Sol 6.1

  1. إِليكَ ومنكَ الحمدُ ربّي مدى الدهرِ

    تَعالَيت فرداً في الجمال وفي القهرِ

    Praise is to You and from You, my Lord, for all time.

    Exalted are You, peerless in beauty and in overpowering might.

  2. سَمِعنا أَطَعنا ربّنا بِشهودنا

    لِذاتكَ قَد غبنا عنِ الحمد والشكرِ

    We have heard, we have obeyed, our Lord; through our witnessing

    of Your Essence, we have become oblivious to praise and thanksgiving.

  3. تَجلّيتَ مِن بعدِ البطون بظاهرٍ

    وَواعجباً إِنّ الظهور مع السترِ

    You manifested Yourself after hiddenness in an outward form;

    and, O wonder, manifestation is accompanied by concealment!

  4. إلَهي على أصلِ الوجود وروحهِ

    وَواسطةِ التكوينِ صلّ بلا حصرِ

    My God, upon the origin of existence and its spirit,

    and the mediator of creation, send blessings without limit.

  5. ذَكرتَ لنا في الذكرِ رفعة قدرهِ

    كَذا الوارثونَ القائمونَ مع الأثرِ

    You spoke to us in the Reminder of his lofty rank;

    likewise the heirs who abide by the transmitted tradition.

  6. نَعم أرضِهم عنّا بأزكى تحيّةٍ

    تبيحُ لَنا نظماً بسمطهمُ الدرّي

    Yes, make them pleased with us through the purest salutation,

    which lets us be strung into their pearly necklace.

  7. إِمامٌ غَدا ليلُ السلوكِ بشمسهِ

    نَهاراً فَدع عنكَ السلوك مع الفجرِ

    An imam: through his sun, the night of spiritual wayfaring became

    day; so leave wayfaring aside with the dawn.

  8. لَهُ الخمرُ وهو الكأسُ إذ طالما سقى

    مُريداً مِنَ الصرفِ الزلال من الخمرِ

    His is the wine, and he is the cup, for he has so often given drink

    to a disciple, from wine unmingled and limpid.

  9. مَحا رينَ أبصارِ القلوبِ فأَصبحت

    بِهِ راحةُ الأرواحِ في الليل كالبدرِ

    He erased the rust from the eyes of hearts, so that

    through him the solace of souls became like the full moon at night.

  10. دَعانا بأمرِ اللّه في حالِ فطرةٍ

    فَجرّ مجيبَ الأمرِ والضدّ في أسرِ

    He called us by God's command, in a state of innate purity,

    and drew both the one answering the command and the opponent into captivity,

  11. نَشاوى بذكرِ العهدِ والخمرةِ الّتي

    سَقانا فيا للّه من ذلك السكرِ

    drunk with remembering the covenant and the wine that

    he gave us—O God, what intoxication that was!

  12. يُريدُ بِنا يسراً ورفقاً ورفعةً

    سريعاً وَذا أمرٌ عجيبٌ لمن يدري

    He desires ease, gentleness, and elevation for us,

    swiftly; this is a wondrous matter for whoever understands.

  13. أَفي سلفٍ كان الّذي شاهدوهُ من

    سَنى شيخنا كلّا وذو الجحد في خسرِ

    Was there in any predecessor what they witnessed of

    our shaykh's radiance? No! Whoever denies it is at a loss.

  14. تَباركَ مَن أبداهُ للخلقِ منّةً

    وَلَكن أصمُّ القلبِ عن ذاك في وقرِ

    Blessed is He who brought him forth as a grace to creation;

    but the deaf of heart remain deaf to that.

  15. أَتاهُ منَ الإكرامِ أشرف آيةٍ

    وَما هيَ إلّا الفتحُ والشرح للصدرِ

    There came to him, as an honor, the noblest sign,

    none other than spiritual opening and the expansion of the breast.

  16. بِساطُ الترجّي بعدما قيلَ قَد غدا

    إِلى الطيِّ منه الآنَ قَد زاد في النشرِ

    The carpet of hope, once said to be heading

    toward being folded, has now spread wider through him.

  17. طَريقٌ مَتى أطنبتُ في وصف حسنهِ

    عَجِزت وقالَ القلب حدّث عن البحرِ

    A path: whenever I dwell at length on describing its beauty,

    I fall short, and the heart says, 'Speak of the sea.'

  18. رَعى اللّه مَن أوفى بعهده فهو من

    رِجالٍ لحزبِ اللّه أوعد بالنصرِ

    May God guard whoever fulfills his covenant, for he is among

    the men of God's party, promised victory.

  19. يحنّ لِتصريحي بِهِ القلب شائقاً

    لَه وَمنَ التعظيم أصبو إلى السترِ

    The heart yearns for me to name him openly, longing

    for him; yet out of reverence I incline to concealment.

  20. قَدِ اِستَوجب الإرث الخصوصي شَيخُنا

    مِن العربي الدرقاوي مرتفع القدرِ

    Our shaykh has indeed merited the special inheritance

    from al-Arabi al-Darqawi, exalted in rank.

  21. تَلقّى ولاها عَن عليّ الجمل الّذي

    مِنَ العربي بن أحمد فاز بالسرِّ

    He received its spiritual authority from Ali al-Jamal, who

    attained the secret from al-Arabi ibn Ahmad.

