ذروني أبكي بعد جيرة ثهمد — Al Burai

ذرونيَ أَبكي بعد جيرة ثهمد

واحداث عهد في بقية معهدي

Leave me to weep after the neighbors of Thahmad,

and recent acquaintances in what remains of my old abode,

وَأَندب آثار الفَريق بلوعة

وَلا عج وجد بعدهم متجدد

and lament the company's traces with anguish,

and with burning longing, renewed since their departure.

وَمالي لا أَبكي وَقَد عَزَموا النوى

غداة اِفتَرقنا من مغير وَمنجد

And why should I not weep, when they have resolved to depart,

on the morning we parted, some lowland-bound and others upland-bound?

فَما ودعوني يوم جد رَحيلهم

وَلا زوّدوني نظرة المتزود

For they did not bid me farewell when their departure grew earnest,

nor provision me with a traveler's parting glance.

وَلا رحموا قلبا يَحوم عَلى الحمى

وَلا حفظوا ميثاق عهد مؤكد

Nor did they pity a heart hovering over the sanctuary,

nor preserve the covenant of a firmly confirmed pledge.

فَليت الهَوى العذرى أَعقب راحة

لمطلق دمع عَن غَرام مقيد

Would that chaste love had brought relief

to one who frees his tears for a fettered passion.

وَلَيت زمان الوصل ارخى عنانه

فتبلغني الآمال غاية مقصدي

Would that the time of union had loosened its reins,

so hopes might carry me to my utmost goal.

خليليّ من حي ابن خولان أَسعدا

رَفيقكما فالدهر لَيسَ بمسعد

My two friends from Ibn Khawlan's clan, comfort

your companion, for time offers no comfort.

وَلا تسألاني عَن فؤاد مضيع

فان فؤادي في الطراف الممدد

And do not ask me about an abandoned heart,

for my heart is in the outspread leather tent.

وَيا ممرضي بالغور غور تهامة

أعد مرضي فيهم وعدلي بعوّدي

And O you who make me ill in the lowlands—the lowlands of Tihamah—

renew my illness among them, and return to me with my visitors.

وَخلّ عيون العين تسترق النهى

وَتَرمي العميد الصب في كل معمد

And let the eyes of the wide-eyed beauties enslave the intellect,

and strike the stricken lover at every targeted spot.

فَقَد لاحَ لي تحت السَتائر طلعة

أَذابَت بنور الحسن قَلبي وأكبدي

For a countenance appeared to me beneath the curtains,

which melted my heart and my livers with beauty's light.

إِذا نزل العشاق في عرصاتها

رأوا عبجبا من نورها المتصعد

When lovers settle in her open courts,

they behold a marvel of her ascending light.

فَكَم حولها من هائمين بحبها

وَبين يديها من ركوع وَسجد

How many around her are lost in love for her,

and how many bow and prostrate themselves before her.

رَعى اللَه أَياما مضت بسويقة

ولذة عيش بالاباطح مرغد

May God cherish the days that passed at Suwayqah,

and the delight of an easy life at al-Abatih.

يَقولون كَم تحكي وَكَم تذكر الحمى

وَتستنشد الاشعار من كل منشد

They say, ‘How often you tell tales and recall the sanctuary,

and ask every reciter to recite poems!’

فقلت لهم خلوا سَبيلي فأنني

أَروح عَلى حكم الغَرام واِغتدي

So I told them, ‘Leave me to my way, for I

go forth at evening and at dawn under passion's rule.’

وَما شاقني برق بأبرق رامة

وَلا نَغمات من حمام مغرد

No lightning at Abraq Ramah stirred my longing,

nor the melodies of singing doves,

وَلا نَسمات الريحتنثر لؤلؤا

من الطل عن زهر كدرّ منضد

nor breezes of wind scattering pearls

of dew from flowers like pearls set in rows.

بلى شاقَني الوجه السَعيد الَّذي به

تشعشع نور الحق في كل مشهد

Rather, the blessed face stirred my longing, through which

the light of the Truth shone forth in every scene.

أَعاد عَلَينا اللَه من بَرَكاته

وأوردنا من بره خير مورد

May God renew for us a share of his blessings,

and lead us to the best watering place of his bounty.

فَذلك يَستَسقي الغمام بوجهه

وَيفتح في أَسراره كل مؤصد

He it is who asks the clouds for rain through his countenance,

and in his mysteries every closed thing is opened.

اذا ما رأت عيناك بهجة وَجهه

رأت بدرتم في مَنازل أَسعَد

Whenever your eyes behold his face's radiance,

they behold a full moon in the most auspicious mansions.

