Sol 6.1

  1. بَغْدَادُ مَكَّتُنا وَأَحْمَدُ أَحْمَدُ

    حُجُّوا إلى تِلْكَ المناسِكِ وَاسجُدوا

    Baghdad is our Mecca, and Ahmad is Ahmad.

    Make pilgrimage to those rites, and prostrate yourselves.

  2. يَا مُذْنِبينَ بِها ضَعُوا أَوْزارَكُمْ

    وَتَطَهَّرُوا بِترابِها وَتَهَجَّدُوا

    O sinners, lay down your burdens there,

    and purify yourselves with its dust, and keep prayerful night vigils.

  3. فَهُناكَ مِنْ جَسَدِ النُّبُوَّةِ بَضْعَةٌ

    بِالْوَحْيِ جِبْريلٌ لَها يَتَرَدَّدُ

    For there is a portion of the body of prophethood,

    to which Gabriel repeatedly comes with revelation.

  4. بَابُ النَّجَاةِ مَدينَةُ الْعِلْمِ الَّتي

    ما زالَ كَوْكَبُ هَدْيِها يَتَوَقَّدُ

    The gate of salvation, the city of knowledge, whose

    star of guidance has never ceased to blaze.

  5. ما بَينَ سِدْرَتِهِ وَسُدَّةِ دَسْتِهِ

    نَبَأٌ يُقِرُّ لَهُ الكَفُورُ المُلْحِدُ

    What lies between his lote-tree and the threshold of his throne

    is a message even the faithless heretic acknowledges.

  6. هَذا هُوَ السِّرُّ الَّذِي بَهَرَ الوَرَى

    فِي ظَهْرِ آدَمَ فَالمَلائِكُ سُجَّدُ

    This is the secret that dazzled mankind

    in Adam's loins, so the angels fell prostrate.

  7. هذا الصِّراطُ المُسْتَقيمُ حَقِيقَةً

    مَنْ زَلَّ عَنْهُ فَفِي الجَحيمِ يُخَلَّدُ

    This is truly the straight path;

    whoever slips from it shall dwell eternally in Hell.

  8. هذا الذي يَسْقِي العِطاشَ بِكَفِّهِ

    وِالحَوْضُ مُمْتَنِعُ الحِمى لا يُورَدُ

    This is he who gives the thirsty drink with his hand,

    while the Pool's precinct is barred, and none can come to drink.

  9. سَمْعاً أَميرَ المؤمِنينَ لِمدحَةٍ

    صَدَقَتْ فَهَلْ أَنَا قَارِئ أَوْ مُنْشِدُ

    Give ear, Commander of the Faithful, to a praise-poem

    whose words are true—am I a reader or a reciter of verse?

  10. القَائِمُ المَهْدِيُّ أنتَ بَقِيَّةُ ال

    إسلام تَمْهَدُ تارَةً وَتُشَيِّدُ

    You are the Qa'im, the Mahdi, the remnant of

    Islam: now you lay foundations, now you build high.

  11. بُعْداً لِمُنْتَظِرٍ سِواهُ وَقَدْ بَدَتْ

    مِنْهُ البَرَاهِينُ الّتي لا تُجْحَدُ

    Away with anyone awaiting another, now that there have appeared

    from him proofs that cannot be denied.

  12. إنْ كانَ فَوْقَ الطُّورِ ناجِى رَبَّهُ

    موسى فَبِالمِعْراجِ أَنْتُم أَزْيَدُ

    If atop Mount Tur he communed with his Lord—

    Moses—then in the Ascension you surpass him.

  13. أوْ كانَ يُوسُفُ عَبَّرَ الرُّؤْيا فَكمْ

    لِلْغَيْبِ مِنْكُمْ مَصْدَرٌ أَو مَوْرِدُ

    Or if Joseph interpreted the dream, how many

    sources or watering places for the unseen are found among you!

  14. اللَّه أَنْزَلَ وَحْيَهُ لِمُحمَّدٍ

    وَإِليْكُمُ أَفْضَى بِذاكَ مُحَمَّدُ

    God sent down His revelation to Muhammad,

    and Muhammad confided that to you.

  15. يا ساكِنْي دارَ السَّلامِ لجِارِكُمْ

    شَرَفٌ أُنافِسُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَأحْسُدُ

    O dwellers in the Abode of Peace, your neighbor has

    an honor for which I compete with you and envy you.

  16. إنّي أَوَدُّ إِذْا وَطِئْتُمْ أَرْضَها

    لَو أنَّ تُرْبَتَها لِعَينَيْ إثْمِدُ

    I wish, when you tread its earth,

    that its dust were antimony kohl for my eyes.

  17. إنَّ الخَليفَةَ مِنْ ذُؤَابَةِ هاشِمٍ

    لِلدّين وَالدُّنيا دَليلٌ مُرْشِدُ

    Indeed, the caliph, from the crest of Hashim,

    is a guide who leads aright in religion and worldly life.

  18. الدَّهْرُ فِي يَدِهِ فَجودٌ مُرْسَلٌ

    سَبْطٌ وَبَأْسٌ مُكْفَهِرٌّ أَجْعَدُ

    Time is in his hand: his bounty flows free,

    smooth and straight, while his might is grim and tightly curled.

  19. يا مَنْ لِمْبغِضِهِ الجَحيمُ قَرارُهُ

    ولِمَن يُواليْهِ النَّعيمُ السَّرْمِدُ

    O you whose hater has Hell for his abode,

    and whose loyal follower has everlasting bliss.

