Sol 6.1

  1. تسر النوى ما الحب أبداه معلنا

    وما القلب أخفاه سما العين بيننا

    Separation conceals what love openly revealed.

    And what the heart concealed rose in the eye between us [wording uncertain].

  2. ويكتم داء الحب صب خديعة

    ليلحق وصلاً من هوى مظهر الضنى

    A lovesick lover conceals love’s sickness as a ruse,

    to attain union through a passion that reveals his wasting illness.

  3. وسيان معمود الفؤاد من الهوى

    نأى الحب عنه بالتذلل أو دنا

    For a heart stricken by passion, it is all the same

    whether love retreats from him through self-abasement or draws near.

  4. تقبل كفيها وترشف ثغرها

    وتلزم عطفيها وتكشف أعكنا

    You kiss her two palms and sip her lips,

    and cling to her flanks, uncovering folds of belly flesh.

  5. نبيت نشاكيها الهوى تحت برقع

    إذا ما أمطناه عن الوجه لفا

    We spend the night lamenting love to her beneath a veil,

    when we remove it, folded, from the face.

  6. ولم أنس بالمعلاة منا نوادبها

    وإصدارنا منها رواة ووردنا

    Nor have I forgotten her mourners among us at al-Ma‘lāh,

    or our departing from her with thirst quenched, and our coming to water.

  7. نمر على أسواقها وكأننا

    مثاكيل بلقايا فرارق رزنا

    We pass through her markets, as though we were

    bereaved souls, afflicted by meetings and partings [wording uncertain].

  8. وبالعلمين الخضر جزنا ميامنا

    وبالباب أووقفنا الرجاء وأمنا

    We passed the two green markers, keeping to the right.

    And at the gate—or we stood in hope and felt safe [wording uncertain].

  9. ولما نظرناها استطارت عقولنا

    لها هيبة تبتز أحشاء من رنا

    When we beheld her, our minds took flight;

    she has an awe that seizes the innards of whoever gazes.

  10. مشينا إليها مشية دقيقة

    لنا أعين صور لها تلمح السنا

    We walked toward her with delicate steps.

    Our eyes, turned toward her, glimpse the radiance.

  11. ولما مسحنا الركن والحجر الذي

    به قد دعونا اللَه ذا المجد ربنا

    When we stroked the Corner and the Stone at which

    we had invoked God, the Glorious, our Lord,

  12. وطفنا سبوعاً كل ركن تحية

    ونمسحه قدرائن أو ثنا

    and made seven circuits, greeting every corner,

    and stroked it [unclear wording], or [possibly with praise],

  13. ولما قضينا بالدعاء طوافنا

    نقعنا الصدى من زمزم قبل غسلنا

    when we completed our circumambulation with supplication,

    we quenched our thirst from Zamzam before washing.

  14. ولما هرقنا الماء فوق ثيابنا

    لباب الصفا عجنا نجدد سعينا

    When we poured water over our garments,

    we turned to the gate of al-Safa to renew our ritual walk.

  15. ولما سعينا بالصفاء ومروة

    وبالعلمين الخضر جزنا بلا ونى

    When we walked at al-Safa and Marwah,

    and passed the two green markers without weariness,

  16. ورحنا مراح الرائحين إلى منى

    وبتنا إلى أن لاحت الشمس في منى

    we set out for Mina in the manner of those departing,

    and spent the night until the sun appeared in Mina.

  17. مررنا بوادي محسر ومحصب

    إلى عرفات يسمع اللَه عجنا

    We passed through the valley of Muhassir and Muhassab,

    to Arafat; God hears our clamorous cries.

  18. وقفنا بحمد اللَه واللَه شاهد

    بوقفتنا نرجوه يقبل حجنا

    We stood, praising God, and God was witness

    to our standing; we hope that He accepts our pilgrimage.

  19. وقفنا إلى أن غابت الشمس من حرا

    نزلنا وسرنا نحو جمع بجمعنا

    We stood until the sun disappeared beyond Hira,

    then descended and traveled toward Jam‘ with our company.

  20. ولما نزلنا واجتمعنا بجمعنا

    لجمع الحصى السبعين عدّاً لرمينا

    When we alighted and assembled with our company,

    to gather seventy pebbles, counted out for our casting,

  21. وبالمشعر الزاكي الحرام فكلنا

    نصلي صلاة الفجر لما تبينا

    at the pure Sacred Monument, all of us

    prayed the dawn prayer when we could discern the light.

