يَرُدُّ عَلى خَيشومِها مِن ضَجاجِها
لَها بَعدَ جَذبٍ بِالخَشاشِ جَريرُها
Her nose-rein is jerked back by her snorting,
After she is pulled along by a brisk servant beside her.
وَمَحذُوَّةٍ بَينَ الحِذاءَ الَّذي لَها
وَبَينَ الحَصى نَعلاً مُرِشّاً بَصيرُها
Her experienced eye discerns between her shoe
And the pebbles—a shoe made supple by chewing.
طَوَت رِحمَها مِنهُنَّ كُلُّ نَجيبَةٍ
مِنَ الماءِ وَاِلتَفَّت عَلَيهِ سُتورُها
Each high-bred camel among them folded up her womb,
Turning away from the water, hiding it under her tail's fringe.
أَتَيناكَ مِن أَرضٍ تَموتُ رِياحُها
وَبِالصَيفِ لا يُلفى دَليلٌ يَطورُها
We have come to you from a land whose winds die down
And in summer no guide can find a way through it
مِنَ الرَملِ رَملِ الحَوشِ يَهلِكُ دونَهُ
رَواحُ شَمالٍ نَيرَجٍ وَبُكورُها
Because of the sands of Hawsh, fine sands wherein
Perish the winds from the north, both those from Na'am and Bukur.
قَضَت ناقَتي ما كُنتُ كَلَّفتُ نَحبَها
مِنَ الهَمِّ وَالحاجِ البَعيدِ نَعورُها
My she-camel carried through what I had charged her with
Of grief and distant journeying that made her hip bones jut out.
إِذا هِيَ أَدَّتني إِلى حَيثُ تَلتَقي
طَوالِبُ حاجاتٍ بَعيدٍ مَسيرُها
When she had brought me to where the longed for aims of pilgrims Meet,
Aims pursued over far and thirsty deserts,
إِلى المُصطَفى بَعدَ الوَلِيِّ الَّذي لَهُ
عَلى الناسِ نُعمى يَملَءُ الأَرضَ نورُها
To Mustafa's town, after the saint whose light
Fills the earth for all mankind with its radiance.
وَكَم مِن صُعودٍ دونَها قَد مَشيتُها
وَهابِطَةٍ أُخرى يُقادُ بَعيرُها
How many ascents and how many descents I made her undergo
Before her, while behind me another mount was led along!
وَما أَمَرَتني النَفسُ في رِحلَةٍ لَها
فَيَأمُرَني إِلّا إِلَيكَ ضَميرُها
Never did my soul urge me to make a journey of mine
But it was my soul that guided me to you.
وَلَم تَدنُ حَتّى قُلتُ لِلرَكبِ إِنَّكُم
لَآتونَ عَينَ الشَمسِ حَيثُ تَغورُها
Nor did she stride forward until I said to my companions
"You are bound for the sun's eye harbor, where it sets."
فَلَمّا بَلَغنا أَرجَعَ اللَهُ رِحلَتي
وَشُقَّت لَنا كَفٌّ تَفيضُ بُحورُها
When we reached it, God made my journeying revert,
And there opened for us a hand pouring freely with rivers of bounty.
نَزَلنا بِأَيّوبٍ وَلَم نَرَ مِثلَهُ
إِذا الأَرضُ بِالناسِ اِقشَعَرَّت ظُهورُها
We alighted at Ayyub's and found none like him—
The earth shudders with its people when its pilgrim sites pour forth their throngs.
أَشَدَّ قُوى حَبلٍ لِمَن يَستَجيرُهُ
وَأَطوَلَ إِذ شَرُّ الحِبالِ قَصيرُها
Strongest guardian for him who seeks your protection,
Longest, when the bonds of kinship are short.
جَعَلتَ لَنا لِلعَدلِ بَعدَكَ ضامِناً
إِذا أُمَّةٌ لَم يُعطِ عَدلاً أَميرُها
After you, you made Justice our regent,
Since a community whose leader gives no justice has lost its bearings.
أَقَمتَ بِهِ الأَعناقَ بَعدَكَ فَاِنتَهَت
إِلَيكَ بِأَيدي المُسلِمينَ مُشيرُها
By it you set aright the contumacious after you, and so
The ordering of affairs returned through the hands of the Muslims' Commander.
