Sol 6.1

  1. يا جوهر البدء ومسك الختام

    يا أشرف الرسل وخير الأنام

    O essence of the beginning and musk of the ending,

    O noblest of messengers and best of humankind,

  2. يا معدن الحسن وسر النهى

    يا نسمة الزهر وزهر الكمام

    O source of beauty and mystery of understanding,

    O breath of blossoms and blossom of the sheaths,

  3. يا مدحض المحل وغيث الندى

    يا منشيء الخصب وبرء السقام

    O dispeller of drought and rain of generosity,

    O bringer of abundance and cure for sickness,

  4. يا خير من زكى وداد العدا

    ودان بالحج وصلى وصام

    O best of those who purified the affection of enemies,

    who practiced pilgrimage, prayed, and fasted,

  5. يا جوهرا قد عز عن قسمة

    والفرد لا يعرف بالإنقسام

    O essence beyond all division—

    the indivisible cannot be known through division.

  6. أنت الذي فوق البراق أرتقى

    إذ قاده جبريله بالزمام

    You are he who ascended upon Buraq,

    as his Gabriel led him by the rein.

  7. أنت الذي بالفتح والنصر قد

    حلاك مولاك الكريم السلام

    You are he whom, with conquest and victory,

    your generous Lord, the Source of Peace, adorned.

  8. أنت الذي لاذت بك الأنبيا

    والرسل والأملاك يوم القيام

    You are he in whom the prophets sought refuge,

    and the messengers and angels, on Resurrection Day.

  9. أنت الذي أضحى بك الإقتدا

    أنت الذي أمسى بك الإعتصام

    You are he whose example came to be followed;

    you are he in whom firm refuge came to be found.

  10. أنت الذي رق عليك اللوا

    وامتزت بالحوض وعز المقام

    You are he above whom the banner fluttered,

    distinguished by the Pool and the glory of your station.

  11. أنت الشفيع المرتضى يوم لا

    تغني نفوس عن نفوس تضام

    You are the accepted intercessor on a day when no

    souls can help other souls subjected to wrong.

  12. أنت الذي قمت بمعنى الورى

    إذ كنت في التكوين أصل المرام

    You are he who embodied the meaning of creation,

    for in its formation you were the original aim.

  13. أنت الذي سدت جميع الورى

    إذ كنت في حال المخرج مغني القوام

    You are he who ruled over all creation,

    for, at its emergence, you sustained existence.

  14. وامتزت يوم الست عم دعا

    إذ كنت عقد وسط ذاك النظام

    You were distinguished on the day of 'Am I not?' when He called all,

    for you were the knot at the center of that ordered string.

  15. وقدمتك الرسل في موكب

    مستشرق الوضع فكنت الإمام

    The messengers placed you foremost in a procession,

    radiant in its arrangement, and you were the leader.

  16. وفقت بالاسرا ونيل المنى

    ونصرة الريح وظل الغمام

    You excelled through the night journey and the fulfillment of wishes,

    through the wind's assistance and the cloud's shade.

  17. والإنس والأملاك والجن قد

    نادوك يا داعي بأحلى كلام

    Humankind, angels, and jinn

    called to you, O summoner, with the sweetest words.

  18. والنبت والأحجار والوحش قد

    حيوه يا هادي بأزكى سلام

    Plants, stones, and wild beasts

    greeted him, O guide, with the purest salutation.

  19. والبدر في نصفين قد شق إذ

    رمت التحدي حيث جال الظلام

    The full moon was split into two halves when

    you sought the challenge where darkness swept.

  20. والجذع إذ فارقته حن من

    شوق حنين البكر عند الفطام

    The palm trunk, when you left it, moaned from

    longing, like a young camel's yearning at weaning.

  21. وسبحت في راحتيك الحصى

    وفي يديك الجدل أضحى حسام

    The pebbles glorified God in your palms,

    and in your hands argument became a sword.

  22. والغار لما صرت فيه حمى

    علياك من كيد العداة اللئام

    The cave, when you entered it, protected

    your exalted person from the plots of ignoble enemies.

