عرج بعيس القوم يا حاديها — Bahaa Al Sayadi

عرِّج بعيس القوم يا حاديها

نحو البطايح لاتفت ناديها

Turn aside with the people's white camels, O their driver,

Toward al-Bata'ih; do not miss its gathering place.

وإذا أتيت الحيَّ فاضرب حافياً

بيد الديار وقدسن واديها

And when you reach the settlement, tread barefoot

Through the dwellings' wastes, and hallow their valley.

وانزل عن الأكوار أنت ومن لدي

كَ تأدُّباً من قبل أن تأتيها

Dismount from the camel saddles, you and those beside

You, out of reverence, before you come to them.

ومتى شهدت قباب أُمِّ عبيدةٍ

أطرق فلاثم كقِّ أحمد فيها

And whenever you behold the domes of Umm 'Ubayda,

Bow your head, then kiss Ahmad's [palm] there.

ذُ المظهر السامي المؤيَّدِ أحمدٌ

شبل البتول حبيبها ببنيها

Ahmad, whose manifestation is sublime and divinely upheld,

Lion cub of the Virgin, her beloved among her sons;

شيخ الحقائق والطرائق غوثها

أستاذ سلطانها حاميها

Master of truths and spiritual paths, their succor;

A master, their sultan, their protector;

نبراس رقرقة المعارف شمسها

ووليها وإمام حزب ذويها

Beacon of rippling spiritual insights, their sun;

And their guardian, and imam of the company of those who possess them.

قبل شريف تراب حضرته التي

طافت مئكلة المهيمن فيها

Kiss the noble dust of his precinct, where

The [angels] of the All-Protecting One have circled.

وقل السلام عليك يا ابن المرتضى

وانشر هنالك لهفةً تطويها

And say: Peace be upon you, O son of al-Murtada.

And there unfold the longing you keep folded away.

وانثر إذن درر الدموع على الثرا

واقرأ تحيات الهيام نزيها

And then scatter pearls of tears upon the earth,

And recite the greetings of ardent love, pure-hearted.

واسأل يدا من ذي اليد البيضاء من

هو في بني الزهراء حبُّ أبيها

And seek a helping hand from him of the white hand, who

Among al-Zahra's sons is her father's beloved.

غوثٌ تفَرَّد في الرجال ولن ترى

لجانبه في الأولياء شبيها

A succor unique among men; never will you see

His equal among the saints.

مقبول جاه نام عن قصد الوجو

دِ وقام في باب الإله وجيها

His standing found favor; he slept, heedless of seeking the

World, and stood honored at God's door.

وأتى لأمَّة جدِّه بحقائق

تحيي القلوب فناب عن هاديها

And brought truths to his grandfather's community,

That revive hearts; thus he stood in its guide's stead.

يضع انكساراً للمهيمن نفسهُ

والله جلَّ جلاله يعليها

He lowers his soul in broken humility before the All-Protecting One,

And God—exalted is His majesty—raises it high.

ويميت شهرته ليطوي نشرها

والحقُّ في ملكوته يحييها

And he kills his fame to fold away its spread,

While the Truth, in His kingdom, brings it to life.

وضح الطريق بسعيه لرجاله

فبدت حقيقته التي يخفيها

The path became clear to his men through his striving,

Thus his reality, which he hides, became manifest.

وأفاض في الأكوان هدي محمَّدٍ

فسرى بحاضرها وفي باديها

And he poured Muhammad's guidance throughout the worlds,

So it spread among their settled folk and their desert folk.

والمرؤُ مهما رام كتم سريرةٍ

لابدَّ عالم سره يبديها

And however much a man seeks to hide an inward secret,

The Knower of his secret will inevitably disclose it.

فانظر أخيَّ طريق أحمد واعتبر

إن كنت في ذوق الطريق نبيها

So look, my dear brother, at Ahmad's path, and take heed,

If you are discerning in tasting the path.

هجر الدعاوي خاشعاً متبتلاً

بطريقةٍ عن جدِّه يرويها

He forsook pretensions, humble and wholly devoted,

Following a path he transmits from his grandfather.

وطوى عن الحاجات كشحاً جازماً

أنَّ الكريم بفضله يقضيها

And turned his flank away from needs, firmly convinced

That the Generous One, through His bounty, fulfills them.

وسرى بفيفاء التمسكن وحده

وغفا بركبان الحمى ساريها

And journeyed by night alone through the wilderness of self-abasement,

And its night traveler dozed among the sanctuary's riders.

وأعاد فارعة القلوب لربها

إنَّ العباد وليُّها باريها

And returned the lofty hearts to their Lord.

Indeed, the servants' guardian is their Maker.

هذا الرفاعي الكبير وهذه

آياته بوركت يا تاليها

This is al-Rifa'i the Great, and these

Are his signs; blessed be you, O their reciter.