Sol 6.1

  1. بَطَيبَةَ رَسمٌ لِلرَسولِ وَمَعهَدُ

    مُنيرٌ وَقَد تَعفو الرُسومُ وَتَهمَدِ

    In Taybah are traces of the Messenger and a familiar site,

    radiant, though traces may fade and fall still.

  2. وَلا تَنْمَحي الآياتُ مِن دارِ حُرمَةٍ

    بِها مِنبَرُ الهادي الَذي كانَ يَصعَدُ

    And the signs are not erased from an abode of sanctity,

    where stands the Guide's pulpit, which he used to ascend.

  3. وَواضِحُ آثارٍ وَباقي مَعالِمٍ

    وَرَبعٌ لَهُ فيهِ مُصَلّى وَمَسجِدُ

    And clear vestiges and enduring landmarks,

    and a dwelling where he had a place of prayer and a mosque.

  4. بِها حُجُراتٌ كانَ يَنزِلُ وَسطَها

    مِنَ اللَهِ نورٌ يُستَضاءُ وَيوقَدُ

    There are chambers there, into whose midst would descend

    a light from God, by which light is sought and which is kindled.

  5. مَعارِفُ لَم تُطمَس عَلى العَهدِ آيُها

    أَتاها البِلى فَالآيُ مِنها تُجَدَّدُ

    Familiar landmarks, their signs unerased, as in former days;

    decay has reached them, yet their signs are renewed.

  6. عَرِفتُ بِها رَسمَ الرَسولِ وَعَهدَهُ

    وَقَبراً بِها واراهُ في التُربِ مُلحِدُ

    I recognized there the Messenger's traces and his former abode,

    and a grave there, where a gravedigger buried him in the earth.

  7. ظَلَلتُ بِها أَبكي الرَسولِ فَأَسعَدَت

    عُيونٌ وَمِثلاها مِنَ الجِفنِّ تُسعَدُ

    I remained there weeping for the Messenger, and was joined by

    eyes, and twice their number of eyelids, sharing my grief.

  8. تَذَكَّرُ آلاءَ الرَسولِ وَما أَرى

    لَها مُحصِياً نَفسي فَنَفسي تَبَلَّدُ

    It recalls the Messenger's blessings, but I do not see

    my soul able to count them; my soul is bewildered,

  9. مُفَجَّعَةً قَد شَفَّها فَقدُ أَحمَدٍ

    فَظَلَّت لِآلاءِ الرَسولِ تُعَدِّدُ

    grief-stricken, worn thin by the loss of Ahmad;

    so it continued recounting the Messenger's blessings.

  10. وَما بَلَغَت مِن كُلِّ أَمرٍ عَشيرَهُ

    وَلَكِن لِنَفسي بَعدُ ما قَد تَوَجَّدُ

    Yet of all his deeds it has not reached a tenth,

    but my soul still has cause to grieve.

  11. أَطالَت وُقوفاً تَذرِفُ العَينُ جُهدَها

    عَلى طَلَلِ القَبرِ الَذي فيهِ أَحمَدُ

    It lingered long, the eye shedding tears with all its strength,

    over the mound of the grave in which Ahmad lies.

  12. فَبورِكتَ يا قَبرَ الرَسولِ وَبورِكَت

    بِلادٌ ثَوى فيها الرَشيدُ المُسَدَّدُ

    Blessed be you, O grave of the Messenger, and blessed

    the lands where the wise, rightly guided one rested.

  13. وَبورِكَ لَحدٌ مِنكَ ضُمِّنَ طَيِّباً

    عَلَيهِ بِناءٌ مِن صَفيحٍ مُنَضَّدُ

    And blessed be the niche within you that held a pure one,

    over whom lies a structure of layered stone slabs.

  14. تَهيلُ عَلَيهِ التُربَ أَيدٍ وَأَعيُنٌ

    عَلَيهِ وَقَد غارَت بِذَلِكَ أَسعُدُ

    Hands heap earth upon him, and eyes

    are upon him; with that, good fortunes have vanished.

  15. لَقَد غَيَّبوا حِلماً وَعِلماً وَرَحمَةً

    عَشِيَّةَ عَلَّوهُ الثَرى لا يُوَسَّدُ

    Indeed, they have buried forbearance, knowledge, and mercy,

    the evening they heaped earth over him, with no pillow beneath him.

