دم المحب على الاطلال مطلول — Al Burai

دم المحب عَلى الاطلال مَطلول

وَسَيف سحر عيون العين مَسلول

The lover's blood lies unavenged upon the ruins,

And the sword of the wide-eyed beauties' enchanting eyes is drawn.

هنّ الحَواجِب من تحت الحجاب لها

منا أَسير وَمَجروح وَمَقتول

Those are the brows beneath the veil; hers are

Among us a captive, a wounded man, and a slain man.

وَللنَوى وَالهَوى العذرى في كبدي

وَقف صَريح وَتَحبيس وَتَسبيل

Separation and chaste love have, within my liver,

An outright endowment, held in trust and forever devoted.

ما حدث الركب عَن سلمى بذي سلم

الا اِستَمَعت وَماء العين مَهمول

Never did the caravan speak of Salma at Dhu Salam

But I listened, my eyes streaming with tears.

وَلا تغنت بذات الاثل ساجعة

الا وَهيجني سجع وَمأثول

Nor did a cooing bird sing at Dhat al-Athl

But cooing and [an unclear word] stirred me.

فَكَيفَ يَسلو فؤادي بالغوير وَلي

بالمنجدين أَماني وَتَضليل

How can my heart find solace at al-Ghuwayr, when I have

Hopes—and deception—among those gone to Najd?

وَفي السَتائِر بنت العبس نفحتها

مسك وَمبسمها بالشهد مَعسول

Behind the curtains is the daughter of al-'Abs, whose fragrance is

Musk, and whose smiling mouth is sweetened with honey.

مسك يَفوح وانوار تَلوح عَلى

فضى خد بماء الحسن مَطلول

Musk wafts, and lights gleam upon

A silvery cheek bedewed with beauty's water.

هي الشفاء لدائي لو ظفرت بها

وَلَيسَ منها دوا للداء مَبذول

She is the cure for my ailment, if I could win her,

Yet no remedy for the ailment is offered by her.

من منصفي من قضيب في كثيب نقا

اعلاه بدر عليه اللَيل مَسدول

Who will obtain justice for me against a slender branch upon a dune of fine sand,

Whose summit is a full moon, with night draped over it?

فَما برحن تَباريحي عَلى كبدي

بفارغ القَلب قَلبي فيه مَشغول

My agonies have never left my liver,

Over one whose heart is carefree, while mine is absorbed in him.

يا لائمي في هَوى قوم احبهم

وَالناس في الحب مَعذور وَمَعذول

O you who blame me for loving people I hold dear,

People in love are excused or reproached.

ان كان شوقك مَعلوما عَلى صفة

فان شَوقي مَعلوم وَمَجهول

If your longing is known and can be described,

Then my longing is both known and unknown.

عليك نفسك ان العمر عارية

وَمَرتَعي روضة الآمل مَهزول

Attend to yourself: life is a loan,

And my pasture, the hopeful one's garden, is meager.

وان جَفاك صديق أونب زمن

فحسبك اللَيل وَالبزل المَراسيل

And if a friend shuns you, or time turns hostile,

Then the night and swift, full-grown camels will suffice you.

واقصد زبيدا سقاها اللَه من بلد

فربعها بولي اللَه مأهول

Head for Zabid—may God water that town—

For its quarter is inhabited by a friend of God.

زر أَحمد بن أَبي بكر فهمته

في الدين من دونها غفروا كَليل

Visit Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr; his resolve

In religion—beneath it [unclear wording] is weary.

واسجد لربك شكرا عند رؤيته

وَالئم بنان يد في باعها طول

Prostrate to your Lord in gratitude at the sight of him,

And kiss the fingertips of a hand whose reach is long.

وانزل من الدين وَالدنيا بنورهما

فالعسر يسر به وَالعقد مَحلول

And dwell in the light of religion and worldly life;

Through him, hardship is ease, and the knot is undone.

واِستنجد ابن ابي بكر تجده فَتى

يَقضي فَيَمضي وامر اللَه مَفعول

Seek the aid of Ibn Abi Bakr: you will find him a noble man,

Who decrees, and it takes effect; God's command is fulfilled.

سر السرارة لب اللب من مضر

اغرا تجابه غر بها ليل

The secret of the innermost core, the essence of essence, from Mudar,

Radiant, confronting radiant men [the ending is unclear].

يَرتاح للجودان حف الوجود به

كانه بشمول الراح مَشمول

He delights in giving when existence crowds around him,

As though enveloped by wine's all-embracing power.

رب العلوم اللدنيات ما رسمت

خطا وَلا ضمها درس وَتحصيل

Master of divinely imparted sciences, never traced

In writing, nor encompassed by study and acquisition.

