أبيت وبي وجد حرارته تعلو — Aloshari

أَبَيت وَبي وَجد حرارته تَعلو

وَدَمع لَهُ في عارِضي عارض وَبل

I pass the night with longing whose heat rises within me,

And tears upon my cheeks form a cloud of torrential rain.

وَأطوي عَلى جَمر وَأغضي عَلى قَذى

وَأشغل أَعضائي وَقَلبي لَهُ شغل

And I fold myself over embers and close my eyes upon grit,

And I occupy my limbs, while my heart has its own preoccupation.

إِذا اللَيل وافى ضقت ذرعاً إِلى الحِمى

وَفاضَت شُؤون لَيسَ يَعقلها عَقل

When night arrives, I am overwhelmed with longing for the beloved abode,

And tear ducts overflow, beyond the restraint of reason.

حَداني إلى الزَوراء شَوق مبرح

فَماذا الَّذي حَدثت عَن حالها سَهل

An agonizing longing has driven me toward al-Zawra.

What in what I have been told of its plight is easy to bear?

إِذا ما نبت دار السَلام بِأَهلها

فَلا جَبل يؤوي الكِرام وَلا سَهل

If ever Dar al-Salam becomes inhospitable to its people,

Then neither mountain nor plain will shelter the noble.

وَإِن كسفت شَمس البِلاد وَبَدرها

فَلَيسَ لَنا في نجمها مَنزل يَعلو

And if the land's sun and full moon are eclipsed,

Then we have no lofty station in its star.

وَإِن قلص الظل الَّذي في جنابها

فَأَين مِن الرَمضاء في غَيرِها ظل

And if the shade within its precincts shrinks,

Then where else is shade from the scorching ground?

وَإِن نَضب الماء الغَمير بِأَرضها

فَأي شَراب في سِواها لَنا يَحلو

And if the abundant water dries up in its land,

What drink elsewhere will taste sweet to us?

مصاب عراها لا أصيبت بِأَهلها

فَإنهم للمكرمات بِها أَهل

A calamity has befallen it—may it suffer no loss of its people!

For they are worthy of noble deeds within it.

ديار بِها نيطت علي تَمائمي

قَديماً وَلي فيها نَما الفرع وَالأَصل

A homeland where my amulets were hung upon me

Long ago; there both my branch and my root grew.

بِها سكني في ربعها الخصب ناقتي

بِها جملي يَرغو بِها قيمتي تَغلو

There is my home; in its fertile quarter stands my she-camel.

There my camel bellows; there my worth rises.

ألا لَيت شعري هَل أراني بربعها

مُقيماً وَبالأحباب يَجتمع الشَمل

Ah, would that I knew: shall I see myself in its quarter,

Residing there, with loved ones gathered together?

وَهَل التقي بِالأَهل مِن بَعد فرقة

فلي عندها في كُل ناحية أَهل

And shall I meet my kin after separation?

For in every quarter of it I have kin.

وَهَل روضها يَخضر بَعد ذُبوله

وَيَهوي عَلى أَوراقه الغَيث وَالطل

And will its garden turn green after withering,

And rain and dew descend upon its leaves?

وَهَل ظبيات الكرخ يَخرجن شَرعاً

وَدون حِماهن الأَسنة وَالنَصل

And will the gazelles of al-Karkh emerge together,

With spearheads and blades before their sanctuary?

وَهَل أَسمع الداعي وَقَد حَلَق الدُجى

يُؤذن وَالتالي بِأَوراده يَتلو

And shall I hear the caller, with darkness soaring aloft,

Calling to prayer, and the reciter chanting his litanies?

وَهَل أَنا في يَوم العُروبة قاصد

لِحَضرة محيي الدين دامَ لَهُ الفَضل

And shall I, on the day of al-Aruba, make my way

To the presence of Muhyi al-Din—may his grace endure?

وَهَل تَنثَني تِلكَ المَعالم وَالربى

وَفَوقَ ذراها العز وَالكَرَم الجزل

And will those landmarks and hills return,

With glory and lavish generosity above their heights?

وَكَم فتية فَروا مِن المَوت ضلة

وَما ظعنوا في السَير عَنهُ وَقَد كلوا

And how many young men fled from death in error,

Yet in their travels they did not escape it, though they grew weary.

أَمن قَدر الرَحمن يجدي فرارهم

فَأَوله سقم وَآخره قَتل

Does their flight avail against the Most Merciful's decree?

For its beginning is sickness, and its end is death.

فَقُل لِمُقيم صابر فُزت بِالعُلى

وَلِلمُدعي هَيهات ما الكحل الكحل

Tell the one who stays patiently: you have won high rank.

And to the pretender: far from it! Kohl is not natural dark-eyed beauty.

