ريحَ الشَمالِ عَساكِ أَن تَتَحَمَّلي
خِدَمي إِلى المَولى الإِمامِ الأَفضَلِ
O north wind, may you bear it;
Serve the most virtuous imam.
وَقِفي بِواديهِ المُقَدَّسِ وَانظُري
نورَ الهُدى مُتَأَلِّقاً لا يَأتَلي
Stop in his sacred valley and look -
The light of guidance shining, never fading.
مِن دَوحَةٍ فَخرِيَّةٍ عُمَرِيَّةٍ
طابَت مَغارِسُ مَجدِها المُتَأَثِّلِ
From a prideful, flourishing, prosperous Doha -
The roots of its glory stand firm.
مَكِيَّةِ الأَنسابِ زاكٍ أَصلُها
وَفُروعُها فَوقَ السِماكِ الأَعزَلِ
Meccan in lineage, its origin is pure,
And its branches above the loftiest summit.
وَاِستَمطِري جَدوى يَدَيهِ فَطالَما
خَلَفَ الحَيا في كُلِّ عامٍ مُمحِلِ
And seek rain from his hands, for long has he
Left the living in place of each departed year.
نِعَمٌ سَحائِبُها تَعودُ كَما بَدَت
لا يُعرَفُ الوَسمِيُّ مِنها وَالوَلي
Good rains whose clouds return as they began;
Neither marked nor substitutes are known.
بَحرٌ تَصَدَّرَ لِلعُلومِ وَمَن رَأى
بَحراً تَصَدَّرَ قَبلَهُ في مَحفِلِ
A sea who mastered knowledge, and if one saw
A sea who mastered before it in any gathering -
وَمُشَمَّرٌ في اللَهِ يَسحَبُ لِلتُّقى
وَالدينِ سِربالَ العَفافِ المُسبَلِ
And exerting himself in God, he drags for piety
And religion the robes of decency draped.
ماتَت بِهِ بِدَعٌ تَمادى عُمرُها
دَهراً وَكانَ ظَلامُها لا يَنجَلي
With him perished heresies whose lives spanned
An age, and whose darkness did not recede.
فَعَلا بِهِ الإِسلامُ أَرفَعَ هَضبةٍ
وَرَسا سِواهُ في الحَضيضِ الأَسفَلِ
With him, Islam ascended to the highest elevation,
While all else remained in the lowest valley.
غلِطَ اِمرُؤٌ بِأَبي عَلِيٍّ قاسَهُ
هَيهاتَ قَصَّرَ عَن مَداهُ أَبو عَلي
One was mistaken about Abu Ali when comparing him -
Farfetched! Abu Ali falls short of none.
لَو أَنَّ رَسطاليسَ يَسمَعُ لَفظَةً
مِن لَفظِهِ لَعَرَتهُ هزةُ أَفكَلِ
If Aristotle were to hear but a word
From his words, he would tremble convulsively.
وَلَحارَ بطليموسُ لَو لاقاهُ مِن
بُرهانِهِ في كُلِّ شَكلٍ مُشكِلِ
And Ptolemy would be dumbfounded were he
To meet any of his convincing proofs for each problem.
فَلَو اَنَّهُم جَمَعوا لَدَيهِ تَيَقَّنوا
أَنَّ الفَضيلَةَ لَم تَكُن لِلأَوَّلِ
Had they gathered before him, they would ascertain
That virtue was not for the ancients to claim.
وَبِهِ يَبيتُ الحلمُ مُعتَصِماً إِذا
هَزَّت رِياحُ الشَوقِ رُكني يَذبُلِ
With him wisdom rests protected if
The winds of passion shake my abode to its foundations.
يَعفو عَنِ الذَنبِ العَظيمِ تَكُرُّماً
وَيَجودُ مَسؤولاً وَإِن لَم يُسأَلِ
He pardons major sins in his generosity
And grants favor unasked.
أَرضى الإِلهَ بِفِعلِهِ وَدِفاعِهِ
عَن دينِهِ وَأَقَرَّ عَينَ المُرسَلِ
He pleased God with his deeds and defense
Of His religion, and delighted the Messenger.
يا أَيُّها المَولى الَّذي دَرَجاتُهُ
تَرنو إِلى فَلكِ الثَوابِتِ مِن علِ
O Master, whose ranks
Aim for the sphere of fixed stars and beyond -
ما مَنصِبٌ إِلّا وَقَدرُكَ فَوقَهُ
فَبِمَجدِكَ السامي يُهَنَّأُ ما تَلي
No position exists but that your worth surpasses it.
So by your sublime glory every subsequent rank is honored.
فَمَتى أَرادَ اللَهُ رِفعَةَ مَنصِبٍ
أَفضى إِلَيكَ فَنالَ أَشرَفَ مَنزِلِ
Thus when God wants to elevate a position,
He grants it to you, attaining the noblest rank.
لا زالَ ربعُكَ لِلوُفودِ مَحَطَّةً
أَبَداً وُجودُكَ كَهفَ كُلِّ مُؤَمّلِ
Your courtyard remains forever a station for delegations.
Your generosity a cave for every hopeful.
