يرُوحي نسيمٌ هَبَّ من أرضِ طَيبةٍ
فيا حبَّذا ذاكَ النسيمُ الذي هبَّا
A breeze wafts in, blown from the land of Ṭaybah;
ah, how welcome is that breeze that blew!
به كلُّ مُشتاق يَهيمُ صبابةً
فما هبَّ إلا شوَّقَ الهائمَ الصّبا
Through it, every yearning lover is transported with passion;
only for the lovesick lover’s longing did the east wind blow.
بعجزي وسوء الحظ أصبحتُ مبعداً
وذلك أنَّ اللَه ما قدَّرَ القُربا
Through my helplessness and ill fortune, I have come to be kept far away,
for God has not decreed that I draw near
بيثربَ قبر بغيتي لو رأيتُهُ
وقبل ثغري حول أرجائهِ التُّربا
to the soil of the grave of my heart’s desire. If only I might see it
and kiss the earth—the dust around its precincts!
به خيرُ مبعوث إلى الخَلقِ كُلِّهم
رسالَتُه قد عمَّت العُجمَ والعُربا
There lies the best messenger ever sent to all creation;
his message has encompassed non-Arabs and Arabs alike.
بهيبته أردى الأعادي فحسبُهُم
نَبيُّ على بعد المدى يبعث الرعبا
With his awesome presence he felled his foes; enough for them
is a Prophet who inspires terror across the farthest distance.
بشيرٌ نذيرٌ ما المواهبُ والسطا
إذا هو يوماً باشر السلمَ والحربا
A bearer of good tidings, a warner—how abundant the gifts and generosity
whenever, on any day, he engaged in peace or war!
بساحته للواردين تزاحم
لكي يردُوا من حوضه المنهَل العذبا
In his courtyard, those arriving throng together
that they may drink from his Pool, the sweet watering place.
براهينه لم تخفَ عن ذي بصيرةٍ
فلولاهُ ما كنا عرفنا لنا ربَّا
His proofs are hidden from no one endowed with insight;
were it not for him, we would never have known a Lord was ours.
بأوصافه فاق النبيين كلَّهم
إذا ظهرت شمسُ الضحى اخبتُ الشُّهبا
In his qualities he surpassed all the prophets:
when the forenoon sun appears, it hides the stars.
Sol 5.6