أَهلُ الحِجابِ مع الثِّيابِ عُيونُهُمْ

محجوبَةٌ في الحالِ والعاداتِ

The people of the veil, their eyes are veiled

Along with their clothes, in situation and customs

يمشي الوَلِيُّ أَبو المَعارِجِ بينَهُمْ

في شامِهِمْ وكأنَّه بَهَراةِ

The saint walks among them

In their Syria, as if he were in Bahrayn

يترصَّدونَ قيامَهُ وقُعودَهُ

بالانْتِقادِ بسائِرِ الحالاتِ

They watch his rising and sitting

Critically, in all situations

إن كانَ مُنْبَسِطاً رَموهُ بخِفَّةٍ

أَو كانَ منقبِضاً ففي علاَّتِ

If he is happy, they accused him of levity

Or if he was sad, then because of illness

أَو كانَ منحَجِباً ففي إهْمالِهِ

أَو كانَ مُشْتَهِراً فبالزَّلاَّتِ

Or if he was secluded, then because of his neglect

Or if he was famous, then because of his slip

أَو كانَ نِحْريراً بنقْضِ نُصوصِهِ

أَو كانَ أُمِّيًّا بسوءِ هَنَاتِ

Or if he was a writer, invalidating his texts

Or if he was illiterate, because of his deficient talents

عُمْيٌ بهم صَمَمٌ تَكاثَفَ حالُهُمْ

فأَمالَهُمْ عن نهْجِ نورِ الذَّاتِ

Blindness and deafness has intensified their state

And diverted them from the path of the light of the essence

لو أَدرَكوا التَّصريفَ والوَهْبَ الَّذي

سُدلَتْ عليه سَتائِرُ الغاراتِ

If they had realized the disposal and gift

Which curtains of caves have been lowered over

لتأَدَّبوا عندَ الوَلِيِّ وقَيَّدوا

برِحابِهِ الحَرَكاتِ والسَّكَنَاتِ

They would have been disciplined before the saint and restricted

Their movements and stillnesses to his sanctuaries

الشَّمسُ في قُبَبِ المَعالي كوكبٌ

وشُعاعُهُ يُجْلى على الذَّرَّاتِ

The sun in the domes of the heights is a planet

And its rays elucidate the atoms

والماءُ ينشُرُهُ السَّحابُ بنَسْمَةٍ

هفْهافَةٍ من حضرَةْ الحَضَرَاتِ

And the water is scattered by the clouds with a gentle breath

From the presence of the most high

فيمُرُّ بالقِيعانِ يُصلِحُ شأنَها

ويمُدُّ فائدَةً بكلِّ نباتِ

It then passes through the valleys, improving their condition

And providing benefits to all plants

والرِّيحُ يحْفَلُ بالأَنامِ مُرَفْرِفاً

هبًّا ليُحْيي سائِرَ النَّسَماتِ

And the wind stirs the people, fluttering,

Blowing to revive all the breezes

ولكلِّ شيءٍ في الوُجودِ حقيقَةٌ

ضَمِنَتْ خفِيَّ السِّرِّ بالطَّيَّاتِ

And for everything in existence there is a truth

Containing the hidden secret with hints

هو مُودِعٌ فيها تَعالى أَمرَهُ

عن حُكْمِ نَفْيٍ كانَ أَو إثْباتِ

He has deposited his command in it, transcendent

Whether it be negation or affirmation

أَجرى الشُؤُنَ فكلَّها تقديرُهُ

مَرْموزَةً في طَلسَمِ الآلاتِ

He has disposed all affairs, and the disposal is his

Encoded in the talisman of instruments

فيها خَواصٌ قائمٌ مع كلِّها

مستودَعٌ في تلكُمُ الآياتِ

In it there are inherent properties for all of them

Deposited in those very verses

يا جاهِلاً سِرَّ الغُيوبِ وساقِطاً

عن فهمِ مَرْقى هذه الدَّرَجاتِ

Oh you ignorant of the secret of the unseen, falling

From understanding the ascent of these steps

الماءُ ينبَعُ من لَفيفَةِ صخرَةٍ

مجدولَةٍ والصَّخرُ غيرُ مُواتي

Water springs from the crevice of a boulder

Flowing, and the boulder is not receptive

والنَّارُ تلهَبُ في جَديلٍ أَخضرٍ

قلبَ الشُؤُنِ مُقَدِّرُ النَّشْآتِ

And fire blazes in a green thicket

The disposer of the affairs and creator of entities

هذا نَطوقٌ حين يُسبَكُ لفظُهُ

وأَخوهُ ذو لَكَنٍ مع الكَلِماتِ

This is the articulation, when its expression is cast

And its brother, taciturn in words

وهناك مُرتعِشٌ جَبانٌ خائفٌ

وأَبوهُ يُردي الأُسدَ في الغَاباتِ

And there a trembling coward, afraid

While his father assaults lions in the forests

