أعد الوداع فما أراك تراني — Al Burai

أَعد الوداع فَما أَراكَ تَراني

وأطل بكاك لبين أَهل البان

Repeat the farewell, for I do not think you see me.

And prolong your weeping for the departure of the people of the moringa grove.

فغدا يفارقك الفَريق فتَنثَني

متحسرا لنفرق الحلان

For tomorrow the company leaves you, and you turn back,

grieving at the parting of close friends.

وأَراك تنكر حب زينب بعدما

شهدتعليك مدامع الاجفان

And I see you denying your love for Zaynab, after

the tears of your eyelids have testified against you.

وَلَم اختدعت فبعت قَلبك يوم ذي

سلم بلا ثمن فهل لك ثاني

And why were you duped into selling your heart on the day at Dhu

Salam for no price—have you another?

لَولا النَسيم الحاجري وَروحه

ما بت تندب روضة الريحان

Were it not for the breeze from Hajir and its solace,

you would not have spent the night lamenting the garden of sweet basil.

وَبأبرق الحنان منزل زينَب

أَفَلا تحن لأبرق الحنان

And Zaynab's dwelling is at Abraq al-Hannan;

will you not, then, yearn for Abraq al-Hannan?

نَزَلوا عَلى الريان من سفح اللوى

فأذابَني ظمأ الى الريان

They camped at al-Rayyan, on the slope of al-Liwa;

and thirst for al-Rayyan melted me away.

واهالهم من حيرة ما طابَ لي

زَمن الصبا الاوهم جيراني

Ah, those neighbors! I found no sweetness

in the days of youth except when they were my neighbors.

وأَنا الفِداء لهاجر معتب

نسخ الوصال بمعكم الهجران

And I am the ransom for a reproachful deserter,

who annulled union with estrangement's binding decree.

أَكرَمته فأهانني وَحفظته

فأَضاعَني وأطعنه فَعَصاني

I honored him, but he humiliated me; I safeguarded him,

but he neglected me; I obeyed him, but he defied me.

ليت الَّذي كتب الفراق بعيد لي

زمَني وَحيراني بشعب زَماني

Would that the One who decreed separation would restore to me

my days and my neighbors in the ravine of my time.

وَيهب روح الانس من قبل الحمى

وارى خييمات الحمى وَتَراني

And may the breath of companionship blow from the sanctuary's direction,

and may I see the sanctuary's little tents, and may they see me.

والى الجناب الاهدلي رمت بنا

نجبخلطن السهل بالاحزان

And toward the Ahdali presence we were borne,

by fleet she-camels that mingled level ground with rugged terrain.

وَنزلن من كنفي سهام بساحمة ال

قمر المنير سنا سما الايمان

And they came down from Siham's flanks into the courtyard of the

luminous moon, radiance of the heaven of faith:

سيف الهداية احمد بن محمد

علم العناية فارىء القرآن

the sword of guidance, Ahmad ibn Muhammad,

the banner of divine care, reciter of the Qur'an.

هو في المراوعة الخصيبة آية

بشرية شهدت به الثقلان

In fertile al-Marawi'ah he is a sign

in human form, to which humankind and jinn bear witness.

وَدَلائل الخيرات فيه فانه

كالشمس لا تخفى بكل مكان

And within him are signs of goodness, for he is

like the sun, which is hidden nowhere.

لا تقصدن سواه فهو خَليفة

الرحمن وابن خَلائف الرحمن

Seek no one else, for he is the vicegerent

of the All-Merciful, and a son of the All-Merciful's vicegerents.

وانزل عليه فما نزلت بسوحه

الا نزلت على ابي الضيفان

Lodge with him: you never alight in his courts

without lodging with the father of guests.

أَأَبا محمد انت غاية مَطلَبي

في النائبات وَصارمى وَسناني

O Abu Muhammad, you are the utmost goal of my quest,

in calamities, and my keen sword and my spearhead.

وَبنور وجهك رفعَتي وَكَرامَتي

وأمان خوف بعد خوف اماني

And through the light of your face come my exaltation and honor,

and safety from fear: after fear comes my security.

صوّرت منحسب ومن نشب ومن

ادب ومن يمن ومن ايمان

You were fashioned from noble ancestry, from wealth, and from

refinement, from blessing, and from faith.

وَخلقت من شرف ومن كرم ومن

ملك ومن قمر ومن انسان

And you were created from nobility, from generosity, and from

an angel, from a moon, and from a human being.

مزجت طباعك بالسَماحة وَالوفا

فحوت جميع الحسن والاحسان

Your dispositions were blended with generosity and fidelity,

and so encompassed all beauty and beneficence.

شرف اناف الى مناف واِنتَهى

كرما فَما داناه عبد مدان

A nobility that rose to Manaf and reached its peak

in generosity: Abd Madan never matched it.

