دمى طلل بين الطلول بحا جر

فَلا تعجَبوا من عبرة بمحاجري

The beauties of a ruined dwelling among the ruins at Hājir—

so do not marvel at a tear in my eye-sockets.

وَخلوا فؤادي يستبيد فراقهم

غراما يَرى ما بين ناس وَذاكر

And leave my heart for their parting to ravage,

in a passion that sees what lies between one forgetful and one remembering.

فذكرى حييمات الاباطح لم تزل

تهيج لِقَلبي وَجد مَجنون عامر

For the memory of [little tents?] in the gravelly valleys has never ceased

to stir in my heart the passion of Majnūn of ʿĀmir.

وَما الحب الا لوعة وَصَبابة

تذيب وَمهجور يحن لهاجر

And love is nothing but burning anguish and ardent longing,

which melts one, while the forsaken yearns for the one who forsakes.

وخل الهَوى العذرى ينم به الفَتى

بخلع عذار الحب من غير عاذر

And let the youth reveal his chaste love

by casting off love's bridle, with none to excuse him.

عَسى نسمة من سفح نجد تهب لي

بريح الخزامى وَاليشام النواضر

May a breeze from the slope of Najd blow to me

with the scent of lavender and fresh [balsam?],

وَتشرَح لي حال الغَريق فَربما

ازاحَت بذكري منجد وجد غائر

and explain to me the drowning one's plight; perhaps

it has dispelled, through my memory of an uplander, a lowlander's longing.

فَلِلَّه عيش بالحمى سمحت به

شحاح الغواني في المغاني الدوائِر

What a life in the sanctuary, bestowed by

the grudging beauties in the circular encampments!

ليال سرقناهن من زمن مضت

به غفلات العيش من شعب حاجر

Nights we stole from a time in which there passed

life's heedless hours in the ravine of Hājir.

أَما وَالَّذي حج الخَلائق بيته

رجالا وَركباناعَلى كل ضامر

Indeed, by Him to whose House all creatures make pilgrimage,

on foot and mounted upon every lean camel,

وَمن طاف تعظيما وهرول ساعيا

وَكرر أَذكار الصفا وَالمَشاعِر

and by whoever circumambulated in reverence and hastened in the ritual run,

and repeated remembrances of Ṣafā and the sacred sites,

لاستعطفن الوصل منكم عَلى النَوى

بلوعة قلب أَو بعبرة ناظر

I shall surely plead for reunion with you despite the distance,

with a heart's burning grief or a tear from an eye.

فَما برحت مَرضى الرياح تنم عَن

قديم غرام في خفى ضمائري

For the languid winds have never ceased to reveal

an ancient passion in the hidden depths of my thoughts.

وَيوم كظل الرمح خلفت طوله

وَرائي واِستقبلت ليلة ساهر

And a day like a spear's shadow—I left its length

behind me and faced a wakeful man's night.

أَشيم بروقا من غوير تهامة

وأخرى بنجد نصب تلك الغَوائِر

I watch for lightning flashes from Ghuwayr of Tihāmah,

and others in Najd, opposite those low-lying hollows.

وَتنظر عيني نور شمس جلاله

قبال قبا تجلود ياجى الدياجر

And my eye beholds the light of the sun of his majesty,

opposite Qubā, dispelling the darkness of deepest gloom.

شعاع تسامى من ضَريح محمد

وأشرقن منه طالعات البَشائِر

A radiance rose high from Muhammad's tomb,

and rising heralds of glad tidings shone from it.

هُوَ الرَحمة المهداة للخلق حبذا

كَريم السَجايا خير باد وَحاضِر

He is the mercy bestowed upon creation—how excellent

this noble-natured one, best of desert dwellers and townspeople!

أَلَيسَ انشقاق البدر معجزةله

وَظل غمام الجو عند الهواجر

Is not the splitting of the full moon his miracle,

and the shade of sky-clouds in the midday heat,

وَسجدة أَجمال وَسجدة ظبية

وَحنة جذع من هشيم المنابر

and the prostration of camels and the prostration of a gazelle,

and a trunk's yearning moan from the dry timber of pulpits,

وَتَسبيح حصباء ليمن يَمينه

وَفيض زلال الماء يوم العَساكِر

and pebbles' glorification through the blessing of his right hand,

and the outpouring of pure water on the day of the armies,

واخبار عضو الشاة أنى مسمم

فتبا لافعال اليهود الاصاغر

and a sheep's limb announcing, "I am poisoned"?

So perdition to the deeds of the abject Jews!

