Sol 6.1

  1. ووافَيَتُ ما بينَ يالظهيرَة والعَصرِ

    ضريحَ إمامِ العارفينَ أبي بكرِ

    And I arrived between noon and afternoon

    at the tomb of Abu Bakr, leader of those who know God.

  2. وجَدَّدتُ في الوادي الطهارةَ سائلاً

    من اللَهِ تطهيري منَ الذنبِ والوزرِ

    And in the valley I renewed my ritual purity, asking

    God to purify me of sin and the burden of guilt.

  3. وصلّيتُ فيه الظهرَ وارتَحتُ ساعةً

    وصلّيتُ ايضا فيه ركعَتيِ العَصرِ

    And there I prayed the noon prayer and rested for a while,

    and there I also prayed the two units of the afternoon prayer.

  4. وأقبلتُ أدعو اللَه جلَّ بجاهِهِ

    يُيَسِّرُ لي في كلِّ ما أرتجي أمري

    And I turned to entreat God—exalted is He—by his honored standing,

    that He ease my affairs in all that I hope for,

  5. ويَمنَحُني التيسيرَ منه تَفَضُّلاً

    فَرَبِّي تعالى يُبدِل العُسرَ باليُسر

    and grant me ease from Himself as a favor;

    for my Lord, exalted is He, replaces hardship with ease,

  6. إلى أن أرى في مَكَّةٍ مُتمايلاً

    تمايُلَ زهوِ الوصلِ لا ميلََ الكِبرِ

    until I am seen in Mecca, swaying

    with the sway of elation at union, not the swagger of pride.

  7. ومن بعدها أمسي بطيبةَ طيِّباً

    أجارُ إذا جاوَرتُ طهَ من الجورِ

    And afterward may I spend the evening in Taybah, content;

    I am sheltered from injustice when I dwell beside Taha.

  8. أعَفِّر خَدّي حولَ تُربةِ طَيِّباً

    فتُربُ رسولِ اللَهِ أزهى من التِبرِ

    I rub my cheek in dust around the tomb, content;

    for the soil of God's Messenger is more radiant than raw gold.

  9. وطيبةُ كلِّ الطيباتِ بطيبها

    تفوحُ فلا تسأل عن العَنبَرِ الشحري

    And Taybah—all fragrant things, through its perfume,

    waft forth; so ask not about ambergris from al-Shihr.

  10. فتسألُ مولانا بجاهِ محمّدٍ

    وطيبَةَ والبيتِ الحرام وبالحَجرِ

    So you ask our Lord, by Muhammad's honored standing,

    and by Taybah and the Sacred House, and by the Stone,

  11. يَمُنُّ علينا بالوُصال إليهما

    جميعاً بلا قطعٍ يكون ولا حجرِ

    to favor us with reaching them both,

    all together, with neither interruption nor restriction,

  12. ويُرفدُ هذا الوفدَ من فيضِ رِفدهِ

    بما أمّلوا في ذا المقام منَ الخيرِ

    and to supply this delegation from His overflowing bounty

    with the good they hoped for at this place,

  13. إلى أن يفوزوا في منىً بمُناهمُ

    ويُمنحَ كلٌّ منهمُ رابحَ التجرِ

    until they attain their wishes in Mina,

    and each of them is granted profitable trade,

  14. ويُسعِدَهُم في طيبةٍ طيبُ سعدِهِم

    بزَورَةِ خيرِ العالم النائلِ البِرِّ

    and the sweetness of their good fortune gladdens them in Taybah

    through a visit to the best of creation, the bestower of kindness:

  15. محمّدِ المحمودِ في الكُتبِ كلَّها

    بألسُنِ أهل الأفقِ والبحرِ والبَرِّ

    Muhammad, praised in all the scriptures,

    by the tongues of the dwellers of the horizon, sea, and land.

  16. وإن مَدَحَ المولى الكريمُ بنَفسهِ

    سنا خُلقِهِ الممدوحِ في مُحكَمِ الذكرِ

    And if the gracious Lord Himself has praised

    the radiance of his praised character in the clear text of the Revelation,

  17. فماذا يقولُ المادحونَ بأسرهِم

    ولو ملأوا الآفاقَ بالحمدِ والشُكرِ

    then what can all those who praise him say,

    even if they filled the horizons with praise and gratitude?

  18. عليه صلاةُ اللَه ما حنَّ شائِقٌ

    إليه وما أعيَت مدائِحُهُ فِكري

    May God's blessing be upon him as long as a longing one yearns

    for him, and as long as his praises baffle my mind.