Sol 6.1

  1. أَيا رحْمة اللهِ فوقَ العِبادْ

    ومَوْلَى المُلوكِ وحامي البِلادْ

    O mercy of God upon humankind,

    And lord of kings and protector of the land,

  2. لأمّنْتَ أرْجاءَها ناصِراً

    بِبيضِ السّيوفِ وسُمْرِ الصِّعادْ

    You have surely secured its far reaches, as their champion,

    With gleaming swords and dusky lances.

  3. ولِلهِ ثَغرٌ أقامَتْ بِهِ

    جُنودُكَ بين الربَى والوهادْ

    And glory to God for a frontier where there encamped

    Your troops, amid the hills and hollows.

  4. وشَيَّدتَ مظْهرَهُ مُظْهِراً

    لعِزٍّ قَضَى ذُلَّ أهْلِ العِنادْ

    And you built up its outward splendor, displaying

    A might that decreed humiliation for the defiant.

  5. أقمْتَ شعائِرَ دين الهُدَى

    لديْهِ وقُمْتَ بفرْضِ الجِهادْ

    You established the rites of the faith of guidance

    There, and fulfilled the duty of jihad.

  6. تمدُّ الكتائبَ في أرْضِهِ

    ملائِكَةٌ فوقَ سبْعٍ شِدادْ

    The battalions upon its soil are reinforced

    By angels above seven mighty heavens,

  7. إلى أن تُعيدَ ديارَ العِدَى

    مجالاً إلى الصّافِناتِ الجِيادْ

    Until you turn the enemy's dwellings

    Into a ranging-ground for noble, poised steeds.

  8. ولمّا نأتْ بإمامِ الهُدَى

    ركائِبُ أدْنَتْ زمانَ البِعادْ

    And when the imam of guidance was borne far away

    By mounts that brought the time of separation near,

  9. وخلَّفَ من عبْدِهِ مُغْرماً

    مَديدَ الهُيامِ طويلَ السُّهادْ

    Leaving his servant behind, consumed with love,

    His passion enduring, his sleeplessness long,

  10. يودُّ المَسيرَ وأجْفانُهُ

    تَهيمُ من الدّمْعِ في كلِّ وادْ

    He longs to journey, while his eyelids

    Wander, streaming tears, through every valley.

  11. ولا غيث إلا الذي بالجُفونِ

    ولا بَرْقَ إلا الذي بالفُؤادْ

    And there is no rain but that within the eyelids,

    And no lightning but that within the heart.

  12. وما خلّفوهُ ولكنّهُم

    رمَوْهُ بأسْهُمِ لَفْظِ الأَعادْ

    And they did not leave him behind; instead, they

    Shot him with arrows of the enemies' speech.

  13. فقومٌ يقولونَ لمْ يتْركوهُ

    سُدىً وتَحامَوْا طَريق السّدادْ

    Some people say, 'They did not leave him

    For nothing'—and they shunned the path of sound judgment.

  14. وقومٌ أشاعُوا بأنّي هُجرْتُ

    فأذكوْا هَواجِرَ ذاتَ اتِّقادْ

    And some spread the rumor that I was abandoned,

    Thus stoking fiercely blazing noonday heats.

  15. أما علمُوا أنّني عبْدُ مَنْ

    تُعاهِدُني من نداهُ عِهادْ

    Did they not know that I am the servant of one

    Whose bounty's returning showers keep visiting me,

  16. وأنّ إمامَ الوَرى لمْ يزلْ

    يَزيدُ من العِزِّ إذْ يُسْتَزادْ

    And that the imam of mankind has never ceased

    To grant more honor when asked for more?

  17. فناصِرُ دين الهدى ناصرِي

    على رغمِ مَن جاءَ يبْغي العِنادْ

    For the champion of the faith of guidance is my champion,

    Despite whoever comes seeking defiance.

  18. مَعاذ وسائِلنا أنْ تَخيبَ

    وحاشَا لِعَنْقائِنا أنْ تُصادْ

    Far be it that our appeals should fail,

    And far be it that our phoenix should be caught.

  19. وإنّي حُبيتُ بتشْريفِه

    فللعَبْدِ كمْ نِعمةٍ قدْ أفادْ

    And I have indeed been graced with his mark of honor;

    How many blessings he has bestowed upon his servant!

  20. خِطابٌ أتَى من إمامِ الوَرَى

    فكانَ المُرادَ وكان المَرادْ

    A letter came from the imam of mankind,

    So it was the thing desired, and the resort sought.

  21. وحَيّا على ظَمَأٍ غيثُهُ

    فجَدّ اشتِياقِي لهُ حينَ جادْ

    And his rain greeted me in my thirst;

    So my longing for him grew keener when he gave.

  22. فمِنْهُ بكفّيَ أمْضَى حُسامٍ

    وفي عاتِقِي منهُ أبْهى نِجادْ

    From him, the keenest sword is in my hand,

    And on my shoulder, from him, the fairest baldric.

  23. ومَولايَ لمْ ينْسَ مَمْلوكَه

    على البُعْدِ حتّى أبانَ الوِدادْ

    And my lord did not forget his bondsman,

    Despite the distance, at last revealing his affection.

  24. ويا طالَما جادَ لي مُنعِماً

    وما بدَأ الفَضْلَ إلا أعادْ

    And oh, how often he has given me his favor,

    And never has he begun a kindness without repeating it.

  25. وللهِ ما نلتُه عنْدَما

    حَلَلْتُ لَديْهِ وثِيرَ المِهادْ

    And glory to God for what I gained when

    I lodged with him upon a soft bed!

  26. فَيا ساعَةً للتّلاقِي انقضَتْ

    أما لَك يوْماً لَنا من مَعادْ

    O hour of meeting that has passed,

    Will you not one day return to us?

  27. ويا زمناً للرّضَى قد مضى

    لعلّكَ ممّا مضَى ثمّ عادْ

    And O time of favor that has gone by,

    Perhaps you are among what passes, then returns.

  28. وسوفَ يُعيدُك بحْرُ النّدَى

    وهادِي الورَى لِسَبيلِ الرّشادْ

    And the sea of bounty will bring you back,

    He who guides mankind to the path of right guidance.

  29. فرؤيةُ موْلايَ أقْصى المُنى

    وفيها المُرادُ ونِعْمَ المُرادْ

    For seeing my lord is the highest wish,

    And therein lies the goal—what an excellent goal!

  30. فليْتَ بها جادَ لي دائماً

    فكمْ أمَلٍ عندَها مُسْتَفادْ

    Would that he always granted me that sight,

    For how many a hope is fulfilled thereby!

  31. سأبْلُغُ ما أرْتَجي إنّني

    على غيْر مَوْلايَ مالِي اعْتِمادْ

    I shall attain what I hope for; indeed, I

    Rely on none but my lord.