  23. وفيه حاكت عنكبوت كما

    أظلّه الدوح وباض الحمام

    Within it a spider wove, while

    great trees shaded it and doves laid eggs.

  24. والماء من بين إصبعيك انهمى

    كيما بقي الاصحاب حر الأوام

    Water poured from between your two fingers,

    so the companions were spared burning thirst [wording unclear].

  25. وقد كفيت الجيش لما اشتكى

    بنزر ماء وصواع طعام

    You supplied the army when it complained,

    with scant water and a measure of food.

  26. وصمت في الرمضا وقمت الدجى

    فقمت بالخدمة أوفى قيام

    You fasted in scorching heat and stood in prayer through darkness,

    fulfilling service with the fullest devotion.

  27. وراودتك الشم عن نفسها

    فلم ترم عن عينها ما يرام

    The lofty mountains offered themselves to you,

    yet you sought not what is sought from their substance.

  28. ولو أردت ألقت لك الأرض ما

    في بطنها من كنز أهل الحطام

    Had you wished, the earth would have cast forth for you what

    lay within it of the treasures of worldly people.

  29. لكنك اخترك البقا لا الفنا

    ولم ترم الا الخطير المرام

    But you chose permanence, not transience,

    and sought only the lofty goal.

  30. أطفأت نار الفرس يا مصطفى

    من بعدما أوقدت ألف عام

    You extinguished the Persians' fire, O Chosen One,

    after it had burned for a thousand years.

  31. وماء ساوة غاض لما بدت

    أضواك وانزاحت دياجي الظلام

    Sawa's waters subsided when

    your lights appeared and the gloom of darkness departed.

  32. وانشق إيوان المجوسي إذ

    شيّدت ركن الدين بعد انهدام

    The Magian's palace cracked when

    you rebuilt faith's pillar after its collapse.

  33. بلمسك الحائل درت كما

    بالمسح قد أنبتّ شعر الغلام

    At your touch the barren beast yielded milk, just as

    by stroking you caused the boy's hair to grow.

  34. وافيت والكفر له شوكة

    صالت بها أيدي الطغاة الطعام

    You arrived when unbelief possessed a formidable power,

    wielded fiercely by the tyrants' hands [last word unclear].

  35. فصال حزب الدين من حينه

    ومال جيل الكفر للإنهزام

    Then faith's party charged at once,

    and unbelief's people turned toward defeat.

  36. وعبس الإشراك من حزبه

    وأظهر التوحيد ثغر ابتسام

    Idolatry frowned from its party,

    while divine oneness revealed a smiling mouth.

  37. وجئت بالذكر الحكيم الذي

    آيته قد أعجزت باحتكام

    You brought the wise Remembrance, whose

    verse proved beyond imitation when put to judgment.

  38. ذكر بعيد الشأو داني الهدى

    مستحكم المعنى بديع النظام

    A Remembrance far-reaching, with guidance close at hand,

    firm in meaning and wondrous in arrangement.

  39. أبان عما يأت أو ما مضى

    وبين الحل لنا والحرام

    It revealed what would come and what had passed,

    and explained to us the lawful and forbidden.

  40. لا تخلق الأزمان جلبابه

    وكيف لا وهو القديم الكلام

    The ages do not wear out its robe;

    how could it be otherwise, being the eternal Word?

  41. أقمت في البطحا مقاما به

    قد زمزم الشادي ليطيب المقام

    You established a dwelling in al-Batha, where

    the singer hummed to make the stay delightful.

  42. وسرت للمعراج في موكب

    مستعظم التشريف والاحتشام

    You traveled to the Ascension in a procession

    of immense honor and dignity.

  43. وقدمتك الرسل في محفل

    مستشرق الوضع فكنت الإمام

    The messengers placed you foremost in an assembly,

    radiant in its arrangement, and you were the leader.

  44. فإن أتوا من قبل لا غرو إن

    رش الندى البستان قبل الغمام

    If they came before you, it is no wonder that

    dew sprinkles the garden before the clouds.

  45. أو إن غدوا للكتب عنوانه

    فأنت يا مختار مسك الختام

    Or if they became the heading of the scriptures,

    you, O Chosen One, are the musk of the ending.