له طَلائع ربانية مزجت

بالنور وَالعلم مَعقول وَمَنقول

He has divine intimations, mingled

With light and knowledge, rational and transmitted.

فَما صَريح ومبنى ومطرد

وَما دَليل وَتَعليل وَتأَصيل

What, then, are explicit wording, structure, and regularity,

And what are proof, explanation, and grounding in principles?

بحر الحَقيقة في ضمن الشَريعَة عَن

بحر مَعانيه تَجميل وَتَفصيل

An ocean of truth within sacred law; concerning

The ocean of his meanings: embellishment and detailed exposition.

وَكَم له حجج علمية وَبه

يحل رمز والغاز وَتَشكيل

How many scholarly proofs he has; through him

Symbols, riddles, and intricate formulations are resolved.

يا من اذ لذت فيه حاطني وَثنى

ناب النوئب عني وَهو مَغلول

O you who sheltered me when I sought refuge in you, and turned

The fang of calamities away from me, leaving it fettered,

ومن له عند خلق اللَه مرتبة

وَعند خالقه فضل وَتَبجيل

And you who hold a rank among God's creatures,

And favor and reverence with your Creator,

أَنتَ الَّذي أَنتَ فرد لا نَظير له

كالشَمس لَيسَ لها بالشهب تَمثيل

You are who you are: unique, with no peer,

Like the sun, unmatched among the stars.

يداك بحر كَرامات وَبحر غنى

فَما الفرات وَما سيحون وَالنيل

Your two hands are an ocean of wonders and an ocean of riches:

What, then, are the Euphrates, the Sayhun, and the Nile?

جاوزت غاية أَهل اففضل منفردا

بالفضل فاِتسعت فيك الاقاويل

You alone have surpassed the utmost reach of the people of excellence,

In excellence; thus sayings about you have multiplied.

وَمست في حلل التَوحيد مفتخرا

بمن له الفخر بالتَعظيم موصول

And you walked proudly in the robes of divine unity, taking pride

In the One whose glory is joined to exaltation.

سكران من كأس راح روح نسمته

سر العناية والاذهاب مَذهول

Drunk from a cup of wine, his soul refreshed by

The secret of divine care, carried away and bewildered.

هَل عطفة منك يا مَولاي تبلغني

منك المراد فَفيك البر مأمول

Might a kindness from you, my master, bring me

What I seek from you? In you, goodness is hoped for.

عدني بخير فأَهل الخَير أَنتَ وَلضم

يحط بانجاز وَعدمنك تَطويل

Promise me good, for you are worthy of good [ending unclear];

Delay is lessened by fulfilling a promise from you.

وَقَد علمت بأن الدهر ذو غير

وَللوفاء عَلى الاطلاق تَفضيل

And you know that time brings reversals,

And faithfulness is preferred without qualification.

فاِشفع لصاحب محوال وَرفقته

ان كان يرجى لحال القوم تَحويل

So intercede for the man of Mihwal and his companions,

If a change in these people's plight can be hoped for.

وارحم مَساكين في السجن اِستمر بهم

دهر مَضى وَغَريم الدين مَمطول

And show mercy to poor men in prison, over whom has dragged

A long stretch of time, while the creditor is kept waiting.

كَم فيه من شبح شبه الخَلال اذا

رأيتهم قلت ما هذى التَماثيل

How many a figure there resembles a toothpick! When

You see them, you say, 'What are these statues?'

لهم حَريم وَأَرحام وَحاشية

وأمهات وآباء مثاكيل

They have womenfolk, kin, and dependents,

And mothers and fathers bereft of their children.

فاعطف علهيم وَراجع ما اِستَطعت بهم

فَجاه وَجهك في الدارين مَقبول

So show them kindness, and plead for them as much as you can,

For the honor of your countenance is accepted in both abodes.

والامر أَسرَع نجعا ان هممت بهم

من لمحة الطرف لَولا منك تَسهيل

And the matter is remedied more swiftly, if you attend to them,

Than a flicker of the eye—were it not for your facilitation [wording unclear].

الخير أَنفعه للناس أَعجله

لا خير في كل خير فيه تأجيل

The good most beneficial to people is the swiftest;

There is no good in any good that is delayed.

لا زلت للجود يا بدر الوجود أخا

مجد عليه من التَقوى سرابيل

May you never cease, in generosity, O full moon of existence, to be a brother to

Glory, clothed in garments of piety.

وَدمت في النعمة الخضراء ما سجعت

وَرق وَما تَليت حم تَنزيل

And may you remain in green blessing as long as there coo

Gray doves, and 'Ha Mim: Revelation' is recited.