دع الفكر واصبر فالزمان صعائبه

تزول وكم قلت بمحو عصائبه

Leave thoughts aside, and have patience, for time has its calamities

Which pass away, and how often have I said they would disappear

إذا أزمة زادت وكرب تكاثرت

مصائبه والخطب عمت نوائبه

If crisis grows more and hardship multiplies

Its misfortunes spread, and disasters become widespread

وضاق الفضا من صدم نازلة القضا

وضاقت على العبد الضعيف مذاهبه

Space grows tight with the shock of destiny’s blow

And for the weak slave its ways grow narrow

فأبواب أولاد الرسول بها الرجا

لحامل هم باعدته أقاربه

In the doors of the Prophet's children there is hope

For one burdened with care though his kin be far

هم النعمة العظمى هم الغوث للورى

هم الغيث لكن لا تغب سحائبه

They are the greatest blessing, the aid for humanity

They are the rain, though its clouds are absent

هم المدد العالي هم المشرب الذي

تعطر بالمسك الإلهي شاربه

They are the lofty aid, they are the sweet water

That is scented by divine musk for its drinker

هم الكعبة الغراء والخيف والصفا

هم الحرم السامي الذي عز جانبه

They are the noble Kaaba, the veil and purity

They are the sublime sanctuary made mighty by its side

هم الحبل للطلاب في كل وجهةٍ

هم البحر لكن لا تعد عجائبه

They are the rope for seekers in every destination

They are the sea, though its wonders cannot be counted

هم العضب لكن ليس يغمد نصله

هم الكنز لكن ليس يحرم طالبه

They are the bare blade, though its edge is not sheathed

They are treasure, though none are deprived of it

هم الكوكب المحمود في الأرض والسما

هم الأفق لكن لا تغيب كواكبه

They are the praised star, in earth and sky

They are the horizon though its planets are not dimmed

هم البيت بيت الأمن والمجد والتقى

وبالعسكر الغيبي حفت جوانبه

They are the house, home of security, glory and piety

And the unseen soldiers have encircled its sides

هم الأوصياء العارفون بربهم

وبالغيب قد سحت عليهم مواهبه

They are the trustees, knowers of their Lord

And His gifts have spread over them

هم الأولياء الملحقون بجدهم

وفي بيتهم تطوى وتبدو مناقبه

They are the intimates, annexed to their grandfather

And in their home glories and virtues unfold

هم الهيكل العلوي في كل حضرةٍ

أساليبه تحكي وتروي غرائبه

They are the supernal temple in every assembly

Its curiosities recount and narrate its wonders

هم قاف قرب اللَه سينا الهدى الذي

تغشت بأنوار النبي كتائبه

They are the Qaf of nearing God, the Sin of the guidance by which

The battalions of the Prophet were covered in light

هم الحزب حزب اللَه حزب مؤيد

به الدين دهراً والذليل محاربه

They are the party, God's party, the party helped

Through which religion lasts, though the weak assail it

هم علم جفن طرزته يد الخفا

بخط إلهي تقدس كاتبه

They are the standard embellished by the hand of the unseen

In a divine scripture sanctified by its writer

هم العلم السامي على هامة العلا

وفي قعر بحر الأرض حطت ذوائبه

They are the lofty standard on the forehead of elevation

And in the depth of the earth its cords took root

هم ركب برهان خفي مطلسم

إلى الملك والملكوت سارت نجائبه

They are a hidden, mysterious argument's mount

To the King and Kingdom its results marched

هم القمر الوضاح والشمس والضحى

هم الفجر لكن عنه زيحت غياهبه

They are the brilliant moon, the sun and morning glow

They are the dawn, though its darkness was dispelled

هم روح جسم الكون بل نور عينه

تشرف فيهم شرقه ومغاربه

They are the soul of the universe, rather the light of its eye

Through them its east and west are ennobled

ألوذ بهم والقلب أودى به الضنى

من الهم والغم المقرح غالبه

I take refuge in them, though woe has wasted my heart

With sadness and burning grief overwhelming it

وظهري قد أوهاه ذنبي وزلتي

وعزمي ملت من كروبي مراكبه

My back is bent by my sin and stumbling

And my strength is twisted by my anguish's ships

ودفتر أعمالي تطرز بالخطا

وزادت عن التعداد حصراً شوائبه

The book of my deeds is adorned with mistakes

And its faults have increased beyond counting

وأصبحت في عصر عجيب همومه

كبار ووقت لا يصاحب صاحبه

I have reached an age whose cares are immense

And whose time accompanies no companion

زمان كأني فيه من غير أهله

ومين لم يقنع بذلك راغبه

A time in which I am like a stranger to its people

And whoever is not content with it, desiring more

تجردت قلباً منه لكن متاعبي

وهت من بنيه حين سعد قالبه

My heart is stripped of it, though my troubles

Have confused me since its mold was prosperous

فوا ألمي من هم منتن جيفة

ووأتعبي من مذهب أنا ذاهبه

Oh my pain from a putrid corpse's care

And my weariness from a doctrine I'm departing

ألاعب دهراً لا انقضاء لحاله

بلا طائل زين فكم ذا ألاعبه

Playing with a time that does not end

Futilely, so what game is this?

ويحسب فعلي كاتبي وامصيبتي

وعيبي من فعل به حار حاسبه

My writer deems my deeds and my misfortune

And my shame before my Maker when I address Him

ويا خجلي من بارئي يوم محشري

وعرضي على مولاي كيف أخاطبه

Oh children of Zahra, by the sanctity of your grandfather

Aid a slave restricted by his misfortunes

ألا يا بني الزهرا بحرمة جدكم

أغيثوا عبيداً عوقته مصائبه

Be generous with compassion and grant him with a breath

Thereby you protect what is best of his faults

وجودوا بعطف وامنحوه بنفحةٍ

فتلك بها تحمي بخير معائبه

Say to him, "You are one of us, so do not fear"

For his fears have multiplied from what has shocked him

وقولوا له ها أنت منا فلا تخف

فقد كثرت مما دهاه رهائبه

You are the firm fortress, and your support is ample

And how many poor have your desires encompassed?

وأنتم هو الحصن الحصين وجاهكم

عريض وكم عمت فقيراً رغائبه

From the unseen for you is a caller. Are you not your Lord's

Light from God that does not fade in its cords?

لكم من خفا داعي ألست بربكم

من اللَه نور ليس تمحى ثواقبه

So stand for a weak, humble pauper

Whose loved ones and friends have grown distant

فقوموا بمسكين ضعيف مشت

تباعد عنه أهله وحبائبه

Upon you is God's peace. How good is your remembrance

To a loving mind. In you the absent is present

عليكم سلام اللَه ما طاب ذكركم

لعقل محب فيكم غاب غائبه

And your attributes are not confined in my heart's tablet

So my heart and its drink have been sweetened through it

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