  46. أو صيروا كالزهر في دارة

    فأنت في الدارة بدر التمام

    Or if they were made like stars within a circle,

    you are the full moon within that circle.

  47. وكلهم منك استمدوا الهدى

    وعنك يرون المعاني الجسام

    All of them drew guidance from you,

    and through you discerned the mighty meanings.

  48. نصرت بالرعب فاهلكت من

    ناواك من بعد بسيف انتقام

    You were aided by terror and destroyed those

    who opposed you from afar, with a sword of vengeance.

  49. وكم كشفت الخطب يوم الوغى

    لما اغتدى ليلا بضرب الحسام

    How often you dispelled calamity on the day of battle,

    when it became night, by the sword's stroke!

  50. وكم بطعن الرمح سمت العدا

    ما نولوه عند رشق السهام

    How often, with the spear's thrust, you made enemies taste

    what they were dealt when arrows were loosed!

  51. وكم هزمت الكفر في فتية

    لولاك ما انقادوا لدين السلام

    How often you defeated unbelief with young men

    who, but for you, would not have submitted to the religion of peace!

  52. هم معشر في السلم سحب وفي

    ليل الوغى شهب رمت بالحمام

    They are a company like clouds in peace, and in

    battle's night, meteors hurling death.

  53. ألباذلوا الأنفس في حب من

    جازاهم فضلا بدار السلام

    They gave their lives in love for Him

    who graciously rewarded them with the Abode of Peace.

  54. هم سادة صحب سراة أولي

    صيد دعاة الخير نخب كرام

    They are lords, companions, nobles, possessed of

    proud dignity, callers to goodness, generous chosen men.

  55. شوس حما شم رؤوس تقى

    زهر هدى غر نجوم عظام

    Fierce defenders, lofty heads of piety,

    radiant in guidance, bright and mighty stars.

  56. من مثل شيخ الصدق في هديه

    أو مثل فاروق المعالي الهمام

    Who is like the elder of truth in his guidance,

    or like the heroic Faruq of lofty deeds,

  57. أو مثل ذي النورين في صبره

    أو مثل صدر المعلوات الإمام

    or like Dhu al-Nurayn in his patience,

    or like the Imam, foremost in exalted deeds,

  58. أو مثل عميه وسبطيه أو

    كالآل أرباب الوفا والذمام

    or like his two uncles and two grandsons, or

    like the Household, masters of fidelity and pledged protection,

  59. أو مثل باقهم وهل هم سوى

    زهر الدياجي أو زهور الكمام

    or like the rest of them? Are they anything but

    stars of the dark nights or blossoms in their sheaths?

  60. من ذا يضاهيهم سنا أو علا

    من بعد ما أمسوا بدور التمام

    Who can match them in radiance or eminence,

    after they have become full moons?

  61. أو من يوفي مدحهم بعدما

    حياهم المولى بآي كرام

    Or who can fully praise them after

    the Lord honored them with noble verses?

  62. يا كم بهم أرغمت أنفا وقد

    كشفت عن ثغر تواري اللثام

    How many a nose you humbled through them, while

    unveiling lips concealed by a veil!

  63. وكم بتفل قد كفيت الأذى

    وكم بنفث قد شفيت السقام

    How often with saliva you dispelled harm,

    and with a breath healed sickness!

  64. وكم أعدت الملح عذبا وكم

    قومت معوجا قسا فاستقام

    How often you made salt water sweet, and how often

    straightened something crooked and hardened until it stood straight!

  65. وكنت لما كنت فوق العلا

    كقاب قوسين أو أدنى مقام

    When you were above the loftiest heights, you were

    at a station like two bow-lengths, or nearer.

  66. وحزت فخرا لم يحزه السوى

    بالرؤية الغرا وإلقا الكلام

    You attained glory no other attained,

    through the radiant vision and the imparting of speech.

  67. لولاك ما كانت سماء وما

    لولاك ما كان الضيا الظلام

    But for you, no heaven would have existed, nor—

    but for you, neither light nor darkness would have existed.

  68. لولاك ما زان السما انجم

    لولاك ما أرسى الوهاد الأكام

    But for you, no stars would have adorned the sky.