يَهون عَلينا ما لَقيتم مِن الأَذى

وَلَكن عقد اللَه لَيسَ لَهُ حَل

The harm you have suffered is bearable to us,

But God's knot has no untying.

فَيا رب باسم الذات وَالحكمة الَّتي

بِها تَظهر الأَشياء وَالعدم الأَصل

So, Lord, by the name of the Essence and that wisdom

Through which things appear, nonbeing their original state;

بِنور جَمال أَشرَق الكَون عِنده

وَعز جَلال دُونهُ أحجم العَقل

By the light of beauty in whose presence the cosmos shone,

And the might of majesty before which reason recoiled;

بِقدرتك العُظمى بِأَوصافك العُلى

بِأَسمائك الحُسنى لَها الأَخذ وَالبَذل

By Your supreme power, by Your exalted attributes,

By Your most beautiful names, to which belong taking and giving;

بسر عُلوم في عِبادك أودعت

وَما أَنتَ مُختص بِأَعلاه مِن قَبل

By the mystery of the knowledge You lodged within Your servants,

And by that whose highest part You alone possessed beforehand;

بِفَضل كَلام جاءَ في الوَحي منزلا

تَلقته عَن مَأمونه السادة الرُسل

By the excellence of speech that came down in revelation,

Which the noble messengers received from His trusted bearer;

بِأَملاكك السامين في العَرش وَالسما

وَلَيسَ لَهُم إِلا بِطاعتهم شُغل

By Your exalted angels at the Throne and in heaven,

And they have no occupation but obedience;

وَبِالأَنبياء الكُل من أنذروا الوَرى

فَفي بَعثهم جُزء الهداية وَالكل

And by all the prophets who warned mankind,

For their mission holds guidance, in part and in whole;

وَبِالمُصطَفى ختم الرِسالة من لَهُ

إِذا قَطَعَ الخَلق التَقدم وَالوَصل

And by the Chosen One, seal of the Message, to whom belong

When he outstrips creation, precedence and communion;

حَبيبك مَن أَكرَمتَهُ بِشَفاعة

عَلى كُل مَن في الحَشر عَم بِها البَذل

Your beloved, whom You honored with intercession

For all at the Gathering, through which generosity embraced everyone;

بِأَصحابه مَن جاهَدوا بِنُفوسِهم

وَما صَدهُم عَن ذاكَ مال وَلا أَهل

By his companions, who strove with their own lives,

And whom neither wealth nor family turned from that;

وَبِالأَولياء التابعين لِهَديه

وَأَتباعهم مَن في رُبوع التُقى حلوا

And by the saints who followed his guidance,

And their followers, who dwelt in the abodes of piety:

تول لَنا دار السَلام وَأَهلها

بِلُطفك وَأرحمهم فَقَد ثقل الحمل

Take Dar al-Salam and its people into Your care for us,

With Your kindness, and have mercy on them: the burden has grown heavy.

وَعاملهم بِالعَفو وَارحم شُيوخَهُم

وَأَطفالهم فَالشَيخ قَد آب وَالطفل

Treat them with forgiveness, and have mercy on their elders

And their children—for old man and child alike have returned.

وَباء وَطاعون وَما ثم مَلجأ

سِواكَ وَأَنتَ الراحم الحكم العَدل

Epidemic and plague—and there is no refuge

But You, the Merciful, the Judge, the Just.

وَيا غارة اللَه أَسرِعي لِخَلاصِهم

مِن القهر فَالرَحمَن مِن شَأنِهِ الفَضل

And O God's aid, hasten to deliver them

From oppression, for generosity is the Most Merciful's way.

وَيا غارة اللَه اِجعَلي كُل وَاحد

بِحصنك قَد غارَ العَدو وَهُم عزل

And O God's aid, place every one

Within your fortress: the enemy has raided, and they are unarmed.

وَيا غارَة اللَه انصريهم وَبددي

جموع العِدى عَنهم فمقت العِدى سَهل

And O God's aid, give them victory, and scatter

The hosts of foes away from them, for loathing foes is easy.

أَلا فاستجب واسمع نِدائي فَإِنني

دَعَوتك وَالأَجفان في سَحها هطل

Ah, answer, and hear my call, for I

Have called upon You, my eyelids pouring torrents of tears.

وقابل سُؤالي بِالإِجابة سيدي

فَما خابت الشَكوى لديك وَلا السؤل

And meet my plea with an answer, my Master;

For neither lament nor petition has failed before You.

وصل وسلم كُل يوم وَساعة

عَلى المُصطفى مِن ذكره للوَرى يَحلو

And bless and grant peace, every day and hour,

Upon the Chosen One, whose remembrance is sweet to mankind,

وَآل وَأَصحاب هُم أَنجم الهُدى

فَما فَوقَهُم فَوق وَلا مثلهم مثل

And his family and companions, who are the stars of guidance;

For none stands above them, and none is their equal.