وادٍ أَبو البَرَكاتِ يوماً يجتَلي

كأسَ الظُّهورِ بمظهَرٍ لم يخْرَمِ

A valley, Abu al-Barakat, one day reveals

The cup of appearance in an unmatched form

إنِّي أَرى الشَّهْباءَ تكنِزُ عِقْدَهُ

في حضرةٍ فرْداً بغيرِ تنَظُّمِ

I see the stars hoard his necklace

In a singular presence without order

فاحْفَظْ له عهدَ الوَلايَةِ إنَّه

برِحابِ سِرِّ الكَوْنِ أيُّ مكرَّمِ

So keep for him the covenant of succession, he is

Among the secrets of existence, the most honorable

لا تَحْجُبَنْكَ شُؤوُنُهُ عن حالِهِ

فالبدرُ يُستَرُ ضمنَ ليلٍ مُعْتِمِ

Let not his affairs veil you from his state

For the full moon is shrouded in a dark night

حكمُ الزَّمانِ أقامَهُ في رَوْنَقٍ

عقدَ الجَلالُ عَلَيْهِ عقدَةَ طِلْسَمِ

The judgment of time established him in splendor

Majesty bound him with an unbreakable seal

هو بينَ أَهلِ العصرِ أَكتَمُ واصِلٍ

وبحضْرَةِ الإِقْبالِ خيرُ مُعَظَّمِ

He is among the people of the age, the most perfect confidant

And in the presence of destiny, the most revered

أَبُنيَّ خذْ آثارَ نفحَةِ قلبِهِ

بتأَدُّبٍ واكْسَبْ رِضاهُ واغْنَمِ

My son, follow the traces of the breeze of his heart

With humility, and gain his pleasure and profit

واجْعلهُ واسطَةَ الشُّؤُنِ فحبلُهُ

عن رَبِّهِ أَمدَ المَدى لم يُفْصَمِ

And make him the mediator of affairs, for his rope

To his Lord has no end

من نالَ منهُ دُعاءهُ بحياتِهِ

نَظَمَ القَبولَ عَلَيْهِ طِرْزَ تكرُّمِ

Whoever gets his prayer in his life

The acceptance will be confirmed on him as an honor

ومن اجْتَلى نورَ الهُدَى من قبرِهِ

بصَحيحِ قلبٍ رُكْنُهُ لم يُهْدَمِ

And whoever seeks the light of guidance from his grave

With a sound heart, its refuge will not collapse

عَجَباً لمَفْتونِ الحِجابِ بوهْمِهِ

السِّرُّ في الأَرْواحِ لا في الأَعظُمِ

Wondrous is the one spellbound by illusion

The secret is in the spirits, not in the bones