    But for you, the hills would not have anchored the lowlands.

  69. لولاك ما لاحت شموس الضحى

    لولاك ما سارت بدور التمام

    But for you, the suns of morning would not have shone.

    But for you, the full moons would not have traveled.

  70. لولاك لم تسق البطاح الحيا

    لولاك ما تنبت بطاح خزام

    But for you, rain would not have watered the plains.

    But for you, no plains would have grown lavender.

  71. لولاك ما مالت غصون النقا

    لولاك ما غنى عليها الحمام

    But for you, the dune's branches would not have swayed.

    But for you, doves would not have sung upon them.

  72. لولاك ما افترت ثغور الربا

    لولاك ما صحت جسوم البشام

    But for you, the hillsides' mouths would not have smiled.

    But for you, the balsam trees' bodies would not have flourished.

  73. لولاك ما ابيضت وجوه المها

    لولاك ما اسودت عيون الريام

    But for you, the oryxes' faces would not have grown white.

    But for you, the gazelles' eyes would not have grown black.

  74. لولاك ما شقت فيلاة الفلا

    لولاك ما قاد المطايا زمام

    But for you, elephants would not have crossed the wilderness.

    But for you, no rein would have led the mounts.

  75. لولاك لم يتسخف جن ولم

    يولد وليد بين حام وسام

    But for you, no jinn would have acted frivolously, nor would

    a child have been born among Ham and Shem.

  76. لولاك لم يوجد وجود ولم

    تبرز معاني الكون بعد انعدام

    But for you, existence would not have existed, nor would

    the meanings of the universe have emerged after nonexistence.

  77. لولاك لم تنطق بتوحيد من

    حيّاك يا نور الهدى بالسلام

    But for you, the oneness of Him would not have been proclaimed

    who greeted you, O light of guidance, with peace.

  78. لولاك ما صلى وزكى امرؤ

    وفي بحق الفطر بعد الصيام

    But for you, no person would have prayed or given alms,

    or fulfilled the duty of breaking the fast after fasting.

  79. لولاك ما زار الورى طيبة

    لولاك ما حج الورى كل عام

    But for you, humankind would not have visited Tayba.

    But for you, humankind would not have made pilgrimage each year.

  80. يا نير الأفق وكهف القرى

    ومنتهى السؤل وعين المرام

    O light of the horizon and refuge of the towns,

    utmost object of petition and very essence of the goal,

  81. أنت الذي أعطاك مولى العطا

    شفاعة تشمل جمع الأنام

    You are he to whom the Lord of bounty granted

    intercession embracing all humankind.

  82. فكن مجيري يا مجير الورى

    من موقف ضنك ألد الخصاء

    Be my protector, O protector of creation,

    from a straitened station of fiercest contention.

  83. وأجزل ثوابي يا جواد وجد

    فضلا فإن الفضل شأن الكرام

    Make my reward abundant, O Generous One, and bestow

    bounty, for bounty is the noble ones' way.

  84. فبامتداحي فيك لي ذمة

    وأنت اوفى من وفى بالذمام

    Through my praise of you, I have a claim to protection,

    and you are the most faithful keeper of pledges.

  85. وحق عينيك وما قد حوى

    القرآن من فاء وصاد ولام

    By your eyes, and by what

    the Quran contains of fa, sad, and lam—

  86. لو كانت الأرضون والسحب

    والأفلاك أوراقا طوالا عظام

    if the earths and clouds

    and celestial spheres were long, immense sheets,

  87. والنبت أقلاما وما قد جرى

    من كل ماء كالمحاد استقام

    and plants were pens, and all that flowed

    of every water stood ready as ink [unclear reading],

  88. وكل ما قد دب أو قد مشي

    أو سار كتابا بطول الدوام

    and everything that crawled or walked

    or traveled were scribes for all eternity,

  89. لما حووا معشار عشر الذي

    أوتيته عن فضل مجرى الغمام

    they would not encompass a tenth of a tenth of what

    you were given through the bounty of Him who drives the clouds.