  22. وجزنا بوادي محسر ومحصب

    وجئنا منى كيما ننال بها المنى

    We passed through the valley of Muhassir and Muhassab,

    and came to Mina to attain our wishes there.

  23. رمينا بها رمي الجمار وبعده

    رجعنا فعمرنا لعمري بذنبنا

    There we cast the pebbles, and afterward

    we returned and lived on—by my life—with our sin [wording uncertain].

  24. ولما نحرنا في منى يوم نحرنا

    قصدنا إلى ليلى لنوجب حلنا

    When we sacrificed in Mina on our day of sacrifice,

    we made for Layla to secure our release from consecration.

  25. ومن حيث طفنا واستعينا إلى منى

    رجعنا بإقبال السعادة والغنى

    From where we had circled and sought aid, toward Mina

    we returned with the advent of happiness and abundance.

  26. وركب طوت سحل الربار مشيحة

    على سنشف مثل الحنايا أو القنا

    A caravan swiftly traversed a stretch of ground [wording uncertain],

    upon [unclear mounts], like bows or spears.

  27. بارها السرى بري اليراع فأقبلت

    تباري نعام الدو معجاً أو الشنا

    Night travel whittled them like reeds, and they came on,

    racing the desert’s ostriches, darting about, or [unclear].

  28. وخاضت لأولى الليل ظبي إذا بدا

    لها الصبح خاضت من سرى الليل أعينا

    They plunged into early night [the phrase about a gazelle is unclear]; when there appeared

    to them the dawn, they waded through springs of night travel.

  29. وأمدحها التهجير حتى رأيتها

    كأنساعها صارت ظهوراً وأبطنا

    And I praise them for midday travel [wording uncertain], until I saw them:

    their backs and bellies had become like their girth-straps.

  30. لها الآل بحر وهي سفن وركبها

    عمائمها شرع على العدن أعدنا

    For them the mirage is a sea, they are ships, and their riders—

    their turbans are sails [the closing phrase is unclear].

  31. وما أرزمت شوقاً لورد وراءها

    ولا ذكرت مرعى رعته ومعطنا

    They did not rumble with longing for a watering place behind them,

    nor recall a pasture they had grazed or a resting place by water.

  32. حدتها حداة الركب سوقاً لطيفها

    فراحت كأمثال الحنيات تحثنا

    The caravan’s camel-drivers chanted them onward, driving them gently.

    They set off like curved bows, urging us along.

  33. أقول لهم إذ حثحثوها ففي قبا

    أريحوا وجاهاً مذ تشكت من الونا

    I say to them as they urge them onward: At Quba,

    give them rest [unclear word], since they complain of weariness.

  34. وبالصبح عوجوها لقبر محمد

    لكم ولها لما أنختم به الهنا

    At dawn, turn them toward Muhammad’s grave.

    When you make them kneel there, bliss is yours and theirs.

  35. وخصوه منا بالسلام وبالثنا

    ويا فوز من أثنى على أحمد الثنا

    Offer him especially our greetings of peace and our praise.

    Oh, the triumph of whoever bestows praise upon Ahmad!

  36. عليه صلاة اللَه حيّاً وميتاً

    وتسليمه والحمد منا تأبنا

    God’s blessing be upon him, living and dead,

    and His greeting of peace, and praise from us [final word unclear].

  37. نبي ختام للنبيين كلها

    وأولها فضلاً عتيقاً مبينا

    A prophet, the seal of all the prophets,

    and foremost among them in excellence, noble and manifest.

  38. نبي اللَه قارن إسمه

    إذا ما دعا داعي الصلاة وأذنا

    A prophet whose name God joined

    whenever the caller to prayer called and proclaimed the summons.

  39. وقد شهدت توراة موسى بفضله

    وإنجيل عيسى فضله الجم بينا

    Moses’ Torah bore witness to his excellence,

    and Jesus’ Gospel made plain his abundant excellence.

  40. وقد ورد القرآن نصّاً بمجده

    باسم الإله اسمه النص أقرنا

    The Qur’an expressly proclaimed his glory;

    the text paired his name with the name of God.

  41. فلولاه لم تخلق جنان ولا لظى

    وما خلقت أخرى ولا هذه الدنا

    Were it not for him, neither gardens of Paradise nor hellfire would have been created,

    nor the hereafter, nor these earthly worlds.