  20. لَولا التَّقِيَّةُ كُنْتُ أَوَّلَ مَعْشَرٍ

    غَالَوا فَقالُوا أنتَ ربٌ تُعْبَدُ

    Were it not for dissimulation, I would be the first of a band

    who went to extremes and said: 'You are a lord to be worshipped.'

  21. مَلِكٌ إِذْا ظَمِئَتْ شِفاهُ رِماحِهِ

    فِي معْرَكٍ فَدَمُ الوَريدِ المَورِدُ

    A king whose spears' lips, when they thirst

    in battle, find their watering place in jugular blood.

  22. مَلِكُ إِذْا الْتَطَمَتْ صُفوفُ جُيوشِهِ

    أَيقَنْتَ أنَّ البَرَّ بَحْرٌ مُزْبِدُ

    A king whose armies' ranks, when they clash,

    make you certain that the land is a foaming sea.

  23. يَعْلوهُ مِنْ زُمَرِ المَلائِكِ فِيلقٌ

    بِالرُّعبِ يَنْصُرُ عَزمَهُ وَيُؤَيِّدُ

    Above him rises a legion drawn from companies of angels;

    through terror it supports his resolve and strengthens it.

  24. يا عاقِداً لِلطَّعْنِ فَضْلَ لِوائِهِ

    مَهْلاً فَأجْنِحَةُ المَلاّئِكِ تًعْقَدُ

    O you who knot your banner's loose end for the spear-thrust,

    gently—for it is angels' wings that are being knotted.

  25. أَنِفَتْ صَوارِمُهُ الجُفُونَ فَأصْبَحَتُ

    بِالنَّصرِ فِي قِمَمِ الخِوارِجِ تغْمَدُ

    His keen swords scorned their sheaths, and now

    are sheathed in victory in the rebels' heads.

  26. إنْ كانَ أَطْمَعَ مَنْكِليّاً صَفْحُهُ

    فَوَراءَ ذاكَ الصَّفْحِ نارٌ تُوقَدُ

    If his pardon stirred Mankili's hopes,

    behind that pardon a fire is kindled.

  27. عَصَفَتْ رِياحُ الصّافِناتِ بِجَيْشِهِ

    شَدّاً فَطارَ هَباؤُهُ المُتَبَدِّدُ

    The winds of the poised steeds swept through his army

    in a fierce charge; its scattered dust flew away.

  28. سَدَّ العَجاجُ عَنِ الهَزيمةِ سَبْلَهُ

    فَسَقاهُ ماءَ المَوتِ دَجنٌ أَسْوَدُ

    The dust-storm barred its paths of retreat,

    so a black cloud made it drink the water of death.

  29. ثُمَّ انْجَلى عَنْهُ القَتامُ فَهارِبٌ

    وَمُزَمَّلٌ بدِمِائِهِ وَمُصَّفَّدُ

    Then the battle-dust cleared from it: one fled,

    and one was wrapped in his blood, and one was fettered.

  30. خَلَطَ القَنا بِعِظَامِهِ فَتَشابَهَتْ

    هِيَ وَالقَنا المُتَقَصِّفُ المُتَقَصِّدُ

    It mingled the spear-shafts with its bones until they looked alike—

    the bones and the snapped, splintered shafts.

  31. زَجَّتْ بِهِ عَن أَصْبَهانَ وَأُخْتِها

    هَمَذَانَ حَرْبٌ نارُها لا تَخْمَدُ

    He was driven from Isfahan and her sister,

    Hamadan, by a war whose fire never dies.

  32. مَسْحاً بِأعْناقِ الجِيادِ وَسوِقها

    إنْ كانَ قَد أَنْجاهُ طِرْفٌ أَجْرَدُ

    A sweeping stroke across the steeds' necks and shanks,

    if a sleek courser has indeed saved him!

  33. لَو كُنْتُ حاضِرَ جَمْعِهِمْ لَشَفِيتُ مِن

    أَعداءِ أَحْمَدَ غُلَّةّ لا تَبْرُدُ

    Had I been present among their host, I would have quenched, at the expense of

    Ahmad's enemies, a burning thirst that never cools.

  34. هَلَكُوا بِعْصيانٍ وَفُزتُ بِطاعَةٍ

    وَاللَّه يُشْقي مَن يَشاءْ وَيُسْعِدُ

    They perished through disobedience; I triumphed through obedience,

    and God makes wretched whom He wills, and makes happy.

  35. أَمَلي يَخِفُّ وَجُوْدُ مُوسى مُثْقِلي

    فَالشَّوقُ يُنهِضُ وَالعَطايا تُقعِدُ

    My hope is light, but Musa's generosity weighs me down;

    so longing makes me rise, while gifts keep me seated.

  36. مَلِكٌ يَهِشُّ تَلَطُّفاً بِعُفاتِهِ

    فَكَأنَّهُ المُسْتَعْطِفُ المُسْتَرفِدُ

    A king who beams kindly upon those seeking his bounty,

    as though he himself were seeking kindness and gifts.

  37. عَقَدَ الإمامُ عَلَيْهِ خِنْصَرَ عَزْمِهِ

    فَرَآهُ سِيْفاً لِلْخُطوبِ يُجَرَّدُ

    The Imam bound upon him the little finger of his resolve,

    and saw him as a sword unsheathed against calamities.

  38. مَنْ مُبْلِغُ عَنَّي أَباهُ أَنَّ مِن

    آلِ الرَّسولِ أَباً لَهُ يَتَوَدَّدُ

    Who will tell his father on my behalf that, from

    the Messenger's family, a father shows him affection?

  39. دامَتْ صَلاةُ إلهِنا وَسَلامُهُ

    أبَداً عَلى ذاكَ الإمام تَجَدَّدُ

    May our God's blessing and His peace endure,

    forever renewed upon that Imam.