وَيوم دعا الاشجار من غير حاجة

سعت نحو خير الخلق سعى مبادر

And on the day he summoned the trees without any need,

they hastened toward the best of creation, with an eager responder's haste.

وأشبع يوم الخندق الجيش كله

بصاع شعير كان في بيت جابر

And on the day of the Trench he fed the entire army

with a ṣāʿ of barley that was in Jābir's house.

وَفي ثمر أَهوى بسهم فَلَم يزل

بِجيش لهم بالرمى من غير حافِر

And into fruit he cast an arrow, and he did not cease—

with an army for them, by shooting, without a digger [wording unclear].

وَمسرى رَسول اللَه من بطن مكة

الى المَسجد الاقصى كلمحة ناظر

And God's Messenger's night journey from the heart of Mecca

to the Farthest Mosque, like the blink of an eye.

فأم بها الاملاك وَالرسل واِنثَنى

الى الملا الاعلى بقدرة قادِر

There he led the angels and messengers in prayer, then turned

toward the highest assembly through the power of the All-Powerful.

وَساربه جبريل في سمر الرضا

وَبشر من أَهل السما كل سامر

And Gabriel journeyed with him in the nightly converse of divine favor,

and gave glad tidings to every nightly converser among heaven's folk.

وَزج به في النور حَتّى اذا اِنتَهى

الى موقف ما فيه نهج لسائر

And he sent him into the light until, when he reached

a station where there was no path for any traveler,

اشار إِليه اللَه بالبشر فاِنثَنى

يَخوض بحار النور خوض مباشر

God gestured to him with gladness, and he turned

to wade through seas of light in direct immersion.

مشاهد لم توطأ بأخمص غيره

وآثار تخصيص عَلى كل آثر

Scenes no other's footsole had trodden,

and marks of special favor above every favored one.

وَبَيداء نور وحده جاز جنحها

عَلى قدم ساع إِلى الخير طاهر

And a wilderness of light whose expanse he alone crossed,

with the steps of a pure seeker of goodness.

فَلَمّا دَنا من قاب قَوسين رفعة

وألبسه الرحمن تاج المفاخر

Then, when he drew near to two bow-lengths in exaltation,

and the All-Merciful clothed him in the crown of glories,

سَقاه بكأس الحب من فوق عرشه

سلافة قرب لا سلافة عاصر

He gave him drink in love's cup from above His Throne:

the pure wine of nearness, not wine pressed by a vintner.

وَتوأه فوق النبيين رتبة

تحاشى بها عَن مشبه وَمناظر

And [placed him?] above the prophets in rank,

by which he stood apart from any likeness or peer.

وَشفعه في المذنبين مدائحا

خَصائص أخرى لا تعد لحاصر

And He granted him intercession for sinners—[praises; wording unclear]—

other privileges that no reckoner can count,

غداة لواء الحمد وَالكوثر الَّذي

يوافيه ظامى الورد بالمصادر

on the morning of the Banner of Praise and al-Kawthar, which

the thirsty seeker of water reaches at its sources.

اليك شفع المذنبين مدائحا

مؤلفة تزوى بنظم الجَواهِر

To you, [intercessor?] for sinners, come praises,

composed and gathered in jewel-like strings.

أَتيتك يا شمس الهدى متشفعا

بها لاخى في اللَه أَعنى الحصاورى

I have come to you, O sun of guidance, seeking intercession

through them for my brother in God—I mean al-Ḥaṣāwrī.

سميك يا مَولاي أَثقل ظهره

بفعل المناهى واِجتناب الاوامر

Your namesake, O my master, has burdened his back

by doing forbidden deeds and avoiding the commands.

فَكن من جَميع النائبات حمى له

وَعامله بالحسنى وواصل وَناصر

So be a refuge for him against every calamity,

and treat him kindly, keep close to him, and aid him.

ازح محن الدارين بالعطف منك عَن

مؤلفها عَبد الرَحيم المهاجري

Remove the trials of both worlds, through your compassion, from

their composer, ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Muhājirī.

وأتمم لنا النعمى عَلى ذي قَرابة

وَصحب وأَشياخ وَحار وَمجاور

And complete the blessing for us, upon our kin,

and companions, elders, [a neighbor?], and those living nearby.

وَصلى عليك اللَه ما هبت الصبا

وَما حن رعد في عريض المواطر

And may God bless you as long as the east wind blows,

and thunder moans through the breadth of rain-bearing clouds:

صَلاة اذا خصتك عمت بنورها

بقية أَصحاب وآل أَخاير

a blessing that, when it singles you out, embraces in its light

the rest of the companions and the choicest kin.