لِحَيدرةَ الفضلُ دون الورى

لِحَيدرةَ الفضلُ دون الورى

عَلَى أقربِ النّاسِ والأبعدِ

عَلَى أقربِ النّاسِ والأبعدِ

Preeminence belongs to Haydara alone among mankind,

Haydar deserves merit above all people,

Over the nearest of people and the farthest.

The near and the distant alike.

فَدِنْ بِمَحَّبتِهِ إنَّ مَنْ

فَدِنْ بِمَحَّبتِهِ إنَّ مَنْ

يَدِنْ بمحبَتِهِ يرشدِ

يَدِنْ بمحبَتِهِ يرشدِ

So profess love for him, for whoever

So draw near to him with love, for whoever,

Professes love for him is rightly guided.

Draws near to him with love will be guided.

أَخو المصْطفى وخَدينُ الهدى

أَخو المصْطفى وخَدينُ الهدى

وهادي البريّةِ والمهتدي

وهادي البريّةِ والمهتدي

Brother of the Chosen One and companion of guidance,

The brother of Mustafa and the cheek of guidance,

And guide of creation, himself rightly guided.

The guide of the wilderness and the rightly guided one.

إذَا مَا دَجَتْ ظُلَمُ المشْكِلات

إذَا مَا دَجَتْ ظُلَمُ المشْكِلات

جَلّى دُجى لَيلِها الأَسْودِ

جَلّى دُجى لَيلِها الأَسْودِ

When the darkness of perplexities deepens,

Whenever the darkness of perplexities grows dense,

He dispels the gloom of their black night.

He illuminates the gloomy night.

ومَهْمَا يُنادَى لأُكْرومَةٍ

ومَهْمَا يُنادَى لأُكْرومَةٍ

فَنَاهِيكَ بالعَلَمِ المفردِ

فَنَاهِيكَ بالعَلَمِ المفردِ

And whenever he is called to a noble deed,

And no matter who is called upon in tribulation,

Then the peerless leader is enough for you.

Suffice it that you have the unique scholar.

وحَسْبُكَ مِنْ فَضلِه أنّه

وحَسْبُكَ مِنْ فَضلِه أنّه

لِغَير المهَيْمنِ لَم يَسجُدِ

لِغَير المهَيْمنِ لَم يَسجُدِ

And sufficient proof of his excellence is that

And it suffices you of his merit that he,

He never prostrated himself before any but the Guardian.

Did not prostrate to other than the All-Dominant.

وأَنّ مَنِ المصْطَفى صنوهُ

وأَنّ مَنِ المصْطَفى صنوهُ

لَفِي الإِمامة منْ أحمدٍ

لَفِي الإِمامة منْ أحمدٍ

And that he whose brother is the Chosen One

And that the one whom the Chosen One protected,

Indeed holds the imamate from Ahmad.

For the Imamate was from Ahmad.

أبِنْ ليَ مَن فَازَ دون الورى

أبِنْ ليَ مَن فَازَ دون الورى

بنصِّ الإِمامة منْ أحمدٍ

بنصِّ الإِمامة منْ أحمدٍ

Make clear to me who, alone among mankind, won

Tell me who won below the heavens,

The explicit designation to the imamate from Ahmad.

The text of the Imamate from Ahmad.

حباهُ الإمامةَ من بَعْدِه

حباهُ الإمامةَ من بَعْدِه

وكانَا مِنَ النّاسِ في مشهدِ

وكانَا مِنَ النّاسِ في مشهدِ

He bestowed on him the imamate after himself,

He granted him the Imamate after him,

And both were among the people at a public gathering.

And they were before all people in their gathering.

ومَنْ ذَا سواه يُرى قائماً

ومَنْ ذَا سواه يُرى قائماً

عَلى الحوضِ يَسْقي الوَرى عن يَدِ

عَلى الحوضِ يَسْقي الوَرى عن يَدِ

And who but he is seen standing

And who other than him is seen standing,

At the Pool, giving mankind drink by hand?

At the Basin, giving drink to all from his hand.

ومَنْ ذا غدا حبُّه في الورى

ومَنْ ذا غدا حبُّه في الورى

دَلِيلاً على شرفِ المولدِ

دَلِيلاً على شرفِ المولدِ

And love for whom has become, among mankind,

And whose love in the world,

A sign of noble birth?

Became evidence of the nobility of birth.

ونفسَ الرَّسولِ بنصِّ الكِتابِ

ونفسَ الرَّسولِ بنصِّ الكِتابِ

وما النّفسُ كالصَّاحب الأبعدِ

وما النّفسُ كالصَّاحب الأبعدِ

And the Messenger's very self, by the Scripture's explicit words—

The soul of the Messenger by the text of the Book,

And one's own self is not like the more distant companion.