وان لثمت يمناك يمناه فالتزم

بركن سوى ركن من البيت أَسود

And if your right hand kisses his right hand, then hold fast

to a pillar other than the black corner of the House.

له سيرة مرضية وَسَريرة

تضيء بنور السنة المتوقد

His conduct is pleasing, and his inner nature

shines with the burning light of the Sunnah.

امام به الدنيا تجلى ظلامها

وَلاحَ سَبيل الرشد عَن خير مرشد

An imam through whom the world has shed its darkness,

and the path of right guidance shone forth from the finest guide.

سما بشعار الصالحين وَهديهم

وأحيا منار الدين بعد محمد

He rose high with the emblem of the righteous and their guidance,

and revived the beacon of religion after Muhammad.

اذا ما ذكرنا الاكرمين فانه

هو الكوثر الفياض وَالعارض الندي

Whenever we mention the most generous, indeed

he is the overflowing Kawthar and the rain-laden cloud.

وَمَهما اِمتدحنا الصالحين فمدحه

به تختم الذكر الجَميل وَتَبتَدي

And whenever we praise the righteous, his praise

is how you close and begin your gracious remembrance.

فَللَه من غوث لكل مؤمل

وَسيف عَلى الاعداء لَيسَ بمغمد

So, by God, what a rescuer for every hopeful soul,

and a sword against enemies that is never sheathed,

وَمعقل عز يلتجأ بجنابه

وَيَروي بجر من عَطاياه مزبد

and a stronghold of honor at whose threshold refuge is sought,

and a foaming sea of his gifts quenches thirst.

فَيا سَيدي ان الزَمان معاندي

وَأَنتَنور لنا بك الناس تَهتَدي

So, O my master, time is indeed hostile to me,

and you are a light for us; through you people find guidance.

وَظلك مَمدود عَلى كل مسلم

وَفضلك مَبذول لِكل موحد

Your shade stretches over every Muslim,

and your bounty is offered to every believer in God's oneness.

وَلكنَّني أَشكو اليك نوائبا

يعزلها صَبري وَيفني تجلدي

Yet I complain to you of calamities

before which my patience falters and my fortitude fades.

فَلا قر قَلبي بل وَلا كف مدمعي

وَلا لذلي عيشي وَشربي وَمَرقَدي

So my heart finds no rest; nor, indeed, do my tears cease.

Nor do my life, my drink, or my bed bring me delight.

وَفي بيت رغم اخوَتي واحبتي

مقيمون في ليل من الهم سرمد

And in a house of humiliation, my brothers and loved ones

dwell in an endless night of sorrow.

وان الفقيه المعجلي ضاق ذرعه

لعتبك يا مصباح غور وانجد

And the jurist al-Maʿjali is sorely distressed

by your reproach, O lamp of lowlands and uplands.

أَتاهم كَلام منك يا با محمد

يهد الرواسي فاِقتصد وَتروّد

Words from you reached them, O Abu Muhammad,

that shatter firm mountains; so be measured and gentle.

فان كان عَن ذنب فَعَفوك واسع

وان لَم يكن ذنب فَلا ترض حسدي

So if it was for a fault, then your forgiveness is vast,

and if there was no fault, do not gratify my enviers.

وَحاشاك تحمي الارض شرقا وَمغربا

وَتهمل اخواني وَتظلم مسجدي

Far be it from you to protect the earth in east and west,

yet neglect my brothers and leave my mosque in darkness.

فأسبل عليهم ستر صفحك واحمهم

بجاهك يا مَولاي من كل معتدي

So let the veil of your pardon fall over them, and protect them,

through your influence, O my lord, from every aggressor.

وَقم بي فاني وابن عمي وكل من

يلينا نرجى جاه وَجهك سيدي

And stand by me, for I, my cousin, and everyone who

is near us look to the prestige of your countenance, my master.

وَهاكَ من الدر النَضيد غرائبا

مؤلفها عَبد الرَحيم بن أَحمد

And take these marvels of strung pearls,

composed by ʿAbd al-Rahim ibn Ahmad.

وَلَم أَبغ منكم غير صالح دعوة

يَطول بها باعي وَتَعلو بها يدي

And I have sought from you nothing but a worthy prayer

through which my reach lengthens and my hand rises.

وَبعد صلاة اللَه ثم سلامه

عَلى خير فرع طال من خير محتد

And finally, God's blessing, and then His peace,

upon the finest branch grown tall from the noblest stock:

محمد السامي الفخر وآله

حماة ثغور الدين من كل ملحد

Muhammad, lofty in glory, and his family,

defenders of the faith's frontiers against every heretic.