كُتِبْتُ غيباً على ما قامَ في الأَزَلِ
عبدَ الرِّفاعِيِّ شيخِ الأُمَّةِ البَطَلِ
I was predestined in pre-eternity for what took place,
The servant of the All-Sustaining, the sheikh of the heroic community.
فَحْلُ الشُّيوخِ صُدورِ الدِّينِ سيِّدُهُمْ
كَنْزُ الحَقائِقِ بحرُ العلمِ والعَمَلِ
The solution for the masters, the core of the religion, their master,
The treasure of truths, the sea of knowledge and deed.
فتًى أَقامَ شِراعَ المجدِ فانْتَظَمَتْ
لمجدِدِهِ دَوْلَةُ الإِرْشادِ في المِلَلِ
A young man who set up the banner of glory, so his state of guidance was systematized
Among the sects, the renewer, the guide.
كأنَّهُ فوقَ كُرسِيِّ الخِطابَةِ في
صَدْرِ المَحافِلِ موْلانا الإِمامُ عَلي
As if atop the pulpit of rhetoric in the breast of circles -
Our master the imam Ali.
حَذا بسيرَتِهِ العَليا ومذْهَبِهِ
حَذْوَ الرَّسولِ وحَذْوَ السَّادَةِ الأُوَلِ
He emulated in his sublime conduct and creed
The emulation of the Messenger and the early masters.
من أَهْلِ بيتٍ لَهُمْ في كلِّ زاوِيَةٍ
سِرٌّ خَفِيٌّ وشأْنٌ كالصَّباحِ جَلي
From a Household who in every corner have a hidden, occult affair
And a clear, brilliant matter.
مُحَجَّبٌ من أُسودِ اللهِ ذو مَدَدٍ
سارٍ تصرُّفُهُ في الكَوْنِ لم يَزُلِ
Veiled from the lions of God, with continual aid,
Whose disposal in the universe did not cease.
وشيخُ نهجٍ كَريمٍ في تَنَقُّلِهِ
عم مذهبِ الهاشِمِيِّ الطُّهْرِ لم يَحُلِ
And the sheikh of a noble path in his travels
Clung to the Hashimi way of purity, did not violate it.
فَخْرُ العَصائبِ من بيتِ الرَّسولِ أَبو ال
عَبَّاسِ شمسُ المَعالي مُنتهَى الأَمَلِ
The pride of lineages from the House of the Messenger, Abu al-Abbas,
The sun of glories, the utmost hope.
بابُ الشُّهودِ مُفيضُ الجُودِ فجرُ سَما
ءِ الفَخْرِ رَحْبُ الحِمى سُلطانُ كلِّ وَلي
The door of divine attractions, the cloud of generosity, the dawn
Of the heaven of pride, the sanctuary of every saint.
رُكنُ الشَّريعَةِ ممْدوحُ الطَّريقَةِ كَشَّ
افُ الحَقيقَةِ غوْثُ الخائِفِ الوَجِلِ
The pillar of Sacred Law, the praised of the spiritual path, the unveiler
Of the reality, savior of the anxious, the reverent.
تُنْمى المَعالي لبيتٍ كانَ سيِّدَهُ
حقًّا وينْحَطُّ عن عَلياهُ كلُّ عَلي
Glories are brought out for a Household whose master was truly
Right, and every glory humbles itself to its loftiness.
طَوْدٌ من السُنَّةِ السَّمْحاءِ قامَ له
شأْنٌ عَلا ذَيْلُهُ عن قُبَّةِ الحَمَلِ
A towering mountain of beautiful Sunna that established for him
A matter high whose train lifted from the dome of Resolution.
آثارُهُ في جِباهِ الفخرِ لامِعَةٌ
وطَوْرُهُ صِينَ عن شَطْحٍ وعن زَلَلِ
Its marks are shining on the brows of pride
While its state is guarded from excess and pitfalls.
مُبارَكُ الوجهِ محمودُ الجَنابِ وفي ال
هَيْجاءِ قُطبُ الرَّحى السَّامي عن المَثَلِ
Blessed of face, praiseworthy of side, and at the ridge
The axis of the mill, the highest of examples.
