إِيهِ فَالْعِزُّ قَدْكَ مِنْ تَدْلِيسِ

لَيْسَ بَيْنَ الْمَقِيلِ وَالتَّعْرِيسِ

Alas! Glory has weaned you of guile

Come now, for true glory—enough of deceit!

There is no honor between staying or departing

Is not found between the midday rest and the nighttime halt.

إِنَّمَا الْعِزُّ فِي الرَّحِيلِ فَبَطْشُ ال

لَّيْثِ لَيْسَ يًحَسُّ فِي الْعِرِّيسِ

Glory lies only in leaving, so the prowess of a

Glory lies only in the journey, for the strike of the

lion is not felt among the lambs

Lion is not felt while it lingers in its thicket.

زَعَمَتْ إِذْ تَيَقَّنَتْ صِدْقَ سَيْرِي

أَنَّنِي قَدْ رَضَعْتُ ثَدْيَ الْبُوسِ

When she was convinced of my good conduct

She claimed, when she became certain of the earnestness of my journey,

She thought I had suckled at the breast of the idol

That I had suckled from the breast of misery.

مَا دَرَتْ لاَ دَرَتْ قَضَايَا عِتَابِي

إِنَّ قَصْدِي انْتِجَاعُ غَيْثِ الْيُوسِي

She did not know, she did not realize the arguments of my reproach

She knew not—and may she never know—the grounds of my reproach:

My only aim being to obtain the rain of al-Yusi

That my destination is to seek the rain-clouds of Al-Yusi.

الإِمَامُ الذِي يَحِقُّ لَهُ السَّعْ

يُ وَحَقِّ عُلاَهُ فَوْقَ الرُّؤُوسِ

The Imam most deserving of esteem

The Imam to whom all striving is rightfully

Whose eminence towers over all heads

Due, and whose exalted rank sits high above our heads;

الْهُمَامُ الذِي ضِيَاءُ الْهُدَى يَسْ

طَعُ مِنْهُ سُطُوعَ ضَوْءِ الشُّموسِ

The counsel whose light of guidance pours forth

The noble hero from whom the light of guidance radi-

A radiance brighter than the sun’s rays

-ates, shining as brightly as the light of the suns.

شَيْخُنَا أَفْضَلُ الشُّيُوخِ وَمَا أَدْ

رَاكَ مَا شَيْخُنَا بَهَاءُ الدُّرُوسِ

Our Shaykh, most excellent of shaykhs, for who can

Our Shaykh is the best of shaykhs, and what could make

Comprehend what our Shaykh is, the splendor of all lessons

You comprehend who our Shaykh is? He is the splendor of every lesson.

شَيْخُنَا بَاهِرُ الشُّيوخِ بِفَضْلٍ

فَاضَ فَيْضاً أَرْبَى عَلَى الْقَامُوسِ

Our Shaykh surpasses all shaykhs in merit

Our Shaykh dazzles the other shaykhs with a grace

Overflowing with grace, quenching the lexicon

That overflows, surpassing even the vast ocean.

شَيْخُنَا كَعْبَةُ الْفَضائِلِ لاَ زَا

لَتْ مَطَافاً لِمُغْرَمٍ بِالنَّفِيسِ

Our Shaykh, Kaaba of virtues, ceased not to be

Our Shaykh is the Kaaba of virtues, may it never cease

An object of visitation for one enamored of the precious

To be a site of circumambulation for one enamored with the precious.

قَدْ قَصَدْنَاكَ وَالْفَلاَحَ قَصَدْنَا

بِكَ وَالرُّشٍٍْدَ يَا مُنِيرَ التُّوسِ

We came to you seeking success and rectitude, O enlightener of Touss

We have sought you, and success we have sought

We came to you seeking deliverance and water in place of wine

Through you, and righteous guidance, O you of the radiant countenance!

قَدْ قَصَدْنَاكَ وَالنَّجَاحَ قَصَدْنَا

بِكَ وَالرِّيَّ مِنْ أَجْلِِ الْكُؤُوسِ

We came to you seeking salvation, my Master, from the torment of Bīs

We have sought you, and triumph we have sought

We came to you seeking deliverance from the greatest foe, Iblīs

Through you, and the quenching of thirst from the most majestic of cups.

قَدْ قَصَدْنَاكَ وَالنَّجَاةَ قَصَدْنَا

بِكَ مَوْلاَيَ مِنْ عَذَابِ بِيسِ

We came to you seeking wealth, we came to

We have sought you, and salvation we have sought

You, beyond base, vile, despicable adversity

Through you, my master, from a wretched torment.