  90. وكيف يحصي العد نبت الثرى

    والترب والحصب وجنس الهوام

    How could counting enumerate the earth's plants,

    the soil, the gravel, and the kinds of creeping creatures?

  91. أو هل يوفى الكيل بحرا طمى

    أو هل يوفي القيس مسح الظلام

    Can a measure encompass a surging sea?

    Can measurement fully survey the darkness?

  92. أو هل يوفي الحرب سر العلا

    والسفل او تحصى معاني الكلام

    Can war encompass the mystery of the heights

    and depths, or can the meanings of speech be counted?

  93. الأمر يا من رام أن يحصه

    صعب فدع بالله ما لا يرام

    The task, O you who seek to enumerate it,

    is difficult; leave, by God, what cannot be attained.

  94. واجنح إلى العجز ففي طيه

    سر به تكفى أليم الملام

    Incline toward acknowledging inability, for within it

    lies a secret that spares you painful reproach.

  95. وهل يفي بالمدح فيك امرؤ

    من بعد ما انثنى عليك السلام

    Can any person adequately praise you,

    after peace has inclined toward you?

  96. لكن تطفلت وشان الفتى

    حفظ الطفيلي ويذل المرام

    Yet I intruded, and a noble man's way is

    to protect the uninvited guest, making the goal attainable.

  97. وزاحمت وراد مدح الحيا

    والمنهل العذب كثير الزحام

    I jostled those who came to praise the life-giving rain,

    and the sweet watering place is crowded indeed.

  98. يا مطمح الآمال يا مجتبي

    والكون لم يبؤز من الأنعدام

    O object of hopes, O chosen one,

    while the universe had not yet emerged from nonexistence,

  99. حاشاك في اليقظة أن تخزني

    من بعد ما رحبت بي في المنام

    far be it from you to disgrace me awake

    after you welcomed me in a dream,

  100. أو اشتكي حر الظما بعدما

    اسقيتني ماء يروي الأوام

    or that I should complain of burning thirst after

    you gave me water that quenches thirst,

  101. أو تحرق النيران جسمي وقد

    أدخلتني في الصحب دار السلام

    or that flames should burn my body when

    you admitted me among the companions into the Abode of Peace.

  102. فلا تخيّب وأول ما ارتجي

    من أنعم الدارين يا ابن الكرام

    Do not disappoint me; grant what I hope for

    of the blessings of both abodes, O son of noble ones.

