Sol 6.1

  1. سبقوا البرية طارفا وتليدا

    وعلوا عليها والداً ووليدا

    They surpassed creation in new-won and ancestral glory,

    And rose above it, father and newborn alike.

  2. قوم إذا اجتذبوا أعنة خيلهم

    جعلوا قريب الغالبين بعيدا

    A people who, when they draw the reins of their steeds,

    Make what is near to the victors far away.

  3. وترى جهابذة الورى في بليهم

    من فضلهم يتيممون صعيدا

    And you see the master scholars of mankind, when testing them,

    Seeking earth for ritual cleansing from their bounty.

  4. والأسد في غاباتها من بأسهم

    في رحبهم يتوسدون وصيدا

    And the lions in their thickets, because of their might,

    Take a threshold in their courtyard as their pillow.

  5. وجاءهم جمع لنكبة شأنهم

    إلا وأصبح في التراب وحيدا

    And a host came to them to bring their standing low,

    Only to end up alone in the dust.

  6. خلقت أحاديث الزمان وهم وقد

    كتبوا على ذمم الوجود عهودا

    Time's tales have grown threadbare, while they have indeed

    Inscribed covenants upon the pledged honor of existence.

  7. ما أم سدة بابهم عاني الشقا

    إلا وصيره الإله سعيدا

    No captive of misery sought the threshold of their gate

    But God made him happy.

  8. هم زبدة الكون الوسيع وجدهم

    أضحى على كل الأنام شهيدا

    They are the cream of the vast universe, and their forefather

    Has become a witness over all humankind.

  9. وسرادق العرش العظيم بنورهم

    بهج ومنه منضد تنضيدا

    And the canopy of the mighty Throne, with their light,

    Is radiant, arrayed from that light in ordered tiers.

  10. هم برزخ الشرف الرفيع وفي الخفا

    أخذوا النبي ملاحظاً وعميدا

    They are the isthmus of exalted honor, and in the unseen

    They have taken the Prophet as watchful guardian and chief.

  11. سربالهم في الحرب هيكل ذكرهم

    والغير يجعل للحروب حديدا

    Their battle-garb is the talisman of their remembrance,

    While others fashion iron for their wars.

  12. ما الناس إلا هم لعمري أنهم

    جعلوا لأيام البرية عيدا

    They alone are humankind; by my life, they

    Have made a festival for the days of creation.

  13. ظهرت بهم آثار قدرة ربهم

    لما اصطفاهم سادة وأسودا

    Through them appeared the signs of their Lord's power,

    When He chose them as lords and lions.

  14. وسمت سلاسل مجدهم فتسلسلت

    شرفاً وطلبت سيداً وحفيدا

    And the chains of their glory rose high and linked together

    In honor, and sought a lord and a grandson.

  15. ولبابهم هرعت صدور الأوليا

    وفيه طافوا مرشداً ومريدا

    And to their gate hastened the foremost of the saints,

    And there they circled, guide and disciple alike.

  16. عكفوا على أعتابهم ولقد رأوا

    رأياً لإنتاج المراد سديدا

    They kept vigil at their thresholds, and indeed discerned

    A sound course for bringing their desire to fruition.

  17. للَه منهم سادة وأئمةٌ

    غمروا الوجود بكل آنٍ جودا

    To God belong lords and imams from among them,

    Who flood existence with generosity at every moment.

  18. أهل لكل جميلةٍ وجليلةٍ

    غوث لمن ترك الديار طريدا

    Worthy of every fair and noble deed,

    Succor for whoever left his home, driven out.

  19. قد شرفوا سلك الورى مذ نظموا

    بالغيب فيه جواهراً وعقودا

    They have ennobled creation's thread since they were strung

    Upon it in the unseen, as jewels and necklaces.

  20. آثارهم تفشت على لوح العلا

    قدماً وكان مقامهم محمودا

    Their traces spread upon the tablet of glory

    Long ago, and their station was praiseworthy.

  21. ما جئتهم للخطب إلا شمتهم

    حبلاً لتفريج الكروب وريدا

    Never did I come to them in dire trouble without beholding them

    A cord—a life-vein—for the relief of sorrows.

  22. أشبال أحمد آل حيدرة الوغى

    أنجال فاطمة كفاك جدودا

    Ahmad's lion-cubs, the kin of Haydara of battle,

    Fatima's offspring—those forebears suffice you.

  23. أرجو بهم نيل المآرب أنني

    أصبحت أحمل من عناي قيودا

    Through them I hope to attain my desires, for I

    Have come to bear chains from my suffering.

  24. لجنابهم أشكو لأني قاصد

    أصبحت قصدي للقبول قصيدا

    To their presence I complain, for I am a seeker;

    In my quest for acceptance, I have become a poem.

  25. وقريحتي قد قرحت من بلوتي

    وغدت هشيماً كالحا وحصيدا

    And my poetic gift has grown sore from my ordeal,

    And has become grim, crumbled stalks and mown-down stubble.

  26. وبكل حالٍ جئتهم وأخذتهم

    ركناً لدفع النائبات شديدا

    And in every state I came to them and took them

    As a mighty pillar for warding off calamities.

  27. وبهم ألوذ مدا الزمان ولا أرى

    عن بابهم حتى القيام محيدا

    And with them I seek refuge throughout time, and see no

    Turning from their gate until the Resurrection.

  28. ولدي القيامة أستظل بظلهم

    حتى أراني خادماً مسعودا

    And at the Resurrection I seek shelter in their shade,

    So that I may see myself a fortunate servant.

  29. صلى الإله على التهامي جدهم

    خير الأنام مواليا وعبيدا

    May God bless the Tihami, their forefather,

    The best of humankind, masters and slaves alike,

  30. والآل أقمار السعادة من به

    سبقوا البرية طارفاً وتليدا

    And his family, moons of felicity, who through him

    Surpassed creation in new-won and ancestral glory.