مسك الصلاة وأعطار السلام تلي — Ibrahim Riahi

مِسْكُ الصّلاة وأعطارُ السّلام تَلِي

عليكَ تغدو لها الأطيابُ في خَجَلِ

The musk of blessings and the perfumes of peace come in succession

Upon you; before them, all fragrances grow abashed.

يا رحمةً أُهْدِيَتْ للعالَمين هُدىً

لو لم تكن لم يكن كَوْنٌ بديع حلي

O mercy bestowed upon the worlds as guidance,

Had you not existed, no universe of wondrous adornment would have existed.

يا سيّدي يا شفيعَ الخلقِ قاطبةً

إذ قول كلّ رسول ليس ذلك لِي

O my master, O intercessor for all creation,

When every messenger says, “That is not for me.”

إنّا أتيناك في ظُلْمٍ لأنفسنا

مستغفرين من الأثقال في وَجَلِ

We have come to you, having wronged ourselves,

Seeking forgiveness for our burdens, in dread.

فانْظُرْ لزَوْرِكَ واستَغْفِرْ لهم كَرَماً

فإنّ فضلك بالإقبال لم يَزَلِ

So look upon your visitors, and graciously seek forgiveness for them,

For your bounty in welcoming has never ceased.

إنّا ضيوفُكَ يا خَيْرَ الأنام قِرىً

ذوُو افتقارٍ إلى ما منك من نُزُلِ

We are your guests, O best of creation in hospitality,

In need of whatever guest-fare comes from you.

جئناك من شَاسِعِ الأقطار يحملُنا

حُسْنُ الرّجَاءِ إلى إحسانك الهَطِلِ

We have come to you from far-flung lands, carried

By good hope toward your kindness, pouring like rain.

لم نَعْدَمِ الْفَضْلَ مِنْ بُعْدٍ فكيف وقد

صِرْنَا بقربك مثل الشّمس في الحَمَل

We never lacked bounty from afar; how could we, now that

Near you, we have become like the sun in Aries?

يا رحمةَ اللّه في كلّ العوالم يا

محمّدٌ أحمدُ يا أفضلَ الرّسل

O mercy of God in all the worlds, O

Muhammad, Ahmad, O best of messengers!

أَتيْتَ بالحقّ مِن عندِ الإله فما

أَخْلَدْتَ فيه إِلى عَجْزٍ ولا كسل

You came with the truth from God; you never

Yielded in it to weakness or sloth.

جاهدتَ حَقَّ جهادٍ في رضاه إلى

أن أَشْرَقَ الدّينُ في سهل وفي جبل

You strove with true striving for His pleasure, until

The faith shone forth on plain and mountain.

وقمتَ للّه في تبليغ ملّته

لم تَخْشَ يوماً ولم تحفل بِمُنْخَذِل

And you stood for God in proclaiming His faith;

You never feared, nor heeded anyone who faltered,

حتّى غَدَتْ مِلّةُ الإسلام ظاهرةً

تعلو على سائر الأديان والمِلَلِ

Until the faith of Islam became triumphant,

Rising above all other religions and creeds.

وذاك مِصْداقُ ما يُتلى لِيُظْهِرَه

برغم مَعْطَسِ أهل الكفر والخبل

And that bears out what is recited: “That He may make it prevail,”

Despite the noses of the people of unbelief and folly.

طوبى لِمُتَّبِعٍ نوراً أتيتَ به

يُمشى به في رياض العلم والعمل

Blessed is whoever follows the light you brought,

By which one walks through the gardens of knowledge and action.

وَوَيْلُ مَنْ لم يُقم رأسا به فغدا

من خُسرِه في مهاوي الزَّيْغ والزّلل

And woe to whoever would not lift his head for it, and so ended up

Through his loss, in the chasms of deviation and stumbling.

