عهدي بكم جيرة البطحاء موصول — اكنسوس المراكشي 4 قصيدة

عَهدي بِكُم جِيرَةَ البَطحاءِ مَوصول

يا ناسِيَ العَهدِ إِنَّ العَهدَ مَسؤولُ

My covenant with you, neighbors of al-Batha, remains unbroken.

O forgetter of the covenant, the covenant must be accounted for.

أَشِيمُ بَرقاً سَرى مِن نَحو رَبعِكُم

وَفَضلُ ذَيلي بَوبل الدَمع مَبلولُ

I watch a lightning flash that traveled by night from your dwelling's direction,

while the trailing edge of my hem is drenched in a downpour of tears.

فَيُلهِب الشَوقُ أَحشاءً مُرَوَّعة

مِنّي وَلِلشَوق تَرويع وَتَهويلُ

Longing then inflames terror-stricken entrails

within me; longing brings terror and dread.

يا لَيتَ شِعريَ وَالأَيّامُ شِيمَتُها

تَمَنّع وَضمير الغَيب مَجهولُ

Ah, would that I knew—the days' nature is

to withhold, and the secret of the unseen is unknown.

هَل مِن وَفاءٍ بِوَعدٍ مِن أَحبَّتنا

وَالوَعدُ عِندَ حسان الدَلّ مَمطولُ

Will our beloved ever fulfill a promise,

while promises among beauties of coy charm are delayed?

وَهَل تَرَى مُقلَتي داراً عَهِدتُ بِها

بِيضاً يلاحظها سُمرٌ بَهاليلُ

And will my eye see a dwelling where I once knew

fair beauties eyed by dark, noble men?

سُقِيتُ حُبَّهُم قِدماً عَلى ظَمأٍ

فَحُبُّهُم في ضَمير الروح مَجبولُ

Long ago I was given their love to drink while thirsty,

so their love is ingrained in my soul's innermost depths.

يا حَبَّذا في هَواهُم ما غَدَوتُ بِهِ

كَأَنَّني طافِحٌ بِالراح مَعلولُ

Ah, how delightful, in loving them, is the state I have reached!

As though I were brimming with wine, plied with another draught.

لا أَجتَلي أَحَداً إِلّا تَمثَّل لِي

في وَجهِهِ مِن أَحِبَّتي تَماثيلُ

I behold no one without there appearing to me

in his face images of my beloved.

وَذاكَ أَن قَد سَرى في الكَون سِرُّهُم

وَلَيسَ أَنّ الهَوى زورٌ وَتَخييلُ

And that is because their secret has spread throughout existence,

not because love is falsehood and illusion.

فَوالَّذي سَجَدت في شَطر كَعبَتِهِ

أَهلُ الخُشوع لَهُم ذِكرٌ وَتَهليلُ

So by Him toward whose Kaaba have prostrated

the humble, with remembrance and declarations of His oneness,

لَقَد سَرى سَرَيان الروح في جَسَدي

غَرامُهُم فَأَنا مِن ذاك مَتبُولُ

through my body, as the soul courses, has coursed

their love, and through it I am love-stricken.

يا لائِمي إِنَّ فَرطَ الحُبّ مَعذِرَتي

وَفِي الصَبابَةِ لِي عِرقٌ وَتَأصيلُ

O my reproacher, love's excess is my excuse,

and in ardent longing I have roots and a firm foundation.

فَكَيفَ أُصغِي إِلى اللّاحين إِن عَذَلوا

فَعاذِلي المُبتَلى بِالحُبّ مَعذولُ

How, then, can I listen to reproachers if they rebuke me?

Whoever reproaches me, afflicted with love, deserves reproach.

نَعَم فَلي كَبِدٌ تَهتاج لَوعَتُها

إِذا دَنا مِن رَبيع النُور تَحليلُ

Yes, I have a liver whose burning anguish is stirred

when the advent of Rabiʿ of Light draws near.

شَهرٌ تَشرَّف بِالإِسلام حُقَّ لَهُ

بَينَ المَواسم تَعظيمٌ وَتَبجيلُ

A month ennobled by Islam, deserving

exaltation and reverence among the festive seasons.

