Sol 6.1

  1. ما قَول شَيخِ الوَرى عَلّامَةُ الأُمَمِ

    مُفتي الفَريقين مِن عُربٍ وَعَجَمِ

    What is the opinion of mankind's sage, the nations' great scholar,

    mufti to both peoples, Arabs and non-Arabs,

  2. فَخر الزَمانِ إِمامِ العَصرِ أَفضَلُ مَن

    أَمَّت حِماه مَطايا العَزمِ مِن أَمَمِ

    the age's pride, the era's leader, the finest of those

    whose sanctuary the mounts of resolve have sought from nearby,

  3. الباهِرِ الفَضلِ وَالآراءِ وَالنِعَمِ

    وَالطاهِرِ الأَصلِ وَالآباءِ وَالشِيَمِ

    dazzling in merit, counsel, and bounty,

    and pure in lineage, forebears, and character,

  4. المُرشِدِ الخَلق سُبلَ الحَقِّ حَيثُ غَدا

    إِمامَ حَقٍّ لَهُم فَاِفطَن إِلى كَلِمي

    guiding mankind along truth's paths, for he has become

    their leader in truth—so attend to my words?

  5. فَهوَ الإِمامُ الَّذي نَرجُوهُ مُنتَظِراً

    لِقَتلِ دَجّالِ جَهلٍ قَد أَباحَ دَمي

    For he is the imam we hope for, as we wait

    for the slaying of ignorance's Dajjal, who has declared my blood lawful.

  6. أَمَدّهُ اللَهُ بِالزُلفى وَمَدَّ لَهُ

    ظِلّاً عَلى مفرقِ الإِسلامِ وَالأُممِ

    May God sustain him with nearness to Him, and extend for him

    a shade over the crown of Islam and the nations.

  7. لَقَد حَمى الدينَ وَالدُنيا وَأَهلِهِما

    يَراعُهُ الصارِم الفَرّاج لِلغُمَمِ

    Truly, religion, worldly life, and the people of both have been protected

    by his sword-sharp reed pen, the great dispeller of sorrows.

  8. في مُدنَفٍ لَعِبَت أَيدي البِعادِ بِهِ

    وَفَرَّقَت مِنهُ ظُلماً شَملَ مُلتَئِمِ

    Concerning a languishing man with whom separation's hands have toyed,

    and unjustly scattered his once-united company:

  9. فَفارَقَ الشامَ وَالأَوطانَ جادهُما

    كَسُحبِ جَفني هَطّال مِنَ الدِيَمِ

    he left al-Sham and his homelands—may they both be watered

    by a downpour of steady rain, like the clouds of my eyelid.

  10. يَرومُ بِالرومِ دار العَدلِ مَدرَسَةً

    وَلَم يَحِد عَن طَريقِ القَومِ في القِدَمِ

    He seeks a school in Rum, the abode of justice,

    and has not strayed from the people's time-honored path,

  11. مِمّا يَعُدُّوهُ شَرطاً في مَلازَمَةٍ

    وَمُدَّةً مِن سِنينٍ أَربَعٍ قُدُمِ

    in what they count a condition of apprenticeship,

    and a term of four years gone by.

  12. وَحَقُّهُ كانَ يعطاها يَداً بِيَدِ

    كَما تَقَرَّر في قانون عُرفِهِمِ

    And his right was to be given it, hand to hand,

    as established in the code of their custom.

  13. فَكَيفَ صاعَ لَمَولانا وَسَيِّدِنا

    قاضي العَساكر مَنعٌ وَهوَ ذُو كَرَمِ

    How, then, was it permissible for our master and lord,

    the judge of the armies, to withhold it, though he is generous?

  14. هَل حَلّ ذَلِكَ في الشَرعِ القَويم لَهُ

    أَم ذاكَ قانونُ مَعلومٍ بِلا سَقَمِ

    Was that lawful for him under the upright sacred law,

    or is that a known rule, free of defect?

  15. أَبِن لَنا عَنهُ وَاكشِف ظُلمَةً سَتَرَت

    وُجُوهَ آمالِنا يا كاشِفَ الظُلَمِ

    Explain it to us, and dispel a darkness that has veiled

    the faces of our hopes, O dispeller of darkness.

  16. فَقَد حَثَثنا رِكابَ العَزمِ مِن بَلَدٍ

    ناءٍ إِلَيكَ رَجا إِحسانَكَ العَمَمِ

    For we have spurred the mounts of resolve from a land

    far away toward you, hoping for your all-embracing kindness.

  17. لَولاهُ لَم أَرضَ الرومَ مَنزِلَةً

    عَنِ الشَآمِ سَقاها غَيثُ مُنسَجِمِ

    Were it not for that, I would not accept Rum as a dwelling

    instead of al-Sham—may flowing rain water her.

  18. فَهَل سَمِعت بِذي لُبٍّ يَعيشُ بِهِ

    يَسيرُ قَطّ لِأَرضِ الرُومِ عَن إِرَمِ

    Have you heard of someone endowed with reason, living by it,

    who would ever travel to the land of Rum away from Iram?

  19. لَكِنَّ مَن حَلَّ مَغناكَ الرَفيعَ يَرى

    بِأَنَّهُ حَلَّ بَينَ الرُكنِ وَالحَرَمِ

    Yet whoever alights in your lofty abode sees

    that he has alighted between the Corner and the Sanctuary.

  20. مَولايَ نُصرَةَ عانٍ قلَّ ناصِرهُ

    مِن جَور قاضٍ قَضى بِالعَدلِ مُتَّهَمِ

    My lord, give aid to a captive with few to help him,

    against a judge's tyranny, whose justice in judgment is suspect.

  21. أَصَمّ لَم يُصغِ لِلشَكوى وَأَبكَم لَم

    يَحُر جَواباً وَعَن حالِ الفَقيرِ عَمِي

    Deaf, he did not heed the complaint; mute, he did not

    return an answer; and he was blind to the poor man's plight.

  22. وَهَذِهِ نَفثةُ المَصدُورِ قَد صَدَرَت

    مِن صَدرِ عَبدٍ لِصَدرِ الناسِ كُلِّهِمِ

    And this is an ailing man's sigh, which has issued

    from a servant's breast to the foremost of all mankind.

  23. عَسى أَياديكَ تَشفيهِ مِنَ الأَلَمِ

    لازلتَ في نِعَمٍ مَوصولةَ النعمِ

    May your favors heal him of pain.

    May you ever remain in blessings joined to blessings.

  24. وَاِسلَم وَدُم ما سَرى نَجمٌ وَما طَلَعَت

    غَزالَةُ الصُبح تَرعى النَجمَ في الظُلمِ

    And be safe, and endure as long as a star travels by night and there rises

    the morning's gazelle, grazing on the stars in the darkness.