طوبى لتلك المطايا يوم مسراها — Aloshari

طوبى لِتلكَ المَطايا يَومَ مَسراها

فَالنَصر قارَنها وَالفَخر حَياها

Blessed are those mounts on the day of their night journey;

for victory accompanied them, and glory greeted them.

بُشرى لَها مِن مَطايا قَد سَرَت وَمَرت

الشوق سابقها وَالسَعد وافاها

Glad tidings to them, those mounts that journeyed by night and passed on:

longing raced ahead of them, and good fortune met them.

تطوي السَباسب وَالأطام تقطعها

كَأَنَّها فَوقَ هام المَجد مَمشاها

They fold up the desert plains and traverse the strongholds,

as though their path lay above the crown of glory.

دَعها فَإِن عَظيم الشوق أَنحلها

وَالوزر أَثقَلَها وَالوَجد أَعياها

Leave them, for mighty longing has wasted them away,

and the burden of sin has weighed them down, and yearning has exhausted them.

لا تستقل وَلا تلفي السهاد إِلى

أَن تَرتَوي مِن حياض الطف أَحشاها

They neither make light of sleeplessness nor cast it off until

their hearts drink their fill from the pools of al-Taff.

وَلا تَميل إِلى دار المقام إِلى

أَن تلقي الرحل باب النيل سؤلاها

Nor do they incline toward a settled dwelling until

they set down their saddles at the gate of attaining their desire.

سر الرِسالة بيت العلم من فخرت

بِفخرهم هامة العليا وَعَيناها

The secret of the Message, the house of knowledge—those in whose glory

the crown of eminence and its eyes have taken pride.

أَئمة رفعت أَقدارهم فَعلت

بِهم قُريش وَسادَت فَوقَ عَلياها

Imams whose ranks were exalted, so that

Quraysh rose through them and surpassed its own highest station.

مبرؤون عِن الأدناس ساحتهم

مَحروسة وَإله العَرش زَكاها

They are free of defilement; their precinct

is guarded, and the God of the Throne has purified it.

طابَت عَناصرهم جلت مَفاخرهم

مِن التُقى وَالنَدى حازَت معلاها

Their lineage is pure, their distinctions lofty;

through piety and generosity, they attained their highest rank.

إن أمهم وَفد طلاب لَهُم رفدوا

وَأَكرَموا بِالعَطاء الجم مَثواها

If a delegation seeking them arrives, they give aid

and honor its lodging with abundant gifts.

حازوا بِفَضلهم السامي وَمحتدهم

مَنازل العز أَسماها وَأَغلاها

Through their lofty excellence and noble stock they attained

the loftiest and most precious stations of honor.

لِلمُستَجير بِهم مِن كُل نائِبة

حصن إِذا اِنبَعَثَ الطاغي وَأشقاها

For anyone seeking their protection from every calamity,

a fortress when the tyrant and the worst of them rise.

بِكُم نَجَوت بَني الزَهرا لأَنَكُم

أَنتُم سَفينة نوح يَومَ مَجراها

Through you I was saved, sons of al-Zahra, for

you are Noah's Ark on the day it sailed.

بالجد وَالجد سدتم كُل ذي شَرَف

فَمن كَجدكم خَير الوَرى طه

Through striving and your grandfather, you surpassed every bearer of honor;

for who is like your grandfather, Taha, the best of humankind?

فَأنتُم غرر الدُنيا وَأنجمها

وَذروة المَجد أَدناها وَأَقصاها

So you are the world's radiant brows and its stars,

and the summit of glory, from its nearest reach to its farthest.

الجد خَير الوَرى وَالأُم فاطِمَة

خَير النِساء الَّتي قَد طابَ مَنشاها

Your grandfather is the best of humankind, and your mother is Fatimah,

the best of women, whose origin was pure.

وَمَن يُباريكم يا آل حيدرة

وَحَيدر قَد غَدا في خم مَولاها

And who can rival you, O house of Haydarah,

when Haydar indeed became the world's master at Khumm?

هُوَ الشَهيد الَّذي حَقاً قَد افتخرت

بِهِ الشهادة فيما نالَ عُقباها

He is the martyr in whom, truly,

martyrdom took pride, when he attained its ultimate reward.

بالعلم وَالحلم فاقَ الأَكرَمين تُقى

وَحازَ مِن قَصَبات السَبق أَجلاها

Through knowledge and forbearance, he surpassed the noblest in piety,

and gained the most glorious of the reeds of victory.

عين الكَمال وَكَنز السر معدنه

وَدَوحة العز أَغلاها وَأَعلاها

The essence of perfection, the treasure of the secret, its mine,

and honor's spreading tree, its most precious and loftiest.

ضاقَ الخِناق فَلا ذخر وَلا سَنَد

وَكَم علي ذُنوب صرت أَخشاها

The noose has tightened; no reserve and no support remain,

and how many sins weigh on me that I have come to fear!

