عُوجا إلى الوادي المُقَدَّسِ بالسُّرى

يا نُوقُ واحْتَلَّي بأَكرمِ منزِلِ

Turn, O camel drivers, to the holy valley discreetly,

And lodge, O she-camels, in the most generous abode,

وتَنَوَّري مُقَلاً بزُبْدَةِ عُصبَةٍ

شُمِّ الأُنوفِ من الطِّرازِ الأوَّلِ

Graze calmly in a meadow of fine plants,

Inhale the scents of prophethood sincerely

واستنْشِقي عِطرَ النُّبوَّةِ منه عن

صدقٍ وقَلباً عنهُ لا تتحوَّلي

From one whose heart is constant toward it.

My love for him was the secret core of my bosom,

حُبِّي له في سِمْطِ سِرِّي أَوَّلٌ

لا تَجهَلي حُبِّي له وتأَوُّلي

Do not be ignorant of my love for him and speculate.

After him, matters of love were presented to me,

عُرِضَتْ عليَّ شُؤُنُ حُبٍّ بعدَهُ

ما الحُبُّ إِلاَّ للحَبيبِ الأوَّلِ

But love is only for the first beloved.

A treasure of mystical knowledge adorned with sublimity,

كنزٌ من العِرْفانِ صِينَ برَوْنَقٍ

بَرَكاتُهُ بأُولي النُّهى لم تُجهَلِ

Its blessings through the intimate elite were not ignored.

I witness in him a hidden meaning,

إنِّي أُشاهِدُ فيه معنًى خافِياً

بُرهانُهُ كالسَّيفِ للمُتَمَحِّلِ

Its proof like a sword for one pretending.

He will establish in the regions the return of Ahmed,

سيُقيمُ في الأَقطارِ نوبَةَ أَحمدٍ

ويقومُ عنهُ مُطَيْلِساً في هَيْكَلِ

And he will stand in his temple like one wrapping himself.

Through his state appears the reality of his grandfather,

وبحالِهِ تبدو حَقيقَةُ جَدِّهِ

وببيتِهِ أَنوارُ أحمدَ تنجَلي

And through his house the lights of Ahmed shine.

By God, O camel driver, if you come

باللهِ يا حادي النِّياقِ ألِيَّةً

إنْ جئتَ وادي قُدْسِهِ فترجَّلِ

To his holy valley, then dismount.

Take off your shoes for him and enter humbly,

واخلَعْ له نَعْلَيْكَ وادخُلْ خاشِعاً

كبِّر بذَيَّاكَ الرِّحابِ وهَلِّلِ

Exclaim Allahu Akbar in its expanse and chant the talbiya.

The valley of Guardianship from the essence of Muhammad,

وادي الوَلايَةِ من صَميمِ محمَّدٍ

سِرُّ النُّبوَّةِ عروَةَ المُتَوَسِّلِ

The secret of prophecy, the handhold of one seeking intercession.

Taha of truths, the rule of Ya Seen the blind,

طَهَ الحَقائقِ حكمُ يس العَمى

طس نَصِّ كِتابِهِ المُتَنَزِّلِ

Ta Seen, the clear verses of the descending Book.

Qaf of comprehension in the meanings of Highness

ق الإحاطَةِ في مَضامينِ العُلى

في كلِّ مَعْراجٍ بَسيطٍ أو علي

In every simple or lofty ascent.

The secret is the secret of Muhammad and its rise

فالسِّرُّ سِرُّ محمَّدٍ وشُروقُهُ

في سِرِّ وادي القُدسِ لا في الأجبُلِ

Is in the secret of the holy valley, not in the mountains.

A valley shining with the mention of God

وادٍ بذِكرِ اللهِ ضاءَ مُشَعْشَعاً

بطَريقَةِ المدَّثرِ المُزَّمِلِ

In the manner of the Enwrapped, the Mantled.

Those wonders from his father and grandfather,

تلكَ الخَوارِقُ عن أَبيهِ وجدِّهِ

وارفَعْ إلى الزَّهراءِ والمولى علي

So elevate the Chaste Fatima and the Master Ali.

Do not be veiled from him by the outwardness of his mountain,

لا تنحَجِبْ عنهُ بظاهِرِ طَوْرِهِ

يُبْديكَ في المرآةِ نسجُ الصَّيْقَلِ

He shows you in the mirror the weaving of burnishing.

Incline toward him and take the fruits of his heart,

وارْكُنْ إليه وخذْ نَتائجَ قلبِهِ

فمَتى ثبَتَّ بلوحِهِ لم تُخْذَلِ

For when he affirms with his tablet, none will be neglected.

The one with the brownish rank and endless support

ذو الرُّتبَةِ القَعْساءِ والمَدَدِ الَّذي

في سيرِهِ للهِ لم يتَزَلْزَلِ

Who in his journey to God was never shaken.