شَهرٌ تَعاظَم مَجداً أَن يَماثِله

عِيدٌ وَلا زَمَنٌ بِالفَضل مَشمُولُ

A month too great in glory to be equaled

by any festival or any time endowed with excellence.

شَهرٌ غَدا غُرَّةً في كُلِّ مَكرُمَة

وَأَينَ مِن غُرَّةٍ في الفَخر تَحجِيلُ

A month become a white forehead-blaze in every noble virtue;

how can white leg-markings rival a forehead-blaze in glory?

فِيهِ تَكَوَّنَ كَونُ الفَضل وَاِنفَتَحَت

أَبوابُهُ وَأَتانا العزّ وَالسُولُ

In it the realm of grace came into being, and there were opened

its gates; glory and our heart's desire came to us.

فِيهِ تَفجَّر كُلُّ الخَير مُنبَجِساً

عَلى الخَلائق طَرّاً فَهوَ مَبذُولُ

In it all goodness burst forth, gushing

upon all creatures, and so is freely bestowed.

فِيهِ البَشائِرُ قَد لاحَت أَشِعَّتُها

فِيهِ تعيَّنَ للخَيرات تَسهيلُ

In it the rays of glad tidings shone forth;

in it ease in good deeds was assured.

وَزُخرِفَت لِعباد اللَه جَنَّتُهُ

وَاِستَبشَرَ المَلأُ الأَعلى وَجبريلُ

And God's Paradise was adorned for His servants,

and the highest assembly rejoiced, and Gabriel,

في لَيلة المَولد الأَسمى وَسُحرته

يا أُمَّةً سعِدت بِالمُصطَفى قُولوا

on the night of the most exalted birth and its predawn hour.

O nation blessed with the Chosen One, say:

قُولوا وَتيهُوا عَلى الأَكوان وَاِفتَخِرُوا

فَقَولُكُم لِمَكانِ الصِدق مَقبولُ

Say it, exult above all worlds, and boast,

for your words, by virtue of their truth, are accepted.

أَهلاً بِمَولد خَير المُرسَلين وَمَن

لَهُ عَلى الكُلّ تَسييدٌ وَتَمويلُ

Welcome to the birth of the best of messengers, of him

whose are lordship and mastery over all.

بِمَولد الصَفوة الأَعلى الرَسول إِلى

كُلّ الوُجود وَما لِلحَقِّ تَبديلُ

Welcome to the birth of the supreme chosen one, the messenger to

all existence; there is no altering the truth.

سِرُّ العَوالم وَالأَرواح عُنصرُها

مِن ذكرهُ في قَديم الذكر مَنقُولُ

The mystery of the worlds, and the spirits' primal substance,

whose mention is handed down in ancient scripture.

أَلواحُ مُوسى بن عمرانٍ مُبَشِّرَةٌ

بِبَعثِهِ وَبِقُرب البَعث إِنجيلُ

The tablets of Moses son of Imran bring glad tidings

of his mission, and the Gospel of its nearness.

يا مَن بَدا روحه للخَلق مُبتَدئِاً

وَجسمه لِمَناط الوَحي تَكميلُ

O you whose spirit first appeared to creation,

and whose body completes the receptacle of revelation;

يا دَوحَةَ الحَقّ يا مَجلى المَحامد يا

مَن نُطقُه كُلُّه وَحيٌ وَتَنزيلُ

O mighty tree of truth, O manifestation of virtues, O

you whose every utterance is inspiration and revelation sent down;

لَكَ اللِواءُ لِواءُ الحَمد يَشمَلُنا

مِن ظِلِّهِ عِندَ هَولِ العَرشِ تَظليلُ

Yours is the banner, the Banner of Praise, that enfolds us

in its sheltering shade amid the dread of the Throne.

لَك الشَفاعةُ وَالحَوضُ المُعَدُّ لَنا

لَكَ الجِنانُ جِنانُ الخُلد تَنفيلُ

Yours is intercession, and the Pool prepared for us;

yours are the gardens, the everlasting gardens, an added gift.