  22. كَذا عَن أبيهِ أحمد فازَ وهو عن

    سَنى قاسمٍ أعني الخصاصي ذا الصبرِ

    He likewise attained it from his father Ahmad, and he from

    the radiance of Qasim—I mean al-Khassasi, the patient one.

  23. إِلى عابدِ الرحمنِ في فاس وهو عن

    محمّدٍ جدَّ الأحمد الأوّل الذكرِ

    On to Abid al-Rahman in Fez, who in turn from

    Muhammad, grandfather of the Ahmad first mentioned.

  24. لِيوسُف مِن مجدوب فاسٍ ونشرها

    إِليه من الصنهاجي يا له من نشرِ

    To Yusuf, from the Majdub of Fez; and its unfolding

    to him was from al-Sanhaji—what an unfolding!

  25. شموسٌ لأحجامِ وراثتهِ كما

    لإِحجامِ من زرّوق أجلس بالصدرِ

    The suns of his inheritance are for Ahjam, as

    for Ihjam, whom Zarruq seated in the place of honor.

  26. مِنَ الحضرمي قَد فازَ وهو مِن

    وريثهِ يحيى القادريّ بلا ذكرِ

    He attained it from al-Hadrami, who in turn from

    his heir Yahya al-Qadiri, without mention.

  27. سَقاهُ عليٌّ اِبن فاس كأسَ إِرثها

    عَنِ الأب ذي العليا محمّدٍ البحرِ

    Ali ibn Fas gave him the cup of its inheritance to drink,

    from the father of lofty station, Muhammad the ocean,

  28. عَنِ الباهلي داودَ عَن أحمد الّذي

    هوَ اِبنُ عطاء اللّه للّه من وترِ

    from Dawud al-Bahili, from Ahmad, who

    is Ibn Ata Allah—God's own peerless one!

  29. مِنَ السيّد المرسي عنِ الشاذلي من

    هو القطبُ والأفلاكُ من حوله تجري

    From the master al-Mursi, from al-Shadhili, who

    is the Pole, while the spheres revolve around him.

  30. إِلى اِبن مشيش لقطب مَن كان إرثهُ

    مِنَ المدني الزيّاتي شيخه فلتدرِ

    On to Ibn Mashish, the Pole whose inheritance

    came from al-Madani al-Zayyati, his shaykh—so know.

  31. لَه من تقيّ الدينِ أعني مغيمراً

    بَدَت وَهوَ فخرُ الدينِ خصّهُ بالفخرِ

    For him, from Taqi al-Din—I mean Mughaymir—

    it appeared; and Fakhr al-Din singled him out for glory.

  32. عَنِ القطبِ نورِ الدينِ مَن كان إرثهُ

    مِن القطبِ تاج الدين يا له من حبرِ

    From the Pole Nur al-Din, whose inheritance

    came from the Pole Taj al-Din—what a learned master!

  33. إِلى القطبِ شمسِ الدين بالترك من حظي

    مِنَ الكامِلِ القزويني يا صاحِ بالأمرِ

    On to the Pole Shams al-Din among the Turks, who was favored

    with the charge by the perfected al-Qazwini, O friend.

  34. لِقطبٍ أَبي إسحاق في بصرةٍ بَدت

    مِنَ السيّد المرواني ألوية الفخرِ

    For the Pole Abu Ishaq in Basra there appeared

    the banners of glory, from the master al-Marwani.

  35. منَ القطبِ مَن يُدعى سعيداً وإرثهُ

    من القطبِ سعدٍ جلّ من عارف يدري

    From the Pole called Sa'id, whose inheritance

    came from the Pole Sa'd—how exalted a knowing gnostic!

  36. يصدرُ مِن فتحِ السعودِ بسرّها

    وَهو من الغزوانيّ إذ جاء عن إثرِ

    He comes forth from Fath al-Su'ud with its secret,

    and he from al-Ghazwani, having followed in his wake.

  37. نَعم وهوَ عَن قطبِ البريّة جابرٍ

    وَمن حسنٍ سبط النبيّ خصَّ بالجبرِ

    Yes, and he from Jabir, the Pole of creation,

    and from Hasan, the Prophet's grandson, he was favored with restoration.

  38. سَما عَن عليّ وَهو والده الّذي

    تَلقّى عن المختار في السرِّ والجَهرِ

    He rose through Ali, his father, who

    received from the Chosen One, in secret and openly.

  39. نبيٌّ جميعُ الكونِ من صبح نورهِ

    تنفّس وهوَ الأصلُ من قبضة الأمرِ

    A prophet—from the dawn of his light all existence

    drew breath; he is the origin, from a handful of the Command.

  40. إلهي فَأَبلغه صلاةً بقدرةٍ

    تَفي وَكذا الأتباعَ في مدّة الدهرِ

    My God, convey to him a blessing through a power

    that suffices, and likewise to the followers, for all time.

  41. هَدَوا إِذ هُدوا باللّه لمَا أقامهم

    عَلى قدمِ التصريف بالبرّ واليسرِ

    They guided, being guided by God when He established them

    upon the footing of spiritual governance, with benevolence and ease.

  42. أَيمّتنا في الدين قاموا بِنصرهِ

    فَجازاهمُ عنّا المهيمن بالنصرِ

    Our imams in religion rose to its defense;

    so may the Guardian reward them on our behalf with victory.