أَضوء بان أم طَلعَ النَهار
وَبَدر لاحَ فَانكَشَف الغُبار
Is it the dawn that shines or has the day emerged,
And the full moon appeared, so the dust dispersed,
وَبَرق مِن جِهات الغَرب أَضحى
مُضيئاً أَم كثيب فيهِ نار
And lightning from the west became
Illuminating or a dune in which there is fire.
نعم طلعت شُموس الفَضل صُبحاً
فَضاءَت مِن أَشعتها الدِّيار
Yes, the suns of virtue rose in the morning,
So their rays enlightened the homes.
وَأَنوار تَبَدَّت مِن وجوه
وَأَنواء بِها الركبان ساروا
And lights appeared from faces,
And the travelers walked happily with them.
نأوا عَنا فَفي الأَحشاء جمر
وَفي الأَجفان أَنهار غزار
They kept away from us, so there is ember in the intestines,
And in the eyelids, abundant rivers.
وَكُنا عِندهُم ندعى كِباراً
فَنَحنُ لِطول غَيبتهم صغار
And we were called great men by them
So because of their long absence, we are small.
عَلانا بَعدهم نصب وَذل
وانعطاف وَازورار
After them, we suffered distress and humiliation,
As well as frustration and confusion.
أَنَنسى ودهم وَلَهُم عَلَينا
أَياد لا تقاومها البِحار
Can we forget their love while they have over us
Favors that cannot be resisted even by seas?
وَلَم أَنس الرَكائب حينَ سارَت
وَقَد ضعفت لِوَطأتِها القفار
I have not forgotten the traveling ships when they departed
While the deserts were weakened by their weight.
وَقَد ضربَت عَلى سَلمان بَيتاً
دَعائمه السَماحة وَالفَخار
And it pitched its tents in Salman
Its pillars are generosity and pride.
عباب لا تكدره العَطايا
عَزيز لا يُضام لَدَيهِ جار
A sea that is not troubled by gifts,
A dear one whose neighbor is not wronged in his presence.
غزير الفضل فياض جواد
وَيسر حينَ يفتقد اليسار
Abundant in favor, generous, charitable,
And easy when the left hand is stingy.
طويل المجد والأفضال لكن
أيادي من يناويه قصار
Long in glory and grace but
The hands of those who threaten him are short.
نَماه من بَني قَحطان شوس
مَصاليت لَهُم نور وَنار
He brought him up from the children of Qahtan a torch
For them, light and fire.
فَسَل عَنهُ الحِجاز وَقاطِنيها
فَكَم فيهم عَطاياه تدار
So ask the Hejaz and its inhabitants
How many of his gifts revolve among them.
فَلَولا راحتاه وَلا أُبالي
لَقَد بارت نَجائبهم وَباروا
Were it not for his satisfaction, I would not care
Indeed, their bellows have yielded and they have yielded.
فَما زالَت قَلائصه خفافاً
تَخب وَفي القفار لَها غبار
So his horses continued to gallop lightly
To fade into the desert sands for them.
إِلى أَن شاهَدوا قَبراً مُنيراً
تحف بِهِ المَهابة وَالوَقار
Until they witnessed an enlightened grave
Surrounded by awe and dignity.
تَدور هُنالك الأَملاك سراً
لأَن الهاشمي هُوَ المدار
The angels revolve around it secretly
Because the Hashimi is the axis.
ضَريح فاقَ كُرسياً وَعَرشاً
بِمَن فاقَت بِبعثته نِزار
A shrine that surpasses a throne and a throne
With the one whose mission surpassed sparks.
فَقامَ بِقُربه سَلمان جَهراً
وَنَظم دُموعه فيهِ نثار
So Salman stood up aloud near it
And composed his tears around it.
وَسَلم وَاستَكان وَبَث شَوقاً
وَوَجداً لا يخففه اِصطِبار
He greeted, surrendered and lamented a longing
And devotion that cannot be relieved by patience.
وَجاءَ إِلى رَفيق الغار مثن
عَلَيه فَيا لَهُ خل وَغار
And he came to the companion of the cave, praising him
So what a defect and cave that companion has!
وَسارَ إِلى أَبي حَفص وَحَيا
ضَريحاً لَم يَزَل فينا يُزار
And he went to Abu Hafs and greeted
A shrine that is still visited among us.
وَلَما أَن قَضى وَطراً وَلاحَت
عَلَيهِ سَكينة فيها انكِسار
And when he had accomplished a goal and
A tranquility in which there was frustration appeared to him.
أَتى البَيت الحَرام وَما توانت
بِهِ الأَقدار إِذ شَط المزار
He came to the Sacred House and providence did not cease
To drive him when he crossed the sanctuary.
وَأَحرَم ثُم طافَ طَواف ركن
وَباتَ مُلَبياً وَلَهُ شِعار
He entered ihram, then circumambulated the corner
And spent the night uttering labbayk and wearing special garb.
أَتَم مَناسك النسكين حَتّى
رَمى الجَمرات وَاِنطَفَت الجمار
He completed the two ritual acts of Hajj
Until he stoned the Jamarat and the embers flew.
وَعَم نَواله حرماً وَحلاً
لَقَد حَيرتهم فَلِذاك حاروا
His bestowal encompassed sanctuary and non-sanctuary,
They were surely confused, which is why they were perplexed.
فَيا أَهلاً بِسيدنا وَسَهلاً
وَمَن طابَت بِمقدمه الديار
O welcome, our master, o easy welcome
He whose arrival made the homes smell sweet!
جَزاكَ اللَهُ في الدارين خَيراً
لأَنك بَعدَ والدك الخَيار
May God reward you with goodness in the two abodes
Because after your father, you are the best.
فَإِنَك حصننا مِن كُل عاد
وَأَنتَ لكسرنا أَبَداً جبار
You are our fortress against every enemy
And you will never let our breaker prevail.
فَلطف الهنا يَغشاك حَتّى
تَدوم لَكَ المَسَرة وَالفَخار
So may our God’s grace cover you
That you may enjoy eternal cheer and pride!