وبَخيلُ طبعٍ مُمسِكٌ في عيشِهِ

ولعمِّهِ الإِبْذالُ للبَدَراتِ

And a miserly nature, stingy in his livelihood

While his uncle is generous with gifts

تلك الإِقامَةُ من قَديمِ مَدارِها

طبعُ الصِّفاتِ مُصَوِّرٌ للذَّاتِ

That residence has always been its cycle

The nature of attributes depicting the essence

ومقسِّمُ الأَرزاقِ أَحكَمَ شأْنَنا

في الكونِ من قيدٍ ومن إفْلاتِ

And the dispenser of sustenance has perfected our affair

In the universe, of both bond and release

ومن العجائبِ والعجائبُ جَمَّةٌ

سِرٌّ أُترجِمُهُ بلُطْفِ لُغاتِ

And of wonders, and abundant wonders

A secret I translate with the subtlety of languages

شيخٌ عَظيمُ الشَّأْنِ من جُرْثومَتي

صعبُ القِيادِ مبارَكُ النَّظَراتِ

A great elder of my ancestry

Of mighty leadership and blessed gaze

ملأَتْهُ روحُ الهاشِمِيِّ عِنايَةً

وطوَتْ به جَلْجالَةَ النَّفَحاتِ

The spirit of the Hashimi filled him with care

And the gusts of divine attractions revolved around him

ضخمُ المَناقِبِ إذْ تُفَسَّرُ حالُهُ

رحبُ الحضيرَةِ شامِخُ الشُّرُفاتِ

Mighty of glories, when his state is interpreted

Vast of prestige, towering in nobility

الكَتْمُ سربَلَهُ بكلِّ جَلالَةٍ

مخفِيَّةٍ عن قاصِرِ اللَّحَظاتِ

Concealment has clothed him in every majesty

Hidden from sights falling short

تركَ الجميعَ لربِّهِ فطوَى له

كشْحاً وأَخْلَصَ طيِّبَ النِّيَّاتِ

He left everyone for his Lord, and so folded for Him

Sincerity, and purified his good intentions

وعن الوُجودِ البَحْتِ قدَّ عِنانَهُ

ومشى به في أَثقلِ الخَطَواتِ

Sitting wearing the coat of dignity status

While he is mere dust in solitudes

مُتباعِداً عن أَهلِهِ مُتَحجِّباً

عنهُمْ بمِرْطِ الطَّوْرِ والعاداتِ

And helping him in collecting all of that

A soul that has abstained from desires

إن قالَ أَخلَصَ في العِبارَةِ ظاهِراً

وإذا خَلا فمُرَقْرَقُ العَبَراتِ

He retreats and reveals, remembering and contemplating

And from passions a type of mark upon him

مُتَطَيْلِسٌ درعَ الوَقارِ مَكانَةً

وهو التُّرابُ المحضُ في الخَلَواتِ

He spends the dark night with expression and weeping

And weeping praised for dangers

وأَعانَهُ في جمعِ ذلك كلٍّهِ

نفسٌ له عَزَفَتْ عن الشَّهَواتِ

I did not forget the night of Eid ul Fitr and the darkness

Its anklets were raised over the masters

يخلو ويَجلو ذاكِراً مُتَفَكِّراً

ومن الشُّجونِ عليه نوعُ سِماتِ

And I in the Diwan of the unseen have precedence

From above the throne of grace in an ascent

يقْضي الدُّجا بعِبارَةٍ وبعبْرَةٍ

وبعِبْرَةٍ ممدوحَةِ الخَطَراتِ

And the hand of the chosen Prophet lowered

For me a robe from the most splendid robes

لم أَنسَ ليلَةَ عيدِ فطرٍ والدُّجا

رُفِعَتْ كَلاكِلُهُ على السَّاداتِ

So I read its talisman and the secret of its symbol

I read it encoded in forms

وأَنا بديوانِ الغُيوبِ مُصَدَّرٌ

من فوقِ عرشِ الفضلِ في مِرْقاةِ

To its owner and wearer of its cloak

The valley of guidance, beautiful Abu Al-Barakat

ويدُ النَّبيِّ المُصْطَفى قَدْ أسدَلَتْ

لي خِلْعَةً من أَبهَجِ الخِلْعاتِ

It danced over him and he swayed in it his cup

A cup more noble than the taverns

فقرأتُ طِلْسَمَها وسِرَّ رَقيمِها

قرأيتُها مَرْموزَةَ الشَّكَلاتِ

So I was astonished at that position and its honor

The subtlety of the court in the dispersed wilderness

للهِ صاحِبُها ولابِسُ بُرْدَها

وادي الهُدى حَسَنٌ أَبو البَرَكَاتِ

I stared looking at the talismans of its secret

Delving deeply into it to the goals

رقَّتْ عليه وراقَ فيها كأسُهُ

كأسٌ جَلاهُ أَشرَفُ الحاناتِ

فعجِبْتُ من ذاكَ المَقامِ وعزِّهِ

لُطْفُ الحَضارَةِ في شَتاتِ فَلاةِ

حدَّقْتُ أَنظُرُ في طَلاسِمِ سِرِّها

متعمِّقاً فيها إلى الغاياتِ