ها نحن بين يَدَيْ نجواك نشهَد أنْ

لا ربَّ للخلق إلاّ الواحدَ الأزلي

Here we are before you in intimate converse, bearing witness that

There is no Lord of creation but the One, the Eternal,

وأنَّكَ الرحمةُ المُهداةُ منه لِمَنْ

سواه كيْ يستقيم الأمر عن مَيَل

And that you are the mercy bestowed by Him upon all

Other than Him, so that affairs may be set straight, free of deviation.

وأنّ كلَّ الذي بلَّغْتَ من نبإ

حقٌّ وصدقٌ على التفصيل والجُمَل

And that all the tidings you conveyed

Are truth and veracity, in detail and as a whole.

هذي شهادتُنا ذُخْرِي لديك وَمَنْ

يستودعِ المصطفى ما خاب في أمل

This is our testimony, my treasure kept with you; and whoever

Entrusts it to the Chosen One is never disappointed in hope.

نعَم ولي حاجةٌ في القلب تعلمُها

لا عَيْشَ لي دونها فاسْمَحْ بعيشك لي

Yes, and I have a need in my heart that you know;

I have no life without it; by your life, grant it to me.

نعَم وأخرى وقد جلّت ولستُ لها

أَهلاً وأنت الذي نرجوه لِلْجَلَل

Yes, and another, momentous indeed, for which I am not

Worthy; and you are the one we look to for great matters.

يا كم قصدتُ لها مِمَّنْ يَضِنُّ بها

فكنتُ أَقْنَعُ بعد اليأس بالقفل

Oh, how often I sought it from those who begrudged it,

So, after despair, I would content myself with returning.

والآن جئتُك لا أُلوي على أحدٍ

أنت الجواد الذي يُعطي بلا مَهَل

And now I have come to you, turning aside to no one else.

You are the generous one who gives without delay.

انظر لذُلّي بسُقم الحبّ عنك فإن

تَنْظُرْ رفلتُ بعزّ الوصل في حُلَل

Look upon my abasement, love-sick apart from you; for if

You look, I shall trail my robes in the glory of union.

وارحم فؤاداً بِنار الفقد مصطلياً

وانظر لدمعٍ من الخسران منهمل

And have mercy on a heart burning in the fire of loss,

And look upon tears streaming down from loss.

طالت ليالي الجفا منّي وقد قصرت

يداي عن نزع ما أُلْبِسْتُ من عِلَل

The nights of my estrangement have grown long, and too short

Are my hands to strip away the ailments I was clothed in.

يا سيّدي العمرُ قد ولّى وما ظَفِرَتْ

يدي بِنَيْلِ الذي أعيَتْ له حِيَلى

O my master, life has passed, and no success has come

To my hand in attaining what exhausted all my stratagems.

إني توسّلت بالأَسْمَا وأَعْظَمِهَا

وكلِّ أمْرٍ يُرى من أعظم الوصل

Indeed, I have sought access through the Names and the greatest of them,

And through all that is counted among the greatest means of union.

هَبْ لي وِصالا على مرّ اللّيالي لكي

أموتَ والقلبُ في سُكرٍ من الجذل

Grant me union through the passing nights, so that

I may die with my heart intoxicated by joy.

عليكَ صلّى الذي في الذكر قال لنا

صلُّوا بِدَمْعٍ مع التّسليم متّصل

May He who said to us in the Remembrance bless you:

Send blessings with ceaseless tears, together with salutations of peace.

وسلّم اللّه تسليماً يفوح له

مِسْكُ الختام مع الإشراق والطّفَل

And may God send peace—a salutation fragrant with

The musk of the close, at sunrise and twilight.

ثم الرّضى عن أبي بكر وعن عمرٍ

وذي الحياء أبي عمرو كذاك علي

Then may favor rest on Abu Bakr and on Umar,

And the modest one, Abu Amr, and likewise Ali,

وكلّ من بك يا خيرَ الأنام له

تعلّقٌ بانتسابٍ غَيْرِ مُنْفَصِلِ

And everyone who, O best of creation, has with you

A bond of affiliation that is never severed.