  16. وَراحوا بِحُزنٍ لَيسَ فيهِم نَبيُّهُم

    وَقَد وَهَنَت مِنهُم ظُهورٌ وَأَعضُدُ

    And they departed in grief, their Prophet no longer among them,

    and their backs and upper arms had grown weak.

  17. يُبَكّونَ مَن تَبكي السَمَواتُ يَومَهُ

    وَمَن قَد بَكَتهُ الأَرضُ فَالناسُ أَكمَدُ

    They mourn him whose day the heavens lament,

    and whom the earth has mourned; the people grieve more deeply still.

  18. وَهَل عَدَلَت يَوماً رَزِيَّةُ هالِكٍ

    رَزِيَّةَ يَومٍ ماتَ فيهِ مُحَمَّدُ

    Has the calamity of anyone's death ever equaled

    the calamity of the day on which Muhammad died?

  19. تَقَطَّعَ فيهِ مُنزَلُ الوَحيِ عَنهُمُ

    وَقَد كانَ ذا نورٍ يَغورُ وَيُنجِدُ

    That day, the sending down of revelation to them was cut off,

    and he had borne a light, traveling through lowlands and highlands.

  20. يَدُلُّ عَلى الرَحمَنِ مَن يَقتَدي بِهِ

    وَيُنقِذُ مِن هَولِ الخَزايا وَيُرشِدُ

    He guides whoever follows him to the All-Merciful,

    and saves them from the terror of disgrace, and guides aright.

  21. إِمامٌ لَهُم يَهديهِمُ الحَقَّ جاهِداً

    مُعَلِّمُ صِدقٍ إِن يُطيعوهُ يَسعَدوا

    A leader for them, striving to guide them to the truth,

    a teacher of truth: if they obey him, they prosper.

  22. عَفُوٌّ عَنِ الزَلّاتِ يَقبَلُ عُذرَهُم

    وَإِن يُحسِنوا فَاللَهُ بِالخَيرِ أَجوَدُ

    Forgiving of missteps, he accepts their excuses;

    and if they do good, God is more generous in goodness.

  23. وَإِن نابَ أَمرٌ لَم يَقوموا بِحَملِهِ

    فَمِن عِندِهِ تَيسيرُ ما يَتَشَدَّدُ

    And if a matter befell them whose burden they could not bear,

    from him came an easing of what grew difficult.

  24. فَبينا هُمُ في نِعمَةِ اللَهِ وَسطَهُم

    دَليلٌ بِهِ نَهجُ الطَريقَةِ يُقصَدُ

    And while they were in God's blessing, in their midst

    was a guide through whom the clear path was followed,

  25. عَزيزٌ عَلَيهِ أَن يَجوروا عَنِ الهُدى

    حَريصٌ عَلى أَن يَستَقيموا وَيَهتَدوا

    it was grievous to him that they should stray from guidance,

    eager that they remain upright and rightly guided.

  26. عَطوفٌ عَلَيهِم لا يُثَنّي جَناحَهُ

    إِلى كَنَفٍ يَحنو عَلَيهِم وَيَمهَدُ

    Tender toward them, he never draws his wing back

    to one side; he bends toward them and smooths their way.

  27. فَبَينا هُمُ في ذَلِكَ النورِ إِذ غَدا

    إِلى نورِهِم سَهمٌ مِنَ المَوتِ مُقصَدُ

    And while they were in that light, suddenly there came

    toward their light a fatal arrow from death.

  28. فَأَصبَحَ مَحموداً إِلى اللَهِ راجِعاً

    يُبكيهِ حَقُّ المُرسِلاتِ وَيُحمَدُ

    So, praised, he returned to God;

    the truth of those sent forth mourns him, and he is praised.

  29. وَأَمسَت بِلادُ الحُرمَ وَحشاً بِقاعُها

    لِغَيبَةِ ما كانَت مِنَ الوَحيِ تَعهَدُ

    And the sacred lands grew desolate in their expanses,

    for the absence of the revelation they used to know.

  30. قِفاراً سِوى مَعمورَةِ اللَحدِ ضافَها

    فَقيدٌ تُبَكّيهِ بَلاطٌ وَغَرقَدُ

    Barren, save the inhabited burial niche, which received as guest

    the one now lost, whom Balat and Gharqad mourn,

  31. وَمَسجِدُهُ فَالموحِشاتُ لِفَقدِهِ

    خَلاءٌ لَهُ فيهِ مَقامٌ وَمَقعَدُ

    and his mosque; the places desolate at his loss

    are empty, where he had a standing-place and a seat.

