِ فكره حائر

    While he was in exhausting distress,

    his thought bewildered by his vexation,

  14. إذا انحلَّ من ذلك الاعتقال

    وبارَحَه ذلك الضائر

    suddenly he was freed from that paralysis,

    and that affliction left him.

  15. فراح لمولاه في الحامدين

    وهو لألائِهِ ذاكر

    Then he departed among those praising his master,

    remembering his blessings.

  16. لعمري لقد مَسَحت داءهُ

    يدٌ كلُّ حيٍّ لها شاكر

    By my life, his illness was wiped away

    by a hand to which every living being gives thanks.

  17. يدٌ لم تزل رحمةً للعبادِ

    كذلك أنشأها الفاطر

    A hand that has never ceased to be mercy for humankind:

    thus the Originator fashioned it.

  18. تحدَّث وإن كَرِهت أنفسٌ

    يضيقُ شجَى صدرُها الواغر

    Tell of it, even if some souls resent it,

    their rancorous breasts tightening with grief.

  19. وقل إنَّ قائمَ آلِ النبي

    له النهيُ وهو هو الآمر

    And say: the Qāʾim of the Prophet's family

    has authority to forbid, and he himself commands.

  20. أيمنعُ زائِره الاعتقالُ

    ممَّا به ينطق الزائر

    Can paralysis bar his visitor

    from the words a visitor utters,

  21. ويدعوه صدقاً إلى حَلِّه

    ويغضي على أنَّه القادر

    while he sincerely calls on him to undo it,

    and can he look away, though he has the power?

  22. ويكبو مُرجيّه دونَ الغياثِ

    وهو يقبلُ به العاثر

    Can one who hopes in him stumble short of succor,

    when through him the stumbling one advances?

  23. أُحاشيه بل هو نِعمَ المغيث

    إذا نَضنَض الحادثُ الفاغر

    Far be it from him! Rather, he is the finest rescuer

    when gaping calamity flicks its tongue.

  24. فهذي الكرامة لا ما غدا

    يلفِّقهُ الفاسقُ الفاجر

    This is the miraculous grace—not what is now

    fabricated by the impious evildoer.

  25. أدِم ذكرها يا لسانَ الزمانُ

    وفي نشرِها فمُك العاطر

    Keep recounting it, O tongue of Time,

    and in spreading it your mouth is fragrant.

  26. وهنِّ بها سُرَّ مرَّا ومَنذ

    به ربعُها آهلٌ عامر

    Congratulate Surr-marrā on it, and him

    through whom its abode is peopled and flourishing.

  27. هو السيد الحسن المجتبى

    خضمّ الندى غيثه الهامر

    He is the Sayyid, al-Hasan al-Mujtabā,

    generosity's vast ocean, its pouring rain.

  28. وقل يا تقدَّستِ من بقعةٍ

    بها يَغفرُ الزلّةَ الغافرُ

    And say: O place, how holy you are!

    There the Forgiver forgives the lapse.

  29. كلا اسميكِ للناسِ بادٍ له

    بأوجهِهم أثرٌ ظاهر

    Both your names are plain to people; each has

    a visible trace upon their faces.

  30. فأنت لبعضِهم سُرَّ مَن

    رأى وهو نعتٌ له زاهر

    To some of them you are 'Gladdened was he who

    saw'—a description radiant for him.

  31. وأنت لبعضِهم ساءَ مَن

    رأى وبه يوصَفُ الخاسر

    And to some of them you are 'Distressed was he who

    saw'—by this the loser is described.

  32. لقد أطلِقَ الحسن المكرمات

    محيَّاكِ وهو بَهاً سافر

    Al-Hasan, noble in deeds, has surely brightened

    your face, unveiled in splendor.

  33. فأنتِ حديقةُ أُنس به

    وأخلاقُهُ روضُكِ الناظر

    So you are a garden of delight through him,

    and his virtues are your verdant meadow.