مُحمَّدِيُّ سلوكٍ لا يُحَدُّ لٍ
حدٌّ وكُفْءٌ له في الشَّأْوِ لم يَصِلِ
Possessor of an Muhammadan conduct that has no limit
To its limit, and no peer to its stature that arrived.
ذو رُتبَةٍ أخَذَتْ بالعِزِّ وارْتَفَعَتْ
إلى مَقامٍ بعَزمِ الفكرِ لم يُطَل
Of a rank that took to honor and rose up
To a station with resolute thought not aimed for.
مُقَبِّلُ الرَّاحَةِ البَيْضاءِ في زُمَرٍ
غُرٍّ بساحَةِ ذاكَ المَشهَدِ الحَفِلِ
Kissing the blessed plain among throngs
Of lovely ones by the Sanctuary Mosque frequented and crowded.
كم حلَّ من عُقدَةٍ لي بِتُّ أَرهَبُها
بهمَّةٍ لم تَزَلْ حَلاَّلَةَ العُقَلِ
How many knotty points that cowed me
He undid with an unfailing determination of mind!
قمْ يا أَخا الصِّدقِ وانْزِلْ رُحبَ دولَتِهِ
والْجأْ له خالِصاً وابْهَجْ وقُلْ وطُلِ
Arise, O brother of sincerity, and descend into the expanse of his state!
Seek refuge in him sincerely, rejoice and say and request!
وخُذهُ سيفاً على الأَعداءِ تُصلِتُهُ
مُهَنَّداً من سُيوفِ المُصْطَفى وَصُلِ
And take him as a sword against enemies you charge
Drawn from the swords of Mustafa and kin.
واجْعلهُ باباً لِما تَرجوهُ من أَمَلٍ
وشافِعاً دافِعاً للمُدْهِشِ الجَلِلِ
And make him a gateway to what hope you aspire to
And an intercessor, driving away the Revered Majestic.
مولًى تحكَّمَ في طَوْرِ القُلُوبِ بما
أَلقاهُ من حِكَمٍ فيها ومن زَجَلِ
A master who gained control in the state of hearts through
Wisdoms he cast into them and through subtle hints.
ردَّتْ هَوى النَّفسِ بالبُرْهانِ إذْ قَطَعَتْ
ما سَوَّلَ الخاسِرُ الشَّيطانُ من حِيَلِ
He turned the caprice of the ego with proof when he cut
Off what the accursed devil Satan suggested of plots.
حَبلٌ غَدا من حِبالِ اللهِ عُرْوَتُهُ
تَقِي المُحِبَّ من الآثامِ والخَلَلِ
A rope tomorrow of God's ropes whose strength
Protects the lover from sins and flaws.
ووارِثُ جامِعٌ طابَتْ مَغارِسُهُ
وطابَ مَسْراهُ في حطٍّ وفي نُقَلِ
An inheritor who gathered and fine are his plants,
And fine is his drinking place whether settling or shifting abode.
يأوي إليه الضَّعيفُ القلبِ مُسْتنِداً
لهُ فينْهَجُ فيهِ أَوضَحَ السُّبُلِ
To him flees the weak of heart, leaning
Upon him, so he follows in him the clearest ways.
أَنعِمْ به جَبَلاً من آلِ فاطمةٍ
مُقدَّساً طُورُهُ ناهيكَ من جَبَلِ
Bestow him as a mountain from the House of Fatima
Sanctified, its mount Sinai unmatched by any mountain.
أَخَفَ من نَسَماتِ الرِّيحِ نجدَتَهُ
وفي التَّمكُّنِ فوقَ الطَّوْدِ بالثِّقَلِ
His aid is lighter than the breeze of wind
And in capacity atop the towering height by heaviness.
نِظامُ بيتٍ رَفيعٍ كلُّهُ عَمَلٌ
بَرٌّ تنزَّهَ إجْمالاً عن الكَسَلِ
A system for an exalted House all of which is
Righteous work free in general of laziness.
عليه رِضوانُ رَبِّ العَرْشِ ما جمَعَتْ
آياتِهِ من سُوَرُ التَّفصيلِ والجُمَلِ
Upon it is the good pleasure of the Lord of the Throne
However many verses He gathered in the chapters of detail and summation.
