مَن يَكُنْ في ضَنىً ورام خلاصَه

مَن يَكُنْ في ضَنىً ورام خلاصَه

فإلى ذا المقام يحدو قِلاَصَهْ

فإلى ذا المقام يحدو قِلاَصَهْ

Whoever suffers affliction and seeks deliverance,

Whoever is in distress and seeks deliverance

let him drive his young she-camels toward this shrine.

To this abode he hastens his steps

حضرةٌ قدحوت سنىً وسناءً

حضرةٌ قدحوت سنىً وسناءً

ومقامٌ يعطيك دون خصاصَة

ومقامٌ يعطيك دون خصاصَة

A sacred presence embracing radiance and glory,

A presence that has gathered glory and distinction

and a shrine that gives to you without stint.

And a station that grants you without stint

فاقْتَرِحْ ما تشاءُ مُخلِصَ عَزْمٍ

فاقْتَرِحْ ما تشاءُ مُخلِصَ عَزْمٍ

واقتنِصْ ما أردتَ منه اقتناصَه

واقتنِصْ ما أردتَ منه اقتناصَه

So ask whatever you wish, with sincere resolve,

So propose what you wish, determined

and seize from it whatever you desire to seize.

And obtain what you want from it fully

ذا مقامُ العريان أستاذ نَصْرٍ

ذا مقامُ العريان أستاذ نَصْرٍ

يوم أعطاه لقمةً خواصه

يوم أعطاه لقمةً خواصه

This is the shrine of al-ʿUryān, the master of Naṣr,

This is the station of the barefoot master Nasr

on the day his intimates gave him a morsel.

The day he gave him a morsel of his elite

فتلقّى الأسرارَ منها وأبدى

فتلقّى الأسرارَ منها وأبدى

للشقيّ الشقاء منها مناصَه

للشقيّ الشقاء منها مناصَه

Then he received the secrets from it, and revealed

So he received the mysteries from it and manifested

to the wretched man his escape from misery through it.

For the wretched the misery of deliverance from it

والّذي جاءه ابنُ عزّوزَ يحبو

والّذي جاءه ابنُ عزّوزَ يحبو

خاضعاً مُظْهراً لديه انتقاصَه

خاضعاً مُظْهراً لديه انتقاصَه

And he is the one to whom Ibn ʿAzzūz came crawling,

And the one who came to him the son of 'Izzuz humbly

submissive, displaying his abasement before him.

Showing before him his humility

وادَّكِرْ ما حَيِيتَ يَوْمَ مُرادٍ

وادَّكِرْ ما حَيِيتَ يَوْمَ مُرادٍ

يوم جرّ البلا عليه اغتصاصَه

يوم جرّ البلا عليه اغتصاصَه

And remember, as long as you live, the day of Murād,

And recall what you lived the day of Murad

the day his choking anguish brought calamity upon him:

The day calamity befell him in retribution

يومَ وادي الزّرقاء إذْ رام ظلماً

يومَ وادي الزّرقاء إذْ رام ظلماً

وطغى جندُه وأفنى رصاصَه

وطغى جندُه وأفنى رصاصَه

the day in the valley of al-Zarqāʾ, when he intended wrongdoing,

The day of Wadi Zarqa when he wrongfully intended

and his troops ran rampant and exhausted his bullets.

And his troops tyrannized and exhausted their bullets

فكأنّ الرّصاصَ في الشيخ ماءٌ

فكأنّ الرّصاصَ في الشيخ ماءٌ

أنزلتْه السّماءُ مُزْناً خلاصَة

أنزلتْه السّماءُ مُزْناً خلاصَة

The bullets striking the shaykh were like water,

It was as if the bullets against the Shaykh were water

sent down by heaven as pure rain from the clouds.

The Heavens rained down pure deliverance

قال يا ظالماً بواديك هذا

قال يا ظالماً بواديك هذا

رأسُك المجتري أريك قصاصَه

رأسُك المجتري أريك قصاصَه

He said, 'O oppressor, in this valley of yours,

He said: O tyrant in your valley here

I shall show you the retribution for your insolent head.'

Your transgressing head I will show you retribution

فقضى نحبه بطعنة سرٍّ

فقضى نحبه بطعنة سرٍّ

عجّلت هلكَه وقدّت دِلاصَه

عجّلت هلكَه وقدّت دِلاصَه

Then he met his death by a secret thrust,

So he fulfilled his vow with a secret stab

which hastened his destruction and split his polished armor.

That hastened his destruction and cut short his life

واسْأَلِ النّاسَ ما ليونس ولّى

واسْأَلِ النّاسَ ما ليونس ولّى

مظهراً بالفرار منه خلاصَه

مظهراً بالفرار منه خلاصَه

And ask the people why Yūnus turned away,

And ask the people what happened to Yunus when he

showing his escape from him through flight,

Showing by fleeing from him his deliverance

حين رام المبيت بالخود غصباً

حين رام المبيت بالخود غصباً

مُكْرِها أَهْلَهُنّ في ما أَنَاصَه

مُكْرِها أَهْلَهُنّ في ما أَنَاصَه

when he sought to spend the night with the maidens by force,

When he intended to stay in the monastery by force

coercing their families into what he demanded.

Coercing its inhabitants in what he ravished

فغدا في محلِّهِ له حرب

فغدا في محلِّهِ له حرب

قد أثار ابتلاءَه وقِمَاصَه

قد أثار ابتلاءَه وقِمَاصَه

Then war arose against him in his own lodging,

So he awoke in his place to a war against him

stirring up his suffering and his frantic leaping.

That provoked his tribulation and torment

يا لها من مناقب لإِمَامٍ

يا لها من مناقب لإِمَامٍ

صَفْوَةِ الأولياء طُرّاً خلاصَة

صَفْوَةِ الأولياء طُرّاً خلاصَة

What virtues these are in an imam—

O what glorious virtues of an Imam

the elect of all the saints, their purest essence!

The elite of saints, truly the essence of deliverance

فَلَكَمْ قد أجارَ من مستجير

فَلَكَمْ قد أجارَ من مستجير

في حِمَاه وعنه أَرْخَى فِرَاصَه

في حِمَاه وعنه أَرْخَى فِرَاصَه

For how many a seeker of refuge he has sheltered

So how many has he given refuge

in his sanctuary, soothing his quivering flesh!

In his protection, and for them unfolded his cloak

ولَكَمْ قد أغاث في البحر مَنْ قَدْ

ولَكَمْ قد أغاث في البحر مَنْ قَدْ

صار في قعره غريقاً وغاصَه

صار في قعره غريقاً وغاصَه

And how many at sea he has rescued who had

And how many has he rescued in the sea

been drowning in its depths and sunk into it!

Who became at its bottom a drowning victim

فابْقِ يَا رَبِّ فَضْلَهُ وارْضَ عنه

فابْقِ يَا رَبِّ فَضْلَهُ وارْضَ عنه

وأَدِمْ مجدَه وأكْرِم أصَاصَه

وأَدِمْ مجدَه وأكْرِم أصَاصَه

So preserve his bounty, O Lord, and be pleased with him,

So keep, O Lord, his grace and be pleased with him

and perpetuate his glory and honor his lineage.

And perpetuate his glory and honor his intimates.