تهن وسائر البشر — إبراهيم صادق 45 قصيدة

تهن وسائر البشر

بطهر الخمسة الغرر

Rejoice, you and the rest of mankind,

at the circumcision of the five radiant ones:

بنيك ذوي العلى وإبني

حليف المجد والخطر

your sons, endowed with eminence, and the two sons

of that ally of glory and high rank,

أبيك أجل خلق اللَه

من بدو ومن حضر

your father, noblest of God's creation,

among nomads and townsfolk,

وأعلم من أحاط بسر

علم الآي والسور

and the most learned of those who grasp the secret

of the knowledge of the verses and surahs.

نهجت سبيله فحللـ

ـت فوق الأنجم الزهر

You followed his path, and so settled

above the radiant stars.

ولما سرت سيرته

غدوت عميد كل سري

And when you followed his conduct,

you became the chief of all noblemen.

وقد أصبحت للأيا

م ملء السمع والبصر

And through the days, you have become

all that fills the ear and eye.

وأحرزت الفخار فلم

تدع فخراً لمفتخر

And you secured glory, and did not

leave any glory for one who would boast.

ألا أسعد بالسرور وبت

من النعمى على سرر

Ah, rejoice in happiness, and spend the night

amid bliss, upon couches.

وضع وارفع وصل واقطع

وضر وانفع وخذ وذر

And lower and raise, join and sever;

and harm and benefit, take and leave;

ومر جل الأنام فلم

تشاهد غير مؤتمر

and command the greater part of mankind, for you have not

seen anyone but one who obeys.

إليك أبا الشريف غدت

تشد رواحل السفر

To you, Abu al-Sharif, have set out

the saddled mounts of travel,

وتطوي كل مهمهةٍ

كثيرةٍ موقع الخطر

and they traverse every trackless wilderness

where peril lurks in many places.

وركنك راح يستلم اسـ

ـتلام الركن والحجر

And your pillar has come to be touched

as the Corner and the Stone are touched.

وقد نظرت إلى علم

لأهل العلم منتشر

And they have gazed upon a banner

unfurled for the people of learning,

وحلت من منيع ذرى

حماك الرحب في وزر

and settled among the impregnable heights

of your spacious sanctuary, in refuge.

ألست منارها المغني

سناه عن سنا القمر

Are you not their beacon, whose

radiance makes the moon's light needless;

وموئلها إذا دهمت

صروف الدهر بالغير

and their refuge when they are suddenly assailed

by time's vicissitudes, bringing upheavals;

وغيث نوالها الهامي

على العافين بالبدر

and their rain of bounty, showering

seekers of gifts with purses of coins?

وما خلقت يداك لغيـ

ـر نحر البدن والجزر

Your hands were created for nothing

but slaughtering sacrificial camels and camels for meat.

جمعت فضائلاً أغنت

بداهتها عن النظر

You have gathered virtues that dispense

with scrutiny through their self-evidence.

وقد ظهرت دلئلها

لنا بالعين والأثر

And their proofs have become manifest

to us through sight and their effects.

بك الشرع المبين صفت

مشارعه من الكدر

Through you, the manifest Law has seen

its watering places cleared of murk.

ودوحة العلم فيك غدا

مريعاً يانع الثمر

And the great tree of learning, through you, has grown

lush, its fruit ripe.

وروض الفضل مطلول الـ

ـخمائل باسم الزهر

And the garden of excellence is dew-kissed in its

thickets, smiling with blossoms.

ودونك مدحة برزت

تفوق فرائد الدرر

And take this praise-poem, now brought forth,

surpassing the choicest pearls.

وقد قصرت في مدحي

بما في الباع من قصر

And I have fallen short in my praise,

because of the shortness of my reach.

ولم أستوف قدرك إذ

غلا قدري على قدري

Nor have I fully done justice to your worth, for

my estimation exceeded my capacity.

وما أخرت مدحي عنـ

ـك من عجز ولا خور

Nor did I delay my praise of

you out of inability or faintheartedness.

ولكن قد يعاف الما

ء للإفراط في الحضر

But even water may be shunned

when it is present in excess.

ودم أبداً تجر من الـ

ـهناء نفائس الحبر

And live forever, trailing

the choicest patterned robes of bliss.