من دوحة نبوية علوية

في اصلها الزَهراء وَالحسنان

From a prophetic, Alid tree,

at whose root are al-Zahra, Hasan, and Husayn.

والاهدليون الكِرام فروعها

وَثمار ذاكَ المنصب الصنوان

And the noble Ahdalis are its branches,

and the kindred stems are the fruits of that station.

لَولا عَلى الاهدل السامي الذرا

ما افتر نور جواهر الاكوان

Were it not for Ali al-Ahdal, lofty of summit,

the light of creation's jewels would not have smiled.

من أَينَ يدرك مدحه هَيهات لا

وَاللَه ما قاص اليهوَدانى

How could his praise be attained? Far beyond reach—no!

By God, neither the far-off nor the near can reach him.

وَهُو المصفى من ذؤابة هاشم

فرد الزَمان وفرد كل زَمان

And he is the purified one from Hashim's crest,

peerless in this age and peerless in every age.

وابوه حيدرة واحمد جده

واخوه عبد القادر الجيلاني

And his father is Haydara, and Ahmad his grandfather,

and his brother is Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani.

اضحى مزارا في سهام بتربة

مزحت بسر البيت ذي الاركان

He became a shrine in Siham, in earth

mingled with the mystery of the House with its corners.

شهدت مشاهد واشرق نورها

وَعلت مراتبها عَلى كيوان

I witnessed shrines, and their light shone forth,

and their ranks rose above Saturn.

فبه الامام ابن الأئمة انه

في الناس مثل الزهر في البستان

For therein is the imam, son of imams; indeed, he is

among people like blossoms in a garden.

سلف ابو خلف غدت آثارهم

في الجود مثل شَرائع الاعيان

Forebears, fathers of successors—their legacies became

in generosity like watering places for the eminent.

ملأ بنو ملأ بحور نوافل

وَبدور أندية وَحلو مَجاني

Nobles, sons of nobles, oceans of bounty,

and full moons of assemblies, with sweet fruit to gather.

ماذا تعامل يا شهاب الدين من

بالرغم باع الربح بالخسران

How will you treat, O Shihab al-Din, one

who unwillingly sold profit for loss?

فقر وافلاس وَدهر خائن

وَهموم عائلة وَضيق مكان

Poverty, bankruptcy, and a treacherous age,

family cares and cramped quarters,

وَعَظيم دين لا يَقوم بحمله

رضوى وَلا الصخرات من ثهلان

and an immense debt whose burden could not be borne by

Radwa, nor by the rocks of Thahlan.

وَحواسد وَشوامت قد قطعوا

نسبي وَباعوني بسوق هوان

And envious people and gloaters have severed

my kinship ties and sold me in a market of humiliation.

هَل منك لي يا ابن الاهيدل عطفة

تغني بها فقري وَتصلح شاني

Is there for me from you, O son of al-Uhaydil, a kindness

with which you dispel my poverty and set my affairs right?

وَتقبلني من عثرَتيوَتريحني

بالجود من همي ومن احزاني

And will you accept me despite my stumble, and relieve me

through generosity, of my worry and my sorrows?

فوحق منتعنو الوجوه لوجهه

ذي العزة الباقي وَكل فاني

So, by the right of Him before whose face all faces bow,

the Possessor of might, the Everlasting, while all others perish:

مالي الى احد سواك علاقة

ترجى وَلا سبب يقود عناني

I have no tie to anyone but you

to place hope in, nor a cord to guide my reins.

وَسمعت من ام العيال تَواعدا

وَتهدد اما كان في حسباني

And I heard from the mother of my children menaces

and threats that I had never expected.

رجب وَشعبان قطعت مداهما

صبرا وعز الصبر في رَمَضان

I passed through the full span of Rajab and Sha'ban

with patience; but patience grew scarce in Ramadan.

فبحق حقك برنى وامدني

بعوارف وَعَواطف وَحَنان

So, by your rightful due, be kind to me and sustain me

with benefactions, affection, and tenderness.

فَلَقَد قصدتك ما دحالك لائذا

بك مستجير امن عناد زَماني

For I have come to you, praising you, taking refuge

in you, seeking shelter from the obstinacy of my times.

فقني بجاهك من هموم الفقر في

الدنيا وَفي الاخرى من النيران

So protect me, through your standing, from poverty's cares in

this world, and in the hereafter from the fires.

وَبقيت يا قمر الكمال مكرما

وَمنعما بالروح وَالريحان

And may you remain, O moon of perfection, honored

and blessed with repose and sweet basil,

ما هب نجدى النَسيم وَما شدت

ورقاء ساجعة عَلى الاغصان

as long as the breeze from Najd blows, and as long as there sings

a gray dove, cooing upon the branches,

وَتَقول يا سبوح يا قدوس يا

رباه يا غوثاة يا مناني

and saying, 'O All-Glorious, O All-Holy, O

my Lord, O Succor, O my Benefactor!'