دارُ الوَلِيِّ إذا ما ماتَ عامِرَةً

لها من الحالِ أَبوابٌ وأَرْكَانُ

The dwelling of the saint, when inhabited,

Has doors and pillars telling of its state,

كأنَّهُ حاضِرٌ فيها بهيْئَتِهِ

يَراهُ من فيهِ عِرْفانٌ وإِيمَانُ

As though he were present there in his image,

Seen by the gnostic and the faithful one.

عظِّمْ مَساكِنَهُمْ كرِّمْ منازِلَهُمْ

فهُمْ بها دائِماً واللهِ سُكَّانُ

Revere their dwellings, honor their abodes,

For they are always there - by God - the dwellers!

إنْ باعَدوا منزِلاً يَزهو برَوْنَقِهِمْ

كأنَّهُمْ فيه باتوا أيْنَما كانُوا

If they move house, one blossoming in their grace,

It's as if there they slept, wherever they were.

الحمدُ للهِ منهُمْ في عَصائِبِنا

قومٌ لقافِلَةِ الأَقْطابِ أَعيَانُ

Thanks be to God - among their turbans

Are a people, chiefs of the caravan.

ماتوا بُنيَّ وما ماتَتْ مَكارِمُهُمْ

فَهُمْ لَعَمْرِي لعينِ المجدِ إِنْسَانُ

My sons have died but their virtues are undying,

For they are, by my life, mankind's eyes.

قامتْ مَنابِرُهُمْ في كلِّ زاويَةٍ

ومِنْهُمْ بفُؤادِ الخَصْمِ نيرَانُ

Their pulpits stand in every corner,

And in the heart of the foe are fires.

قومٌ إذا عارَضَ المِيدانُ فارِسُهُمْ

يرتَجُّ منه بيومِ العَجِّ مِيدَانُ

A people - when their rider storms the battlefield,

The plain quakes that day, trembling.

يُنازِلونَ المَنايا يهْزَؤون بها

يومُ العَريكَةِ رُكْبانٌ وفُرسَانُ

They wrestle with calamities, mocking them -

The day of the finish, riders and steeds.

مُعَرْبِدونَ سُكارى أَهلُ جَلْجَلَةٍ

لهُمْ على قُبَّةِ النِّسْرَيْنِ ديوَانُ

Drunk, the people of clamor and din -

Theirs is the diwan on the domes.

من كلِّ فحلٍ كَبيرِ القلبِ ذي مَدَدٍ

له على شأنِهِ المَخْفِيِّ بُرْهَانُ

Each gallant, great of heart, long of arm -

His status, though hidden, has proof.

يقومُ واللَّيلُ مُرْخاةٌ كَلاكِلُهُ

يبكي انْدِهاشاً وقلبُ الخِبِّ فَرْحَانُ

He rises while night's tresses are loose,

Weeping in awe while the secret heart joys.

مُحَجَّبٌ عندَهُ الأَكوانُ فانِيَةٌ

وقامَ منهُ على الأَهواءِ سُلْطَانُ

Worlds are obscured for him, transient,

While from Him sovereignty over passions arose.

كأنَّ ما فُرِشتْ بُسطُ الوُجودِ به

وأنَّ ما مَلَكَ الدُّنيا سُلَيْمَانُ

As though what existence's carpet was furnished with

And what owned the world was Solomon.

راقتْ موارِدُهُ والوَجدُ هيَّمَهُ

للهِ والدَّمعُ منه الدَّهرُ هَتَّانُ

His springs flowed and rapture roused him

To God - while tears eternally melt him.

من عُصْبَةٍ مَشْرَبُ المُخْتارِ مشرَبُهُمْ

دوماً مع اللهِ إن عزُّوا وإنْ هانُوا

Of a fellowship - their master's draught is theirs,

Ever with God, whether mighty or abased.

منهُمْ لَنا في أَراضي الشَّامِ طائِفَةٌ

أَهلٌ كِرامٌ وأَحبابٌ وخُلاَّنُ

Among them we have in Syria's lands a band -

Folk of honor, loved ones, and intimates.

قدْ عاهَدوا اللهَ عهداً لا انْفِكاكَ لهُ

ماتوا عَلَيْهِ وما مالوا وما خَانُوا

They pledged to God a pact no power can undo.

They died upholding it - they neither failed nor betrayed.

لهُمْ بقيَّةُ آلٍ خلفَ إثرِهِمِ

ساروا على طَوْرِهِمْ بل طورَهُمْ صَانُوا

A remnant of a house followed in their steps -

Indeed, their wont they preserved and maintained.

إمامُهُمْ مُنْتَقى أَفْرادِهِمْ حَسَنٌ

وادي النَّدى من له المَعْروفُ عُنْوَانُ

Their chief, the elect of their individuals, is Hasan -

Wadi al-Nada, whose repute is widely known.

شيخٌ مع اللهِ في أَطْوارِهِ أَبداً

لهُ ترجَّحَ في الأَقْوامِ ميزَانُ

A shaykh with God through all his states, always -

The balance leaned clear in his favor among the folk.

كأنَّني وطُبولُ ِّرضِ ضارِبَةٌ

له ومنهُ على العَلْياءِ صِيوَانُ

It's as though the drums of joy are beating for him

While standards rise for him on high.

عَقيلَةٌ من أَبي العَبَّاسِ تجمَعُنا

وكُلُّنا ضِمنَها في الرَّوْضِ أَغْصَانُ

An anchor from Abu al-'Abbas binds us fast,

And we're all limbs within it in the garden.

أَنا الخَفِيُّ بلا أَهلٍ ولا وَلَدٍ

نعمْ ولي منهُمُ آلٌ وإخْوَانُ

I'm the hidden one, without kith or child,

Though I've kin and brothers among them.

سيُطْلِعُ اللهُ منهُمْ بدرَ معرِفَتي

يُجْلى ومن دونِهِ في النَّسْجِ كِيوَانُ

God will reveal from them a full moon of my gnosis,

Clarified, while below it lies the talisman.

يكونُ من بعدِ طَيٍّ نَشْرُ مظهَرِهِ

وكلُّ شيءٍ لهُ وقتٌ وإِبَّانُ

After a bending, his appearance's diffusion will come,

For all things have a time and moment set.