لَكَ المَقامُ الَّذي قَد عَزَّ مَدرَكُه

بِرُؤيَةٍ ما لَها في الصدق تَأويلُ

Yours is the station so difficult to attain,

through a vision that, in truth, admits no figurative reading.

إِن لَم يُطِق حَملَها مُوسى الكَليمُ فَقَد

عايَنتَ رَبَّك وَالتَقديسُ مَسدولُ

If Moses, to whom God spoke, could not bear it, you indeed

beheld your Lord, with sanctity draped like a veil.

لَك الوَسِيلَةُ وَالجاهُ العَظيم إِذا

ما أَنتَ فَوقَ نِطاق العَرشِ مَحمولُ

Yours are the means of nearness and exalted standing, when

you are borne above the bounds of the Throne.

يا مَن يُخَلِّصُ مَن أَضحى لِمدحَتِهِ

عَلى جَنابٍ كَريمٍ مِنهُ تَطفيلُ

O you who deliver whoever, in praising you, has come

unbidden to your generous threshold,

هَذِي مَدائِحُ راجٍ أَن يَكون لَهُ

مِنَ الرَسُولِ بِإِذنِ اللَهِ تَنويلُ

these are praises from one who hopes to receive

a gift from the Messenger, by God's permission.

صَلّى عَلَيكَ مُفِيضُ الجُودِ مِنكَ عَلى

كُلّ الخَلائق وَالتَعميمُ تَسجيلُ

May He bless you—the One who pours bounty through you upon

all creatures—and this universality is an attestation—

وَالآلِ وَالصَحبِ ما زُمَّت عَلى مَرَحٍ

إِلى زِيارَتِكَ العِيسُ المَراسيلُ

and your family and companions, as long as, in high spirits, are bridled

the swift pale camels bound for a visit to you.

يا حاشِرَ الخَلق يا ماحِي الظَلام وَيا

مَن مَدحُهُ لِرِضى الرَحمَن تَوسيلُ

O gatherer of creation, O effacer of darkness, and O

you whose praise is a means to the All-Merciful's pleasure,

يا واضِعَ الإِصر عَنّا في شَريعَتِهِ

فَضلاً وَمَن قَبلَنا بِالإِصر مَغلولُ

O you who lift our burden in your law,

as a favor, while those before us were shackled by burdens,

تَرَكتَنا وَسَبيلُ الحَقّ واضِحَةٌ

أَعلامُها وَمُحَيّا الدِين مَغسولُ

you left us with the path of truth clear

in its landmarks, and the countenance of religion washed clean.

بآل بَيتِك وَالذِكر الحَكيم لَنا

كُلُّ اِعتِصامٍ إِذا ما اِغتالَتِ الغُولُ

Through your household and the wise Remembrance we have

every protection whenever the ghoul attacks treacherously.

هَذا حَفيدُك سُلطانُ المُلوك أَبو

زَيد إِمامٌ بِنَصر الدين مَشغُولُ

Here is your descendant, sovereign of kings, Abu

Zayd, an imam devoted to championing the faith.

سِبط الخَلائِف باني العزّ في شَرَفٍ

عالٍ عَلى مَجدِهِ لِلنّاسِ تَعويلُ

Scion of the caliphs, builder of glory in a nobility

so lofty; upon his glory the people rely.

قَرمٌ تَدارَكَت العَليا سَعادَته

لَمّا غَدا وَإِلَيهِ الأَمرُ مَوكولُ

A noble chief whose good fortune attained the heights,

when he arose with command entrusted to him.

ما زالَ مُجتَهِداً في اللَه مُنتَصِراً

بِاللَه وَالسَيف في يُمناه مَسلولُ

He never ceased striving in God's cause, victorious

through God, with his sword unsheathed in his right hand,

حَتّى اِستَنارَت نُجومٌ لِلهُدى فَلَها

وَالحَمدُ لَلّه تَقويمٌ وَتَعديلُ

until stars of guidance shone, and theirs was

—praise be to God—right ordering and correction.

فَهوَ المُؤَمَّلُ لِلسمحا يُجَدِّدُها

مِن بَعد ما عَزَّ لِلتَجديد تَأهِيلُ

He is the hoped-for renewer of the gracious faith,

after fitness for renewal had grown hard to find.