Firm in his state, settled in his secret,

متَمَكِّنٌ في طَوْرِهِ متوَطِّدٌ

في سِرِّهِ متأوِّدٌ لم يعْجَلِ

Loving in his intimacy, not hasty.

He concealed his private affairs and protected his conditions

أَخفى سَريرَتَهُ وصانَ شُؤُنَهُ

عن غيرِ بارِئِهِ بصدقِ تبتُّلِ

From others than his Creator in sincere devotion.

I do not forget when the Prophet said one evening,

لم أَنسَ إذْ قالَ النَّبيُّ عشِيَّةً

بارِكْ على ذا السِّيِّدِ المُتَوَكِّلِ

"Bless the master, the one trusting in God."

So I surrounded him with the breath of his grandfather

فحَفَفْتُهُ منِّي بنفحَةِ جدِّهِ

وطَوَيْتُ فيه عُذَيْبَ أَشرفِ منهَلِ

And folded in him the fresh water of the highest spring.

I saw in him a gentle, overflowing softness

فرأَيتُ فيه رَقيقَةً فضفاضَةً

سحَّتْ على أَهلِ القَبولِ بجدْوَلِ

That flowed over the accepting people in a stream.

Bestow on him bountiful, majestic gifts,

أنعِمْ به حَسَناً جَليلاً قدرُهُ

مَجْلاهُ بينَ تَذَلُّلٍ وتدلُّلِ

His beauty amid humility and flirtation.

The spirit of the Imam Ahmadi nurtured him in all his affairs,

ربَّتْهُ معنًى في جميع شُؤُنِهِ

روحُ الإمامِ الأَحمَدِيِّ أبي علي

The planet Venus of Sheikhon shone upon him,

So he illuminated the universes without sneaking.

وجَلَتْهُ من شَيْخونَ كوكَبَ سَمكِها

فأَضاءَ في الأَكوانِ دونَ تسلُّلِ

The noble elite of the pristine covenant who

Love the ancient and are intimate without change.

وشَرائِفِ العهدِ الصَّميمِ وخالِصِ ال

وُدِّ القَديمِ وأزْجُلٍ لم تُنْقَلِ

A house will be seen for him with a long rein

Noble to the highest of pure heavens,

سيُرى له بيتٌ يَطولُ عِنانُهُ

شَرَفاً إلى هامِ السَّماكِ الأعْزَلِ

Surrounded by the poles from its pillars,

Between a Patchwork Sufi or saint.

ويُحَفُّ بالأَقطابِ من أَركانِهِ

ما بينَ شيخٍ لَوْذَعِيٍّ أو وَلي

The rest of his mention will go to the regions

Alive and dead, within his manifest image.

ويَسيرُ للأقْطارِ سائِرُ ذِكْرِهِ

حيًّا وميْتاً ضمنَ مظهَرِهِ الجَلي

So it is as if he is present in every living one,

Alive and active, his state never ceasing.

فكأنَّه في كلِّ حيٍّ حاضِرٌ

حيٌّ وعامِلُ حالِهِ لم يَبْطُلِ

Wondrous is one with blindness who saw him and did not see

The meaning of beauty through him and did not reason.

عَجَباً لذي طمسٍ رآهُ وما رأَى

معنى الجَمالِ بهِ ولم يَتَعَقَّلِ

This is the sealed treasure, so commit

To its observances that you may unwrap it in submission.

هذا هو الكَنْزُ المُطَلْسَمُ فالْتَزِمْ

أرْصادَهُ لتفُكَّها بتذَلُّلِ

Make it a sanctuary in your heart and gain

Every good from it, then transmit.

واجْعلهُ في مِحرابِ قَلبِكَ واسْتَفِضْ

منه عنه كلَّ خيرٍ فانْقُلِ

It is truly the essence of the Sheikh of the Two Easts,

The noblest stature, Abu Dharr the Long-Armed.

هو عينُ شيخِ المُشْرِقينَ حَقيقَةً

سامي الجَنابِ أَبي الذِّراعِ الأَطْوَلِ

A people through whom the affairs of Muhammad rose up,

Becoming thereby a hope for every hopeful one.

قومٌ شُؤُنُ محمَّدٍ برَزَتْ بهم

فغَدَوْا بها أملاً لكلِّ مؤمِّلِ

Take it as the advice of a guide who knows you,

From the essence of Hashim, the decisive sword.

خذْها نَصيحَةَ مُرشِدٍ لك عارِفٍ

من لُبِّ هاشِمَ ذي حُسامٍ فَيْصَلِ

So seek from it the symbol and understand its decree,

Remember your Prophet in prayers and be generous.

فاسْتَجْلِ منها الرَّمزَ وافهَمْ حُكمَهُ

واذكرْ نبيَّكَ بالصَّلاةِ وأجْزِلِ