قَدْ قَصَدْنَاكَ وَالْخَلاَصَ قَصَدْنَا

بِِكَ مِنْ أَكْبَرِ الْعِدَا إِبْلِيسِ

We came to you seeking benefit during transcription and instruction

We have sought you, and deliverance we have sought

We came to you seeking victory in battle against a defeated enemy

Through you, from the greatest of enemies, Iblis.

قَدْ قَصَدْنَاكَ وَالْغِنَى قَدْ قَصَدْنَا

بِكَ عَنْ عَارِضٍ دَنِيٍّ خَسِيسِ

We came to you seeking healing from what mars the good character

We have sought you, and true wealth we have sought

We came to you, the healer of souls,

Through you, turning away from any base and contemptible worldly offering.

قَدْ قَصَدْنَاكَ وَانْتِفَاعاً قَصَدْنَا

مِنْكَ عِنْدَ التَّدْوِينِ وَالتَّدْرِيسِ

Not the doctor of pulp and chemicals

We have sought you, and true benefit we have sought

And found you to be the very staff of noble traits,

From you, in the compiling of books and the teaching of lessons.

قَدْ قَصَدْنَاكَ وَانْتِصَاراً قَصَدْنَا

مِنْكَ فِي حَرْبِ حَاقِدٍ مَنْكُوسِ

Not a staff attributed to Galen

We have sought you, and victory we have sought

Grant us from the sweetness of intimacy

From you, in the war against every inverted, resentful hater.

قَدْ قَصَدْنَاكَ وَالشِّفَاءَ قَصَدْنَا

مِنْكَ مِمَّاحَوَى الْحَشَا مِنْ رَسِيسِ

To forget the bitterness of dejection

We have sought you, and healing we have sought

And give us from the jujubes of meaning

From you, for the persistent fevers hidden deep within.

قَدْ قَصَدْنَا مِنْكُمْ طَبِيبَ النُّفُوسِ

لاَ طَبِيبَ الْكَيْلُوسِ وَالْكَيْمُوسِ

To soothe the obstruction of distraught souls

We have sought in you the physician of souls,

And protect us from our souls, for they have

Not the physician of chyle and chyme.

وَظَفِرْنَا بِكُمْ بِآسِ الْمَعَالِي

لاَ بِآسٍ يُعْزَى لِجَالَيْنُوسِ

Fought against us, not like the war of Bassoos

And we have triumphed through you with the myrtle of high virtues,

Wanting to plunder what God let flow

Not the myrtle attributed to Galen.

هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ حَلاَوَةِ التَّأْنِيسِ

مَا يُنَسِّي مَرَارَةَ التَّنْكِيسِ

Generously over humankind, of fine chivalry

Grant us some of the sweetness of gentle companionship

A glance at Abu ‘Ali has quenched

That makes us forget the bitterness of a relapse.

وَاسْقِنَا مِنْ سَكَنْجَبِينِ الْمَعَانِي

مَا يُلِينُ احْتِبَاسَ بُؤْسِ النُّفُوسِ

A drink from Abu ‘Ali, the president

And pour us from the oxymel of deep meanings

May his light keep shining, showing him

That which relieves the pent-up misery of souls.

وَاحْمِنَا مِنْ نُفُوسِنَا إِنَّهَا قَدْ

حَارَبَتْنَا وَلاَ كَحَرْبِ الْبَسُوسِ

A full moon of glory at the rise of veneration

And protect us from our own souls, for they have

Waged war against us, worse than the War of Basus.

وَأَرَادَتْ سَلْبَ الذِي أَسْبَلَ ال

لَّهُ عَلَى الْعِرْضِ مِنْ جَمِيلِ اللَّبُوسِ

And they have sought to strip away what Al-

-mighty God has draped over our honor from the most beautiful of garments.

نَظْرَةٌ فِي أَبِي عَلِيٍّ كَفَتْنَا

شُرْبَةً مِنْ أَبِي عَلِيِّ الرَّئِيسِ

A single glance at Abu Ali has sufficed us,

Serving as a healing draught from Abu Ali, the Chief Physician.

دَامَ وَالْنُّورُ مِنْ هُدَاهُ يُرِيهِ

بَدْرَ مَجْدٍ بِمَطْلِعِ التَّقْدِيسِ

May he remain forever, while the light of his guidance shows him

As a full moon of glory at the rising point of sanctity.