لعزك ذلت الأمم — Abu Zaid Al Fazazi

لِعزّك ذلّت الأُمم

وفيك تعلت الهمم

Before Your might the nations have bowed.

And in You aspirations have risen.

ونحوك حارت الألبابُ

لا يأسٌ ولا سأم

And toward You minds wander bewildered,

with neither despair nor weariness.

إذا ما خلَّفت عَلَماً

بدا من خلفها علم

Whenever they leave a landmark behind,

another landmark appears behind them.

طريق لا انتهاءَ له

وسيرٌ ما به ألم

A path without end,

and a journey without pain.

تعاظم مُلكُ من وجدت

به الأجسامُ والنّسم

Exalted is the dominion of Him who brought into being

bodies and souls.

وأيقن أنَّه الجبّا

ر هذا الخلق كلُّهم

And certain that He is the Compeller

are all these creatures.

ولاحت في الوجود له

شهود ليس تُتَّهم

And throughout existence there shine for Him

witnesses beyond suspicion:

مخاطبةٌ ولا كَلِمٌ

مكاتبة ولا قلم

speaking, yet without words;

writing, yet without a pen.

لقد نادت مصرِّحةً

بأن الله ربكم

Indeed, they have cried out plainly

that God is your Lord.

فيا عجباً أيَعصي الله

من بُسِطَت له النعم

How astonishing! Would God be disobeyed

by one for whom blessings have been spread,

فلم يسهر له جَفنٌ

ولم يتعب له قدم

though no eyelid of his has kept vigil,

nor any foot of his grown weary?

فيا من لا يؤدي شك

ره عُربٌ ولا عجم

O You whose due thanks cannot be rendered

by Arabs or non-Arabs,

ومن بهرت دلائله

وقد عمَّ النُّهى عمم

and whose proofs have dazzled,

though obscurity has enveloped reason;

ومن تعصي خليقته

ومنه الستر والكرم

and You whom Your creatures disobey,

yet from You come the veiling of faults and generosity.

بدت شمس من التوحيد

فانقشعت لها الظُّلم

A sun of God's oneness has risen,

and before it the darkness has dispersed.

وجاء خليفةٌ شهدت

بطاعته لك الأمم

And a caliph has come; the nations have borne witness

to his obedience to You.

جمعت الخافقين له

ولم يسفك لديه دم

You have united east and west for him,

and no blood has been shed before him.

وصنت المسلمين له

فلا خوف ولا عَدَم

And You have safeguarded the Muslims for him,

so there is neither fear nor want.

فأمر الدين والدنيا

بحمد الله منتظم

Thus the affairs of religion and the world

are well ordered, praise be to God.

وكفُّ الفضل واكفةٌ

وثغر العدل مبتسم

And bounty's palm pours forth,

and justice's mouth smiles.

لنا منه مع السَّاعات

جود ليس ينصرم

Ours from him, with every hour,

is generosity that never ceases.

إمامٌ مشرقُ الآثار

ماضي الفكر معتزم

An imam radiant in his deeds,

incisive in thought, resolute.

فقد صنعت له الأقدار

ما لا تصنع البهم

For the decrees of fate have wrought for him

what mighty warriors cannot.

إذا عظَّ الورى زمن

فإن فناءه حرم

Whenever time bites humankind,

his courtyard is a sanctuary.

وإن غشيتهم محن

فطاعة أمره عصم

And if trials envelop them,

obedience to his command affords protection.

له نعم على الآوي

إليه وفي العدا نقم

He has blessings for whoever seeks refuge

in him, and vengeance for his foes.

فنور جبينه برق

وجود يمينه ديم

The light of his brow is lightning,

and his right hand's bounty, steady rains.

فقل للجاحدين له

وفي آذانهم صمم

So say to those who deny him,

with deafness in their ears:

أفيقوا إن خلفكم

جيوش سيلها عَرِمُ

Awake! For behind you are

armies whose torrent is raging;

بحار غير راكدة

وفيها النار تضطرم

seas that are not still,

and within them fire blazes;

وطائفة موحدة

عراهُ ليس تنفصم

and a company professing God's oneness,

whose bonds cannot be broken.

إذا ما الإفكُ قابلها

فإن الإفك منهزم

Whenever falsehood confronts it,

falsehood is routed.

فيا من غرَّ ناظره

زخارف شادها الحُلُم

O you whose gaze has been deceived

by ornaments that a dream has built,

أعِد نظراً فإنَّ هواك

في دعواك متهم

look again, for your desire

is suspect in your claim.

وفي الأغماد إن أصرر

ت سر ليس ينكتم

And within the scabbards, if you persist,

lies a secret that cannot be concealed.

فإنَّ خليفة الرحم

ن بالرحمن معتصم

For the caliph of the Merciful

holds fast to the Merciful.

أمام عدوّه نقمٌ

وخلف وجوده العدم

Before his foe lies vengeance;

behind that foe's existence, nothingness.