قِف فالمَقامُ مَقامُ إِبراهيما
واِنشق مِنَ الأَرَج العطير شَميما
Stand still! For this is the station of Abraham.
And a sweet-scented breeze blew from the sandalwood trees.
اِقصُد رياضَ الذكر وَاِدخُل آمِلا
حَرَماً عَلىَ مَرِّ الزَمان مُقيما
Head towards the gardens of remembrance and enter hopefully,
To a sanctuary enduring throughout time.
فيهِ ثَوى طودُ العُلوم وَبحرُها
أُستاذُ تونسَ رُكنُها الملثوما
In it lies the summit of knowledge and its ocean -
The master of Tunis, its concealed pillar.
هَذا أَبو إِسحاقَ أَفضَلُ لابِسَ
حُلَل الثَناء وَدُرّها المَنظوما
This is Abu Ishaq, the best clothed
In robes of praise and its embroidered pearls.
هَذا الرياحي قُطبُ دارَة قُطرَنا
مَن فاقَ جلَّتهُ الكِرامُ عُموما
This is al-Rayyahi, the pole of our country.
None surpassed his glory generally.
هَذا سِراجُ العارِفينَ بِرَبِّهِم
كَم قَد هَدى وَأَفادَ قَوماً هيما
This is the lamp of gnostics of their Lord.
How much he guided and benefited a heedless people!
مَلأ المَشارِقَ وَالمَغارِبَ فَضلُهُ
لَمّا سَعى لَهُما وَذادَ هُموما
His virtues filled the East and West,
When he strove for them both and warded off their worries.
كحُلولُهُ فاساً ليجلِبَ ميرَةً
في عام قَحطٍ أذهبَ المطعوما
Like his coming to Fez to bring goodness
In a year of drought that destroyed the grafted.
فَأَجَلَّهُ سُلطانُها وَأَنالَهُ
برّا وَنيلاً واسِعاً وَجَسيماً
So its sultan honored him and granted him
Blessing, prosperity, and ample gifts.
وَمِنَ المُقدّس رُكنِها مِشكاتها
أَعني التَجاني قُطبها المَكتوما
And from its sacred corner, its oratories -
Namely at-Tijani, its concealed pole -
نالَ العِنايَةَ وَالمَرامَ وَخَصَّهُ
بِلَطائِفٍ تَستَوجِبُ التَقديما
He gained favor and esteem, and was distinguished
With subtleties deserving precedence.
وَأَتَتهُ تَسعى خُطَةُ الفُتيا الَّتي
نالَت بِهِ فَخراً يَعز عَظيما
And the plan of the young conqueror came to him,
Through which it gained pride that is difficult to equal.
واِجتازَ مِصراً عامَ حَجّ فَبَرَّهُ
سُلطانُها وَأَفاضَ عَنهُ سُجوما
He crossed Egypt in the year of Pilgrimage, so its sultan
Honored him and bestowed gifts upon him generously.
وَسَما لِقِسطَنطنيَّةَ في مُعضَل
لَولا شَفاعَتُهُ لَكانَ أَليما
When Constantinople was in dire straits,
Were it not for his intercession, it would have been miserable.
فَأَثابَهُ السُلطانُ فَوقَ سُؤاله
وَحَوى بِها صَيتاً وَبَثَّ عُلوما
So the sultan rewarded him beyond his request
And he gained fame and disseminated knowledge through it.
وَدَرى المَشارِقُ وَالمَغارِبُ أَنَّهُ
أَضحى لِنور النَيِّرَين قَسيما
The East and West realized that he
Had become an equal to the Light of the Two Luminaries.
ثُمَّ اِبتَنى هَذا المَقامَ لِرَبه
وَلِذكر مَن أَولاهُ فيهِ نَعيما
Then he built this station for his Lord,
And to mention the one who granted him bliss in it.
وَبِهِ ثَوى وَثَوى بَنوهُ اللذ بهم
جَيشُ الجَهالَة قَد غَدا مَهزوما
And in it lived his children, whom
The army of ignorance had become defeated by.
زانوا المَنابِرَ وَالمَحافِلَ فتيَةً
وَغَدوا بُدوراً في العُلا وَنُجوما
They adorned the pulpits and gatherings as youths
And became full moons in ascendance and stars.
الطَيِّبُ الأَرضى الهُمامُ مُحَمَّدٌ
وَعلي الرضى الحاوي الجَلال فَطيما
The good, content Muhammad
And Ali, the content one, vast in majesty.
تُسقي العِهادَ عُهودُهُم بِسَحائِبٍ
مِن رَحمَةٍ وَتَزيدُهُم تَسليما
Their covenant gives drink to devotees with clouds
Of mercy, and increases their submission.
يا طالِبَ الوزلفى وَمُرتادَ الهُدى
وَمَن اِبتَغى مِن رَبِّهِ تَكريما
O you who seek intimacy, pursuer of guidance,
And one who seeks honor from his Lord!
اِقصد ثَلاثَتَهُم وَشَيخَ طَريقهم
واِسأل إِلَهاً غافِراً وَرَحيما
Aim for the three of them, and the sheikh of their path.
Ask God, Forgiving and Merciful,
وَاخلص لَهُم وَبِهِم دُعاءَكَ راجيا
نَيلَ المُراد وَعَمِّمَن تَعميما
And devote your prayers to them and through them, hopeful
Of attaining your wishes and extending to all.
وَلِمَن ثَوى في ذا الثَرى أَوزارَهُ
وَلِمَن أَعانَ وَأَثبَتَ المَنظوما
And for whoever rests his burdens in this ground,
Or helped and composed the inscribed.
وَسَل الإِلَه لِمن كَساها ما تَرى
فَأَنارَها وَأَتَمَّها تَتميما
And ask God for whoever robed it in what you see,
Illuminating and perfecting it completely.
الصادِق الباشا المُشير مُحَمَّد
أَندى المُلوك يَداً وَأَكرَمض خيما
As-Sādiq al-Bashā al-Mushīr Muhammad,
The most brilliant of kings, most generous of hosts.
نَصراً وَإِسعادا وَعِزّا كُلَّما
أَهدى الرَبيعُ إِلىَ الرياض نَسيما
Victory, prosperity, and might whenever
Spring sends its breezes to the gardens.
وَاِنظُر لِتاريخ المَقام فَإِنَّهُ
بَيتٌ مِنَ الدُرِّ النَضير نَظيما
And look to the date of the station, for it
Is a house of precious, well-composed pearls.
يا مَن يؤَمِّلُ بابَهُ كُن آمِناً
قِف فالمَقامُ مَقامُ إِبراهيما
O you who hopes at its door, be secure!
Stand still! For this is the station of Abraham.