And the soul is not like the most distant companion.

ومَن نامَ في مَرْقَدِ المصْطَفى

ومَن نامَ في مَرْقَدِ المصْطَفى

وعَينُ أُولي الغَدْرِ لم تَرقدِ

وعَينُ أُولي الغَدْرِ لم تَرقدِ

And who slept in the Chosen One's bed,

And whoever slept in the tomb of Mustafa,

While the eyes of the treacherous stayed awake?

While the eyes of the treacherous did not sleep.

وأهوى العُقابُ إلى نَعْلِه

وأهوى العُقابُ إلى نَعْلِه

لِيَدْفَعَ عنهُ أَذَى الأَسْودِ

لِيَدْفَعَ عنهُ أَذَى الأَسْودِ

And the eagle swooped down to his sandal

And the eagle dove towards his slipper,

To ward off the black snake's harm from him.

To protect him from the harm of the black snake.

وفي الصّوح مَنْ شبّ نار الوغى

وفي الصّوح مَنْ شبّ نار الوغى

وقد أحجَمَ النّاس مِنْ عَن يدِ

وقد أحجَمَ النّاس مِنْ عَن يدِ

And on the rocky slope, who kindled the fire of battle,

And in the market place, he who kindled the fire of turmoil,

While the people had drawn back from beside a hand [wording unclear]?

While the people shrank from his hand.

وَعَمْروٌ غداةَ دَعا لِلّقا

وَعَمْروٌ غداةَ دَعا لِلّقا

أتَيمٌ لَهُ برزت أم عَدِي

أتَيمٌ لَهُ برزت أم عَدِي

And on the morning when Amr called for combat,

And Amr the day he called out to Al-Laqit,

Was it Taym that came forth against him, or Adi?

"O orphan of Adiyy, has Umm Adyy given birth or adopted?"

أبينُوا لَنَا ويلكُم إنّني

أبينُوا لَنَا ويلكُم إنّني

أرىَ الحقَ أبلجَ لِلْمهتدي

أرىَ الحقَ أبلجَ لِلْمهتدي

Make it clear to us—woe to you!—for I

Explain to us, woe to you! I see,

See the truth shining clear to the rightly guided.

The truth has shone for the rightly guided one.

حَسَدتمْ عليّاً على فَضْلِه

حَسَدتمْ عليّاً على فَضْلِه

ومَن نالَ مَا نَالَهُ يُحْسَدِ

ومَن نالَ مَا نَالَهُ يُحْسَدِ

You envied Ali for his excellence,

You envied Ali his superiority,

And whoever attains what he attained is envied.

And whoever attains what he attained is envied.

وخالفتموهُ بأهوائِكمْ

وخالفتموهُ بأهوائِكمْ

خِلافَ العَبيدِ على السيّدِ

خِلافَ العَبيدِ على السيّدِ

And you opposed him through your whims,

And you opposed him with your whims,

As slaves defy their master.

Unlike servants with their master.

وأنكَرْتُمو مِنْ سَنَا فضلِه

وأنكَرْتُمو مِنْ سَنَا فضلِه

ضياءاً أَنَافَ على الفرقِد

ضياءاً أَنَافَ على الفرقِد

And you denied, from his excellence's radiance,

And you denied the radiance of his virtues,

A light that towered above Farqad.

A brilliance too bright for the niche.

ولا عارَ لِلشَمسِ إن أنكرتْ

ولا عارَ لِلشَمسِ إن أنكرتْ

سَن ضوءِها مُقْلةُ الأَرمدِ

سَن ضوءِها مُقْلةُ الأَرمدِ

Nor is the sun disgraced if there is denial

There is no shame on the sun if,

Of its light's radiance by an inflamed eye.

The bleary-eyed deny its brilliance.

فَهَلاَّ وقَدْ رُمْتُمو شأوَهُ

فَهَلاَّ وقَدْ رُمْتُمو شأوَهُ

سبَقْتُمْ إلى غايةِ السُّؤددِ

سبَقْتُمْ إلى غايةِ السُّؤددِ

Why, then, since you aspired to his stature,

Why then, though you have aimed to disparage him,

Did you not race ahead to the goal of nobility?

Have you not reached the utmost lowliness?

وهَل جُنُبٌ مِنكمُ غيرُه

وهَل جُنُبٌ مِنكمُ غيرُه

أُحِلَّ لَهُ اللّبثُ في المسْجدِ

أُحِلَّ لَهُ اللّبثُ في المسْجدِ

And was any of you but he, in major ritual impurity,

And which of you all, other than him,

Permitted to remain in the mosque?

Was made lawful to reside in the mosque?