عُيونَ الحَيَا جُوْدِي لِتُرْبَةِ يَثْربِ
بدَمْعٍ هَتُونٍ وَدْقَهُ مُتَصَوِّبِ
My life's eyes shed tender tears on Yathrib's soil
With yearning and sorrow for that blessed place
وَعُودِي بِطِيبٍ مِنْ سَلاَمِيَ طِيبُهُ
نَسِيمُ الصِّبَا النَّجْدِيِّ يَا خَيْرَ طَيِّبِ
And I return with a greeting of sweet perfume
Borne on the Najdi breeze, O best of sweet scents
بِلاَدٌ بِهَا لِلْوَحْيِ مَرْبَاً وَمَرْبَعٌ
وَمَنْتَجَعُ الغُفْرَانِ عَنْ كُلِّ مُذْنِبِ
A land where revelation found refuge and home
And where forgiveness is granted for every sinner's wrong
وَحَيْثُ الكَمِالُ الطَّلْقُ والمَرْكَز الذَّي
إِليْهِ انْتَهَى دَوْرُ المُحيِطِ المُكَوْكَبِ
The abode of perfection and clear revelation
Where the sphere of heaven ended its destined course
أَفَاضَتُهُ أَنْوِارُ الغُيُوبِ عَلى الوَرَى
إفَاضَةَ وَهْبٍ خَارِجٍَ عنْ تَكَسُّبِ
Its hidden lights shone upon the world
An overflowing grace beyond all earning
فَأَخْبَرَ عَمَا غَابَ بِالشَّاهِدِ الذَّي
يُبَرْهِنُ بِالإِعْجَازِ فِي كُلِّ مَطْلَبِ
Informing of all that was absent through proofs
That demonstrated miracles for every demand
إذَا نَظَرَتْ عَيْنا بَصِيرَتِهِ إلىَ
حَقِيَقتِهِ المُثْلَى فأَحْسِنْ وَأَطْيِبِ
Whenever his seeing eyes looked upon
The most beautiful reality, excel and purify
يَرَى بَرْزَخَ البَحْرَينِ كَوْناً مُكَوَّناً
وَمَطْلَعَهُ فِي حَدِّهِ المُتَرَتِّبِ
He saw the isthmus between two seas, a made universe
With its origin fixed in a clear sequence
فَيَأْخُذُ مِنْ هَذَا لِهَذَا بِحَقِّهِ
عَلَى نِسْبَةٍ مَحْفُوظَةِ الأُمِّ وَالأَبِ
Taking from this for that by its rightful due
In a proportion guarded, from common source and unique descent
عَلَى يَدِّ مَعْنَاهُ يَمُرُّ وُجُوبُهُ
لإِمْكَانِهِ مَرَّ السَّحَابِ المُصَوِّبِ
Passing by the hand of its meaning, its obligation
Like clouds driven for its possibility
فَيَقْبَلُ مِنْهُ قَابِلٌ حُكْمُ فَاعِلٍ
بِمَضْمُونِ مِيَراثِ الكَمَالِ المُهَذَّبِ
So a recipient accepts the decree of the Doer
By the content of the inheritance of perfected grace
وَلَمْ يَكُ فِي هذَا التَّوُسُطِ مُثْبِتاً
عَلَى النَّاسِ حَقّاً أَوْ تَمَيُّزَ مَنْصِبِ
Without establishing through this mediation
Any right over people, or distinguishing of positions
وُمَا ذَاكَ أَنْ لَيْسَ حَوْلٌ وَقُوَّةٌ
بِغَيْرِ الجَوَادِ المُطْلَقِ الجُودِ فَاعْجَبِ
That is because there is no might nor power
But by the Absolute Generous Bestower
وَلَكِنْ يَرَى إِلاَّ أَنَّ نُكْتَهَ قَلْبِهِ
أُزِيلَ بِهَا دَاعِي الهَوَى وَالتَّحَوُّبِ
Rather, he sees that the subtlety of his heart
Had removed the summons of passions and desirous love
فَهَذَا لَهُ مَعْنَى المَقَامِ مُغَيَّبٌ
وَلَمْ يَكُ عَنْهَا أَهْلُهُ بِمُغَيَّبِ
So the meaning of this station was hidden from him
And its people were not absent from it, unseen
إِذَا صُفَّتِ الأَقْدَامُ مِنَّا وَأَمَّنَا
صَلاَةَ شُهُودٍ لاَ صَلاَةَ تَحَجُّبِ
When our feet stand in ranks behind him
In a prayer of witnessing, not of veiling
مَضَى لَمْ يُعَقِّبْ دَانِياً مِنْ شُهُودِهِ
بِنَا وَمَضَيْنَا خَلْفَهُ لَمْ نُعَقِّبِ
He passed and none followed of his witnesses
We passed after him, we did not follow
أُولئكَ وُرَّاثُ النَّبِيِّ شَهَادَةً
وَغَيْباً وَلَيْسَ البَّرُ مِثْلَ المُقَرَّبِ
They are the Prophet's heirs, in both witnessing and the unseen
And nearness is not like the drawn near
وَتِلْكَ سَبِيلٌ قَدْ دَعَا بِبَصِيرَةٍ
لَهَا ودَعَوْنَا كُلَّ شَرْقٍ وَمَغْرِبِ
This is a path called to with insight
To it we called all east and west
فَذَلِكَ دَاعِي اللهِ بِالمَنْهَجِ الَّذي
بِهِ صُورَةُ التَّكْمِيلِ فِي كُلِّ مَذْهَبِ
That, then, is the caller to God by the approach
In which the image of perfection appears in every creed
شَرِيعَةُ حَقٍّ حَقُّ كُلِّ شَرِيعَةٍ
مَقامُ خُصُوصٍ عَنْ عُمُومٍ مُرَتَّبِ
A law of truth, the truth of every law
The station of specificity beyond general order
مُشَاراً إليْهِ صُورَةً مِنْ جِهَاتِهَا
جَميعاً وَمَعْنىً مِنْ حَقَائِقِ غُيَّبِ
Referring by its aspects to it
And by meanings from the realities of the hidden