وَهوَ الَّذي سُنَّةُ المُختار قَد حُبِيَت

بِهِ وَقد سامَها وَهنٌ وَتَعطيلُ

And he is the one—the Chosen One's tradition was graced

with him, after weakness and neglect had afflicted it.

وَهوَ المُؤَيَّد بِالإِسعاد هِمَّتُهُ

لبنية العزِّ تَشيِيدٌ وَتَطويلً

And he is upheld by good fortune; his resolve

builds and raises the edifice of glory.

فَفَضلُهُ رَوضَةٌ غَنّاءُ دانِيَةٌ

قُطُوفُها وَجَنى كَفَّيه مَعسولُ

His bounty is a luxuriant garden, within easy reach

are its fruits; the harvest of his hands is honey-sweet.

وَبَأسُهُ في دِيار الكُفر صاعِقَةٌ

فِيها لِحِزبِ ذَوي الأَهواء تَنكيلُ

And his might in the lands of unbelief is a thunderbolt,

where the faction of those ruled by whims meets exemplary punishment.

يا خِزيَ مَن حادَ عَن منهاج طاعَتِهِ

وَيلُمِّه إِنَّهُ وَاللَه مَثكولُ

O the disgrace of whoever strays from the path of obedience to him!

Woe to his mother! Indeed, by God, he is bereaved.

إِن سارَ يَوماً إِلى الهَيجاء تَتبَعُهُ

أَجنادُ جُردٍ أَبابِيلٌ أَبابيلُ

If one day he marches into battle, there follow him

hosts on sleek steeds, host upon host,

مِن كُلِّ أَروَعَ في إِقدامه بَطَرٌ

وَسَيفُهُ مِن قِراعِ الهام مَفلُولُ

each a dauntless warrior, swaggering in his charge,

his sword notched from battering skulls.

يَجرُّها كَعَديدِ الطِيس عابِسَةً

وَما لَهُ غَيرُ وَجهِ اللَهِ مَأمُولُ

He leads them grim-faced, as numerous as grains of sand,

and he hopes for nothing but the countenance of God.

يُعنى بِها النَصر لا يَنفَكُّ يَلزَمُهُ

كَأَنَّهُ عِلَّةٌ وَالنَصرُ مَعلولُ

Victory attends them and never ceases to accompany him,

as though he were a cause and victory its effect.

وَعَزمُهُ نافِذٌ لا شَيءَ يَحجُبُهُ

فَكُلُّ ما يَبتَغي في الحين مَفعولُ

His resolve is effective; nothing obstructs it,

so whatever he seeks is accomplished at once.

وَتِلكَ سُنَّةُ رَبّي في عَزائِمِهِ

وَما لِسُنَّة رَبّ الناس تَحويلُ

And that is my Lord's way with his resolves,

and the way of mankind's Lord admits no alteration.

وَلِلسَعادة أَسبابٌ مُقَدَّرة

في سابق العلم لا كَسبٌ وَتَحصيلُ

Good fortune has causes decreed

in prior knowledge, not through earning and acquisition.

مِن أُسرَةٍ زيَّنَ الأَقطارَ مُلكُهُم

كَأنَّ مُلكهُم تاجٌ وَإِكليلُ

He is of a family whose rule has adorned the lands,

as though their rule were a crown and a diadem.

بَنُو عَلِيٍّ أَدامَ اللَهُ عزَّهُم

فَهم لِمَغرِبنا عِزٌّ وَتَأصيلُ

The sons of Ali—may God perpetuate their glory—

for they are glory and a firm foundation for our Maghrib.

يا أَيُّها المَلِك الأَتقى المُحيطُ بِهِ

مِن الجَلالة إِجمالٌ وَتَفصيلُ

O most God-fearing king, surrounded

by majesty, in its fullness and in every detail,

بَقِيتَ لِلمَولد المَشهور تَشهَدُه

وَعِزُّهُ بِجَلالٍ مِنكَ مَكفولُ

may you live on to witness the renowned birth celebration,

and its glory is assured by majesty bestowed by you.