غبَّafter دعاءٍa prayer عاطرِfragrant
غبَّ دعاءٍ عاطرِ
منfrom روضa garden سرٍّa mystery زاهرِblossoming
من روض سرٍّ زاهرِ
In the wake of a fragrant prayer,
After a fragrant prayer,
from a radiant garden of mystery,
from the garden of a blossoming mystery,
يهديoffers بليلin a night عامرfull of life
يهدي بليل عامر
منfrom باطنٍthe inward وظاهرِand the outward
من باطنٍ وظاهرِ
guiding through a night alive with worship,
offered in a night full of life,
inwardly and outwardly,
from within and without,
عندat التجلّيthe manifestation الباهرdazzling
عند التجلّي الباهر
سرّاًsecretly بقلبwith a heart حاضرattentive
سرّاً بقلب حاضر
at the dazzling self-disclosure,
at the dazzling manifestation,
it gladdened you, your heart attentive,
secretly, with an attentive heart,
منfrom سرّthe secret سرٍّa mystery سائرjourneying
من سرّ سرٍّ سائر
إلىto علاthe heights الحضائرthe sanctuaries
إلى علا الحضائر
from the secret of a wayfarer’s secret
from the secret of a journeying mystery,
to the heights of the sacred precincts,
to the heights of the sanctuaries,
إلىto الحبيبthe beloved الفاخرillustrious
إلى الحبيب الفاخر
منfrom نسلthe lineage أصلٍa root طاهرpure
من نسل أصلٍ طاهر
to the glorious Beloved,
to the illustrious beloved,
descended from purest stock:
of the lineage of a pure root,
محمّدMuhammad المآثرnoble deeds
محمّد المآثر
منwho هوhe خيرthe best ناصرhelper
من هو خير ناصر
Muhammad, famed for noble deeds,
Muhammad of noble deeds,
he who is the finest helper
he who is the best of helpers,
وهوand he بلاwithout مكابرa disputant
وهو بلا مكابر
عنديin my estimation منamong الأكابرthe great
عندي من الأكابر
and—none can gainsay it—
and he is, beyond dispute,
is, to me, among the greatest.
among the great in my eyes.
دامmay he endure كبدرٍlike a full moon سافرunveiled
دام كبدرٍ سافر
فيin فلكthe sphere المظاهرmanifestations
في فلك المظاهر
May he endure like an unveiled full moon
May he endure like an unveiled full moon,
in the firmament of manifestations,
in the sphere of manifestations,
يجليilluminates علىupon الدوائرthe circles
يجلي على الدوائر
بنورwith the light قلبٍa heart عامرfull of life
بنور قلبٍ عامر
shining upon the spheres,
shining upon the circles,
radiant with his heart’s light,
with the light of a heart full of life,
فيin سترthe shelter مولىa Lord ساترsheltering
في ستر مولى ساتر
وطيبand the sweetness عيشٍliving وافرabundant
وطيب عيشٍ وافر
under the protection of a sheltering Lord,
in the shelter of a sheltering Lord,
amid abundant, pleasant life
and the sweetness of abundant living,
وحفظand the protection ربٍّa Lord قادرpowerful
وحفظ ربٍّ قادر
منfrom مكرthe plotting كلّevery ماكرschemer
من مكر كلّ ماكر
and the safekeeping of an all-powerful Lord
and the protection of a powerful Lord,
from the guile of every schemer,
from the plotting of every schemer,
وكيدand the scheming كلّevery غادرbetrayer
وكيد كلّ غادر
وحقدand the rancor كلّevery كاسرdestroyer
وحقد كلّ كاسر
the plot of every traitor,
and the scheming of every betrayer,
and the rancor of every oppressor.
and the rancor of every destroyer.
هديّةa gift المفاخرglories
هديّة المفاخر
جاءتcame كغيثٍlike rain ماطرpouring
جاءت كغيثٍ ماطر
This glorious gift
The gift of glories
came like pouring rain;
came like pouring rain.
قرتwere gladdened بهاby it نواظريmy eyes
قرت بها نواظري
وابتهجتand rejoiced سرائريmy inner secrets
وابتهجت سرائري
my eyes were refreshed by it,
My eyes were gladdened by it,
and my inmost heart rejoiced.
and my inner secrets rejoiced.
فقمتُso I rose خيرthe best شاكرgiver of thanks
فقمتُ خير شاكر
نعمةa blessing فضلٍgrace صادرflowing forth
نعمة فضلٍ صادر
So I arose in fullest gratitude
So I rose as the best of those who give thanks
for a blessing of grace flowing forth.
for a blessing of grace flowing forth,
ونظّمتand strung together ضمائريmy inner thoughts
ونظّمت ضمائري
عقداًa necklace منof الجواهرjewels
عقداً من الجواهر
And I composed my heart’s thoughts
and my inner thoughts strung together
as a necklace of jewels
a necklace of jewels,
منof الدعاءprayer السائرjourneying
من الدعاء السائر
لقربfor nearness ربٍّa Lord ساترsheltering
لقرب ربٍّ ساتر
from a prayer that journeys on,
of prayer that journeys on,
seeking nearness to a sheltering Lord,
for nearness to a sheltering Lord,
بكأسwith a cup أنسintimacy دائرcirculating
بكأس أنس دائر
وختمand a seal مسكmusk عاطرfragrant
وختم مسك عاطر
with a cup of intimacy passed around,
with a circulating cup of intimacy,
and a seal of fragrant musk—
and a seal of fragrant musk,
قرّةdelight عينthe eye الناظرthe beholder
قرّة عين الناظر
فيat أوّلٍthe beginning وآخرand the end
في أوّلٍ وآخر
a delight to the beholder’s eye,
a delight to the beholder's eye,
at the beginning and the end.
at the beginning and the end.
Sol 6.1