  42. بمولده قد أخمدت نار فارس

    وإيوان كسرى انهد من بعد ما ابتنى

    At his birth, Persia’s fire was extinguished,

    and Kisra’s vaulted hall collapsed after he had built it.

  43. وحياه بالوادي البعير وظبية

    فقد كلمته والهصور له عنى

    In the valley a camel and a gazelle greeted him;

    she spoke to him, and the lion submitted to him.

  44. وحيته نوق لليماني هدية

    وحاجي أبو جهل عليها وأمهنا

    She-camels, a gift for the Yemeni, greeted him.

    Abu Jahl disputed over them [final phrase unclear].

  45. وشق له البدر المنير بكمه

    فأشرق للبدرين بين الملا السنا

    The radiant full moon was split for him by his sleeve,

    and the radiance of the two full moons shone among the multitude.

  46. وبرهانه في حي آل حليمة

    فقد علمته القوم علماً تيقنا

    His sign among the clan of Halima’s household—

    the people knew it with knowledge held certain.

  47. جرى الرسل منها وهي بالأمس غارز

    فما مص ثديها قد إلا وألبنا

    Milk flowed from her, though only yesterday she was dry.

    He never sucked her breast without our having milk [wording uncertain].

  48. وقد ظللته بالهجير غمامة

    وللشمس في الريد الغاب بمهدنا

    A cloud shaded him in the midday heat.

    And the sun [unclear wording about a ridge, thickets, and our cradle].

  49. فسبحان من أسرى به هجعة

    إلى المسجد الأقصى فاسعد وانثنى

    Glory be to Him who took him by night, during a spell of sleep,

    to al-Masjid al-Aqsa; then he was gladdened and returned [reading uncertain].

  50. فأصبح للإسلام فحلا مشقشقا

    وأصبح فحل الكفر ألفب أدخنا

    Thus he became a bellowing camel-stallion for Islam,

    and unbelief’s camel-stallion became [unclear], smoke-darkened.

  51. وما مات حتى غودر الشرك رمدداً

    وأضحى به في سحاب فأثخنا

    He did not die until idolatry was left in ashes.

    Through him it came amid clouds; then we dealt grievous blows [wording uncertain].

  52. وعمت ضجيعيه الوليين بعده

    وعمت جميع الآل والسعد عمنا

    It encompassed the two holy men resting beside him after him,

    and encompassed all his family; good fortune encompassed us.

  53. بحب رسول اللَه نرجو شفاعةً

    بيم إذا ما موقف الحشر ضمنا

    Through love of God’s Messenger we hope for intercession,

    on the day when the gathering-place of resurrection embraces us.

  54. إليك رسول اللَه مني تحيةً

    تقبل ثناها فهي إيوان حينا

    To you, Messenger of God, a greeting from me:

    accept its praise, for it is the vaulted hall of our clan [wording uncertain].

  55. فإنك بعد اللَه بالحب شاهد

    ووإن نحن كنا عنك بالدار شطنا

    For after God, you are witness to our love,

    though our dwelling has kept us far from you.

  56. إذا ما رأينا الزائرين جنابكم

    تقطع أكباداً وشوقك هزنا

    Whenever we see those visiting your presence,

    our livers are torn apart, and longing for you shakes us.

  57. وأهدي إليك المدح مني توسلاً

    فكنت مسيئاً قلد الحمد محسنا

    I offer you my praise as a plea,

    for I was a wrongdoer who garlanded a benefactor with praise.

  58. وكيف ثنائي فيك واللَه بالثنا

    عليك فقد أثنى وذاك هو الثنا

    How can my praise of you suffice, when God, with praise,

    has praised you—and that is praise itself?

  59. ولو أن لقماناً ونوحاً معمر

    وكلي لحمد فيك قد صرت ألسنا

    Even if Luqman and Noah were long-lived,

    and I had become entirely tongues for praising you,

  60. لما رمت أحصي عشر عشر محامدٍ

    ولا عشر عشر العشر فيك تلقنا

    I could not hope to count a tenth of a tenth of your praiseworthy qualities,

    nor a tenth of a tenth of a tenth of what we learned of you.

  61. ولكن رجائي من يديك شفاعة

    فإن نلت ذاك الفضل إني أنا أنا

    But my hope is for intercession from your hands;

    if I gain that grace, then truly I am I!