  32. وَبِالجَمرَةِ الكُبرى لَهُ ثَمَّ أَوحَشَت

    دِيارٌ وَعَرصاتٌ وَرَبعٌ وَمَولِدُ

    And at the Great Jamrah, there grew desolate his

    dwellings, open courts, abode, and birthplace.

  33. فَبَكّي رَسولَ اللَهِ يا عَينُ عَبرَةً

    وَلا أَعرِفَنكِ الدَهرَ دَمعَكِ يَجمَدُ

    So weep for God's Messenger, O eye, shedding tears,

    and never let me find your tears frozen, so long as time endures.

  34. وَما لَكِ لا تَبكينَ ذا النِعمَةِ الَّتي

    عَلى الناسِ مِنها سابِغٌ يَتَغَمَّدُ

    And why do you not weep for the bearer of the blessing

    that abundantly covers and enfolds the people?

  35. فَجودي عَلَيهِ بِالدُموعِ وَأَعوِلي

    لِفَقدِ الَذي لا مِثلُهُ الدَهرُ يوجَدُ

    So lavish tears upon him, and wail

    for the loss of one whose like is never found in all time.

  36. وَما فَقَدَ الماضونَ مِثلَ مُحَمَّدٍ

    وَلا مِثلُهُ حَتّى القِيامَةِ يُفقَدُ

    Those gone before never lost anyone like Muhammad,

    nor will his like be lost until the Resurrection:

  37. أَعَفَّ وَأَوفى ذِمَّةً بَعدَ ذِمَّةٍ

    وَأَقرَبَ مِنهُ نايِلاً لا يُنَكَّدُ

    more chaste and truer to covenant after covenant,

    or more approachable than he, with bounty never marred,

  38. وَأَبذَلَ مِنهُ لِلطَريفِ وَتالِدِ

    إِذا ضَنَّ مِعطاءُ بِما كانَ يُتلَدُ

    or more generous than he with new and inherited wealth,

    when even a lavish giver begrudged what he had inherited;

  39. وَأَكرَمَ صيتاً في البُيوتِ إِذا اِنتَمى

    وَأَكرَمَ جَدّاً أَبطَحيّاً يُسَوَّدُ

    or nobler in renown among houses when he declared his lineage,

    or nobler in a forebear from Abtah, acknowledged as chief,

  40. وَأَمنَعَ ذِرواتٍ وَأَثبَتَ في العُلى

    دَعائِمَ عِزٍّ شامِخاتٍ تُشَيَّدُ

    or more unassailable in his summits, and firmer in lofty

    pillars of honor, towering and raised high,

  41. وَأَثبَتَ فَرعاً في الفُروعِ وَمَنبِتاً

    وَعوداً غَذاهُ المُزنُ فَالعودُ أَغيَدُ

    or firmer in branch among branches, and in root,

    and in a stem fed by rainclouds, so the stem is supple.

  42. رَباهُ وَليداً فَاِستَتَمَّ تَمامُهُ

    عَلى أَكرَمِ الخَيراتِ رَبٌّ مُمَجَّدُ

    He was nurtured as an infant and brought to full perfection

    in the noblest virtues by a glorified Lord.

  43. تَناهَت وَصاةُ المُسلِمينَ بِكَفِّهِ

    فَلا العِلمِ مَحبوسٌ وَلا الرَأيُ يُفنَدُ

    Counsel for the Muslims reached its fullness in his hand;

    so knowledge is not withheld, nor judgment refuted.

  44. أَقولُ وَلا يُلفى لِما قُلتُ عائِبٌ

    مِنَ الناسِ إِلّا عازِبُ العَقلِ مُبعَدُ

    I speak, and none is found to fault what I have said

    among the people, save one bereft of reason, far astray.

  45. وَلَيسَ هَوايَ نازِعاً عَن ثَنائِهِ

    لَعَلّي بِهِ في جَنَّةِ الخُلدِ أَخلَدُ

    And my love does not turn away from praising him;

    perhaps through it I shall dwell forever in the Garden of Eternity,

  46. مَعَ المُصطَفى أَرجو بِذاكَ جِوارَهُ

    وَفي نَيلِ ذاكَ اليَومِ أَسعى وَأَجهَدُ

    with the Chosen One; through that I hope to live beside him,

    and I strive and labor to attain that day.