يا آخذا مني بأذيالي — Ibn Alawi Al Haddad

يا آخذاً مني بأذيالي

في بكري أيضاً وآصالي

O you who seize me by my robe's hems,

in my early mornings and late afternoons alike,

مشطاً لي عن مسارعتي

إلى حبيب حبه مالي

pressing me harshly to abandon my haste

toward a beloved whose love is my wealth:

قد مازج الدم ودادي له

وغاص في بحري وأوصالي

my love for him has mingled with my blood,

and plunged into my sea and my limbs.

وصار أقصى ما أؤمله

وصاله يا سعد آمالي

And the utmost of my hopes has become

union with him—how fortunate my hopes!

أنزلتها باب الكريم ولم

أخش انقطاعاً بعد إنزالي

I laid them at the Generous One's door, and did not

fear any severance after leaving them there.

إليك عني أيها القالي

أنت الذي ما زلت في بالي

Away from me, you who hate me!

You have always remained in my mind

مبغضاً أهوى فراقك في

كل حل لي وترحالي

as one I loathe; I long to part from you in

every halt and journey of mine.

أكره عذالي وأنت لهم

رأس فيا ويل لعذالي

I hate my reproachers, and you are their

chief—so woe to my reproachers!

نار الأسى من نحت أضلعهم

تصلى بها الأجواف في الحال

Sorrow's fire, from [beneath] their ribs,

scorches their innards here and now.

وفي الجزا نار الجحيم لهم

ومن يتب منهم له مالي

And in recompense, Hell's fire is theirs;

and whoever among them repents shall have my wealth.

يا عاذلي دع عنك زخرفة

أتعبت فيها بالك البالي

O my reproacher, leave off the ornate talk

with which you have wearied your worn-out mind.

هل أنت مني حين أكرمني

ربي قريب أيها الخالي

Are you anywhere near me, now that I have been honored

by my Lord, O you untouched by love?

وهل رأت عيناك سراً به

قد خصني من بين أشكالي

And have your eyes beheld a secret with which

He has singled me out from among my peers?

أو ما رأت عيناك من عينه

من غيبه في المنظر العالي

Or what have your eyes seen of His essence,

from His unseen realm, in the lofty vision?

مت إن شئت غيظاً فليس إلى

قطعي سبيل قد تجلى لي

Die of rage if you wish, for there is no

way to cut me off: He has revealed Himself to me.

وقد حمى أطراف مملكتي

بالقهر جل القاهر الوالي

And He has guarded the borders of my kingdom

by His might—exalted is the Subduer, the Ruler.

لي منه عين منك تحفظني

بالغيب نعم الحافظ الكالي

From Him I have an eye that guards me from you

in the unseen—how excellent the Guardian, the Keeper!

لا آمن المكر ولكنني

أريد أن أخزيك يا غالي

I do not feel safe from His stratagem, yet I

wish to put you to shame, you who go too far.

والرفق أولى لو رجوتك يا

معاندي يوماً لإقبالي

And gentleness would be better, if I could look to you, O

my adversary, for my success one day.

أخشى إلهي وأومله

وحسن ظني فيه أولى لي

I fear my God and place my hope in Him;

and thinking well of Him is better for me.

وحسبي اللَه تعالى علا

عن قول ذي إفك وإضلال

God suffices me—exalted is He, far above

the words of anyone who lies and leads astray.

لا يشبه العالم في ذاته

كذاك في وصف وأفعال

He does not resemble creation in His essence,

nor in His attributes and actions.

كان ولا خلق فأوجدهم

وعمهم منه بأفضال

He existed when no creatures were; then He brought them into being

and bestowed His bounties upon them all.

وسوف يفنيهم ويحشرهم

بعد ويجزيهم بأعمال

And He will cause them to perish and gather them

afterward, and recompense them for their deeds.

فيسكن الطاغين دار البلا

النار في خزي وإنكال

Then He will lodge the transgressors in the abode of affliction—

the Fire—in disgrace and exemplary punishment;

والمتقين جنة ولهم

فيها نعيم ليس بالبالي

and the God-fearing in a Garden; they shall have

within it bliss that never fades.

يرونه فيها بأعنيهم

يا لك منفوز وإقباله

They will see Him there with their own eyes—

oh, what a triumph for you, and what favor from Him!

يا رب فادخلنا بفضلك في

ما ترتضي والسحب والآل

O Lord, by Your grace admit us into

what pleases You, with [the Companions] and the Family.

وصل يا رب على أحمد

نبيك الهادي بإجلال

And send blessings, O Lord, upon Ahmad,

Your Prophet, the guide, with great honor.