Sol 6.1

  1. لمحمد المختار مجد فخرهُ

    تعنو لعزة قدره الأقدار

    Muhammad the Chosen has glorious renown;

    destinies bow before the majesty of his rank.

  2. أنوار غرته وحسن بهائها

    منها استمدت حسنها الأنوار

    The radiance of his brow and the beauty of its splendor—

    from these all lights have drawn their beauty.

  3. وسماء بهجته إذا ما أشرقت

    منها الشموس تضىءُ والأقمار

    And when the heaven of his beauty shines,

    from it the suns and moons draw their light.

  4. ولطيب نفحة ذكره تحكى لدى

    أسحارها غبّ السما الأزهار

    And to the sweet waft of his remembrance are likened

    the flowers in their predawn hours, after rain.

  5. للَه منه خلال أوصاف بدَت

    تشتاقها الأسماع والأبصار

    How wondrous the traits and qualities revealed in him—

    for which ears and eyes yearn!

  6. في وصف أحمد واعتلاء علائه

    عجز اللسان وحارت الأفكار

    In describing Ahmad and his towering eminence,

    the tongue fell short, and thoughts were bewildered.

  7. قدر على ليس يدرك كنههُ

    ناهيك مجد حازه المختار

    An exalted rank whose essence cannot be grasped—

    what glory the Chosen One has attained!

  8. سر عجيب جل عن أفهامنا

    لا تستقل بدركه الأعمار

    A wondrous mystery, beyond our understanding;

    lifetimes cannot suffice to comprehend it.

  9. هذا علاء قد علَت راياتهُ

    وحمتهُ قدماً بالأنصار

    This is an eminence whose banners have risen high,

    and which was guarded of old through the Ansar.

  10. أي الكتاب بفخره قد أنزلتِ

    وبمدحه قد نظمت أسفار

    The verses of the Book were revealed in his honor,

    and volumes have been composed in his praise.

  11. يا ربع دار حل فيها أحمدٌ

    والسادة الخلفاء والأبرار

    O precinct of the dwelling where Ahmad dwelt,

    and the noble caliphs and the righteous!

  12. من لي بخد في ثراك ممرغ

    ودموع عين سحّها مدرار

    Who will grant me a cheek rubbed in your dust,

    and tears from an eye whose flow is torrential?

  13. من لي بلمحة نظرة يطفى بها

    من لفح ملهوب الجوانح نار

    Who will grant me a fleeting glance to extinguish

    the fire scorching a burning breast?

  14. من لي بمورد عذبِ ماءٍ برده

    يشفى به صبّ براه أوارُ

    Who will grant me a sweet-water source whose coolness

    heals a lover wasted by scorching heat?

  15. من لي بأن أحظى بزورة منزلٍ

    للوحي في جنباته آثار

    Who will grant me the blessing of visiting a dwelling

    with traces of revelation in its precincts?

  16. فمتى أحلُ حمس العقيق مخيما

    ويقرّ لي عند الحبيب قرار

    So when shall I settle in al-ʿAqiq’s precincts, pitching camp,

    and find settled repose beside the Beloved?

  17. ومتى أرى يوما به تقضى لذي

    الأشواق مما قد نوى أوطار

    And when shall I see a day that fulfills, for one

    filled with longing, the wishes he has cherished?

  18. ومتى بأكناف المخصّبِ والحمى

    يوما تتيح لنا اللقا الأقدارُ

    And when, in the environs of al-Mukhassab and the sanctuary,

    will destinies one day grant us reunion?

  19. فلقد ذوى غصن الشباب وأثقلت

    ظهرى بواطأة عبئها الأوزار

    For youth’s branch has withered, and weighed down

    is my back by the crushing burden of sins.

  20. لكن على كرم الكريم توكلي

    فهو الجواد المفضل الغفّارُ

    Yet my trust rests on the bounty of the Generous One,

    for He is the Bountiful, the Benefactor, the Ever-Forgiving.

  21. وبأحمدٍ أرجو الشفاعة في غد

    فله بها يوم النشور يشار

    And through Ahmad I hope for intercession on the morrow,

    for he is singled out for it on the Day of Resurrection.

  22. فعليه من نائى الديار تحية

    ما نم نسرين وفاح عرارُ

    So upon him be a greeting from one in distant lands,

    as long as wild roses breathe fragrance and ʿarār scents the air.