  34. عليمٌ تربَّى بجحر الهُدى

    ونسجُ التقى بردُهُ الطاهر

    A learned man, reared in guidance's burrow,

    the weave of piety is his pure cloak.

  35. هو البحر لكن طما بالعلوم

    على أنَّه بالندى زاخر

    He is the sea, but overflowing with learning,

    although he also brims with bounty.

  36. على جودِه اختلف العالمون

    يبشِرُ واردها الصادر

    People come in succession to his generosity;

    the departing guest gives good tidings to the arriving.

  37. بحيث المُنى ليس يشكو العقام

    أبوها ولا أُمُّها عاقر

    Where, for wishes, sterility is not lamented

    by their father, nor is their mother barren.

  38. فتًى ذكرُه طار في الصالحات

    وفي الخافقين بها طائر

    A youth whose fame has flown through good deeds,

    and through them flies across East and West.

  39. لقد جلَّ قدراً فلا ناظمٌ

    ينالُ عُلاهُ ولا ناثر

    He has risen so high in rank that no poet

    can attain his heights, nor any writer of prose.

  40. يباري الصَبا كرماً كفّه

    على أنَّه بالصبا ساحر

    His hand rivals the east wind in generosity,

    though he works magic with the east wind.

  41. فإن أمطر استحيتِ الغادياتُ

    ونادت لأنت الحيا الماطر

    If he showers bounty, the morning rainclouds are abashed

    and cry: 'You indeed are the pouring, life-giving rain!'

  42. فيا حافظاً بيضة المسلمين

    لأنت لكسرِ الهدى جابر

    O guardian of the Muslims' heartland,

    you surely mend what is broken in guidance.

  43. فبلّغت لذَّتها مَن سواك

    وبالزهد أنت لها هاجر

    You have brought its pleasure to others,

    while through asceticism you forsake it.

  44. تمنِّيهم في حماك المنيعِ

    وهمُّك خالفهُم ساهر

    You give them hope within your impregnable refuge,

    while your care keeps vigil behind them.

  45. سبقتم علاً بدوام الإِله

    يدومُ لكم عزّه القاهر

    You have excelled in glory; while God endures,

    His overpowering might endures for you.

  46. وحولَك أهل الوجوه الوضاءِ

    وكلٌّ هو الكوكب الزاهر

    Around you are people of radiant faces,

    each one a shining star.

  47. كذا فلتكن عترةُ الأنبياء

    وإلاَّ فما الفخرُ يا فاخِر

    Thus should the offspring of prophets be;

    otherwise, what is there to boast of, O boaster?

  48. ولا سهرت فيك عينُ الحسود

    إلاَّ وفي جفنِها غائر

    May no envious eye lie awake over you

    without a deep wound in its eyelid.

  49. فليس لعلياكمُ أوَّلٌ

    وليس لعلياكمُ آخرُ

    Your lofty rank has no beginning,

    and your lofty rank has no end.

  50. وكلُّهم عالِمٌ عاملٌ

    وغيرُهم لابنٌ تامِر

    Every one of them is learned and acts on his learning,

    while others are but men of milk and dates.

  51. لكم قولةُ الفصل يومَ الخصام

    ويومَ الندى الكرمُ الغامر

    Yours is the decisive word on the day of dispute,

    and on the day of bounty, all-encompassing generosity.

  52. وَفَرت على الناسِ دنياهُم

    فكلٌّ له حسنُها ساحر

    You have preserved people's worldly life for them,

    and its beauty bewitches every one.

  53. وكلٌّ نجومُ هدًى من عُلاك

    بها فلكٌ بالهنا دائر

    All are stars of guidance from your heights;

    with them, a celestial sphere revolves in bliss.

  54. فإن جُدت فالعارضُ المستهلُّ

    وإن قُلتَ فالمثل السائر

    If you give, you are the pouring raincloud;

    and if you speak, your words become a widely told proverb.

  55. فدُم دار مجدك مأهولةٌ

    وبابُ علاك بها عامر

    So endure, with the house of your glory inhabited,

    and the gate of your eminence flourishing there.