  103. يا رب يا الله يا حيّ يا

    قيوم يا ذا العفو والإنتقام

    O Lord, O God, O Living One, O

    Self-Sustaining One, Possessor of pardon and vengeance,

  104. يا خالق الكون بلا صلة

    يا دائم الملك بغير انصرام

    O Creator of the universe without any connection,

    whose sovereignty endures without ending,

  105. يا باسط الأرض وباني السما

    يا مجري الري ومرسي الأكام

    O Spreader of the earth and Builder of heaven,

    O Sender of irrigation and Anchorer of hills,

  106. يا محصي الأنفاس يا عالم

    الأسرار يا باري البرا والنعام

    O Counter of breaths, O Knower of

    secrets, O Maker of creation and ostriches,

  107. يا سامع الأصوات يا من يرى

    وقع دبيب النمل تحت الظلام

    O Hearer of sounds, O You who see

    the tread of ants creeping beneath darkness,

  108. يا رازق الخلق بلا حيلة

    يا مالك الوحش وكافي الهوام

    O Provider for creation without contrivance,

    O Master of wild beasts and Sustainer of creeping creatures,

  109. يا منعش المرضى ومولى الجدا

    يا ناشر الموتى ومحي العظام

    O Reviver of the sick and Lord of bounty,

    O Raiser of the dead and Reviver of bones,

  110. يا من تعالى عن شريك وعن

    اصل وفرع أو منى أو منام

    O You exalted beyond a partner and beyond

    an origin or offspring, wishes or sleep,

  111. يا من سمى عن جسم أو عن حجى

    أو شرب ماء أو ذواق الطعام

    O You exalted beyond a body or thought,

    or drinking water or tasting food,

  112. يا من علا عن كيف أو كم أو

    عن مشية أو جلسة أو قيام

    O You exalted beyond how or how much, or

    walking, sitting, or standing,

  113. يا من يجيب العبد مهما دعا

    في الطعن يا ذا الجود أو في القيام

    O You who answer the servant whenever he calls,

    amid spearthrusts, O Generous One, or while standing,

  114. أمنن بعود لحطيم به

    قد حطم الله الذنوب العظام

    favor me with a return to the Hatim, where

    God has shattered grievous sins,

  115. وزورة القبر الشريف الذي

    فيه ثوى من حل أعلى مقام

    and with a visit to the noble tomb in which

    rests he who attained the highest station.

  116. واحفظ قواي الخمس ما دمت في الدنيا

    إلى أن يعتريني الحمام

    Preserve my five faculties while I remain in this world,

    until death overtakes me.

  117. واغفر ذنوبي واوف ديني وكن

    عوني إذا ما صرت تحت الرجام

    Forgive my sins, settle my debt, and be

    my help when I lie beneath the stones.

  118. وكف عني كل باغ وكد

    من كادني واكف شر الخصام

    Repel every aggressor from me, and scheme against

    whoever schemes against me; spare me the evil of contention.

  119. إني تحصّنت بطه ومن

    يأوى له يخش سوء اهتضام

    I have fortified myself with Taha, and whoever

    seeks shelter with him—need he fear cruel oppression?

  120. وقد تمسكت بأذياله

    ومن به استمسك أنى يضام

    I have held fast to the hems of his robe;

    how can anyone who holds fast to him be wronged?

  121. يا أمة الهادي المفدى ابشروا

    بكونكم اتباع خير الأنام

    O community of the guide for whom lives are offered, rejoice

    in being followers of the best of humankind.

  122. وليكف أن الله سبحانه

    أثنى عليكم بالخلال الوسام

    Let it suffice that God, glory be to Him,

    praised you for your beautiful qualities,

  123. إذ قال كنتم خير فيلهنكم

    بالعز في الداري والاحترام

    when He said, 'You are the best'; may you be gladdened

    by honor in both abodes and by respect.

  124. يا رب يا سلطان احم حما

    ة الدين من اولاد سام وحمام

    O Lord, O Sovereign, protect the defenders

    of the faith, among the sons of Shem and Hamam.

  125. وانصروا الإسلام واحم الهدى

    بالملك المولى والإمام الهمام

    Support Islam and protect guidance

    through the sovereign king and heroic Imam,

  126. مولاي عثمان الولي الذي

    أقام ركن الدين حتى استقام

    my lord Uthman, the guardian who

    established faith's pillar until it stood firm.

  127. والطف به واغفر له وأوله

    منك الأماني والرضا يا سلام

    Be gentle with him, forgive him, and grant him

    from You his wishes and approval, O Source of Peace.

  128. واحفظ ولي العهد كهف اليتا

    مى الملك المسعود كهف الأيام

    Preserve the heir to the throne, refuge of the orphans,

    the fortunate king, refuge against the days.

  129. واختم له بالخير واغفر له

    وانحه في الدارين أسنى مرام

    Grant him a good ending and forgive him,

    and direct him to the loftiest goal in both abodes.

  130. واغفر لأشياخي وآبائي ما

    قد حملوه من ذنوب عظام

    Forgive my teachers and forefathers for what

    they have borne of grievous sins.

  131. وهب لجميع المسلمين الرضا

    وامنحهم منك الجد المستدام

    Grant approval to all Muslims,

    and bestow on them enduring good fortune from You.

  132. واحسن ختام ابن الخلوف الذي

    بمدح طه رام حسن الختام

    Make good the ending of Ibn al-Khalluf, who

    through praising Taha sought a good ending.

  133. وصل يا رب عل المصطفى

    ما شق نحر الصبح جيب الظلام

    Send blessings, O Lord, upon the Chosen One,

    as long as dawn's throat tears open the bosom of darkness,

  134. والال والصحب وأتباعهم

    ما رش برد الروض دمع الغمام

    and upon the Household, companions, and their followers,

    as long as the clouds' tears sprinkle the garden's mantle.