يا ذا المعني بهذا الذكر تسمعُهُ
في المدح تأثره في سيد الناس
O you concerned with this remembrance that you hear—
O you who attend to this remembrance as you hear it,
in praise, follow its trail to the Master of mankind.
recounting it in praise of the master of humankind:
هذا النبي ومن آيات أثرته
في الطِّيب والطوّل لا تجري بمقياس
This is the Prophet; and among the signs of his distinction
this is the Prophet, whose signs of distinction
are goodness and bounty beyond all measure.
in goodness and bounty admit no measure.
قد انقضت معجزاتُ الغيبِ وافيةً
صحيحة باستفاضات وإحساس
The miracles of the unseen have passed, complete,
The miracles of the unseen have passed, complete,
authenticated by widespread reports and sensory witness.
authenticated by widespread reports and sensory perception.
وهاك نوعاً من الإعجاز منتزهاً
عن نقد منتقد أو صفح قرطاس
But here is a kind of miracle, standing aloof
And here is a kind of miracle, far removed
from any critic’s censure or the face of parchment:
from a critic's scrutiny or the surface of a sheet of paper.
لات عدم النقل عن آثار سيدنا
فإنما نحن فيها بين أعراسِ
never is transmission lacking concerning our master’s traditions,
Never be without accounts of our master's deeds,
for amid them we are as though among wedding feasts.
for in them we are amid nothing but wedding feasts.
تنقّل الأنف في النَّوار ينشقه
من ياسمين إلى ورد إلى آس
The nose roams among the blossoms, breathing their scent,
The nose wanders among blossoms, inhaling their scent,
from jasmine to rose to myrtle.
from jasmine to rose to myrtle.
إنَّ القلوب إذا اعتلت خواطرها
فذكر أحمد فيها المبرىء الآسي
Indeed, when the hearts grow sick in their thoughts,
Indeed, when the thoughts of hearts fall ill,
the remembrance of Ahmad within them is the curing physician.
then remembrance of Ahmad within them is the healer, the physician.
Sol 6.1