وَالقَلب إِلا بِكُم لَم يَلقَ مُستنداً

وَالنَفس إِلا بكُم لا تَلقَ مَنجاها

My heart has found no support except through you,

and my soul finds no deliverance except through you.

نادَيت وَالدَمع يَجري سَيد الشهدا

وَبضعة المُصطفى كَم شم رياها

I called, as tears flowed, to the lord of martyrs,

and a piece of al-Mustafa's flesh—how often he breathed its fragrance!

يا ابن الغَطارفة السامين مِن مُضَر

قَد أَنحلتني ذُنوب جل أَدناها

O son of the exalted chieftains of Mudar,

sins have wasted me away; even their least is grave.

غث والها قاصِداً بِالوزر مُرتَدياً

جَنابك الرَحب يا مَن قَد سَما جاها

Succor a distraught man who comes, clothed in sin,

to your spacious court, O you of exalted rank.

وَصل فَقيراً أَتى يَسعى بِمسكنة

بَحراً لآليه أَيدي الجود أَلقاها

And give to a poor man who comes in humble quest

of a sea whose pearls the hands of generosity have scattered.

وَالعَم جَعفر حازَ الفَضل إِذ كملت

بِهِ المَراتب أَعلاها وَأَسماها

And the uncle Ja'far attained excellence, for

through him the highest and loftiest ranks were perfected.

لَو أَن كُل حُطام الناس قَبضته

صفراً وَبيضاً لِوَجه اللَه أَفناها

Had all people's worldly wealth been in his grasp,

gold and silver, he would have spent it all for God's sake.

أَو كانَ كُل عُقار الناس في يَده

بَراً وَبَحراً وَما فيها لأعطاها

Or had all people's estates been in his hand,

land and sea and all within them, he would have given it away.

من مثله وَعلي كان والده

وَجده سَيد الدُنيا وَمَولاها

Who is his equal, when Ali was his father

and his grandfather the world's lord and master?

يا ابن المطهر وَاللَيث الغضنفر وَال

مردي العِدى بِالعَوالي حينَ طغياها

O son of the purified one, the mighty lion, and the

slayer of foes with lofty lances when their tyranny rose.

وَهوَ الهزبر وَلَكن غَيثه غَدَق

همى عَلى ساحة الدُنيا فَأَحياها

And he is the lion, yet his rain is abundant;

it poured over the world's expanse and brought it to life.

هُوَ السحاب الَّذي في ضمنه مَطر

سح صَواعقه الكُفار أَرداها

He is the cloud that holds within it rain,

pouring in torrents; its thunderbolts laid the unbelievers low.

كَأَنَّهُم حُمر مِن قسور نَفَرَت

فَردها المُرتَضى قسراً وَلاقاها

As though they were wild asses fleeing from a lion,

al-Murtada forced them back and confronted them.

وَعام صارمه الصادي بِهم وَلَه

كَم صارم مِن دَم الأَقران أَرواها

And his thirsting blade swam among them; he had

many a blade he slaked with the blood of his peers.

مَدينة العلم أَضحى بابها وَحَوى

مِن المَناقب أَحلاها وَأَجلاها

He became the gate of the city of knowledge, and gained

the sweetest and most glorious of virtues.

وَ حازَ لَما أَلَم المُسلمون ضحى

بِباب خيبر فَضلاً حَيث جَلاها

And when the Muslims approached in the forenoon, he won

distinction at Khaybar's gate, where he laid it open.

لَما غَدا وَعِقاب النَصر في يَده

كَاللَيث يَضرب يُمناها بِيُسراها

When he went forth, the eagle of victory in his hand,

like a lion, striking its right with its left,

وَطارَ كَالطائر البازي وَخربها

عَلى بغاث عقاب الطَير مأَواها

he flew like the falcon, laying waste

to the lesser birds' abode—an eagle among birds.

يَكفيه بِالسَبق في الإِسلام مُفتخراً

وَأَنَّهُ لعرى الإِسلام قواها

His precedence in Islam suffices him for pride,

and that he strengthened Islam's bonds.

وَجَمرة الكُفر أَطفاها وَأَخمَدَها

وَعُصبة الشرك أَخزاها وَأَفناها

He extinguished the ember of unbelief and quenched it,

and disgraced the band of polytheism and destroyed it.

عَلَيهِ أَزكى سَلام اللَه ما سَجعت

قَمرية وَحمام الأَيك غناها

Upon him be God's purest peace, as long as

a turtledove coos and the grove's doves sing to her.

وَروح اللَه قَبراً مِنهُ ما هَتَفَت

حَمامة الأيك وَالقمري ناجاها

And may God refresh his grave, as long as

the grove's dove calls and the turtledove whispers to her.